May 1, 2022
Below, you’ll find the song lyrics and scripture readings for the live stream on May 1st (in the order they are needed).
Come Alive
draw us in to the dance older than time and space
that constellations, made, in the bend and the shake
cycle back from the end; full-reverse pirouette
like choreography infinite, infinite
but if the music stops
play it again, but pick up where we left off
that brilliant harmony with 13.8 billion parts
until we come alive
o, come, alive
draw us in to the dance ‘til every piece finds its fit
and every step is improvised and carried out in perfect time
like the shape of breathing is the shape of all, spinning into one
as the empty tomb cloud is spreading out, spreading out
but if the music stops
play it again, but pick up where we left off
that brilliant harmony with 13.8 billion parts
until we come alive
o, come, alive
o, we’ve not become what we will be
but the rhythm of our feet is growing
though we’re fraying at the seams
your gravity is holding
just keep on holding
Call to Worship
we have gathered to worship the Living God
in whose self-giving love we reside
to enter the story of God
and find our own stories reimagined
that the Spirit of God might form us in the way of Christ
that we might receive every breath as a gift
and every day as an invitation
into the love of God
amen
Mother
is there a hair on my head
you haven’t numbered yet, you haven’t numbered yet
in the night, crying in the cold
is there a pain of mine you haven't called your own
o mother comfort, mother known
though our minds so well ignore your grace
you bring it just the same, you bring it just the same
we reside in your self-giving love
but you’ve somehow found enough
for all the space that we take up
o mother wisdom, mother love
mother comfort, mother enough
through life and death, that cradled set
beginning and the end, Beginning and the End
you are a shield, a beacon of defense
and our weaknesses align as you gather us in
o mother warrior, mother age-to-age
mother wisdom, mother grace
mother comfort, mother love-that-can’t-be-bought
mother faithful, mother god
O Love That Will Not Let Me Go
o love that will not let me go
I rest my weary soul in thee
I give you back the life I owe
that in thine ocean’s depths its flow
may richer fuller be
o light that follows all my ways
I yield my flickering torch to thee
my heart restores its borrowed ray
that in thy sunshine’s blaze its day
may brighter fairer be
o joy that seeks me through the pain
I cannot close my heart to thee
i’ll trace the rainbow through the rain
and feel the promise is not in vain
that morn shall tearless be
o love, don’t let go of me
o light, hold my flikcering
o joy, don’t lose sight of me
o love, don’t let go of me
o cross, that’s lifting up my head
I dare not ask to fly from thee
though I lay in dust, life’s glory dead
from the ground there blossoms red
life that shall endless be
endlessly
endless be
endlessly
Come Healing
o gather up the brokenness and bring it to me now
the fragrance of those promises you’ve never dared to vow
the splinters that you carry, the cross you left behind
come healing of the body, come healing of the mind
and let the heavens hear it, the penitential hymn
come healing of the spirit, come healing of the limb
behold the gates of mercy in arbitrary space
and none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace
o solitude of longing where love has been confined
come healing of the body, come healing of the mind
and see the darkness yielding which tore the light apart
come healing of the reason come healing of the heart
o troubled dust concealing and undivided love
the heart beneath is teaching to the broken heart above
let the heavens falter, let the earth proclaim
come healing of the altar, come healing of the name
o longing of the branches to lift the little bud
o longing of the arteries to purify the blood
let the heavens hear it, the penitential hymn
come healing the spirit, come healing of the limb
Old Testament Reading
Today’s Old Testament reading, and Jamie’s sermon text, is Psalm 23:
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures;
he leads me beside still waters;
he restores my soul.
He leads me in right paths
for his name’s sake.
Even though I walk through the darkest valley,
I fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
my whole life long.
New Testament Reading
Today’s New Testament lectionary reading is John 10:22-30:
At that time the festival of the Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the portico of Solomon. So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly." Jesus answered, "I have told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name testify to me; but you do not believe, because you do not belong to my sheep. My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand. What my Father has given me is greater than all else, and no one can snatch it out of the Father's hand. The Father and I are one."
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House of God Forever
god is my shepherd
I won’t be wanting, I won’t be wanting
god makes me rest in fields of green with quiet streams
even though I walk through the valley of death and dying
I will not fear for you are with me, you’re always with me
your shepherd’s staff comforts me
you are my feast in the presence of enemies
surely goodness will follow me
will follow me in the house of god forever
god is my shepherd
I won’t be wanting, I won’t be wanting
god makes me rest in fields of green with quiet streams
even though I walk through the valley of death and dying
I will not fear for you are with me, you’re always with me
your shepherd’s staff comforts me
you are my feast in the presence of enemies
surely goodness will follow me
will follow me in the house of god forever
with every breath, every breath
you return to me
in heights of joy or fear of death
you are the ground beneath
Doxology
praise god from whom all blessings flow
praise god all creatures here below
praise god above ye heavenly host
praise Timeless, Son, and Holy Ghost
amen
Benediction
As we approach this week
May we love God
Embrace Beauty
and Live Life to the fullest
Amen