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Fruit of the Spirit of Jesus Christ is a worship service from the Vital Worship Grants Colloquium in June 2014. Most of the songs are found in the hymnal Lift Up Your Hearts.
Faithfulness of Christ / Gathering
Uyai mose / Come, All You People
Choir anthem, congregation joins as directed. Music by Gerald Custer.
Greeting: Revelation 1:4-5
Welcome
Love of Christ / Praise
Ephesians 3:14-19
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
Solo. Arranged by Mark Miller.
For the Fruit of All Creation
Summary Prayer
Joy of Christ / Thanksgiving
Hebrews 12:1-3
Luke 15: Parables of the Lost Sheep, Coin, and Son
Scripture Team
Summary Prayer
Patience of Christ / Confession
2 Peter 3:8-9
Perdón, Señor / Forgive Us, Lord
Summary Prayer
Goodness and Kindness of Christ / Assurance
Ephesians 2:1-10
Total Praise
Summary Prayer
Gentleness of Christ / Intercession
Matthew 11:28-30
Prayers of the People
Self-Control of Christ / Dedication
Philippians 2:5-11
Take My Life and Let It Be
Choir, congregation joins as directed.
Take, O Take Me as I Am
Peace of Christ / Sending
Benediction: 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24
May the Love of the Lord
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Why and how did psalm singing become such a hallmark of Reformed worship? Join Dr. Karin Maag for a fascinating journey through time, from Reformation Geneva to Scotland and from the Netherlands to New England, exploring the roots and impact of metrical psalm singing. Along the way, we will hear the voices of early modern Christians as they learned how to sing the psalms, both in unison and in harmony.
Sister Kathleen Harmon of the community of the Ohio province of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in Dayton, invites us to be transformed by the psalms and experience them as the whole story God is revealing to us. As we keep praying and singing them, the psalms interpret us, and that’s when the transformation comes.
Vinroy D. Brown Jr.—conductor, musicologist, educator, and minister of creative worship and music at the historic Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City—explores the vibrant intersection of Black sacred music and the psalms. He talks about Black composers and how they have reimagined the psalms through choral music, spirituals, and the gospel tradition for the benefit of everyone.
Why and how did psalm singing become such a hallmark of Reformed worship? Join Dr. Karin Maag for a fascinating journey through time, from Reformation Geneva to Scotland and from the Netherlands to New England, exploring the roots and impact of metrical psalm singing. Along the way, we will hear the voices of early modern Christians as they learned how to sing the psalms, both in unison and in harmony.
Sister Kathleen Harmon of the community of the Ohio province of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in Dayton, invites us to be transformed by the psalms and experience them as the whole story God is revealing to us. As we keep praying and singing them, the psalms interpret us, and that’s when the transformation comes.
Vinroy D. Brown Jr.—conductor, musicologist, educator, and minister of creative worship and music at the historic Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City—explores the vibrant intersection of Black sacred music and the psalms. He talks about Black composers and how they have reimagined the psalms through choral music, spirituals, and the gospel tradition for the benefit of everyone.
John Goldingay, an Anglican priest and the senior professor of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary, posits the psalms are the densest material in the entire Old Testament. They expound the nature of God as the compassionate, faithful, and committed one, but also as the one who makes demands upon us. The psalms help us talk to God, even about difficult things—and when we do, we are talking to someone who is in a position to do something about it.
