Published on
January 26, 2012
Video length
48 mins
This Jazz Vesper, presented during the Calvin Symposium on Worship 2012, follows a call and response pattern of listening to the word and responding with singing.

Program

Welcome

Invocation – Awakening
Gillian D. Grannum © 2000 Rain Down Melodies, LLC

Call – Psalm 30:1-3 (NLT)

              I will exalt you, Lord, for you rescued me.
            You refused to let my enemies triumph over me.
            O Lord my God, I cried to you for help, and you restored my health.
            You brought me up from the grave, O Lord.
            You kept me from falling into the pit of death.

Response – Amazing Grace             
John Newton, Public Domain

Call – Psalm 30:4 (NLT)

            Sing to the Lord, all you godly ones! Praise his holy name.

Response – O Give Thanks                           
Gillian D. Grannum © 2011 Rain Down Melodies, LLC

Call – Psalm 30:5 (NLT)

For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime!
Weeping may last through the night, but joy comes with the morning.

Response –

Rain
Gillian D. Grannum  © 2000 Rain Down Melodies, LLC

Cry  - Collective Improvisation, Jazz Vespers Ensemble

The Bottle of Tears [Song of Comfort]
Ruth Naomi Floy © 2006 NaRu Music

Call – Psalm 30:6-7a (NLT)

            When I was prosperous, I said, “Nothing can stop me now!”
            Your favor, O Lord, made me as secure as a mountain.

Response – I Know                           
Gillian D. Grannum © 2004 Rain Down Melodies, LLC

Call – Psalm 30:7b-10 (NLT)

Then you turned away from me, and I was shattered.
I cried out to you, O Lord. I begged the Lord for mercy, saying,
“What will you gain if I die, if I sink into the grave?
Can my dust praise you? Can it tell of your faithfulness?
Hear me, Lord, and have mercy on me. Help me, O Lord.”

Response – Divine Reply
Gillian D. Grannum © 2011 Rain Down Melodies, LLC

Call – Psalm 30:11-12 (NLT)

You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing.
You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy,
that I might sing praises to you and not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever!                

Response – Oh, Give Thanks
Gillian D. Grannum © 2011 Rain Down Melodies, LLC

Benediction – Oh, How He Loves You and Me                                                             
Kurt Kaiser © 1975 Word Music, LLC

 

Jazz Vespers Ensemble:

  • Victoria Reese, Vocals
  • Matt Lomasney, Trumpet
  • Eric Edewaard, Saxophone
  • Peter Plantinga, Cello
  • Michael Suigessaar, Guitar
  • Dan Hoffman, Piano
  • Gillian Grannum, Bass
  • Andrew DeZeeuw, Drums

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