Updated on
June 17, 2024
Video length
44 mins
A vesper service of lament led by Rachel Wilhelm.

Order of Worship

The Confession: “Agnus Dei”
Text and Music: Rachel Wilhelm © 2020 Rachel Wilhelm
Used by permission.

The Invocation: “Psalm 130”
Text and Music: Psalm 130; Rachel Wilhelm © 2021 Rachel Wilhelm
Used by permission. 

The Complaint: “Psalm 10”
Text and Music: Psalm 10; Rachel Wilhelm © 2017 Rachel Wilhelm
Used by permission.  

The Petition: “Draw Near”
Text and Music: based on Psalm 69; Wendell Kimbrough © 2018 Wendell Kimbrough
Used by permission. CCLI #400063.  

The Kyrie: “Kyrie”
Text: Rachel Wilhelm and Kate Bluett © 2020 Rachel Wilhelm and Kate Bluett
Music: Rachel Wilhelm © 2020 Rachel Wilhelm
Used by permission.

The Lord’s Prayer 

The Assurance: “I’ll Not Be Shaken”
Text and music: Wendell Kimbrough © 2015 Wendell Kimbrough
Used by permission. CCLI #400063. 

The Praise: “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”
Text: Thomas O. Chisholm, 1923 © 1923, ren. 1951 Hope Publishing Company
Music (FAITHFULNESS): William M. Runyan, 1923 © 1923, ren. 1951 Hope Publishing Company
All rights reserved. OneLicense.net A-703303. 

God Sings Over Us: “Fear Not, for I Am with You”
Text and Music: based on Jeremiah 45; Rachel Wilhelm, Derek Boemler, Karin Simmons ©2023 Rachel Wilhelm, Derek Boemler, Karin Simmons, Devin Pogue
Used by permission. 

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