The Swahili gathering hymn “Njoo Kwetu, Roho Mwema” was written by Tanzanian pastor Wilson Niwagila. It was translated into the English version, “Holy Spirit, Heed Our Pleeding,” by Howard S. Olson. Though it has five verses, we sing only the first, alternating between English and Swahili. Holy Spirit, heed our pleadingFashion us all anewIt’s your […]
Dear Song Leaders and Voces Populi, Here are our musical selections for Eastertide of 2020 Our gathering song will be the Kiev Alleluia. Our candle-lighting song will be The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation. For the bread and wine, we’ll use the Festive Table Acclamation. Our post-cleanup regathering song will be the Duncan […]
Christian’s Sermon of March 15
Here is Christian’s Sermon of 2-24-20 on Matthew 17:1-9.
Here is Christian’s sermon of Monday, February 3, 2020. The text was Matthew 5:1-12. Christian’s Sermon of 2-3-2020
Hello Song Leaders! Here is a chant from the Taizé Community, a monastic order in Burgundy, France. We’ll use it as a lamp-lighting hymn, though there may be other uses for it too. Here’s a YouTube recording of it. (We’ve reworked the words slightly to remove the male pronouns.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r64gcGMNhDE You’ll notice . . . […]