Join us as Pastor Ken Locke leads us in 9am Worship in the Sanctuary and on Zoom.
Pastor Ken Locke is serving as our Transitional Pastor. Pastor Locke has a great deal of experience in working with congregations in transition. He will lead the congregation through a time of study and discernment that will prepare us for our next full-time pastor.
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Scripture Lessons:
Epistle Lesson 1: Titus 3:4-7
Epistle Lesson 2: Hebrews 1:1-12
Gospel Lesson John 1:1-14
The Sermon Manuscript is here.
You can access the YouTube video here. Pastor Ken Locke “The Whole Picture”
You can access the Audio file here. Pastor Ken Locke “The Whole Picture”
You can access the radio file from this morning here. Pastor Ken Locke “Remember and then…” recorded on December 18, 2022
Announcements for this week can be accessed here.
Scripture is read from NRSV Bible (New Revised Standard Version)
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Sermon: Rev. Ken Locke
Children’s Time Jennifer Zander
Liturgist: Elise C.
Cantor: Carol Wetzel
Organist/Pianist: Kris Bartelt
GTG = Glory to God Hymnal
PH = Presbyterian Hymnal
Gathering Music: PH 28 “Good Christian Friends, Rejoice” v. 1&3
TEXT: Medieval Latin; trans. and para. John Mason Neale, 1853, alt.
MUSIC (IN DULCI JUBILO 6.6.7.7.7.8.5.5): German folk melody, 14th cent.; harm. David Hugh Jones, 1953;
harm. © 1955, ren. 1983 John Ribble (admin. Westminster John Knox Press)
PH 27“Gentle Mary Laid Her Child”
TEXT: Joseph Simpson Cook, 1919, rev. 1930
MUSIC (TEMPUS ADEST FLORIDUM 7.6.7.6.D): Piae Cantiones, 1582; arr. Ernest C. MacMillan, 1930
PH 22 “Angels, From the Realms of Glory” vs. 1&4
TEXT: Stanzas 1–3, James Montgomery, 1816, 1825; stanza 4, Salisbury Hymn Book, 1857
MUSIC (REGENT SQUARE 8.7.8.7.8.7): Henry Thomas Smart, 1867
GTG 110 “Love Has Come” vs. 3
TEXT: Ken Bible, 1996, © 1996 LNWhymns.com (admin. Music Services)
MUSIC (BRING A TORCH 9.9.10.9.9.8): French melody; arr. Eric T. Myers, 2012; © 2012 Eric T. Myers
GTG 141 “On This Day Earth Shall Ring” (vs. 1&4)
TEXT: Piae Cantiones, 1582; trans. Jane Marion Joseph, c. 1917; © 1924, ren. J. Curwen & Sons Ltd.
MUSIC (PERSONENT HODIE 6.6.6.6.6 with refrain): Piae Cantiones, 1582; arr. Gustav Holst, c. 1917; © 1924,
ren. J. Curwen & Sons Ltd.
GTG 113 “Angels We Have Heard on High” v. 1 & 3
TEXT: French carol; trans. James Chadwick, 1860, alt.
MUSIC (GLORIA 7.7.7.7 with refrain): French carol; arr. Edward Shippen Barnes, 1937; © 1937,
ren. 1965 H. Augustine Smith Jr. (admin. Fleming H. Revell Company, a div. of Baker Publishing Group)
GTG 583 Glory to God
TEXT: Trad. liturgical text
MUSIC (GLORIA (Taizé)): Jacques Berthier, 1979; © 1979, 1981 Les Presses de Taizé (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.)
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Piano Duet: “Away in a Manger” Peyton T. and Paige T
GTG 145 “What Child is This”
TEXT: William Chatterton Dix, 1871
MUSIC (GREENSLEEVES 8.7.8.7.6.8.6.7): English ballad, 16th cent.; arr. Christmas Carols New and Old, 1871
Offering “Humility” improv by Kris Bartelt
Text Edward Caswall, 1838
Hymn Tune: (Humility 7.7.7.7. with refrain), John Goss, 1871
Offertory PH 427 Lord, Whose Love Through Humble Service (vs. 1)
Text Albert F. Bayly, (1901 – 1984) 1961:alt © Oxford University Press
Hymn Tune: Blaenhafre, Welsh Melody
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PH 51 “See Amid the Winter’s Snow”
Text Edward Caswall, 1838
Hymn Tune: (Humility 7.7.7.7. with refrain), John Goss, 1871
Hymn PH 40 “Joy to the World” v. 1
TEXT: Isaac Watts, 1719, alt.
MUSIC (ANTIOCH, CM with repeat): Attr. George Frederick Handel, 1742; arr. Lowell Mason, 1836
