A beautiful autumn day accompanied this weekend’s worship services at HFUMC. It was the second week of our new 11am service and there was a good turnout. Here’s the music recap:
Traditional Services
- Opening Hymn: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God #110
- Middle Hymn: O Worship The King #73
- Song: Open The Eyes of My Heart [11am only]
- Prayers of The People: Faith That We Sing #2201 [11am only]
- Choir Anthem [8:15 only]: Here I Am To Worship
- Special Music [11am only]: Shout To The Lord #2074 (Tara Oliver soloist)
- Closing Hymn: Amazing Grace #378
- Service Music:
- Gloria Patri #70
- Doxology #73
- God Be With You Till We Meet Again
Contemporary Service
- Open The Eyes of My Heart
- O Taste and See
- Your Love Never Fails
- Gory To God Forever
- Message
- I Belong To You
- Here I Am To Worship
- Hold Us Together
Shop Talk:
As I write this post on Monday morning, the melody in my head as been “Prayers of The People” that we sang at the 11am service. (Composed by Bonnie Johansen-Werner and found in the Methodist supplement to the hymnal “The Faith That We Sing”, #2201, (c)1993 Abingdon Press. Here’s a link to it on Amazon: The Faith We Sing Accompaniment Edition
This is a beautiful musical setting of the corporate prayer pattern most frequently experienced in liturgical church settings. This is a wonderful vehicle to combine music, worship and intercession in traditional or conservative settings. Recommended.
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