This
Sunday is celebrated as the baptism of Jesus. It sure doesn't take long for
Jesus to be born and grow to adulthood! His baptism in the Jordan river
signifies the beginning of his ministry in the world. Our own baptism has
symbolic meaning, but also very real meaning for our lives. It is a beginning of
life based on God's hope rather than the world's despair. But, it requires each
one of us to intentionally consider where God is calling us to. For Jesus, it
was to a cross. Along the way, Jesus was able to show what God's kingdom was
like and to invite each of us to join in that journey. How will we begin the
journey? Where will it take us? Those are the questions a loving God helps us to
ask, for in the asking, we find the answers.
The
Meeting House Choir will sing Jubilate Deo by Benjamin Britten and The Baptism
of Jesus (Traditional Irish tune) arranged by Austin C. Lovelace. During the
Offertory, Tracy Jacob Shirk, tenor, along with the Meeting House Choir, will
sing Ain't got time to die by Hall Johnson. Gavin D. Craig, our organist, will
play Allein Gott in der Höh sei Her by Samuel Scheidt andVI. Final
from Symphony in F Minor, op. 13, no. 4 byCharles-Marie Widor. Our
congregational hymns will be Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (LOBE
DEN HERREN), Wild and lone the prophet's voice (LA
GRANGE) and I was there to hear your borning cry
(WATERLIFE).
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