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What’s For Worship Sunday, October 16th
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Several audio samples of this week's music are included for you to enjoy as you read.
Music for the Changing Season
Prelude: Comes Autumn Time by Leo Sowerby (1895-1968) The first half of the 20th century was a coming of age for American music. Whereas 19th century American composers had largely imitated their European counterparts, people such as Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson, George Gershwin and Leo Sowerby introduced a distinctly American sound, incorporating indigenous folk music, spirituals and jazz along the way. Sowerby himself composed works for the Paul Whiteman Orchestra as well as incorporating jazz-inspired harmonies in his concert hall works.
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| Thursday, September 29, 2011 |
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What's for Worship October 2nd
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Sermon: "Communion: Something for Everyone"
by Dr. Michael B. Brown
In recognition of World Communion Sunday churches around the globe will be celebrating the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, just as we also will be. In honor of this liturgical day the Marble Festival of Voices will sing music in Zulu, Spanish, Russian, Shona and English, and you can listen to audio samples of the anthems as you read this blog. During the hymn Jesus Loves Me, the entire congregation will even be invited to sing in a foreign language of your choice! Choose from among eight transliterations printed on the bulletin insert, or sing this cherished Sunday School song in your native tongue. Or simply listen to the glorious cacophony of praise and adoration, remembering that there is something far deeper than language by which we are all united.
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| Thursday, September 22, 2011 |
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What’s For Worship September 25th
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O Be Joyful
Woven through this Sunday's worship service will be three settings of Psalm 100, including one in Latin (Jubilate Deo), one in English (O Be Joyful in the Lord), and one from the Genevan Psalter (All People That on Earth Do Dwell). Psalm 100 is a passage of scripture which perhaps is more often sung than said – an entirely appropriate trend, given verse 2: "Come before God's presence with a song."
What is it that we can bring to worship? We can bring the melody of our lives, the rhythm of our gratitude, the harmony of our deepest yearnings, the very song of ourselves. Let us not try to sing someone else’s song and pass it off as our own. Let us bring our true, authentic self to worship. After all, WE ARE the sacrifice of praise God desires most.
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| Thursday, September 15, 2011 |
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What’s for Worship September 18th, 2011
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Sermon: Keeping It Simple by Dr. Michael B. Brown
Simplicity Is No Easy Task
For any serious classical musician simplicity is a two-sided coin. We've spent our whole lives attempting to master the intricacies of the most devilishly difficult music in order to make it appear simple in performance. Or, if we fall short of that lofty goal (and God knows we often do) we at least want to avoid ego-bruising catastrophic failure!
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| Thursday, September 08, 2011 |
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What’s for Worship September 11th
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Music is one of the great vehicles for expressing the deepest cry of the human heart. And music is one of our great sources of healing in the aftermath of loss and tragedy. Perhaps my greatest memory in the days following 9/11 was one of being on the organ bench for hours as we held many services of prayer at Marble. I was grateful to feel there was something I could contribute – something that could at least be a small source of comfort in the midst of a tumultuous time. As we mark the turning of this momentous decade, Sunday's music will again play a crucial role in helping us to honor the memory of those who were lost, as well as helping us to move forward with renewed faith and hope.
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| Thursday, September 01, 2011 |
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What's For Worship Sunday, September 4th
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Sermon: Don't Hold Your Breath by Sr. Carol Perry
It is an amazing Godincidence that the week after hurricane Irene our offertory anthem should be "Wind Who Makes All Winds That Blow." I was inspired by our scripture reading, taken from John 20, in which Jesus breathes on His disciples saying, "Receive the Holy Spirit!" This scene is a gentle precursor to the actual Day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit came not merely by Jesus' gentle breath but by the roar of a mighty wind cascading from heaven. Hmm... that sounds eerily familiar!Having planned her topic weeks ago, one wonders if Sr. Carol is a clairvoyant meteorologist in addition to her other gifts.
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| Wednesday, August 24, 2011 |
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What's For Worship Sunday, August 28th
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Sermon: "The Dark Mile" by Dr. Michael B. Brown
Much of Sunday's music is centered on Psalm 23, and during the course of worship there will be translations of it emanating from three centuries: The Scottish Psalter (1650), Isaac Watts (1719) and Henry Baker (1868).
Singing Psalms has always been central to Christian worship. In the words of John Calvin, "Even [the Apostle] Paul speaks not only of praying by mouth but also of singing. And we know by experience that singing has great force and vigor to move and inflame the heart...to praise God with a more vehement and ardent zeal." The centuries-old debate, however, is over who shall sing and what exactly is to be sung.
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| Thursday, August 18, 2011 |
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What's For Worship Sunday, August 21st
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Sermon: "Handling Stress" by Dr. Michael B. Brown
Right now I'm handling stress by taking a vacation! I highly recommend it. I've been running, biking, swimming, barbecuing, reading, listening to music, and practicing - which I love doing. I've also been thinking - clearing the mind and letting the Spirit in. And in my thinking I've been identifying some sources of stress in my life and how I might better deal with it.
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| Thursday, May 05, 2011 |
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What's In a Spring Choral Festival?
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To my knowledge it's never been attempted before: juxtaposing music of Heinrich Schütz and Ludwig van Beethoven with hand-clapping, feet-dancing, soul-stirring gospel hits, plus a whole lot in between. This either means it's a stroke of creative genius or a serious lapse in judgment. Either way, it is sure to be a glorious cacophony of praise!
So what is the 'it' I'm talking about? Our Spring Choral Festival: Then Sings My Soul on Sunday, May 15 at 2pm, of course! We will combine, for the first time ever, our three adult choirs – the Marble Community Gospel Choir, Festival of Voices and Sanctuary Choir – for this joyous finale to our choral season. There will absolutely be something for everyone, and I can guarantee you, you won't want to miss this one! (Below I've included links to several audio samples of music from the concert.)
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