The road to Emmaus and the travel along those seven miles teaches us all a great deal.
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Amazing music today... Dan played "Let There Be Peace on Earth" for this morning's offertory ad it was beautiful. Our small but powerful choir did a fantastic job on "If I Have No Love". Enjoy!
Words cannot describe the anthem prior to the sermon! Enjoy.
Here's Dan (our brilliant director of music), Evelyn (who will celebrate her 93rd birthday tomorrow) and Doug, whose videos and photos make him one of our church historians! What a Holy Hilarity celebration!
It was an interesting day at First Church as we celebrated our second Holy Hilarity Sunday. Doug Champion got us started with "Jesus Freak" and the choir did 'We All Want to See Heaven" for the offertory. (This was JUST the beginning!)
And... Andy Miller brought us Noah's Top 10 from the home office in Nazareth! What a day!
I think this will take you to a video link of the anthem: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150166022442511&comments
A spectacular Easter morning at First Church. We welcomed old friends, made new friends and missed those who were not with us. We're glad you can be with us through the magic of technology.
Be sure to scroll down and listen to Sam's "They Could Not" and Dan & Doug's "Because He Lives". We were blessed with marvelous music this morning.
This is one of the pictures I talked about in the sermon -- The Return from Calvary
Many from our choir may have been away for Easter break, but those who were with us blessed us greatly with their gifts.
Samantha Writtenhouse (who has the voice of an angel) shared "They Could Not" during the offertory. It was magnificent. Then Dan Tryon (our favorite director of music) and Doug Short (just one of our favorite people) sang "Because He Lives", an Easter morning tradition at First. It was spectacular!
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Some very special music this morning.
Andy Miller sang "The Palms" for offertory and the choir sang "Hosanna" from Jesus Christ, Superstar. Doug Champion and Jason Fishburn provided the solos in "Hosanna".
It was definitely a 'knock your socks off' Sunday morning, complete with sunshine!
What an incredible job the choir did this morning! We are all blessed.
If you don't know the words of "Agnus Dei", I have included them:
Agnus Dei, qui tolis peccata mundi
(Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world.)
Miserere nobis
(Have mercy on us).
Agnus Dei, qui tolis peccata mundi
(Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world)
Dona nobis pacem.
(Grant us peace).