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The Rev. Dr. Agnes W. Norfleet preaching a sermon at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church

Most services of worship at BMPC include the preaching of a sermon, usually by one of the pastors of the church. A sermon is not a moral or spiritual essay, nor is it precisely the opinion of the preacher. Rather, it is the preacher’s attempt, guided by grace and the Holy Spirit, to lift up a passage of Scripture, and illuminate it with meaning, giving it the power to shape our own faith journey and call us into deeper discipleship.

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Sunday, August 6, 2023

Wrestling with God

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Prelude: Meditation
Music: Ken Yukl (b. 1943). Music: ©2010 Zorro Publications, Inc. All rights reserved.

Response: Glory to God
Text: Trad. liturgical text. Music: Jacques Berthier, 1979. Music: ©1979, 1981 Les Presses de Taizé (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.) Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved.

Hymn: God Is Calling Through the Whisper
Text: Mary Louise Bringle, 2003. Music: Polish carol; harm. Wilbur Lee, 1958. Text: ©2006 GIA Publications, Inc. Music Harm: ©1958 Broadman Press (admin. Music Services). Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. 

Offertory Anthem: Life Has Many Rhythms
Text: Fred Pratt Green (1903-2000). Music: Jody W. Lindh, 1979. Text: Used by permission of Oxford University Press. Music: ©1979 Augsburg Publishing House (a div. of Augsburg Fortress Publishers). Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved.

Doxology: Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow 
Text: Brian Wren, 1989. Music: Geistliche Kirchengesäng, 1623; harm. Hal H. Hopson, 1998. Text: ©1989 Hope Publishing Company. Music Harm: ©1998 Hope Publishing Company. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. 

Postlude: Postlude on Leoni
Music: Pamela Decker (b. 1955). Music: ©2016 Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved.

Sunday, July 30, 2023

Double or Nothing

 

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Prelude: “Anthem”
Music: Paul Halley, 1986. Music: ©1986 Back Alley Music (admin. Pelagos Incorporated). All rights reserved.

Prelude: “Spirit of God”
Music: arr. Lani Smith, 2006. Music: ©2006 Lorenz Publishing Company (a div. of The Lorenz Corporation). Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved.

Prelude: “Holy, Holy, Holy”
Music: arr. Lani Smith, 2006. Music: ©2006 Lorenz Publishing Company (a div. of The Lorenz Corporation). Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved.

Response: Glory to God
Text: Trad. liturgical text. Music: Jacques Berthier, 1979. Music: ©1979, 1981 Les Presses de Taizé (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.) Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved.

Hymn: All Who Hunger, Gather Gladly
Text: Sylvia G. Dunstan, 1990. Music: William Moore’s Columbian Harmony, 1825. Text: ©1991 GIA Publications, Inc. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved.

Offertory Anthem: Credo
Text: Mark 9:24 and an inscription found in a cellar in France during the Holocaust. Music: Jane M. Marshall, 1974. Text & Music: ©1974 Sacred Music Press (a div. of The Lorenz Corporation, admin. by Music Services). Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved.

Doxology: Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow
Text: Brian Wren, 1989. Music: Geistliche Kirchengesäng, 1623; harm. Hal H. Hopson, 1998. Text: ©1989 Hope Publishing Company. Music Harm: ©1998 Hope Publishing Company. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved.

Sunday, July 23, 2023

Wheat and Weeds Together

 

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Prelude: Two Chorale Preludes
“Land of Rest”
Music: American folk melody; arr. Pamela Decker (b. 1955). Music: ©2020 Leupold Editions (a div. of The Leupold Foundation).
“Woodworth”  
Music: William Batchelder Bradbury (1816-1868); arr. Pamela Decker (b. 1955). Music: ©2020 Leupold Editions (a div. of The Leupold Foundation). Both versions reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved.

Hymn: God, You Spin the Whirling Planets
Text: Jane Parker Huber, 1978. Music: American melody, 1830; harm. Richard Proulx, 1986. Text: ©1980 Jane Parker Huber (admin. Westminster John Knox Press). Music Harm: ©1986 GIA Publications, Inc.Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. 

Response: Glory to God
Text: Trad. liturgical text. Music: Jacques Berthier, 1979. Music: ©1979, 1981 Les Presses de Taizé (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.) Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved.

Offertory Anthem: How Beautiful Upon The Mountain
Text: Raúl Galeano; trans. C. Michael Hawn, 2020. Music: arr. Tom Trenney, 2020. Music: ©2020 Choiristers Guild. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved.

Doxology: Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow
Text: Brian Wren, 1989. Music: Geistliche Kirchengesäng, 1623; harm. Hal H. Hopson, 1998. Text: ©1989 Hope Publishing Company. Music Harm: ©1998 Hope Publishing Company. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved.