Standing in the Tragic Gap

Pastors Claudia and Glenn and PCRC members led a service of communal acknowledgement. This was a space to express, talk about, and own the pain, loss, and disappointment that has been part of the fabric of our lives over the past few months. The tone is similar to a typical Good Friday service.

Scripture: Lamentations 3:27-36 and 1 Corinthians 13:13

Today’s Music:

“Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed?”
Text: Isaac Watts, 1707; Music: Hugh Wilson; adapted by Robert A Smith, 1825; Public Domain

“Be Thou My Vision”
Text: Ancient Irish, tr. Mary Elizabeth Byrne, 1905; Music: Irish melody, harm. Martin Shaw, 1931; Harmonization copyright © Oxford University Press; All right reserved.; Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

 “My Shepherd Will Supply My Need”
Text: Isaac Watts; Music: American folk melody; Public Domain

“O Lord Hear My Prayer”
Text & Music: Jacques Berthier; ©1982 Les Presses de Taize. All rights reserved.; Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“O Love That Will Not Let Me Go”
Text: George Matheson, 1882; Music: Albert L Peace, 1884; Public Domain

“I Wonder as I Wander”
Music: Albert L Peace; Public Domain

 “My Life Flows On”
Text & Music: Robert Lowry; Public Domain

“Great is Thy Faithfulness”
Text: Thomas O Chisholm; Music: William Runyan; ©1923, renewal 1951 Hope Publishing Co.; All rights reserved.; Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“In Heavenly Love Abiding”
Text: Anna L Waring, Hymns and Meditations, 1850; Music: Felix Mendelssohn, Sechs Lieder, Op 59, No 3, 1843; Public Domain

“Rain Down”
Text & Music: Jaime Cortez; ©1991 OCP Publications.; All rights reserved.; Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084