Guest: Rhoda Blough

Rhoda Blough preached from Exodus 16:1-16 and Matthew 14:13-21.

Rhoda M. Blough is a Stewardship Consultant for Everence Financial and her office is located in Denver. Rhoda is a key resource to congregations and individuals on stewardship issues particularly as it relates to integrating faith values with finances, utilizing the wide variety of stewardship services through Everence.

Rhoda went to seminary at Eastern Mennonite Seminary in Harrisonburg, VA, and has always enjoyed her many roles serving the church in a vast array of positions. She attends Glennon Heights Mennonite in metro Denver. She has two grown daughters. In her spare time, Rhoda enjoys spending time with her three grandchildren. She also enjoys reading, traveling, and conversation & coffee with family and friends.

Acknowledgements for Worship Resources

“Come, We That Love”
Text: Isaac Watts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707, alt; refrain Robert Lowry; Music: Robert Lowry, 1867, The Victory, 1869

“Jesus Loves Me”
Text: Anna B Warner, 1859; Music: William B Bradbury, The Golden Shower, 1862

“Alleluia”
Text: Hebrew traditional, ca. 4th c. BC; translit. Greek, ca. 3rd c. BC; Music: from the singing of George Mxadana; transcr. John L Bell, transcr. ©1990 WGRG, Iona Community (admin. GIA Publications); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“There’s Enough for All”
Text: Bryan Moyer Suderman; Music: Bryan Moyer Suderman; acc. Charlene Nafziger, 2008; ©2004 Bryan Moyer Suderman / SmallTallMusic; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Come, Thou Fount”
Text: Robert Robinson, 1758, A Collection of Hymns, 1759; Music: American traditional, in John Wyeth’s Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second, 1813

“Praise, I Will Praise You, Lord”
Text: French; based on Psalm 9:1-2; Claude Frayssé; English trans. Kenneth I Morse, 1988; Music: Claude Frayssé; harm. Alain Bergése, 1976; acc. Marilyn Houser Hamm; © 1975 Claude Frayssé; English translation copyright ©1989 Hymnal: A Worship Book; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Will You Let Me Be Your Servant”
Text: Richard Gillard, 1976, alt.; Music: Richard Gillard, 1976; adapt. Betty Pulkingham; ©1977 Scripture in Song (admin. Capitol CMG Publishing); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through CCLI License #200093153

Awakening

Pastor Glenn preached from Ephesians 6:10-20. Being a superhero for Jesus sounds kind of cool.

Worship Resources Acknowledgements

“Some trust in governments”
Written by Isaac Villegas, 2019; based on Psalms 20:7; 24:1; Luke 4:18-19; Amos 5:24

“Summoned by the God Who Made Us”
Text: Delores Dufner, OSB, ©1993 Delores Dufner (published by OCP); Music: American traditional, in John Wyeth’s Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second, 1813; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Jesus Loves Me”
Text: Anna B Warner, 1859; Music: William B Bradbury, The Golden Shower, 1862

“Alleluia”
Text: Hebrew traditional, ca. 4th c. BC; translit. Greek, ca. 3rd c. BC; Music: from the singing of George Mxadana; transcr. John L Bell, transcr. ©1990 WGRG, Iona Community (admin. GIA Publications); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“What a Friend We Have in Jesus”
Text: Joseph M Scriven, 1855, Spirit Minstrel: A Collection of Hymns and Music, 1857, alt.; Music: Charles C Converse, 1868, Silver Wings, 1870

“Be Thou My Vision”
Text: Irish traditional, “Rob tum o bhoile, a Comdi cride,” ca. 8th c.; trans. Mary Elizabeth Byrne, Ériu, Vol. 2, 1905, alt.; Music: Irish traditional, Old Irish Folk Music and Songs, 1909; harm. Martin Shaw, Enlarged Songs of Praise, 1931, alt., ©1927 Oxford University Press; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Wonderful Grace of Jesus”
Text & Music: Haldor Lillenas, Northfield Hymnal No. 3, 1918; Arrangement: John Carter, ©2010 Hope Publishing Company

“For the Beauty of the Earth”
Text: Folliott S Pierpoint, Lyra Eucharistica, 1864, alt.; Music: Conrad Kocher, Stimmen aus dem Reiche Gottes, 1838; adapt. William H Monk, Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861

Complicated

Pastor Glenn preached from 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14 with a sermon titled “Complicated”.

Worship Resources Acknowledgements

Von fremden Ländern und Menschen, Op. 15 No. 1
Composed by Robert Schumann, 1838

“To God Be the Glory”
Music: William H Doane, Brightest and Best, 1875; Arrangement: Mark Hayes, ©2006 Lorenz Publishing Co.; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“For the Healing of the Nations”
Text: Fred Kaan, 1965, alt., ©1968 Hope Publishing Co.; Music: Henry T Smart, Psalms and Hymns for Divine Worship, 1867; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“To God Be the Glory”
Text: Fanny J Crosby, Brightest and Best, 1875; Music: William H Doane, Brightest and Best, 1875

“From where we are to where you need us”
Written by Wild Goose Worship Group, 2000

“Peace to You”
Music: Sally Ann Morris, ©2017 GIA Publications, Inc.; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“There Are Many Gifts”
Music: Patricia Shelly, 1976, Many Gifts, 1977; ©1977 Patricia Shelly; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Fairest Lord Jesus”
Music: Crusaders’ Hymn from Schlesische Volkslieder, 1842; Arrangement: John Carter, ©2010 Hope Publishing Company; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Take My Life, and Let It Be”
Text: Frances R Havergal, Songs of Grace and Glory, Appendix, 1874; Music: Henri Abraham César Malan, 1827; harm. Lowell Mason, Carmina Sacra, 1841

“Come, We That Love”
Text: Isaac Watts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707, alt; refrain Robert Lowry; Music: Robert Lowry, 1867, The Victory, 1869

“Praise God” (Dedication Anthem)
Text: Thomas Ken, A Manual of Prayers…, 1695, alt.; Music: Lowell Mason’s Boston Handel and Haydn Society Collection…, 9th ed., 1830

Ephesians 4:25-5:2

Pastor Claudia preached from Ephesians 4:25-5:2.

Worship Resources Acknowledgements

“Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing”
Music: American traditional, in John Wyeth’s Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second, 1813; Arrangement: John Carter, ©2003 Hope Publishing Co.; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

The Last Spring Op. 34, No. 2
Composed by Edvard Grieg, 1881

“Marching to Zion”
Music: Robert Lowry, 1867, The Victory, 1869; Arrangement: Pepper Choplin, ©2006 The Lorenz Publishing Corp.; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Holy Spirit, Come with Power”
Text: Anne Neufeld Rupp, ©1970 Anne Neufeld Rupp; Music: attr. BF White, The Sacred Harp, 1844; harm. Joan Fyock Norris, ©1989 Joan Fyock Norris; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Abide with Me”
Text: Henry F Lyte, 1847, Remains of Henry Francis Lyte, 1850, alt.; Music: William H Monk, Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861

“Guide My Feet”
Text: African American spiritual; Music: African American spiritual; harm. Wendell Whalum, ca. 1984, ©Estate of Wendell Whalum; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

Romance sans paroles Op. 17, No. 3
Composed by Gabriel Fauré, 1878

“Blessed Assurance”
Text: Fanny J Crosby, Gems of Praise, 1873, alt.; Music: Phoebe P Knapp, Gems of Praise, 1873

“I Sing the Mighty Power of God”
Text: Isaac Watts, Divine and Moral Songs for Children, 1715; Music: Gesangbuch der Herzogl, 1784; harmonized William H Monk, Appendix to Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1868

Relationship Status

Pastor Glenn preached from John 6:24-35 with a sermon titled “Relationship Status.” Christianity is not so much about developing a philosophy of living as it is about relationship.

Acknowledgements for Worship Resources

“For the Beauty of the Earth”
Music: Conrad Kocher; Arrangement: John Carter, ©2007 Hope Publishing Company; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“It Is Well With My Soul”
Music: Philip P Bliss; Arrangement: John Purifoy, ©2013 Hal Leonard Corporation; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Brethren, We Have Met to Worship”
Music: Holy Manna by William Moore; Arrangement: Eugene Butler, ©2002 Lorenz Publishing Co.; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Come, We That Love”
Text: Isaac Watts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707, alt; refrain Robert Lowry; Music: Robert Lowry, 1867, The Victory, 1869

“To God Be the Glory”
Text: Fanny J Crosby, Brightest and Best, 1875; Music: William H Doane, Brightest and Best, 1875

“Some of us are exhausted”
Written by Joanna Harader, ©2012

“Bless the Arms That Comfort”
Text: Mary Louise Bringle, ©2001 The Hymn Society (admin. Hope Publishing Co.); Music: Gustav Holst, 1906; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“As the Wind Song through the Trees”
Text: Shirley Erena Murray, 2004; Music: Lim Swee Hong, 2004; ©2005 Hope Publishing Company; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

Romance sans paroles Op. 17, No. 3
Composed by Gabriel Fauré, 1878

“Praise Him, Praise Him”
Text: Fanny J Crosby, Bright Jewels for the Sunday School, 1869; Music: Chester G Allen, Bright Jewels for the Sunday School, 1869

“Praise the Lord, Sing Hallelujah”
Text: based on Psalm 148; The Book of Psalms, 1871; adapt. William J Kirkpatrick, ca. 1893; Music: William J Kirkpatrick, ca. 1893

“Praise God (Dedication Anthem)”
Text: Thomas Ken, A Manual of Prayers…, 1695, alt.; Music: Lowell Mason’s Boston Handel and Haydn Society Collection…, 9th ed., 1830

What you talkin' 'bout?

Pastor Glenn preached from John 6:1-21 with a sermon titled “What you talkin’ ‘bout?”. In this text we encounter a Jesus who refuses to follow the rules.

Music Acknowledgements

“When in Our Music God Is Glorified”
Text: Fred Pratt Green, 1972, The Hymn, 1973, ©1972 Hope Publishing Co.; Music: Charles V Stanford, Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1904; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Brethren, We Have Met to Worship”
Text: George Askins, Social and Camp-Meeting Hymns for the Pious, 1817, alt.; Music: The Columbian Harmony, 1825

“Spirit of the Living God”
Text: Daniel Iverson, Revival Songs, 1929; Music: Daniel Iverson, Revival Songs, 1929; arr. Herbert G Tovey; ©1935, 1963 Birdwing Music and BWG Songs, Inc.; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through CCLI License #200093153

“Great Is Thy Faithfulness”
Text: Thomas O Chisholm, Songs of Salvation and Service, 1923; Music: William M Runyan, Songs of Salvation and Service, 1923; ©1923, renewed 1951, Hope Publishing Company; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Let Us Build a House”
Text & Music: Marty Haugen; ©1994 GIA Publications, Inc.; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Down by the Riverside”
African American Spiritual; arr. EP Smeltzer

Jeremiah 23:1-6

Pastor Claudia preached from Jeremiah 23:1-6.

Music Acknowledgements

“Come, We That Love”
Text: Isaac Watts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707, alt; refrain Robert Lowry; Music: Robert Lowry, 1867, The Victory, 1869

“Be Thou My Vision”
Text: Irish traditional, “Rob tum o bhoile, a Comdi cride,” ca. 8th c.; trans. Mary Elizabeth Byrne, Ériu, Vol. 2, 1905, alt.; Music: Irish traditional, Old Irish Folk Music and Songs, 1909; harm. Martin Shaw, Enlarged Songs of Praise, 1931, alt., ©1927 Oxford University Press; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“The Lord’s My Shepherd”
Text: based on Psalm 23; The Psalms of David in Meeter, 1650; Music: Jessie S Irvine, 1872; harm. And adapt. David Grant, The Northern Psalter, 1872

“My Shepherd Will Supply My Need”
Text: based on Psalm 23; Isaac Watts, Psalms of David…, 1719, alt.; Music: American traditional, early 19th c., version from Joseph Funk’s Genuine Church Music, 1st ed., 1832; harm. J Harold Moyer, 1965, ©1969 Faith & Life Press/Mennonite Publishing House; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“The Lord Bless You and Keep You”
Text: based on Numbers 6:24-26, Peter C Lutkin, 1900; Music: Peter C Lutkin, 1900

Amos 7:7-15

Pastor Claudia preached from Amos 7:7-15.

Music Acknowledgements

“Christ Is Alive, and Goes Before Us”
Text: Brian Wren, ©1983 Hope Publishing Co; Music: Lori True, ©2003 GIA Publications, Inc.; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Let Justice Roll Like a River”
Text: Marty Haugen, based on Amos 5:21-24, 8; 4; Micah 4:3-4, 6; 8; Joel 2:12-14; Music: Marty Haugen; ©1991 GIA Publications, Inc.; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Mayenziwe (Your Will Be Done)”
Text: from the Lord’s Prayer; Music: South African traditional, as taught by George Mxadana; transcribed John L Bell, 1988; ©1990 WGRG The Iona Community, GIA Publications, Inc, agent; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“As Rain From the Clouds”
Text: Delores Dufner, OSB; ©1983, 1998 admin. GIA Publications, Inc.; Music: English traditional; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

Learning to Love the Heck Out of Each Other

Charlie Ferguson preached from 1 Peter 4:7-11, Mark 1:40-45, and Mark 10:42-45.

Music Acknowledgements

“One Is the Body”
Text: based on Ephesians 4:4-13, John L Bell; Music: John L Bell; ©1997, 2002 WGRG, Iona Community (admin. GIA Publications, Inc); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Will You Let Me Be Your Servant”
Text: Richard Gillard, 1976, alt.; Music: Richard Gillard, 1976; adapt. Betty Pulkingham; ©1977 Scripture in Song (admin. Capitol CMG Publishing); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through CCLI License #200093153

“Holy Spirit, Come to Us”
Text: adapt. from Latin liturgy, ca. 10th c.; John 13:35; 15:12-13; 1 John 3:16; 4:10, 16; Music: Jacques Berthier; ©1998 Les Presses de Taizé (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Praise God” (Dedication Anthem)
Text: Thomas Ken, A Manual of Prayers…, 1695, alt.; Music: Lowell Mason’s Boston Handel and Haydn Society Collection…, 9th ed., 1830

Lamentations 3:22-33

Pastor Claudia preached from Lamentations 3:22-33.

Music Acknowledgements

“Come, Gracious Spirit”
Text: Simon Browne, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1720, alt.; Music: William B Bradbury, The Jubilee, 1858

“Let Us Build a House”
Text & Music: Marty Haugen; ©1994 GIA Publications, Inc.; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Be Still and Know”
Text: Psalm 46:10; Music: anon.; arr. Jack Schrader, 1988; ©1989 Hope Publishing Company; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Joys Are Flowing like a River”
Text: Manie P Ferguson, ca. 1897, alt.; Music: W S Marshall, ca. 1897; adapt. James M Kirk, 1900