Children's Christmas Program 2021

The FMC children will premier their 2021 Christmas Program video. Romaine and Vicky will also offer extended special Christmas music.

Acknowledgements for Worship Resources 

“Good Christian Men, Rejoice”
Music: German traditional, 14th c.; Setting by John Carter; ©1989 Harold Flammer, Inc

 “Appalachian Christmas Carol”
By John Ness Beck; ©1971 G Schirmer, Inc

 “The First Nowell the Angel Did Say”
Arranged by Kathy C Bowen; ©1983 Broadman Press

 “Hope Is a Candle”
Text: Richard Leach, 1994, ©1995 Selah Publishing Co., Inc.; Music: Scottish traditional; acc. James E Clemens, 2006; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Longing for Light”
Text & Music: Bernadette Farrell; ©1993 OCP Publications; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Appalachian Christmas Carols” (After John Jacob Niles)
Arranged by Vincent Persichetti; Collection ©1975 Elkan-Vogel, Inc; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“O Come, O Come, Immanuel”
Text: anon., O Antiphons, ca. 8th-9th c.; “Veni, veni Emmanuel,” 12th c.; stanzas 1-5 trans. John M Neale, Medieval Hymns and Sequences, 1851, alt.; stanzas 6-7 trans. Henry Sloane Coffin, Hymns of the Kingdom of God, 1916; Music: trope melody, 15th c.

“Lo, How a Rose E’re Blooming”
Arranged by Dennis Alexander; ©2003 Alfred Publishing Co, Inc; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming”
Text: stanzas 1-2 anon., “Es ist ein Ros‘ entsprungen“, 15th c.; Alte Catholische Geistliche Kirchengasäng, 1599; trans. Theodore Baker, 1894; stanza 3 Friedrich Layritz, Liederschatz, 1832; trans. Harriet K Spaeth, The Hymnal, 1940, alt.; Music: German traditional, 15th c.; Alte Catholische Geistliche Kirchengasäng, 1599; harm. Michael Praetorius, Musae Sionae VI, 1609

“What Child is This?”
By John Ness Beck; ©1971 G Schirmer, Inc

“Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus”
Text: Charles Wesley, Hymns for the Nativity of Our Lord, 1744; stanza 2 adapt. from “Light of Those Whose Dreary Dwelling” in the same collection; Music: Rowland H Prichard, ca. 1830, Cyfaill y Cantorion, 1844; arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, The English Hymnal, 1906, adapt. 1951, BBC Hymn Book, ©Oxford University Press, London

Get Ready

On the second Sunday of Advent, Pastor Glenn will preach from Malachi 3:1-4. Impossible dreams- from what is to what will be; the refiner’s fire!

Worship Resources Acknowledgements

“Lo, How a Rose E’re Blooming”
Music: German traditional, 15th c.; Alte Catholische Geistliche Kirchengasäng,1599; harm. Michael Praetorius, Musae Sionae VI, 1609

“What Child is This”
Music: English traditional

“Il Est Né, Le Divin Enfant”
Music: French traditional

“O Come, O Come, Immanuel”
Tune: Veni, veni, Emmanuel; plainsong, 15th c.

“Hope Is a Candle”
Text: Richard Leach, 1994, ©1995 Selah Publishing Co., Inc.; Music: Scottish traditional; acc. James E Clemens, 2006; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus”
Text: Charles Wesley, Hymns for the Nativity of Our Lord, 1744; Music: Rowland H Prichard, ca. 1830, Cyfaill y Cantorion, 1844; arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, The English Hymnal, 1906, adapt. 1951, BBC Hymn Book, ©Oxford University Press, London

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

“Gloria”
Text: Latin; Luke 2:14; Music: Jacques Berthier, ©1979 Les Presses de Taizé (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“‘Twas in the Moon of Wintertime”
Text: St. Jean de Brebeuf, Estennial de tsonue Jesus ahatonhia, ca. 1643; tr. JE Middleton, 1926, translation copyright ©Frederick Harris Music Co., Ltd.; Music: French melody

“Away in a Manger”
Tune: James R Murray, Dainty Songs for Little Lads and Lasses, 1887

“Oh, Beautiful Star of Bethlehem”
Text: Adger M Pace, 1940; Music: R Fisher Boyce, 1940; harmonized by Adger M Pace; ©1940, renewed 1967 James D Vaughan, Music Publisher (admin. By Music Services, Inc.); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through CCLI License #200093153

Luke 21:25-36

On the first Sunday of Advent, Pastor Claudia will preach from Luke 21:25-36.

Acknowledgements for Worship Resources

“Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence”
Picardy French Melody, 17th c.; Arranged by: John Carter, ©2012 Hope Publishing Co; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Keep Your Lamps!”
Spiritual; Arranged by: Andre Thomas, ©2003 Hinshaw Music; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Here in This Place”
Text: Marty Haugen, 1981, Gather, 1988, alt.; Music: Marty Haugen, 1981, Gather, 1988; ©1982 GIA Publications, Inc.; 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

“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

“Hope Is a Candle”
Text: Richard Leach, 1994, ©1995 Selah Publishing Co., Inc.; Music: Scottish traditional; acc. James E Clemens, 2006; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“O Come, O Come, Immanuel”
Text: anon., O Antiphons, ca. 8th-9th c.; “Veni, veni Emmanuel,” 12th c.; stanzas 1-5 trans. John M Neale, Medieval Hymns and Sequences, 1851, alt.; stanzas 6-7 trans. Henry Sloane Coffin, Hymns of the Kingdom of God, 1916; Music: trope melody, 15th c.

“O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”
Tune: Veni, veni, Emmanuel; plainsong, 15th c.; Arranged by: Joseph Martin, ©1997 Malcom Music, a division of Shawnee Press, Inc

“Comfort, Comfort, O My People”
Text: based on Isaiah 40:1-5; Johannes Olearius, “Tröstet, tröstet, meine LIeben,” Geistliche Singe-Kunst, 1671; trans. Catherine Winkworth, Chorale Book for England, 1863, alt.; Music: Louis Bourgeois, Genevan Psalter, Octante Trois Pseaumes de David, 1551; harm. adapt. from Claude Goudimel, 150 Pseaumes de David, 1564

“La paz de la tierra”
Text: Spanish; Guatemalan traditional; trans. Christine Carson, ©1998 Christine Carson and WGRG, Iona Community (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.); Music: Guatemalan traditional; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

John 18:33-37

Pastor Claudia will preach from John 18:33-37.

Acknowledgements for Worship Resources

“Improvisation Op. 84 No. 5”
Composed by: Gabriel Faure, 1901

“Nearer, My God, To Thee”
Tune: Bethany by Lowell Mason; Arranged by: John Turner; ©2012 Lorenz Publishing Co; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“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

“Jesus, Help Us Live in Peace”
Text & Music: Jerry Derstine (JD Martin); ©1971, 2004 Jerry Derstine (JD Martin); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“As I Went Down to the River to Pray”
Text & Music: African American spiritual

“Gentle Shepherd, Come and Lead Us”
Text: Gloria Gaither; Music: William J Gaither; ©1974 William J Gaither; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through CCLI License #200093153

“Total Praise”
Text: Richard Smallwood; Music: Richard Smallwood; arr. Stephen Key; ©1996 Bridge Building Music (BMI)/T Autumn Music (BMI) (admin. Capitol CMG Publishing); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through CCLI License #200093153

“Here I Am, Lord”
Text: Daniel L Schutte, 1980, Lord of Light, 1981, alt.; Music: Daniel L Schutte; arr. Michael Pope, SJ, and John Weissrock; ©1981 Daniel L Schutte and New Dawn Music; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

The Zone

Pastor Glenn will preach from 1 Samuel 1:4-20.

Acknowledgements for Worship Resources

“La fille aux cheveux de lin”
Composed by: Claude Debussy, 1909/1910

“We Gather Together”
Netherlands Folk Hymn; Arranged by: John Kraus, ©2004 The FJH Music Company, Inc.

“Be sincere in your love for others”
Romans 12:9-21 (excerpts)

“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

“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

“Spirit of God! Descend”
Text: George Croly, Lyra Britannica, 1867, alt.; Music: Frederick C Atkinson, 1870, Congregational Church Hymnal, 1887

“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

“We Plow the Fields and Scatter”
Text: Matthias Claudius, Wir pflügen und wir streuen, Fest, 1782; trans. Jane M Campbell, Garland of Song, 1861, alt.; Music: attr. Johann A P Schulz, Lieder für Volksschulen mit Musik, 1800

“Sing to the God of Harvest”
Text: Delores Dufner, OSB, adapt. from “Sing to the Lord of Harvest,” John S B Monsell, 19th c., ©1998, 2003 GIA Publications, Inc.; Music: Johann Steurlein, 1575; harm. Healey Willan, 1958; © Healey Willan Society; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

Irresistible Revolution?

Pastor Glenn will preach from Mark 12:38-44.

Acknowledgements for Worship Resources

“Narcissus Op. 13, No. 4”
Composed by: Ethelbert Nevin, 1891

“Simple Gifts”
Traditional Shaker Melody; Arranged by: Mark Hayes, ©1988 Glory Sound, a division of Shawnee Press, Inc.; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“There is no scarcity”
By Rosemarie Feeney Harding, ca. 1990

“All People That on Earth Do Dwell”
Text: based on Psalm 100; William Kethe, Anglo-Genevan Psalter, 1561; adapt. Thomas H Troeger, 1992; Music: Louis Bourgeois, Genevan Psalter, 1551

“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

“Tú has venido a la orilla (Lord, You Have Come to the Lakeshore)”
Text: Spanish; Cesáreo Gabaráin; trans. composite Gertrude C Suppe, George Lockwood IV, Raquel Gutiérrez-Achon, Willard F Jabusch, alt.; Music: Cesáreo Gabaráin, 1979, Dios con nosotros; Spanish text and music ©1979 Cesáreo Gabaráin and Ediciones Paulinas (admin. OCP Publications); 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

“Children’s Corner, L. 113 The Little Shepherd”
Composed by: Claude Debussy, 1908

“Sent Forth by God’s Blessing”
Text: Omer Westendorf, People’s Mass Book, alt. ©1964 World Library Publications, Inc.; Music: Welsh traditional; harm. anon.; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“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

All Saints' Day 2021

Pastor Claudia will preach from John 11:32-44. The service will include a ceremony of remembrance as we observe All Saints’ Day.

Acknowledgements for Worship Resources

“Be Still, My Soul”
Text: Catharina A D von Schlegel, 1752, Stille, mein Wille; trans. Jane Laurie Borthwick, 1855, alt.; Music: Jean Sibelius; arr. The Hymnal, ©1933, 1961 Presbyterian Board of Christian Education; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“For All the Saints”
Text: William W How, Hymns for Saints’ Days and Other Hymns, 1864, alt.; Music: Ralph Vaughan Williams, The English Hymnal, 1906

“As I Went Down to the River to Pray”
Text & Music: African American spiritual

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

“Venetian Boat Song No. 2, Op. 30 No. 6”
Composed by: Felix Mendelssohn, 1834

“Holy, Holy, Holy / It is Well”
Arranged by: Ruth Elaine Schram; Tune: Nicaea by John B Dykes and Ville du Havre by Philip P Bliss; ©2012 Lorenz Publishing Co.; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Masithi: Amen (Sing Amen)”
Text: Xhosa; South African traditional; trans. unknown, alt.; Music: S C Molefe, ©1991 Lumko Institute; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Soon and Very Soon”
Text & Music: Andrae Crouch; ©1976 Bud John Songs, Inc.; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through CCLI, license #200093153

Job 42:1-6; 10-17

Pastor Claudia will preach from Job 42:1-6, 10-17.

Acknowledgements and copyright for worship resources

 “Give Me Jesus”
Arranged by: Mark Hayes; ©2010 Lorenz Publishing Company; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Children’s Corner, L. 113 The Little Shepherd”
Composed by: Claude Debussy, 1908

“When We Are Living”
Tune: Somos del Señor, Spanish Melody; Setting by: John Carter, ©2005 Hope Publishing Company; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Compassionate Christ, if you are my light”
Die ernshafte Christenpflicht, 1708; trans. Leonard Gross, 1998; adapt. Mennonite Worship and Song Committee, 2018

“Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise”
Text: Walter C Smith, Hymns of Christ and the Christian Life, 1867, alt.; Music: Welsh traditional, Caniadau y Cyssegr, 1839

“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

“Uyai mose (Come All You People)”
Text: Shona; Alexander Gondo; transc. and English paraphrase I-to Loh, 1986; Music: Alexander Gondo; arr. John Bell, ©1994 WGRG, Iona Community (admin. GIA Publications); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Lord, Listen to Your Children”
Text & Music: Ken Medema, 1970; ©1973 Hope Publishing Co.; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through CCLI License #200093153

“To a Wild Rose, Op. 51 No. 1”
Composed by: Edward MacDowell, 1896

“Shalom chaverim (Shalom, My Friends)”
Text: Hebrew traditional; Music: Israeli traditional

“You Shall Go Out with Joy”
Text: based on Isaiah 55:12; Steffi Geiser Rubin, 1975; Music: Stuart Dauermann, 1975; ©1975 Lillenas Publishing Co.; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

God Finally Speaks

Pastor Glenn will preach from Job 38:1-7, 34-41. God finally speaks.

Acknowledgements for Worship Resources

“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

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

“Let the Children Come to Me”
Text: James V Marchionda; Music: James V Marchionda; arr. Michael K Runyan, alt.; ©1982 World Library Publications; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“All Will Be Well”
Text: Julian of Norwich, The Revelation of Divine Love, 14th c.; adapt. Steven C Warner; Music: Steven C Warner; ©1993 World Library Publications; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“There Are Many Gifts”
Text: based on 1 Corinthians 12:4-12; Patricia Shelly, 1976, Many Gifts, 1977, alt.; Music: Patricia Shelly, 1976, Many Gifts, 1977; ©1977 Patricia Shelly; 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

Job 23:1-9, 16-17

Pastor Claudia will preach from Job 23:1-9, 16-17.

Acknowledgements for Worship Resources

“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

“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

“Santo, santo, santo (Holy, Holy, Holy)”
Text: Spanish; Guillermo Cuéllar, ca. 1986, Misa Salvadoreña; refrain trans. composite; stanzas trans. Bret Hesla and William Dexheimer-Pharris, alt.; Music: Guillermo Cuéllar, ca. 1986, Misa Salvadoreña; ©1988, 1993, 1994 GIA Publications, Inc.; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“We Walk by Faith”
Text: Henry Alford, Psalms and Hymns, 1844, alt.; Music: Marty Haugen, 1983, Mass of Creation, ©1984 GIA Publications, Inc.; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“We Shall Overcome”
Text: African American traditional; adapt. Zilphia Horton, Frank Hamilton, Guy Carawan, and Pete Seeger; inspired by Charles Tindley, “I’ll Overcome Some Day,” 1900, members of the Food & Tobacco Workers Union, Charleston, South Carolina, and the civil rights movement in the American South, 20th c.; Music: African American traditional; adapt. Zilphia Horton, Frank Hamilton, Guy Carawan, and Pete Seeger

“Siyahamba (We Are Marching)”
Text: Xhosa; South African traditional; English trans. Gracia Grindal; Music: South African traditional; arr. Freedom is Coming, 1984; ©1984 Peace of Music Publishing AB (admin. Walton Music Corp., a division of GIA Publications, Inc.); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084