This week's service is not being recorded.  Both videographer's are out of town this week.  The sermon Pastor Wendel publishes for other churches is included here.


The Rev.  Dr. David M. Wendel

First Reading - Isaiah 42:14-21 ​ 
Psalm -142
Second Reading - Ephesians 5:8-14 ​
Holy Gospel -John 9:1-41 
Message - The Rev.  Dr. David M. Wendel 
       "Seeing and Believing"
                    
                              
Music
Prelude - Ron Kenreich, Organ
"Andante Cantabile" - Charles Marie Widor  

Entrance Hymn -   "Holy God, We Praise Your Name"
        
Hymn of the Day -  "Te Deum"​

Musical Offering -  Grace Singers Chancel Choir 
      "O Blessed Cross of Calvary!" - J. Paul Williams/Lloyd Larson
                   
Recessional Hymn -   "I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light"

Postlude -  Ron Kenreich, Organ
    "Fanfare and Celebration" - Pamela Robinson​
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The Rev.  Dr. David M. Wendel

First Reading -  Exodus 17:1-7 ​ 
Psalm - 95:1-9
Second Reading - Romans 5:1-8​
Holy Gospel -John 4:5-30, 39-42 
Message - The Rev.  Dr. David M. Wendel
                    "“Thirsty”​
                                 
Music
Prelude - Linda Hoch, Organ
"Jesus, Refuge of the Weary" - arr. Donald Busarow
"Open Now The Gates of Beauty" - arr. Peter Pindar Stearns 

Entrance Hymn -   "Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty"
        
Hymn of the Day -  "Te Deum"​

Musical Offering -  Larry Seifert - Piano 
       "A Lenten Journey" - arr. Larry Seifert
                   
Recessional Hymn -   "I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say"

Postlude -  Linda Hoch, Organ
    "Tuba Tune on Kingsfold" - arr. Franklin D. Ashdown​
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The Rev.  Dr. David M. Wendel

First Reading -  Genesis 12:1-9 ​ 
Psalm - 121
Second Reading - Romans 4:1-8, 13-17​
Holy Gospel - John 3:1-17 
Message - The Rev.  Dr. David M. Wendel
                    "Loving Even the World!"​
                                 
Music
Prelude - Linda Hoch, Organ
"Beneath the Cross of Jesus" - arr. David Cherwien
"If You But Trust in God to Guide You" - arr. A. D. Miller 

Entrance Hymn -   "Beneath the Cross of Jesus"
        
Hymn of the Day -  "Te Deum"​

Musical Offering - Grace Singers Chancel Choir - "Lenten Prayer"
   - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi/arr. Patrick M. Liebergen
                   
Recessional Hymn -    "If You But Trust in God to Guide You" ​

Postlude -  Linda Hoch, Organ
     "Fugue Sur Les Jeux D'Anches" - Francois Couperin​
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The Rev.  Dr. David M. Wendel

First Reading - Genesis 3:1-21 ​ 
Psalm - 32:1-7
Second Reading -  Romans 5:12-19​
Holy Gospel -  Matthew 4:1-11
Message - The Rev.  Dr. David M. Wendel
                   “Listen to Him!”​
                                 
Music
Prelude - Linda Hoch, Organ
"The Glory of These Forty Days" - arr. Timothy Albrecht
"Aria on Gethsemane" - arr. Philip Moore 

Entrance Hymn -  "The Glory of These Forty Days"
        
Hymn of the Day -  "Te Deum"​

Musical Offering - Martha Crist - Piano, Linda Hoch - Organ     
​    "Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days" - arr. David Paxton                  
Recessional Hymn -   "Chief of Sinners Though I Be" ​

Postlude -  Linda Hoch, Organ
     "Brightest and Best of the Stars of the Morning"
                   - arr. Wayne L. Wold
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Soli Deo Gloria:
The King of Instruments
An Organ Concert in Four Parts

Linda Hoch "Beautiful Savior" - Hymn Sing
Voluntary on "This is the Feast" - arr. Charles Callahan
"Elegy" - Sir Edward Elgar; arr. S. Drummond Wolff
Variations on "Picardy" - arr. Michael Helman

Ian Gayetsky
"Nun Bitten wit den Helligen Geist"
("We Pray Now to the Holy Spirit") - Dietrich Buxtehude
"Praeludium" - Hermann Schroeder

David Banas
"A Mighty Fortress" - Diane Bish
"Braeludium in D" - Dietrich Buxtehude
"Praise to the Lord" - with Linda Hoch, piano - Fred Bock
Partita on "Deo Gracias" - Michael Burkhardt

James D. Hildreth
Improvisation on "St. Clement" - Gerre Hancock; trans by Berton "Very Slowly" from Sonatina - Leo Sowerby
"Chorale" from Symphony Number 2 - Louis Vierne
​"Oh Wondrous Type; Oh, Vision Fair" - Hymn Sing

The Rev.  Dr. David M. Wendel

First Reading - Exodus 24:8-18 ​ 
Psalm - 2:6-12​
Second Reading -   2 Peter 1:16-21​
Holy Gospel -  Matthew 17:1-9​
Message - The Rev.  Dr. David M. Wendel
                   "Getting Through Hard Times!"​
                                 
Music
Prelude - Linda Hoch, Organ
"O Savior, Precious Savior" - arr. Healey Willan
​"Beautiful Savior" - arr. David Cherwien  

Entrance Hymn -  “Brightest and Best of the Stars of the Morning”
        
Hymn of the Day -  “O Savior, Precious Savior”​

Musical Offering - Grace Ringers Bells Choir     
​        "Shine, Jesus, Shine" - arr. Peggy Bettcher                

Recessional Hymn -   “Alleluia, Song of Gladness” ​

Postlude -  Linda Hoch, Organ
     "Brightest and Best of the Stars of the Morning"
                   - arr. Wayne L. Wold
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The Rev.  Dr. David M. Wendel

First Reading - Isaiah 58:3-9a 
Psalm - 112:1-9
Second Reading -   1 Corinthians 2:1-12
Holy Gospel -  Matthew 5:13-20
Message - The Rev.  Dr. David M. Wendel
                   “Secret and Hidden”
                                 
Music
Prelude - Linda Hoch, Organ
"Take My Life, That I May Be" - arr. Kristina Langlois
"Prelude on Wareham" - arr. Healey Willan 

Entrance Hymn -    “The Church of Christ in Ev’ry Age” 
        
Hymn of the Day -  “Take My Life, that I May Be”

Musical Offering - "Give Me Jesus" - arr. Craig Courtney
                Grace Singers Chancel Choir                

Recessional Hymn -    “Oh, for a Thousand Tongues to Sing”

Postlude -  Linda Hoch, Organ
     "O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing" - arr. Anna Laura Page​

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The Rev.  Dr. David M. Wendel

First Reading -  Micah 6:1-8 
Psalm - 15
Second Reading -  1 Corinthians 1:18-31
Holy Gospel -  Matthew 5:1-12
Message - The Rev.  Dr. David M. Wendel
                    “Life in Relationship!”
                                 
Music
Prelude - Linda Hoch, Organ
"The Lord's My Shepherd" - arr. Ronald A. Nelson
"Lord, Speak to Me" - arr. Stephen Walters

Entrance Hymn -    “Rise Up, O Saints of God” 
        
Hymn of the Day -  “Lord, Speak to Us, that We May Speak”

Musical Offering - "Every Time I Feel the Spirit" - arr. Joel Raney
            Maria Laderman - Flute, Linda Hoch - Piano                

Recessional Hymn -    “Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee”

Postlude -  Linda Hoch, Organ
     "Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee" - arr. May Schwartz

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​The Rev.  Dr. David M. Wendel

First Reading -  Isaiah 9:1-4 ​ 
Psalm -  27:1-14 ​
Second Reading -   1 Corinthians 1:10-18 ​
Holy Gospel - Matthew 4:12-25 ​
Message - The Rev.  Dr. David M. Wendel
                     “Lessons Learned in Darkness!” ​

Live services cancelled due to the winter storm