Living Water, Guiding Spirit

Pentecost is this Sunday! Praying that our worship service are filled with the Holy Spirit like the upper room at the Pentecoast. The Holy Spirit is the Living Spirit. Let's seek Him with whole our hearts like a deer pants for water.

The chancel choir will lift up "Living water, Guiding Spirit" as our anthem, and the youth handbell will play "Remembrance" as their last piece before the summer break. Here is the text of our anthem.

Living Water, Guiding Spirit by Joseph M. Martin

Just as the deer longs for the water, my spirit longs for You. Just as the deer longs for the water, my spirit longs for You, my God.

Living water flow in me, refresh my soul with Your truth and grace. Make in me Your vessel pure, a heart to hold Your praise, a heart to hold Your praise.

Just as the wind blows through the forrest, move through my life today.

Just as the wind blows through the forrest, move through my life O Lord, I pray.

Guiding Spirit blw through me. Refresh my soul with Your truth and grace. Lift me up where eagles fly. Teach me a higher way, teach me O Lord, I pray.

Inspiring!

This Sunday will be a little bit different that there will be an anthem by our InspiRingers. (the adult handbell choir) The handbell choir will also praise call to worship as well as postlude. At the second service, the youth choir will sing "How Beautiful" as an offfertory.

Praying you all feel God's abundant love through beautiful music during this Sunday worship service.

Ready to have a summer break?

The schools will start their summer break from May 21st. There will be no children's choir, chimes, and the youth handbell, choir, and ensemble during summer.

However, we will keep the chancel choir rehearsal on Wednesday night every week, and the new adult handbell rehearsal by week from June 10th for the beginner's class. We will work on only basic techniques and skills with simple music.

If you are interested in joining the beginners group of handbell, please contact me or come on June10th at 5:30 to the Curry.

This Wednesday(May 12) will be the last day for the children's choir, the youth music teams will finish during next week.

Thank you all for your effort and hearts to praising our Lord together! Hope you all have a wonderful summer!!

Happy Mother's Day!

It is already May!

This Sunday is Mother's day. Even though we do not do much to celebrate during worship services, the children's choir will sing a special song for mothers. I pray that may the Lord bless all those mothers with His comfort, and love!!

Here is a cute and lovely lyric of the song.

Prayer for Mothers by Donna Butler

1. God bless the mother who sings to her child, peaceful and calm, her words soft and mild. God, bless the mother awake in the night, rocking her child 'till morning light.

2. God bless the mother forgiving and wise, sharing God's grace through the light in her eyes. God bless the mother oppresed by her fears, carried by faith till hope reappears.

Refrain: Gather all mothers in tender embrace. Grant them your courage, your wisdom and grace. Honor their place in your sacred design, of healing the world one child at a time.

Happy mother's day to y'all!

The King of Love My Shepherd Is

This week's anthem is "The King of Love My Shepherd is" by John Ness Beck. It is composed with text from our favorite Psalm 23rd.
We pray May the Lord be upon us in worship when we lift up our hearts to Him.

I give my song.

This Sunday is our church family picnic! After 11:00 service, we will go to J. F. Gregory park for it. Please bring your family and friends~! As I heard, over 400 people always attened the picnic. I hope people come to the church first to lift their heart to the Lord in worship services on Sunday. Sadly, attending Sunday worship service seems not requirement to many Christians. I honestly could not understand about it as a Korean conservative Christian. The chancel choir will sing " I give my song" as our anthem this week, and the children's chimers will play "Simple gifts" at the second service as a special music.

Here is a lyric for the anthem. Wishing you all come to worship and fellowship at the park!

I Give My Song by Joseph Martin

What can I give to God my Creator? What can I do to show my love?

What can I give to my Lord and Savior? What can I bring? What can I bring?

What can I give to the Lord of creation? What do I have that's worthy of Him? What can I bring to the High Prince of heaven? What can I bring? What can I bring?

I can sing Alleluia, Lord, I adore You. All my days I can sing Your praise. I can give my song to You.

He fills my mouth with the joy of music, He fills my heart with the sounds of His love. He fills my life with the peace of His Spirit. Now I can sing, now I can sing. I can sing Alleluia. Lord, I adore You. All my days I can sing Your praise. I can give my song to You. I can give my song to You!

Christ is Risen!

Christ is risen, today! Halleluia!

May the Lord fill you all with His joy of victory through the resurrection of Jesus!

The children's choir will sing a special song at both services, the youth ensemble will play Mozart's Alleluia for the offertory, and the chancel choir will lift up their hearts with "Resurrection" as an anthem on Easter.

Let's worship and praise together "He lives~!!"