The design of this concert was created by Allison Kasufrakis, Minister of Music and Susan Werner Friesen, principal accompanist of St. Andrew Lutheran Church, Beaverton, Oregon.
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Hope for Creation
– Program –
| Welcome | ||
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Gathering |
All Creatures of Our God and King |
Vaclav Nehlybel (1919-1996) |
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Reading |
Psalm 65:4-13 |
The Message |
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Hymn* |
Earth and & All Stars Verses 1,2 all; verse 3 men, verse 4 women, verse 5 all |
ELW 731 |
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Reading |
Blessings |
Buddha |
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Choir Anthem |
Golden Breaks the Dawn |
Susan Werner Friesen |
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Reading |
Canticle of the Sun |
St. Francis of Assisi |
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Hymn* |
Oh, Sing to God Above Verse 1 Choir in Spanish; verses 1 & 2 all, unison |
ELW 555 |
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Voluntary |
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier |
J. S. Bach (1685-1750) |
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Reading |
Once more the fields have ripened to harvest |
Percival Chubb |
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Hymn* |
God, Whose Farm Is All Creation Verse 1 choir; verses 2 & 3 all |
ELW 734 |
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Reading |
The Magician’s Nephew, “The Chronicles of Narnia” |
C.S. Lewis |
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Choir Anthem |
When Long Before Time |
Aaron David Miller |
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Voluntary |
Exaltation! |
Brian Balmages |
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Reading |
We Should Understand |
Black Elk, Oglala Lakota Sioux |
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Hymn* |
Many and Great Choir in native American Language; verses 1 & 2 all |
ELW 837 |
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Reading |
A Prayer of Healing |
UN Environmental Sabbath Program |
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Choir Anthem |
In Sacred Manner |
Thomas Pavlechko |
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Reading |
Merger Poem |
Judy Chicago |
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Hymn* |
This is God’s Wondrous World Verse 1 all; verses 2 & 3 all, parts |
see insert |
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Sending |
Praise God With Drums and Cymbals |
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933) |
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* Please stand as you are able |