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Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost | November 15th, 2026

Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost | November 15th, 2026

Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost | November 15th, 2026
Rev. Geoff Weinman, Senior Minister
Marvin Murphree, Choir Director
Hayden Vaughn, Organist/Pianist

Christian Copyright Solutions #: 1668445
Elders: Ray Lowry and Jennifer Ewert
Worship Reader: Jan Richerson

Prelude – Hayden Vaughn, organ:
“Meditation” by Battison Haynes
Introit  – Chancel Choir/Marving Murphree, director/Hayden Vaughn, organ
“Sing to the Lord of Harvest” arr. Mark Bowdidge
Hymn of Praise – “Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise” Chalice Hymnal No. 66
Communal Response - “Glory Be to the Father” Chalice Hymnal No. 36
Children’s Hymn – “Jesus Loves Me” Chalice Hymnal No. 113, verse 1
Hymn of Response – “Sweet Hour of Prayer” Chalice Hymnal No. 570, verse 3
Offertory – Chancel Choir/Marvin Murphree, director/Hayden Vaughn, organ:
“Now Thank We All Our God” arr. Marie Pooler
Doxology - “Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow” Chalice Hymnal No. 46
Hymn of Preparation – “You Satisfy the Hungry Heart” No. 429
Communion - Hayden Vaughn, organ:
“Devotion in D Flat Major” by James Michael Stevens
Hymn of Invitation – “Trust and Obey” Chalice Hymnal No. 556
Benediction Response Hymn – “Give Thanks for Life” Chalice Hymnal No. 649, verse 2
Postlude – Hayden Vaughn, organ:
“Postlude on ORA LABORA” arr. John S. Dixon

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"They who have my commandments and keep them are those who love me, and those who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them.”
-John 14:21 (NRSVU)

November 8, 2026

Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost | November 8th, 2026
Rev. Geoff Weinman, Senior Minister
Marvin Murphree, Choir Director
Vicky Claborn, Guest Organist/Pianist

Christian Copyright Solutions #: 1668445
Elders: Carolyn Deeds and Greg Walton
Worship Reader: Jennifer Ewert

Prelude – Vicky Claborn, organ:
“O God, Almighty Father” arr. Robert Powell
Introit  – Chancel Choir/Marving Murphree, director/ Vicky Claborn, organ:
“Sing to the Lord of Harvest” arr. Mark Bowdidge
Hymn of Praise – “Where Love Is Found” Chalice Hymnal No. 499
Communal Response - “Glory Be to the Father” Chalice Hymnal No. 36
Children’s Hymn – “Jesus Loves Me” Chalice Hymnal No. 113, verse 1
Hymn of Response – “Sweet Hour of Prayer” Chalice Hymnal No. 570, verse 1
Offertory – Chancel Choir/Marvin Murphree, director/Vicky Claborn, piano:
“O Lord, Thou Hast Searched Me” by Eugene Butler
Doxology - “Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow” Chalice Hymnal No. 46
Hymn of Preparation – “Lord of Our Highest Love” No. 390
Communion - Vicky Claborn, organ:
“Reflection on SCHMUCKE DICH” arr. Robert Lau

Hymn of Invitation – “Lord, Whose Love Through Humble Service” Chalice Hymnal No. 461
Benediction Response Hymn – “Give Thanks for Life” Chalice Hymnal No. 649, verse 1
Postlude – Vicky Claborn, organ:
“O God, Beyond All Praising” arr. David Lasky

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Image: Frederic Edwin Church, Moses Viewing the Promised Land, 1846, oil on academy board, private collection
 

Marvin Murphree - Been There Sung That - October 29, 2026 at 7:00pm

Been There, Sung That
Celebrating a career of unforgettable roles

Cosi fan tutte W.A. Mozart
        How I Hate to Share the News

Il Tabbaro
            Nulla silencio
Michele is a barge captain in his 50s.  His wife Georgetta is in her 20s.  The couple has lost a child in the past and have grown apart in their grief.  Georgetta has fallen in love with Luigi.  In this aria, Michele is pondering who his wife’s love might be and names several possible men.  In the end he vows to kill whoever it is that is enticing his wife.

Elixir of Love
            Just as Paris
Seargent Belcore…not a nice guy.  He enters and sees fair Adina and approaches her saying he wants to marry her.  After all, he’s met her five minutes before so naturally he’s in love and wants to get married that day. 

Don Giovanni
            Finch han dal vino
          La ci darem with Holly Henson, soprano
Don Giovanni (Don Juan)…not a nice guy.  In Finch han dal vino, he’s telling his servant Leparello to gather all the maids of the town for a debaucherous party.   In La ci darem, Giovanni has crashed the wedding party of Zerlina and Masetto.  He proceeds to separate Zerlina from the crowd and tried to convince her to spend some time alone with him.   Keep in mind, this is at her wedding, but he’s a nobleman and she’s a peasant and the temptation is too great. 

Pirates of Penzance
            I Am the Pirate King
The Pirate King…formerly not a nice guy.  He has left the nobility to become a pirate and talks about how he no longer hides the fact that he’s a crook as he had to do when he was taking from others as members of the nobility were prone to do. 

Marriage of Figaro
            O Why Were You so Cruel with Dr Traci Pritchard, soprano
We Are Sure of our Case Now
Count Almaviva…not a nice guy.  In O Why Were You So Cruel, he’s questioning Susanna, his wife’s maid servant who is engaged to Figaro, why she’s rebuffed is advances earlier in the day.  Her response is to fool him because he’s being lured into a trap by his wife, The Countess, Susanna, and Figaro.  In We Are Sure of our Case Now the count is catching on to the fact that he is being set up and vows vengeance on those who would try to catch him.    
       
~Intermission~

Brigadoon
            Almost Like Being in Love
Tommy Albright and his friend Jeff are lost in the woods in Scotland when out of the mist a village appears.  Tommy meets Fiona in the village and as would always happens, falls in love in a matter minutes after meeting Fiona.

Kiss Me Kate
     Where is the Life that Late I Led
Petruchio…not a nice guy,  is a character in Shakespear’s The Taming of the Shrew which in this show is a musical adaptation of the play.  In this scene Petruchio and Katherine or Kate have just gotten married and he’s lamenting the loss of his single carefree life.  But Kate’s family has money and he’ll give up his old life if he can marry into wealth.

Camelot
            If Ever I Would Leave You
Lancelot…not a nice guy who is a knight of the round table.  He falls in love with Guinevere, the wife of King Arthur.  Their love is unrequited and Guinevere tells Lancelot he must leave.  He vows to not leave her.

Man of La Mancha
            I, Don Quixote
          Dulcinea
            Impossible Dream
Alonzo Quijana is an old man who has lots of time on his hands and reads many books about knights.