Piano and organ music for the traditional services at Faith United Methodist Church in Champaign, Illinois
What's going on musically this week at Faith? You can hear some of the organ/piano music from our traditional services on the Godmusic page
or visit the
Godmusic archives
(plenty of MP3 recordings, mostly of organ music from a variety of styles and traditions that I've played in church at one time or another)
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| looking ahead |
| This is a chance for those of us involved with the worship services at Faith UMC to check out the scripture lessons and sermon titles/themes as determined by the Revised Common Lectionary and our pastor. The other elements of the service will be posted as I find out about them so we can all try to coordinate our efforts. |
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the below is (or will be) a combination of a handout from pastor Wes Wilkey, and my notes from various sources about what is happening on a given Sunday. Things are subject to change (if I'm not sure about something I usually adorn it with a question mark until I'm fairly certain about it!) This year Wes is departing from the lectionary to preach a series of sermons tied to the Methodist bible study "Disciple I" a 30-week study in which participants read 70 percent of the scriptures. It will certainly make it easier to see far into the future when planning worship this year. Participants in the study will also get an extra opportunity to explore the themes and the readings. Graduates of the course from prior years (which is a large portion of the congregation, it seems to me) will get a little review!
Series of Sermons from August 22, 2010 – April 10, 2011:
“A Journey Through the Bible With DISCIPLE 1” (or a more
‘catchy’ title)
Sunday
Title of Message
Book of Bible, Key Word
August 22
“The
Biblical Word”
(Introduction, “authority”)
August 29
“The Creating God”
(Gen. 1-2, “wonder”)
Sept. 5
“The Rebel People”
(Gen. 3-11, “sin”)
Sept. 12
“The Called People”
(Gen. 12-41, “covenant”)
Sept. 19
“God Hears the Cry”
(Ex. 1-18, “deliverance”)
Sept. 26
ASP Sunday
October 3
“When God Draws Near”
(Ex. 24-34, Lev 1-17, “atonement”)
October 10
“The People Without a King”
(Josh. 1-6, Judg 1-16, “leadership”)
October 17
“The People With a King”
(1 Sam 1-31, 2 Sam 24,
1 Kgs 1-12,
“security”)
October 24
“God Warns the People”
(1 Kgs 16-22, Amos, Is 1-7,
“warning”)
October 31
“God Punishes the People”
(2 Kgs 17-25, Jer 8-39, Is 28-30
“consequences”)
November 7
“God Restores the People”
(Is 40-53, Jer 30-33, Ez 1-5,
Is 55-65,
“comfort”)
November 14 “Songs of the Heart”
(Psalms, “worship”)
November 21 “The Righteous Are Like
Tree”
(Proverbs, “right living”)
November 28 “When Trouble Comes”
(Job, “suffering”)
December 5
Choir Sunday
December 12 “People Hope for a
Savior”
(Daniel, “hope”)
December 19 “The Time of Transition”
(Esther, Jonah, “context”)
December 26
Christmas Sunday
January 2
“Radical Discipleship”
(Matthew, “disciple”)
January 9
“Mounting Controversy”
(Matthew, “threat”)
January 16
“The Hidden Messiah”
(Mark, “good news”)
January 23
“God Seeks Least, Last, Lost”
(Luke, “least”)
January 30
“Lifegiver”
(John 1-12, “life”)
February 6
“Advocate”
(John 13-21, “assurance”)
February 13
“The Explosive Power of HS”
(Acts 1-12, “power”)
February 20
“The Gospel Penetrates World”
(Acts 15-28, “conversion”)
February 27
“Put Right with God thru Faith”
(Romans, “justified”)
March 6
“A Congregation in Ferment”
(1 Corinthians 1-16, “love”)
March 13
“The Son Shall Set Us Free”
(Galatians, “freedom”)
March 20
“A Pastor Gives Guidance”
(1 & 2 Timothy, “training”)
March 27
“Our Great High Priest”
(Hebrews, “sacrifice”)
April 3
“A People Set Apart”
(1 & 2 Peter, “holy”)
April 10
“We Never Lose Hope”
(Revelation, “victory”)
April 17
Palm/Passion Sunday
April 24
Easter Sunday |