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Set List on August 9th, 2015

What we sang:

Oh, Rock My Soul (Traditional)

DISCLAIMER: All music, lyrics, videos and photos, remain copyright of their respective owners. No infringement intended. Used for the Artist's promotional purposes only. This video will be removed under the copyright's owner request. Thanks for your understanding. One of the most famous live versions of this classic song.

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The Lord Giveth?

This week's dinner discussion will be an examination of the phrase: 
The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away.

From the story of Job, these words carry a great deal of weight, controversy, blessing/cursing and confusion. Watch the video below for a little more insight, get all excited, and see you this Sunday.

Against it is what it is


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Set List on August 2, 2015

What we sang:

There Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down (Brother Claude Ely)

Born in Virginia on July 22, of 1922, Brother Claude Ely is cited by many as being one of the true examples of gospel music in its purest form as an influence on rock and roll.

O God, Where Are You Now? (Sufjan Stevens)

Provided to YouTube by BWSCD, Inc. Oh God Where Are You Now? (In Pickerel Lake? Pigeon? Marquette? Mackinaw?) · Sufjan Stevens Michigan ℗ 2003 Asthmatic Kitty Released on: 2003-07-01 Auto-generated by YouTube.

If I Had a Hammer (Traditional)

Peter, Paul and Mary were an American folk-singing trio whose nearly 50-year career began with their rise to become the premier American 1960s folk music group. The trio was composed of Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey and Mary Travers. After the death of Mary Travers in 2009, Yarrow and Stookey continued to perform as a duo under their individual names.

Chimes of Freedom (Bob Dylan)

Provided to YouTube by Sony Music Entertainment Chimes of Freedom · Bob Dylan / Bob Dylan Another Side Of Bob Dylan ℗ Originally released 1964. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment Released on: 1964-08-07 Associated Performer, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Vocal: Bob Dylan / Bob Dylan Producer: Tom Wilson Auto-generated by YouTube.

God is Not a White Man (Gungor)

Gungor continues their ascent through the Christian music genre with the addition of their latest music video, "God is not a white Man" a precise and thought provoking song about the misconceptions involving God. The film was constructed entirely of felt and was developed and directed by Goodwin Films. www.goodwinfilms.com

Sermons

Timothy Kim - Nothing Human is Alien - July 12th, 2015

Co-founder Tim Kim talks about the concept of the wounded healer and how we can be sources of healing for each other.

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Readings:
“Through compassion it is possible to recognize that the craving for love that people feel resides also in our own hearts, that the cruelty that the world knows all too well is also rooted in our own impulses. Through compassion we also sense our hope for forgiveness in our friends’ eyes and our hatred in their bitter mouths. When they kill, we know that we could've done it; when they give life, we know that we can do the same. For a compassionate person nothing human is alien: no joy and no sorrow, no way of living and no way of dying.”
-The Wounded Healer by Henri Nouwen

3 May the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ be blessed! He is the compassionate Father and God of all comfort. 4 He’s the one who comforts us in all our trouble so that we can comfort other people who are in every kind of trouble. We offer the same comfort that we ourselves received from God. 5 That is because we receive so much comfort through Christ in the same way that we share so many of Christ’s sufferings. 6 So if we have trouble, it is to bring you comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is to bring you comfort from the experience of endurance while you go through the same sufferings that we also suffer. 7 Our hope for you is certain, because we know that as you are partners in suffering, so also you are partners in comfort.
-2 Corinthians 1:3-7

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Set List on July 26, 2015

What We Sang:

Up Above My Head (Spiritual)

1940's Vocal Gospel Groups -For further information: http://www.wirz.de/music/american.htm

Hard Times (Spiritual)

"Hard Times" performed by Johnny Cash Written by Stephen Foster More about the "Father of American Music" at Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Foster Homeless living in hard times Photos by Lee Jeffries, UK-based photographer

Touch Me Lord Jesus (The Angelics)

Margaret Allison and The Angelics singing their greatest hit..Touch Me Lord Jesus! This song came out in 1949, and history has shown it to be quite possibly, one of the first Gospel Mega hits! Equivelent to the success of Marvin Sapps current mega hit "Never Would Have Made It".

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Set List on July 19th, 2015

What We Sang:

Holy Holy Holy (Cover by Sufjan Stevens)

Off of 2006's "Peace!: Songs For Christmas, Vol. V"

I've Got Something (The Shaw Singers)

Uploaded by reza on 2013-07-17.

The Sun Shines Down On Me (Bonnie Prince Billy)

image by johnnie cluney from http://www.daytrotter.com/#!/concert/bonnie-prince-billy/20030028-110221 - THANK YOU! song from album "rare vinyl"

The Sun Shines Down On Me (Daniel Johnston)

This was made to help promote the work of musician Daniel Johnston. In the furthest right hand column of this site: http://www.rejectedunknown.com you can listen to some more of his music. Also on that site are links to all the official Daniel Johnston websites. And on a side note: http://www.yipeyetunes.com/shop/details/1259/

This Train (Sister Rosetta Tharpe Version)

Willing to cross the line between sacred and secular by performing her music of "light" in the "darkness" of the nightclubs and concert halls with big bands behind her, Tharpe pushed spiritual music into the mainstream and helped pioneer the rise of pop-gospel beginning with her 1939 hit "This Train."

Sermons

Keri Anderson - Jesus and the Canaanite Woman - May 17th, 2015

Pastoral Intern Keri Anderson talks about a difficult text in the Gospel of Matthew where Jesus' is being whack to a Canaanite woman. 

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Matthew 15:21-28
Jesus left that place and went away to the district of Tyre and Sidon. Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came out and started shouting, ‘Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is tormented by a demon.’ But he did not answer her at all. And his disciples came and urged him, saying, ‘Send her away, for she keeps shouting after us.’ He answered, ‘I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.’ But she came and knelt before him, saying, ‘Lord, help me.’ He answered, ‘It is not fair to take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs.’ She said, ‘Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.’ Then Jesus answered her, ‘Woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish.’ And her daughter was healed instantly. 

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Set List on June 28th, 2015

What We Sang:

Blowing in the Wind (Bobby Dylan)

Uploaded by BobDylanTV on 2012-09-11.

The House You Live In (Gordon Lightfoot)

Uploaded by TrixxyKatt on 2013-10-06.

I'll Fly Away (Traditional)

Bluegrass Gospel Music, I'll Fly Away, Southern Gospel Music Bluegrass style by Jolliff Band. Bill Jolliff on Autoharp, Jake (Jacob Henry) Jolliff on Mandolin, Louanne Fugal on Upright Bass, Steve Blanchard on Guitar, Strolling Down Memory Lane, Billy & Willie Pollard's Country Gospel TV Program, http://billyandwillie.tripod.com

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Set List on June 7th, 2015

What We Sang:

Glory Glory (Traditional)

Mississippi John Hurt- Complete Recorded Works -For further information: http://www.wirz.de/music/american.htm

Precious Lord Take My Hand (Thomas Dorsey)

This clip is for my partner who passed away last monday

Blessed to be a Witness (Ben Harper)

This artist is one of the most talented persons in the mainstream music industry. i discover him recently... unfortunatly enjoy! (if any one knows the name of this instrument please write in the comments, it rocksssss)

Down to the River to Pray (?)

Produced by David Webb www.newtestamentchristians.com Free online video Bible study courses available at newtestamentchristians.com

Down By the Riverside (Traditional)

Rocking Gospel Guitar


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Set List on May 24th, 2015

What We Sang:

Bless the Lord, Oh My Soul (Andrae Crouch)

Such a lovely song:) I hope that you like it as well as I do:)

With Arms Outstretched (Rilo Kiley)

Track: Rilo Kiley - With Arms Outstretched Buy: http://www.rilokiley.com/ http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-execution-of-all-things/id6951046 Album: The Execution Of All Things Label: Saddle Creek - LBJ-47 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 2002 Genre: Rock Style: Folk Rock, Indie Rock

How Great Thou Art

2014 Johnny Cash sings How Great Thou Art Job 38 New King James Version (NKJV) The Lord Reveals His Omnipotence to Job Then the Lord answered Job out of the . It's been a year to the day that I lost my beautiful second mom, Audrey Phillips, to cancer.

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Set List on May 17th, 2015

I Need Thee Every Hour (Old Hymn, Caleb Darger Version)

Don't Knock (Mavis Staples/Staples Singers)

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Jesus Etc. (Wilco)

Uploaded by Raskolvikov81 on 2010-05-09.

Let Us Break Bread Together (Spiritual)

Best Loved Hymns - Let Us Break Bread Together

Heavy Load (The Mighty Clouds of Joy, edited by us for singability) 

If you think quartet, you'll quickly think of The Mighty Clouds of Joy. How could you not, when the group is still going strong after 50 years? Adept at mixing the The Mighty Clouds of Joy relevant sounds of their contemporary peers with their impeccable traditional stylings, the Clouds remain a mainstay on Gospel's quartet circuit, as well as on the Gospel charts.

Sermons

Patrick Derdall - I Hate Myself in Order to Love Myself - May 3rd, 2015

Patrick Derdall tackles one of the more confusing and controversial teachings of Jesus: "Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple." This sermon includes feedback, questions, and stories from the community that came up in the midst. 

Patrick Derdall is a long time member of the Root and Branch community and student at the University of Chicago Divinity School.

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Full bible passage from Luke 14: 25-33:
Now large crowds were traveling with him; and he turned and said to them, ‘Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it will begin to ridicule him, saying, “This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.” Or what king, going out to wage war against another king, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one who comes against him with twenty thousand? If he cannot, then, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for the terms of peace. So therefore, none of you can become my disciple if you do not give up all your possessions.

The other two readings, from the philosophers Martin Heidegger and Charles S. Pierce are not in the recording, nor do we have the correct excerpts to put up at this time. Just imagine that they were somewhat interesting in a philosophical sort of way.

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Set List on May 10th, 2015

What we sang for Dinner Church:

Wait for the Lord (Taize)

Advent Hymn from Taizé The Taizé Community is an ecumenical monastic order that invites people of different Christian faiths to worship together. They are well known for their contemplative hymns in many languages http://www.taize.fr/en

Let Me Rest (David Wax Museum)

David Wax Museum performs their song "Let Me Rest" for a Fuel/Friends Music Blog Chapel Session in Colorado Springs, CO 7/12/13.

God Be With You (Professor J. Earle Hines)

Uploaded by gospellin on 2009-08-18.

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Set List on May 3rd, 2015

We're going to try and post the music we do each service with youtube links and what not (when available). May dope music fill your life forever.

I need the Lord to Help Me (Old Gospel)

Uploaded by ArbolesVertebrados1 on 2013-11-27.

Lonesome Valley (Pete Seger version)

Uploaded by Joe Stead on 2009-01-04.

Union (Teen Daze)

Uploaded by Lefse Records on 2013-02-04.

Despair (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)

Uploaded by Noisey on 2013-06-24.

Strange Things Happening Everyday (Sister Rosetta Tharpe)

Uploaded by JoHnny la Grenouille on 2011-04-16.



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Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Y'all gotta check out Sister Rosetta Tharpe, a pioneer in American gospel/blues/soul, and one of the first female guitarists to gain notoriety. 

Wait for the guitar solo.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Up Above My Head (I hear music in the air) unknown performance date (appox. around the 1960's) on the show TV Gospel Time with the Olivet Institutional Baptist Church Choir an amazing performance with a Gibson Les Paul SG custom with (polar white finish?)