Sermons at DOWNTOWN CHURCH

SERMON | Merely Human

WEIGHING ON MY MIND

Lyrics + Arrangement: The High Divers

 

HE LEADETH ME 

Lyrics + Arrangement: Public Domain

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

20 YEARS

Lyrics: John Paul White, Joy Williams

Arrangement: The Civil Wars

 

OLD TIME RELIGION

Lyrics + Arrangement: Traditional

 

ON STAGE

Lucas Jones (lots of talking) 

Dawn Hyde (talking) 

Becca Smith (vocals + instruments)

Coty Hoover (vocals + instruments)

 

SERMON AUDIO IS AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND AS A PODCAST THROUGH ITUNES AND PODBEAN. 

 

ALL SCRIPTURE QUOTED FROM THE NEW

REVISED STANDARD VERSION OF THE BIBLE

© 1989 BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL

OF CHURCHES OF CHRIST.

 

MUSIC COVERED UNDER THE LICENSE CCS#11209.

SERMON | Letters :: Week Two

TAKE ME TO THE RIVER

Lyrics + Arrangement: Al Greene

 

I SHALL NOT BE MOVED

Lyrics: Traditional

Arrangement: Blind Boys of Alabama

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

SAVE ME JESUS

Lyrics: Robert Guidry 

Arrangement: Bobby Charles 

 

THERE WILL BE A LIGHT

Lyrics + Arrangement: Ben Harper + Blind Boys of Alabama 

 

ON STAGE

Dawn Hyde (lots of talking) 

Lucas Jones (talking) 

Sean Thomson (guitar) 

Derreck Webber (drums)

Marquis McLamore (vocals) 

Tony Opus (keys, vocals) 

Lindsay Blair Simmons (vocals) 

 

SERMON AUDIO IS AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND AS A PODCAST THROUGH ITUNES AND PODBEAN. 

 

ALL SCRIPTURE QUOTED FROM THE NEW

REVISED STANDARD VERSION OF THE BIBLE

© 1989 BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL

OF CHURCHES OF CHRIST.

 

MUSIC COVERED UNDER THE LICENSE CCS#11209.

SERMON | Letters :: Week One

Credits

TIRED OF BEING ALONE

Lyrics + Arrangement: Al Greene

 

BUT FOR YOU WHO FEAR MY NAME 

Lyrics + Arrangement: The Welcome Wagon

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

WHERE YOU’RE AT

Lyrics + Arrangement: Allen Stone

 

WE ARE ONE IN THE SPIRIT 

Lyrics + Arrangement: Peter Scholtes

 

ON STAGE

Dawn Hyde (lots of talking) 

Perry Harris (vocals, flute)

Xan DuBose (vocals)

Sean Thomson (guitar)

Derreck Webber (drums)

 

SERMON AUDIO IS AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND AS A PODCAST THROUGH ITUNES AND PODBEAN. 

 

ALL SCRIPTURE QUOTED FROM THE NEW

REVISED STANDARD VERSION OF THE BIBLE

© 1989 BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL

OF CHURCHES OF CHRIST.

 

MUSIC COVERED UNDER THE LICENSE CCS#1120

SERMON | Myth Busting Week Five

ON STAGE

Charles Weathers (lots of talking) 

Lucas Jones (talking)

Dawn Hyde (talking)

Arischa Conner (singing)

Sean Thomson (guitar)

Derreck Webber (drums) 

 

SERMON AUDIO IS AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND AS A PODCAST THROUGH ITUNES AND PODBEAN. 

 

ALL SCRIPTURE QUOTED FROM THE NEW

REVISED STANDARD VERSION OF THE BIBLE

© 1989 BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL

OF CHURCHES OF CHRIST.

 

MUSIC COVERED UNDER THE LICENSE CCS#11209.

SERMON | Myth Busting Week Four

CALL IT DREAMING

Lyrics: Sam Beam

Arrangement: Iron + Wine

 

AMAZING GRACE

Lyrics + Arrangement: Traditional

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

I’M A RIVER

Lyrics: Becca Smith

Arrangement: Admiral Radio

 

TIS SO SWEET TO TRUST IN JESUS

Lyrics + Arrangement: Traditional

 

ON STAGE

Dawn Hyde (lots of talking) 

Lucas Jones (talking)

Admiral Radio (music): Becca Smith and Coty Hoover 

 

SERMON AUDIO IS AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND AS A PODCAST THROUGH ITUNES AND PODBEAN. 

 

ALL SCRIPTURE QUOTED FROM THE NEW

REVISED STANDARD VERSION OF THE BIBLE

© 1989 BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL

OF CHURCHES OF CHRIST.

 

MUSIC COVERED UNDER THE LICENSE CCS#11209.

SERMON | Myth Busting: We Got This

Credits

HONEST

Lyrics + Arrangement: JOSEPH

 

FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE EARTH

Lyrics + Arrangement: Folliott Sandford Pierpoint

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

MY SILVER LINING 

Lyrics + Arrangement: First Aid Kit

 

LOVE DIVINE ALL LOVES EXCELLING 

Lyrics + Arrangement: Charles Wesley, Roland Hugh Prichard

 

ON STAGE

Dawn Hyde (lots of talking) 

Lucas Jones (talking) 

Sarah Adams (vocals) 

Sean Thomson (guitar)

Lindsay Blair Simmons (vocals)

Kristen Harris (violin) 

Aaron Middeke (bass) 

Derreck Webber (drums) 

 

SERMON AUDIO IS AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND AS A PODCAST THROUGH ITUNES AND PODBEAN. 

 

ALL SCRIPTURE QUOTED FROM THE NEW

REVISED STANDARD VERSION OF THE BIBLE

© 1989 BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL

OF CHURCHES OF CHRIST.

 

MUSIC COVERED UNDER THE LICENSE CCS#11209.

SERMON | Myth Busting week two

ON STAGE

Lucas Jones (talking)

Paisley Suttlemyre  (vocals, bass)

Lindsay-Blair Simmons (vocals)

Sean Thomson (guitar)

 

SERMON AUDIO IS AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND AS A PODCAST THROUGH ITUNES AND PODBEAN.

BEING BORNED AGAIN

Lyrics + Arrangement: Hoots + Hellmouth

 

COME THOU FOUNT OF EVERY BLESSING

Lyrics + Arrangement: Traditional

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

LET MY LOVE OPEN THE DOOR

Lyrics: Pete Townshend

Arrangement: Allison Miller

 

RING THEM BELLS

Lyrics + Arrangement: Bob Dyla

ALL SCRIPTURE QUOTED FROM THE NEW

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© 1989 BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL

OF CHURCHES OF CHRIST.

 

MUSIC COVERED UNDER THE LICENSE CCS#11209.

SERMON | Myth Busters

Credits

STRANGERS

Lyrics + Arraingment: The Kinks

 

ALL GLORY BE TO CHRIST

Music: Traditional Folk Melody (Auld Lang Syne)

Lyrics: Kings Kaleidoscope

 

GLORIA PATRI by City Hymns

 

MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE

Lyrics + Arrangement: Wyclef Jean, Jerry Duplessis

 

SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT

Lyrics: African American Spiritual

Arrangement: The Lower Lights

 

ON STAGE

Xan DuBose (vocals)

Marquis McLamore (vocals)

Sean Thomson (guitar)

Derreck Webber (drums)

 

 

SERMON AUDIO IS AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND AS A PODCAST THROUGH ITUNES AND PODBEAN.

 

ALL SCRIPTURE QUOTED FROM THE NEW

REVISED STANDARD VERSION OF THE BIBLE

© 1989 BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL

OF CHURCHES OF CHRIST.

 

MUSIC COVERED UNDER THE LICENSE CCS#11209.

SERMON | Chaotic Nativity

CREDITS

ONCE IN ROYAL DAVID’S CITY

Lyrics: Cecil Francis Alexander

 

IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER

Lyrics: Traditional

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

UNTITLED #4

Lyrics + Arrangement: Avett Brothers

 

JOY TO THE WORLD

Lyrics: George Frideric Handel

 

 

On Stage

Admiral Radio

Lucas Jones (lots of talking)

 

Worship AUDIO IS AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND AS A PODCAST THROUGH ITUNES AND PODBEAN.

 

ALL SCRIPTURE QUOTED FROM THE NEW

REVISED STANDARD VERSION OF THE BIBLE

© 1989 BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL

OF CHURCHES OF CHRIST.

 

MUSIC COVERED UNDER THE LICENSE CCS#11209.

SERMON | Blessed

CREDITS

O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM

Lyrics: Lewis H. Redner, Phillips Brooks

 

AWAY IN A MANGER

Lyrics: Traditional

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

PEOPLE GET READY

Lyrics: Curtis Mayfield

Arrangement: The Impressions

 

GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN

Lyrics: Bob Singleton

 

 

On Stage

Mac Stidham (vocals, mandolin)

Dave Holder (upright bass)

Danny Harlow (violin)

Billy Way (guitar, vocals)

Charles Weathers (lots of talking)

Dawn Hyde (talking)

Lucas Jones (talking)

 

Worship AUDIO IS AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND AS A PODCAST THROUGH ITUNES AND PODBEAN.

 

ALL SCRIPTURE QUOTED FROM THE NEW

REVISED STANDARD VERSION OF THE BIBLE

© 1989 BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL

OF CHURCHES OF CHRIST.

 

MUSIC COVERED UNDER THE LICENSE CCS#11209.

SERMON | People

CREDITS

GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN

Lyrics + Arrangement: Traditional

 

WHAT CHILD IS THIS

Lyrics: Traditional

Arrangement: Lauren Daigle

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

HALLELUJAH

Lyrics: Alicia Keys + Jimmy Napes

Arrangement: Alicia Keys

 

ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH

Lyrics + Arrangement: Traditional

 

On Stage

Lindsay-Blair Simmons (vocals)

Becca Smith (vocals, guitar)

Coty Hoover (vocals, guitar)

Dave Holder (upright bass)

Derreck Webber (drums)

Dawn Hyde (lots of talking)

Lucas Jones (talking)

Confirmands (making God promises)

SERMON | We Said Yes

LOOK HOW FAR WE’VE COME
Lyrics + Arrangement: Joy Williams + Natalie Hemby

 

HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING
Lyrics: Charles Wesley
Arrangement: Darius Rucker

 

HOW COULD WE NOT BELIEVE

Lyrics + Arrangement: Ben Harper + Ellen Harper

 

LOVE WILL WORK IT OUT

Lyrics + Arrangement: Durand Jones + The Indications

 

PUT DOWN WHAT YOU ARE CARRYING

Lyrics + Arrangement: Trevor Hall

 

O COME, ALL YE FAITHFUL

Lyrics: John Francis Wade

Arrangement: The Lower Lights

 

Pastors in order of height:
Lucas Jones
Amos Disasa
Charles Weathers
Dawn Hyde

 

BAND On Stage

Lindsay-Blair Simmons (vocals)

Xan DuBose (vocals)

Reggie Sullivan (vocals, upright bass)

Sean Thomson (guitar)

Derreck Webber (drums)

Kids (sangin’)

Worship AUDIO IS AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND AS A PODCAST THROUGH ITUNES AND PODBEAN.

 

ALL SCRIPTURE QUOTED FROM THE NEW

REVISED STANDARD VERSION OF THE BIBLE

© 1989 BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL

OF CHURCHES OF CHRIST.

 

MUSIC COVERED UNDER THE LICENSE CCS#11209.

SERMON | Space

CREDITS

WALK THROUGH FIRE

Lyrics + Arrangement: Yola

 

O COME, O COME, EMMANUEL

Lyrics + Arrangement: Traditional

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

FRONT PORCH

Lyrics + Arrangement: Joy Williams

 

COME THOU LONG EXPECTED JESUS

Lyrics + Arrangement: Traditional

 

On Stage

Dawn Hyde (lots of talking)

Sean Thomson (guitar)

Xan DuBose (vocals)

Derreck Webber (drums)

Dave Holder (upright bass)

 

 

SERMON AUDIO IS AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND AS A PODCAST THROUGH ITUNES AND PODBEAN.

 

ALL SCRIPTURE QUOTED FROM THE NEW

REVISED STANDARD VERSION OF THE BIBLE

© 1989 BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL

OF CHURCHES OF CHRIST.

 

MUSIC COVERED UNDER THE LICENSE CCS#11209.

SERMON | Whites in their eyes

THE SUN IS SHINING DOWN

Lyrics + Arrangement: JJ Grey + Mofro

 

SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER

Lyrics + Arrangement: Traditional

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS

Lyrics: C.C. Converse, Joseph Scriven

Arrangement: Al Greene

 

HE’S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS

Lyrics + Arrangement: Traditional

Matthew 9:35-36

On Stage

Arischa Conner Frierson (vocals)

Sean Thomson (guitar)

Jackson Haynes (bass)

Derreck Webber (drums)

Lucas Jones (lots of talking)

Charles Weathers (talking)

SERMON | Coffee

Scripture: Matthew 6:10

 

CREDITS

TIL KINGDOM COME

Lyrics + Arrangement: Coldplay

 

EVERY GRAIN OF SAND

Lyrics + Arrangement: Bob Dylan

 

WHAT WOULD I DO WITHOUT YOU

Lyrics + Arrangement: Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors

 

HOW GREAT THOU ART

Lyrics: Carl Gustav Boberg

Music: Traditional Swedish Melody

 

 

On Stage

Admiral Radio (music)

Dawn Hyde (lots of talking)

Charles Weathers (talking)

Lucas Jones (talking)

 

SERMON AUDIO IS AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND AS A PODCAST THROUGH ITUNES AND PODBEAN.

 

ALL SCRIPTURE QUOTED FROM THE NEW

REVISED STANDARD VERSION OF THE BIBLE

© 1989 BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL

OF CHURCHES OF CHRIST.

 

MUSIC COVERED UNDER THE LICENSE CCS#11209.

SERMON | Humor

RAMBLING MAN

Lyrics + Arrangement: Laura Marling

 

BE THOU MY VISION

Lyrics: Dallán Forgaill

Arrangement: The Lower Lights

 

LAUGHING WITH

Lyrics + Arrangement: Regina Spektor

 

BREATHE AGAIN

Lyrics + Arrangement: Joy Oladokun

 

ROCK OF AGES

Lyrics: Augustus M. Toplady

Arrangement: Thomas Hastings

 

On Stage

Sean Thomson (lead musician)

Lindsay Blair Simmons (vocals)

Xan DuBose  (vocals)

Kristen Harris (violin)

Dawn Hyde (lots of talking)

Charles Weathers (talking)

Lucas Jones (talking)

 

SERMON AUDIO IS AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND AS A PODCAST THROUGH ITUNES AND PODBEAN.

 

ALL SCRIPTURE QUOTED FROM THE NEW

REVISED STANDARD VERSION OF THE BIBLE

© 1989 BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL

OF CHURCHES OF CHRIST.

 

MUSIC COVERED UNDER THE LICENSE CCS#11209.

 

SERMON | All Saints‘ Day 2021

WHEN THE SAINTS

Lyrics + Arrangement: Sara Groves

 

WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN

Lyrics: African Spiritual

Arrangement: Louis Armstrong

 

GLORIA PATRI

Arrangement: City Hymns

 

GO REST HIGH ON THAT MOUNTAIN

Lyrics + Arrangement: Vince Gill

 

JESUS IS COMING SOON

Lyrics: R.E. Winsett

Arrangement: The Oak Ridge Boys

 

 

On Stage

Sean Thomson (Lead musician)

Xan DuBose (vocals)

Jennifer Griffitt (vocals)

Nick Kervan (trumpet)

Derreck Webber (drums)

Aaron Middeke (bass)

Lucas Jones (lots of talking)

Dawn Hyde (talking)

Sermon audio is available for streaming through the website and as a podcast through itunes and podbean.

 

All scripture quoted from the new

Revised standard version of the bible

© 1989 By the national council

Of churches of christ.

 

PRAYER OF ADMISSION ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK OF COMMON WORSHIP.

 

Music covered under the license ccs#11209.

SERMON | Lord, Save Us

CREDITS

SOMEBODY TO LOVE

Lyrics + Arrangement: Queen

 

HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING

Lyrics: Robert Wadsworth Lowry

Arrangement: Eva Cassidy

 

GLORIA PATRI

Arrangement: City Hymns

 

HOLD ON

Lyrics + Arrangement: Yola + The Highwomen

 

WADE IN THE WATER

Lyrics + Arrangement: traditional spiritual

 

On Stage

Tony Opus (vocals, keys)

Marquis McLamore (vocals)

Lindsay-Blair Simmons (vocals)

Aaron Middeke (bass)

Sean Thomson (guitar)

Derreck Webber (drums)

 

All scripture quoted from the new

Revised standard version of the bible

© 1989 By the national council

Of churches of christ.

 

Music covered under the license ccs#11209.

SERMON | Interrupting the Division

Admiral Radio (Becca Smith + Coty Hoover)

Lucas Jones (talking)

Charles Weathers (lots of talking)

 

Sermon audio is available for streaming through the website and as a podcast through itunes and podbean.

 

All scripture quoted from the new

Revised standard version of the bible

© 1989 By the national council

Of churches of christ.

 

Music covered under the license ccs#11209.

 

 

 

HELLO MY OLD HEART

Lyrics + Arrangement: The Oh Hellos

 

HOW FIRM A FOUNDATION

Lyrics: R. Keene

Arrangement: Joseph Funk

 

GLORIA PATRI
Arrangement: City Hymns

 

WE ARE ONE

Lyrics + Arrangement: MAZE

 

NEXT TO NOTHING

Lyrics + Arrangement: Watchhouse

 

GLORY, GLORY, HALLELUJAH

Lyrics: American Spiritual Song

Arrangement: The Staple Singers

SERMON | Did he go by Zacc?

How Deep Is Your Love
Lyrics + Music: Bee Gees

Amazing Grace
Lyrics + Music: John Newton

GLORIA PATRI
Arrangement: City Hymns

I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel
To Be Free
Lyrics: Billy Taylor and Dick Dallas
Arrangement: Nina Simone

This Little Light Of Mine
Lyrics: Harry Dixon Loes
Arrangement: Sam Cooke

 

On Stage
Arischa Frierson-Connor (vocals)
Derrek Webber (drums)
Sean Thomson (some sort of stringed instrument)
Dawn Hyde (lots of talking)
Charles Weathers (talking)

Sermon audio is available for streaming through the website and as a podcast through itunes and podbean.

All scripture quoted from the new
Revised standard version of the bible © 1989 By the national council Of churches of christ.

 

Music covered under the license ccs#11209.