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DOWNTOWN CHURCH is a community of unfinished people in pursuit of truth. Join us here to listen to Sunday sermons. 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.
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Saturday Mar 08, 2025
Saturday Mar 08, 2025
SERMON AUDIO IS AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING
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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
WORSHIP LEADERS
Xan DuBose, Lindsay Blair Simmons, Jodi Dingle,
Sean Thompson, Jim Graddick, Dawn Hyde,
Charles Weathers, Mary Nickel and Drew Parker
Monday Mar 03, 2025
Monday Mar 03, 2025
credits
SING ABOUT IT
Lyrics + Arrangement: The Wood Brothers
MORNING HAS BROKEN
Lyrics: Eleanor Farjson
ON STAGE
Becca Smith (vocals, banjo, precussion)
Coty Hoover (vocals, guitar)
Lindsay Hope (vocals, bass)
Matthew Greg (lots of speaking)
Mary Nickel (speaking, breaking the bread)
SERMON AUDIO IS AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING
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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.
Arrangement: Cat Stevens
GLORIA PATRI
Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns
MERCY
Lyrics + Arrangement: Dave Matthews Band
FARTHER ALONG
Lyrics: JR Baxter
Arrangement: Dolly Parton
Sunday Feb 23, 2025
Sunday Feb 23, 2025
credits
THERE IS A PEACE
Lyrics + Arrangement: Sojourn
COME THOU FOUNT OF EVERY BLESSING
Lyrics: Robert Robinson
Arrangement: Sufjan Stevens
GLORIA PATRI
Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns
PEACEFUL PLACE
Lyrics + Arrangement: Leon Bridges
I SHALL BE RELEASED
Lyrics: Bob Dylan
Arrangement: The Band
ON STAGE
Mack Hannah (vocals)
Lindsay Blair Simmons (vocals)
Sean Thomson (guitar)
Paisley Suttlemyer (bass, vocals)
Allwyn Edwards (drums)
Mary Nickel (lots of speaking)
Charles Weathers (speaking)
SERMON AUDIO IS AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING
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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.
Sunday Feb 16, 2025
Sunday Feb 16, 2025
credits
WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS
Lyrics: George Harrison
Arrangement: Striking Matches
SOFTLY AND TENDERLY
Music and Lyrics: Will L. Thompson
GLORIA PATRI
Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns
CARRY THE WEIGHT
Lyrics + Arrangement: Denison Witmer
PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART
Lyrics + Arrangement: Jackie DeShannon
ON STAGE
Van Anderson (vocals, guitar)
Lindsay-Blair Simmons (vocals)
Xan DuBose (vocals)
Sean Thomson (guitar)
Dawn Hyde (lots of speaking)
Mary Nickel (speaking)
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.
Sunday Feb 09, 2025
Sunday Feb 09, 2025
credits
HIGHER GROUND
Lyrics + Arrangement: Stevie Wonder
AMAZING GRACE
Lyrics + Arrangement: John Newton
GLORIA PATRI
Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns
MERCY
Lyrics + Arrangement: Ben Kyle
GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS
Lyrics + Arrangement: Thomas Chisholm
and William M. Runyan
ON STAGE
Reggie Sullivan (vocals, upright bass)
Tim O’Keefe (vocals, guitar)
Sean Thomson (guitar)
Allwyn Edwards (drums)
Dawn Hyde (speaking)
Charles Weathers (lots of speaking)
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.
Monday Feb 03, 2025
Monday Feb 03, 2025
credits
HOW BAD WE NEED EACH OTHER
Lyrics + Arrangement: Marc Scibilia
PRECIOUS LORD
Lyrics: Thomas A. Dorsey
Arrangement: Al Green
GLORIA PATRI
Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns
DREAMING WITH A BROKEN HEART
Lyrics + Arrangement: John Mayer
OH HAPPY DAY
Lyrics: Edwin Hawkins
Arrangement: The Blind Boys of Alabama
ON STAGE
Perry Harris (vocals)
Arischa Conner Frierson (vocals)
Sean Thomson (guitar)
William Otis (bass)
Allwyn Edwards (drums)
Dawn Hyde (lots of speaking)
Charles Weathers (speaking)
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.
Monday Jan 27, 2025
Monday Jan 27, 2025
credits
HUMBLE ME
Lyrics + Arrangement: Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
I NEED THEE EVERY HOUR
Lyrics: Annie Hawks
Arrangement: Robert Lowr
GLORIA PATRI
Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns
BEATITUDES HYMN
Lyrics: Ken Bible
Arrangement: Kelley Porterfield
UNSTEADY
Lyrics + Arrangement: X Ambassadors
ROCK OF AGES
Lyrics: Augustus M. Toplady
Arrangement: Thomas Hasting
ON STAGE
Kelley Porterfield (vocals)
Lindsay Blair Simmons (vocals)
Sean Thomson (guitar)
Darren Woodief (bass)
David Sloan (cajon)
Dawn Hyde (lots of speaking)
Charles Weathers (speaking)
SERMON AUDIO IS AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING
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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.
Monday Jan 20, 2025
Monday Jan 20, 2025
Credits
VIENNA
Lyrics + Arrangement: Billy Joel
IF I NEEDED YOU
Lyrics: Townes Vans Zandt
Arrangement: Emmylou Harris
GLORIA PATRI
Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns
HOLD ON TO ME
Lyrics & Arrangement: Lauren Ashley Daigle +
Paul Brendon Mabury + Paul T Duncan
KEEP YOUR HEAD UP
Lyrics + Arrangement: Andy Grammer
WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN
Lyrics: Ada R. Habershon
Arrangement: Charles H. Gabriel
ON STAGE
Brooks Brewer (vocals)
Xan DuBose (vocals)
Sean Thomson (guitar)
Paisley Suttlemyre (vocals, bass)
Allwyn Edwards (drums)
Dawn Hyde (lots of speaking)
Charles Weathers (speaking)
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.
Sunday Jan 12, 2025
Sunday Jan 12, 2025
credits
EVERYDAY PEOPLE
Lyrics + Arrangement: Sly & The Family Stone
ALL THE POOR AND POWERLESS
Lyrics + Arrangement: All Sons and Daughters
GLORIA PATRI
Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns
LONG TRAIN RUNNING
Lyrics + Arrangement: The Doobie Brothers
JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE
Lyrics + Arrangement: African American Spiritual
ON STAGE
Arischa Conner Frierson (vocals)
Perry Harris (vocals)
Zach Seibert (harmonica, guitar)
Sean Thomson (guitar)
Aaron Middeke (bass)
Allwyn Edwards (drums)
Charles Weathers (lots of speaking)
Mary Nickel (speaking)
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.
Sunday Jan 05, 2025
Sunday Jan 05, 2025
credits
NEW SHOES
Lyrics + Arrangement: Paolo Nutini
BE THOU MY VISION
Lyrics: Ancient Irish Hymn
Arrangement: The Lower Lights
GLORIA PATRI
Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns
STAY GENTLE
Lyrics + Arrangement: Brandi Carlile
HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING
Lyrics: Robert Wadsworth Lowry
Arrangement: Eva Cassidy
ON STAGE
Jen Griffitt (vocals)
Dave Holder (vocals, upright bass)
Sean Thomson (guitar)
Dawn Hyde (lots of speaking)
Charles Weathers (speaking)
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.
Monday Dec 30, 2024
Monday Dec 30, 2024
BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
Lyrics + Arrangement: Paul Simon
JOY TO THE WORLD
Lyrics + Arrangement: Public Domain
GLORIA PATRI
Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns
SWEET THING
Lyrics + Arrangement: Sarah Adams
ALL GLORY BE TO CHRIST
Lyrics + Arrangement: Dustin Kensrue
ON STAGE
Sarah Adams (vocals, guitar)
Rebekah Adams (vocals)
Mary Nickel (speaking)
SERMON AUDIO IS AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING
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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.
Monday Dec 30, 2024
Monday Dec 30, 2024
On Stage:
Reggie Sullivan (vocals)
Tony Opus (vocals, keys, bass clarinet)
Jen Griffitt (vocals)
Xan DuBose (vocals)
Lindsay-Blair Simmons (vocals)
Sean Thomson (guitar)
Dave Holder (bass)
Allwyn Edwards (drums)
Dawn Hyde (lots of speaking)
Charles Weathers (speaking)
Mary Nickel (speaking)
Chelsey Art and Hugh Burgess (elves on the shelf)
Drew Parker, Jimmy Frick, Richard Quay (sound santas)
Emma Nance (candle lighter)
The invitation to worship was adapted from
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in NYC
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.
Monday Dec 23, 2024
Monday Dec 23, 2024
credits
I WONDER AS I WANDER
Lyrics: John Jacob Niles
Arrangement: Future of Forestry
IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER
Lyrics: Christina Rossetti
Arrangement: The Lower Lights
GLORIA PATRI
Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns
REAL LOVE
Lyrics + Arrangement: Tom Odell
AWAY IN A MANGER
Lyrics: Charles H. Gabriel
ON STAGE
Xan DuBose (vocals)
Benjamin Tanner (vocals)
Sean Thomson (guitar)
Jessica Rafferty (violin)
Adam Rafferty (cello)
Charles Weathers (lots of speaking)
Mary Nickel (speaking)
Dawn Hyde (speaking)
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.
Sunday Dec 15, 2024
Sunday Dec 15, 2024
credits
WORKIN’ ON A WORLD
Lyrics + Arrangement: Iris DeMent
THE FIRST NOEL
Lyrics + Arrangement: Davies Gilbert
GLORIA PATRI
Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns
THERE WAS JESUS
Lyrics + Arrangement: Zach Williams, Dolly Parton
ONCE IN ROYAL DAVID’S CITY
Lyrics: Cecil Frances Alexander
Arrangement: The Lower Lights
ON STAGE
Becca Smith (vocals)
Coty Hoover (vocals, guitar)
Kristen Harris (violin)
Charles Weathers (speaking)
Mary Nickel (speaking)
Dawn Hyde (lots of speaking)
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.
Sunday Dec 08, 2024
Sunday Dec 08, 2024
credits
LIGHT
Lyrics + Arrangement: Michael Kiwanuka
HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING
Lyrics: Charles Wesley
Arrangement: Darius Rucker
GLORIA PATRI
Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns
THROUGH THE DARK
Lyrics + Arrangement: KT Tunstall
GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN / WE THREE KINGS
Lyrics: Unknown / John Henry Hopkins Jr.
Arrangement: Barenaked Ladies + Sarah McLachlan
ON STAGE
Lindsay-Blair Simmons (vocals)
Arischa Conner Frierson (vocals)
Sean Thomson (guitar)
Aaron Middeke (bass)
Allwyn Edwards (drums)
Charles Weathers (speaking)
Mary Nickel (speaking)
Dawn Hyde (lots of speaking)
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.
Monday Dec 02, 2024
Monday Dec 02, 2024
credits
WALK WITH ME
Lyrics + Arrangement: The Porter’s Gate
COME THOU LONG EXPECTED JESUS
Lyrics: John Stainer
Arrangement: Red Mountain Music
GLORIA PATRI
Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns
GIVE ME LIGHT
Lyrics + Arrangement: Marti West
ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH
Lyrics: James Chadwick
Arrangement: The Lower Lights
ON STAGE
Lindsay-Blair Simmons (vocals)
Reggie Sullivan (vocals, bass)
Sean Thomson (guitar)
Allwyn Edwards (drums)
Dawn Hyde (lots of speaking)
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
Sunday Nov 24, 2024
Sunday Nov 24, 2024
credits
LAY ME DOWN
Lyrics + Arrangement: Loretta Lynn/Willie Nelson
HOW GREAT THOU ART
Lyrics: Carl Gustav Boberg
Arrangement: Traditional Swedish Melody
GLORIA PATRI
Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns
LOVE CAN BUILD A BRIDGE
Lyrics + Arrangement: The Judds
SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT
Lyrics: African American Spiritual
Arrangement: Johnny Cash
ON STAGE
Mac Stidham (vocals)
Travis Wright (vocals + guitar)
Ashley Wright (vocals)
Dawn Hyde (lots of speaking)
Charles Weathers (speaking + sprinkling)
SERMON AUDIO IS AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING
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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.
Sunday Nov 17, 2024
Sunday Nov 17, 2024
credits
GRATITUDE
Lyrics + Arrangement: Drew Holcomb + The Neighbors
PRAISE TO THE LORD, THE ALMIGHTY
Lyrics: Joachim Neander
Arrangement: Lobe Den Herren
GLORIA PATRI
Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns
TOO GOOD
Lyrics + Arrangement: Jess Ray
IMMORTAL INVISIBLE
Lyrics: Walter Smith
Arrangement: Fernando Ortega
ON STAGE
Lindsay Blair Simmons (vocals)
Dave Holder (guitar, vocals)
Jodi Dingle (vocals)
William Otis (bass)
David Sloan (cajon)
Buz Wilcoxon (lots of speaking)
Charles Weathers (speaking)
Dawn Hyde (speaking)
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.
Sunday Nov 10, 2024
Sunday Nov 10, 2024
credits
LIGHT ON
Lyrics + Arrangement: Maggie Rogers
GIVE ME JESUS
Lyrics: Moses Hogan
Arrangement: Sara Watkins
GLORIA PATRI
Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns
SHE USED TO BE MINE
Lyrics + Arrangement: Sara Bareilles
I HAVE DECIDED TO FOLLOW JESUS
Lyrics: Simon Marak
Arrangement: Wilder Adkins
ON STAGE
Rebekah Adams (vocals)
Xan Dubose (vocals)
Sean Thomson (guitar)
Dawn Hyde (lots of speaking)
Mary Nickel (speaking)
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.
Monday Nov 04, 2024
Monday Nov 04, 2024
credits
SPIRIT IN THE SKY
Lyrics + Arrangement: Norman Greenbaum
WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN
Lyrics + Arrangement: Traditional
GLORIA PATRI
Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns
FOR THOSE BELOW
Lyrics + Arrangement: Mumford & Sons
IN THE SWEET BY AND BY
Lyrics: S. Fillmore Bennett
Arrangement: The Lower Light
ON STAGE
Tony Opus (vocals, clarinet)
Nigel Outzts (trumpet)
TJ Pitchford (trombone)
Bailey Parker (vocals, banjo)
Lindsay-Blair Simmons (vocals)
Sean Thomson (guitar)
Aaron Middeke (bass)
Allwyn Edwards (drums)
Dawn Hyde (lots of speaking)
Mary Nickel (pouring the cup)
Charles Weathers (breaking the bread)