Sermons at DOWNTOWN CHURCH

SERMON | This is Going To Hurt

WE’LL MAKE IT THROUGH

Lyrics + Arrangement: Ray LaMontagne

 

HARD TIMES COME AGAIN NO MORE

Lyrics: Stephen Foster

Arrangement: Admiral Radio

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

I HAVE MADE MISTAKES

Lyrics + Arrangement: The Oh Hello’s

 

ALL CREATURES OF OUR GOD AND KING

Lyrics: St. Francis of Assisi

Music: Traditional

 

ON STAGE

Becca Smith (vocals, strings)

Coty Hoover (vocals, strings)

Jessica Rafferty (violin)

Charles Weathers (lots of speaking)

Dawn Hyde (speaking)

 

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SERMON | Moving Closer

SONG IN MY HEAD

Lyrics + Arrangement: Madison Cunningham

 

FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE EARTH

Lyrics: Folliott S Peirpoint

Melody: Conrad Kocher

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

CLOSER TO FINE

Arrangement: Brandi + Catherine Carlile

Lyrics: Indigo Girls

 

HE LEADETH ME

Lyrics: Joseph Henry Gilmore

Arrangement: Sara Watkins

 

ON STAGE

Sean Thomson (strings)

Xan DuBose (vocals)

Lindsay Blair Simmons (vocals)

Adam Rafferty (cello)

Dave Holder (bass)

Charles Weathers (speaking)

Dawn Hyde (lots speaking)

 

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SERMON | Isolation, desire to be close

YOU’RE THE DAWN

Lyrics + Arrangement: Strahan

 

IF I NEEDED YOU

Lyrics + Arrangement: Townes Vans Zandt

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

IT’S HARD TO BE HUMAN

Lyrics + Arrangement: Kina Grannis

 

ROCK OF AGES

Lyrics: Augustus M. Toplady

Arrangement: Thomas Hastings

 

ON STAGE

Lindsay Blair Simmons (vocals)

Van Anderson (vocals + guitar)

Dave Holder (vocals + upright bass)

Kristen Harris (vocals + violin)

Jaqueline “Q” Powelson (vocals)

Charles Weathers (speaking)

Dawn Hyde (lots of speaking)

 

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Spiritual Direction | A conversation with Lisa Howland + Charles Weathers

SPIRITUAL DIRECTION

What is that? 
In its most basic form, spiritual direction is the practice of inviting a trained companion to ask, "Where is God?" in your life. You can hear more about spiritual direction by listening to this podcast. 

SERMON | September 3, 2023

I CAN HELP

Lyrics + Arrangement: Charley Crockett

 

TURN YOUR EYES UPON JESUS

Lyrics: Helen H. Lemmel

Arrangement: Noah James and the Executives

 

WALK WITH ME LORD

Lyrics: Traditional

Arrangement: Mahalia Jackson Tribute

 

OLD TIME RELIGION

Lyrics + Arrangement: Traditional

 

ON STAGE

Sean Thomson (strings)

Aricha Conner Frierson (vocals)

Bruce McLamore (vocals)

Jackson Haynes (bass)

Allwyn Edwards (drums)

Rev. Dr. Justin Nickel (lots of speaking)

Dawn Hyde (speaking)

 

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SERMON | The Path to Someday

SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED

Lyrics + Arrangement: Stevie Wonder, Lee Garrett, Lula Mae Hardaway + Syreeta

 

ALL CREATURES OF OUR GOD AND KING

Lyrics: St. Francis of Assisi

Arrangement: Traditional

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

SOMEDAY SOON

Lyrics: Bear Rinehart

Arrangement: Wilder Woods

 

PEOPLE GET READY

Lyrics: Curtis Mayfield

 

ON STAGE

Dawn Hyde (talking)

Charles Weathers (lots of talking)

Xan DuBose (vocals)

Tony Opus (vocals, keys, maybe clarinet)

Sean Thomson (guitar)

Jackson Haynes (bass)

Allwyn Edwards (drums)

 

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Arrangement: The Impressions

SERMON | Ready to Jump

WOULDN’T COME BACK

Lyrics + Arrangement: Trousdale

 

BE THOU MY VISION

Lyrics + Arrangement: Traditional

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

CARRY ME

Lyrics + Arrangement: The Secret Sisters

 

GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS

Lyrics + Arrangement: Traditional

 

 

ON STAGE

Sean Thomson (strings)

Lindsay Blair Simmons (vocals)

Xan DuBose (vocals)

Jen Griffitt (vocals)

Jessica Rafferty (violin)

Adam Rafferty (cello)

David Sloan (percussion)

Dawn Hyde (lots of speaking)

Charles Weathers (speaking)

 

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SERMON | Who Do You Say I Am?

TALL, TALL SHADOW

Lyrics + Arrangement: Basia Bulat

 

IN CHRIST ALONE

Lyrics + Arrangement: Traditional

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

YOU AND ME ON THE ROCK

Lyrics + Arrangement: Brandi Carlile, Lucius

 

GLORY, GLORY, HALLELUJAH

Lyrics: Traditional, Arr: The Staple Singers

 

ON STAGE

Sean Thomson (guitar)

Xan DuBose (vocals)

Reggie Sullivan (vocals, bass)

Allwyn Edwards (drums)

Dawn Hyde (lots of speaking)

 

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SERMON | The Balm

SAINT HONESTY

Lyrics + Arrangement: Sara Bareilles

 

SOFTLY AND TENDERLY

Lyrics + Arrangement: Will Thompson

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

WHERE YOU ARE 

Lyrics + Arrangement: Tenille Townes

 

I CAN HEAR MY SAVIOR CALLING

Lyrics + Arrangement: E.W. Blandly

 

 

 

ON STAGE

Rebekah Adams (vocals)

Paisley Marie (vocals, bass)

Sean Thomson (guitar)

Dawn Hyde (lots of talking)

Charles Weathers (some talking)

 

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SERMON | Show Me Your Dirty Feet

EMPTY ME OUT

Lyrics: Josh White, Arr: Liz Vice

 

I HAVE DECIDED TO FOLLOW JESUS

Lyrics: Sadhu Sundar Singh + Arr: Wilder Atkins

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

WASH OVER ME

Lyrics: Te Karehana Toi Arr: TEEKS

 

LOVE DIVINE, ALL LOVES EXCELLING

Lyrics + Arrangement: Charles Wesley

 

ON STAGE

Arischa Connor Frierson (vocals)

Xan DuBose (vocals)

Sean Thomson (strings)

Jackson Haynes (strings)

Allwyn Edwards (drums)

Charles Weathers (lots of speaking)

Dawn Hyde (speaking)

 

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SERMON | Matches

Sean Thomson (strings)

Bruce McLamore (vocals)

Perry Harris (vocals)

Aaron Middeke  (bass)

Allwyn Edwards (drums)

Dawn Hyde (lots of speaking)

 

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SERMON | Map

GUIDING LIGHT

Lyrics + Arrangement: Foy Vance

 

SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER

Lyrics + Arrangement: Robert Lowry

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

IF I SHOULD FALL BEHIND

Lyrics + Arrangement: Bruce Springsteen

(Lyrical Adjustments by Mac Stidham)

 

HE’S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS

Lyrics + Arrangement: Alan W. Livingston

 

ON STAGE

Mac Stidham (vocals, mandolin)

Xan DuBose (vocals)

Dave Holder (bass)

Billy Way (guitar)

Travis Wright (vocals, guitar)

Danny Harlow (fiddle)

Dawn Hyde (lots of talking)

 

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SERMON | Knife

AIN’T NO ASH WILL BURN

Lyrics + Arrangement: Old Sledge

 

IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL Lyrics: Horatio Spafford

Arrangement: Philip Bliss

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

I KNOW WHO HOLDS TOMORROW

Lyrics: Ira Forest Stanphill

Arrangement: Alison Krauss

 

FARTHER ALONG

Lyrics: JR Baxter

Arrangement: Dolly Parton

 

 

SERMON | Shelter

SHELTER

Lyrics + Arrangement: Tedeschi Trucks Band

 

HOW FIRM A FOUNDATION

Lyrics + Arrangement: Fernando Ortega

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

SANCTUARY

Lyrics + Arrangement: Gary Nicholson, Jill Andrews, Sarah Siskind

 

ROCK OF AGES

Lyrics + Arrangement: Augustus Toplady

ON STAGE

Sean Thomson (strings)

Xan DuBose (vocals)

Rebekah Adams (vocals)

Charles Weathers (speaking)

Dawn Hyde (lots of speaking)

 

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

 

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SERMON | Water

RIVER

Lyrics + Arrangement: Leon Bridges

 

AMAZING GRACE

Lyrics + Arrangement: Public Domain

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

THE WATER

Lyrics + Arrangement: Johnny Flynn + Laura Marling

 

COME THOU FOUNT OF EVERY BLESSING

Lyrics: Traditional, Arr: Sufjan Stevens

 

 

 

Coty Hoover (vocals, strings)

Becca Smith (vocals, strings)

Howard Dudley (lots of speaking)

Charles Weathers (speaking)

Dawn Hyde (speaking)

 

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SERMON | Goldfish and Gatorade

ALL THE POOR AND POWERLESS

Lyrics: Leslie Jordan, Arr: All Sons & Daughters

 

I NEED THEE EVERY HOUR

Lyrics + Arrangement: Traditional

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

SHINE

Lyrics + Arrangement: Birdy

 

FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE EARTH

Lyrics + Arrangement: Folliott Sandford Pierpoint

 

ON STAGE

Sean Thomson (strings)

Xan DuBose (singing)

Reggie Sullivan (bass + singing)

Jessica Rafferty (violin)

Adam Rafferty (cello)

David Sloan (cajon)

Charles Weathers (speaking)

Dawn Hyde (lots of speaking)

 

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

 

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MUSIC COVERED UNDER THE LICENSE CCS#11209.

SERMON | Breathe

SET MY SOUL ON FIRE

Lyrics + Arrangement: The War and Treaty

 

WE ARE ONE IN THE SPIRIT

Lyrics + Arrangement: Brian Pierce

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

BREATHE

Lyrics: Perry Harris, Arr: Perry Harris and Bruce McLamore

 

GLORY, GLORY, HALLELUJAH

Lyrics + Arrangement: Traditional

 

ON STAGE

Dawn Hyde (lots of talking)

Charles Weathers (some talking)

Perry Harris (vocals)

Bruce McLamore (vocals)

Sean Thomson (guitar)

Jackson Haynes (bass)

Allwyn Edwards (drums)

 

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

 

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SERMON | Forgiveness Series

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SERMON | Out For Delivery

I’M SO BLESSED

Lyrics + Arrangement:

 

HE LEADETH ME

Lyrics + Arrangement: Traditional

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

RED SEA ROAD

Lyrics + Arrangement: Ellie Holcomb

 

DOWN to THE RIVER TO PRAY

Lyrics: Traditional, Arr: George Lewis

 

ON STAGE

Sean Thomson (strings)

Xan DuBose (vocals)

Lindsay-Blair Simmons (vocals)

Jackson Haynes (bass)

Allwyn Edwards (drums)

Not-So-Tiny Theologians (vocals)

Dawn Hyde (lots of speaking)

 

 

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SERMON | Something Different

WALK WITH ME

Lyrics + Arrangement: GoldFord

 

PRAISE TO THE LORD, THE ALMIGHTY

Lyrics + Arrangement: Traditional

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

BE THE WHEEL

Lyrics + Arrangement: Theo Katzman

 

SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT

Lyrics + Arrangement: Traditional

 

ON STAGE

Sean Thomson (strings)

Xan DuBose (vocals)

Derreck Webber (drums)

Aaron Middeke (bass)

Tony Opus (clarinet, keys)

Charles Weathers (lots of speaking)

 

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

 

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©1989 BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL

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MUSIC COVERED UNDER THE LICENSE CCS#11209.