Sermons at DOWNTOWN CHURCH

SERMON | Christmas Eve 2022

 

On Stage
Rev. Dawn Hyde (lots of speaking)
Rev. Lucas Jones (speaking)
Rev. Charles Weathers (speaking)
Arischa Connor Frierson (vocals)
Xan DuBose (vocals)
Lindsay-Blair Simmons (vocals)
Sean Thomson (guitar)
Reggie Sullivan (vocals, bass)
Jim Graddick (violin)
Derreck Webber (drums)
Drew Parker (sound)
Jimmy Fricke (extra sound)
Sarah Shell (garland elf)
Wilson Lybrand (candle bearer)
Harper + Olivia Allen (candle bearers)

 

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SERMON | What are you searching for?

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD 

Lyrics + Arrangement: George Weiss + George Douglas

 

ALL GLORY BE TO CHRIST 

Lyrics + Arrangement: Dustin Kensrue 

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

LOOK UP

Lyrics: Olubukola Oladokun, Dave Basset

 

GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN 

Lyrics + Arrangement: Bob Singleton 

 

ON STAGE

Perry Harris (vocals)

Sean Thomson (guitar) 

Charles Weathers (lots of speaking) 

Dawn Hyde (speaking)

 

 

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SERMON | A Journey

A LIGHT

Lyrics + Arrangement: The Brilliance

 

O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM

Lyrics + Arrangement: Traditional

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

ALABASTER

Lyrics + Arrangement: Andrew Bird

 

HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING

Lyrics + Arrangement: Traditional

 

ON STAGE

Lindsay-Blair Simmons (vocals)

Van Anderson (vocals, guitar) 

Kristen Harris (vocals, violin)

Sean Thomson (guitar)

Lucas Jones (lots of speaking) 

Dawn Hyde (speaking) 

 

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SERMON | Away

WHAT A TIME

Lyrics + Arrangement: Devon Gilfillian

 

ONCE IN ROYAL DAVID’S CITY

Lyrics: Public Domain, Arr: The Lower Lights

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN/
THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE

Lyrics + Arrangement: Public Domain

 

AWAY IN A MANGER 

Lyrics + Arrangement: Public Domain

 

ON STAGE

Shorties (singing) 

Xan DuBose (vocals)

Reggie Sullivan (vocals + upright bass) 

Allwyn Edwards (drums) 

Sean Thomson (guitar)

Dawn Hyde  (lots of speaking) 

Lucas Jones (speaking) 

Charles Weathers (speaking) 

 

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SERMON | Come for the Judgement, Stay for the Grace

MY BURDEN WITH ME

Lyrics + Arrangement: Mipso

 

WE THREE KINGS

Lyrics + Arrangement: Public Domain

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

LO! HOW A ROSE E’RE BLOOMING

Lyrics: Public Domain, Arrangement: Sufjan Stevens

 

O Come All Ye Faithful 

Lyrics + Arrangement: John Wade

 

STAFF

Danielle Allen | Counselor in Residence

Xan DuBose l Conductor of Music + Youth

Angel Ellison | Director of Littles (Toddler Room) 

Abigail Elsey | Director of Youth + Tiny Theologians

Maria Fabrizio | Director of Art and Words

Tim Gatson | Building Manager

Kara Glenn | Air Traffic Control 

Dawn Hyde | Pastor

Lucas Jones | Associate Pastor

Drew Parker l Sound Engineer

Trina Randle | Director of Downtown Kids

Rosalyn Richardson | Director of Littlest Littles (Nursery)

Sean Thomson | Lead Musician

Charles Weathers l Director of Dialogue 

Susanna Young | Director of Dollars + Sense

Grace Merry l Cookie Monster

James Wilson l Über Greeter

Bert Kemper and Gloria Richardson-James | Elders On Call 

 

ON STAGE

Lindsay Blair Simmons (vocals)

Becca Smith  (vocals + strings) 

Coty Hoover (vocals + strings) 

Kristen Harris (violin + vocals)

Dave Holder (upright bass)

Lucas Jones (lots of speaking) 

Dawn Hyde (speaking)

 

 

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SERMON | O COME, O COME, EMMANUEL

WHAT WONDROUS LOVE IS THIS?

Lyrics + Arrangement: Chelsea Moon & The Franz Brothers

 

O COME, O COME, EMMANUEL

Lyrics + Arrangement: J.M. Neale

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

DECEMBER SONG

Lyrics + Arrangement: Birdtalker, Joy Williams

 

COME THOU LONG EXPECTED JESUS

Lyrics + Arrangement: Charles Wesley 

 

SERMON | What do you want me to do for you?

YOU’RE NOT ALONE

Lyrics + Arrangement: Allison Russell, Brandi Carlile

 

THIS IS MY FATHERS WORLD 

Lyrics + Arrangement: Public Domain

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

LIFE ACCORDING TO RAECHEL 

Lyrics + Arrangement: Madison Cunningham

 

LOVE DIVINE, ALL LOVES EXCELLING

Lyrics + Arrangement: Charles Wesley

 

On Stage

Lindsay-Blair Simmons (singing) 

Xan DuBose (singing) 

Sean Thomson (guitar)

Kristen Harris (violin, vocals)

Dave Holder (upright bass, vocals)

Dawn Hyde (lots of speaking)

Charles Weathers (speaking)

 

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SERMON | From the Pit

HEAVEN 

Lyrics + Arrangement: Gungor

 

PEOPLE GET READY 

Lyrics + Arrangement: Curtis Mayfield 

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

THE LORD WILL MAKE A WAY

Lyrics + Arrangement: The Soul Stirrers 

 

IN THE SWEET BY AND BY

Lyrics + Arrangement: Joseph P. Webster

 

On Stage

Perry Harris (vocals)

Sean Thomson (guitar)

Aaron Middeke (bass)

Allwyn Edwards (drums)

Dawn Hyde (lots of speaking)

Charles Weathers (speaking)

 

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SERMON | Together Forever

JUST VISITING 

Lyrics + Arrangement: Wookiefoot

 

WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN 

Lyrics + Arrangement: Public Domain 

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

GO REST HIGH ON THAT MOUNTAIN 

Lyrics + Arrangement: Vince Gill

 

IN THE GARDEN 

Lyrics + Arrangement: Charles Austin Miles

 

On Stage

Becca Smith (vocals, strings)

Coty Hoover (vocals, strings)

Mac Stidham (vocals)

Sean Thomson (bass)

Allwyn Edwards (drums)

Charles Weathers (lots of speaking) 

Dawn Hyde (speaking)

 

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SERMON | Nothing is beyond God’s Reach

HALLELUJAH 

Lyrics + Arrangement: Mamuse

 

NEARER MY GOD TO THEE

Lyrics: Public Domain + Arrangement: Lower Lights

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

MAKING PIES

Lyrics + Arrangement: Patti Griffin

 

O LOVE THAT WILL NOT LET ME GO

Lyrics + Arrangement: Public Domain

 

On Stage

Xan DuBose (vocals)

Lindsay-Blair Simmons (vocals) 

Sean Thomson (guitar)

Dave Holder (bass)

Allwyn Edwards (drums) 

Dawn Hyde (lots of speaking) 

Charles Weathers (talking)

 

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SERMON | Rest for Your Soul

HEAVEN HELP US ALL

Lyrics: Ron Miller, Arrangement: Stevie Wonder

 

COME THOU FOUNT OF EVERY BLESSING

Lyrics + Arrangement: Public Domain

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

HE’S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS

Lyrics + Arrangement: Public Domain

 

CROWDED TABLE 

Lyrics + Arrangement: The Highwomen

THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND AS A PODCAST THROUGH ITUNES AND PODBEAN. 

 

On Stage This week:

Sarah Boone (singing) 

Alex Carrico (singing) 

Jodi Dingle (singing) 

Lee Ann Alexander (singing) 

Anna Katherine Adams (singing) 

Dianne Palmer-Quay (singing) 

Rebecca VanWyke (singing) 

Chelsey Art (singing) 

Elaine Craft (singing) 

Carmen Thomas (singing) 

Bill Bentley (singing) 

Morgan Ruebusch (singing) 

Kim Andrews (singing) 

Xan DuBose (lots of singing)

Sean Thomson (guitar)

Aaron Middeke (bass)

Joey Howland (trumpet)

Allwyn Edwards (drums)

Charles Weathers (speaking)

Dawn Hyde (lots of speaking)

 

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SERMON |Jesus is Coming, Plant A Tree

HIGHER LOVE 

Lyrics+ Arrangement: Steve Winwood

SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER 
Lyrics + Arrangement: Public Domain

GLORIA PATRI
Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

DIRT
Lyrics + Arrangement: Phish

PRAISE TO THE LORD, THE ALMIGHTY
Lyrics + Arrangement: Public Domain

 

ON STAGE

Van Anderson (vocals, guitar)

Ivy Anderson (vocals)

Reggie Sullivan (vocals, bass)

David Sloan (cajon)

Kristen Harris (violin)

Lindsay Blair Simmons (vocals) 

Dawn Hyde  (lots of speaking)

 

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SERMON | Resilience

HALLELUJAH 

Lyrics + Arrangement: HAIM

 

JESUS, I COME

Lyrics + Arrangement: William T. Sleeper

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

CONSTELLATIONS

Lyrics + Arrangement: Ellie Holcomb

 

HOW FIRM A FOUNDATION 

Lyrics + Arrangement: Traditional 

 

Xan DuBose (vocals)

Brooks Brewer (vocals) 

Aaron Middeke (bass)

Sean Thomson (guitar)

Charles Weathers (lots of speaking) 

 

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SERMON | Branches

SHOWER THE PEOPLE

Lyrics + Arrangement: James Taylor

 

SOFTLY AND TENDERLY

Lyrics + Arrangement: Public Domain

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

BEAUTIFUL LIFE

Lyrics + Arrangement: Konrad Snyder 

 

ALL CREATURES OF OUR GOD AND KING

Lyrics + Arrangement: Public Domain

 

ON STAGE

Becca Smith (vocals, strings)

Coty Hoover (vocals, strings)

Sean Thomson (vocals, upright bass) 

Kristen Harris (vocals, strings) 

Dawn Hyde (lots of speaking) 

Charles Weathers (speaking)

 

 

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SERMON | Roots

GLORIOUS 

Lyrics + Arrangement: MaMuse

 

FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE EARTH  

Lyrics + Arrangement: Public Domain

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

SING ABOUT IT 

Lyrics + Arrangement: The Wood Brothers

 

I SHALL NOT BE MOVED

Lyrics + Arrangement: Shirley Caesar

 

ON STAGE

Xan DuBose (singing) 

Reggie Sullivan (upright bass, singing) 

Sarah Adams (guitar, vocals)

Sean Thomson (guitar)

Derreck Webber (drums) 

Lucas Jones (lots of speaking)

Dawn Hyde (speaking)

 

 

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SERMON | SEEDS

COMIN’ UNDONE

Lyrics+Arrangement: Sarah Jarosz

 

GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS

Lyrics + Arrangement: Thomas Chisholm
and William M. Runyan

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

HALF ACRE

Lyrics+Arrangement: Hem

 

ROCK OF AGES

Lyrics: Augustus M. Toplady

Arrangement: Thomas Hastings

 

Paisley Suttlemeyer (bass) 

Sean Thomson (guitar)

Derreck Webber (drums) 

Lindsay-Blair Simmons (vocals)

Kiah Creed (vocals, keys)

Perry Harris (flute) 

Lucas Jones (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 | Enrolling in the School of Suffering

IN THIS LIFE

Lyrics + Arrangement: The Strumbellas, Simon Ward

 

I SURRENDER ALL

Lyrics + Arrangement: Winfield S. Weeden

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

PSALM 91:4

Arrangement: Ellie Holcomb

 

HOW GREAT THOU ART

Music: Traditional Swedish Melody

Lyrics: Carl Gustav Boberg

 

ON STAGE

Becca Smith (vocals, strings, harmonica)

Coty Hoover (vocals, strings)

Lindsay-Blair Simmons

Dave Holder (upright bass) 

Derreck Webber (drums)

Rev. Dr. Tom Tewell (lots of speaking)

Lucas Jones (speaking)

Dawn Hyde (speaking) 

 

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SERMON | Choose Life

SOONER OR LATER

Lyrics: Adeneyi and Ekundayo Paris, Gary Zekley

Arrangement: The Grass Roots

 

JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE

Lyrics + Arrangement: Public Domain

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

HOLD ON TO ME

Lyrics + Arrangement: Lauren Daigle, Paul Duncan,
Paul Mabury

 

OLD TIME RELIGION

Lyrics + Arrangement: Public Domain

 

ON STAGE

Arischa Conner Frierson (vocals)

Sean Thomson (guitar)

Allwyn Edwards (drums)

Joey Howland (trumpet)

Lucas Jones (speaking)

Dawn Hyde (lots of speaking) 

 

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SERMON | The Clock of Life

SET MY SOUL ON FIRE

Lyrics + Arrangement: The War and Treaty

 

BE THOU MY VISION 

Lyrics + Arrangement: Public Domain

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

I NEED THEE EVERY HOUR

Lyrics + Arrangement: Robert Lowry 

 

THIS JOY

Lyrics + Arrangement: Shirley Caesar

 

ON STAGE

Xan DuBose (singing) 

Perry Harris (singing, flute) 

Sean Thomson (guitar)

Wiggling Kids (singing)

Jackson Haynes (bass) 

Derreck Webber (drums) 

Dawn Hyde (lots of speaking)

Charles Weathers (speaking) 

 

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SERMON | Find the Bass

SAY A LITTLE PRAYER

Lyrics: Burt Bacharach, Hal David

Arrangement: Aretha Franklin

 

PRECIOUS LORD

Lyrics: Public Domain

Arrangement: Al Greene

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

JESUS IS LOVE

Lyrics + Arrangement: Commodores

 

DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE 

Lyrics: Public Domain

Arrangement: Mahalia Jackson

 

ON STAGE

Perry Harris (vocals)

Lindsay-Blair Simmons (vocals) 

Sean Thomson (guitar)

Dave Holder (upright bass, vocals)

Derreck Webber (drums) 

Dawn Hyde (lots of speaking) 

Charles Weathers (speaking) 

Lucas Jones (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

OF CHURCHES OF CHRIST.

 

MUSIC COVERED UNDER THE LICENSE CCS#11209.