Sermons at DOWNTOWN CHURCH

Good Friday | Service of Tenebrae

WERE YOU THERE
Lyrics: Unknown
Arrangement: Johnny Cash + June Carter Cash

 

WHAT AM I HERE FOR
Lyrics + Arrangement: Jade Bird

 

WHAT WONDROUS LOVE IS THIS
Lyrics: William Walker
Arrangement: Keith + Kristyn Getty

 

IF IT BE YOUR WILL
Lyrics + Arrangement: Leonard Cohen

 

THE RUSHING DARK
Lyrics + Arrangement: Laura Gibson

 

O SACRED HEAD NOW WOUNDED
Lyrics: Paul Gerhard
Arrangement: Page CXVI

NOW AND AT THE HOUR
Lyrics + Arrangement: The Brilliance

LET ALL MORTAL FLESH KEEP SILENCE
Lyrics: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Arrangement: Red Mountain Church

ON STAGE:
Candle Lighter: Jennifer Llyod
Gospel Reader: Rev. Lucas Jones
Vocals: Lindsay-Blair Simmons, Jennifer Griffitt

 

Matthew 26:20–25 

REFLECTION :: Avonda Streeter

SONG :: What Am I Here For

the first candle is extinguished

 

Matthew 26:30–35 

REFLECTION :: Andy Delaney

SING :: What Wondrous Love Is This

the second candle is extinguished

 

Luke 22:39–46

REFLECTION :: Kristen Horne

SONG :: If It Be Your Will

the third candle is extinguished

 

Mark 14:43–50

REFLECTION :: Lindsay Joyner

SONG :: The Rushing Dark

the fourth candle is extinguished

 

Matthew 27:27–38 

REFLECTION :: Michael Powelson

SONG :: O Sacred Head Now Wounded

the fifth candle is extinguished

 

Luke 23:44–49
REFLECTION :: Kirk Lloyd 

SONG :: Now And At The Hour

the sixth candle is extinguished

 

John 19:38–42

REFLECTION :: Charles Weathers 

SING :: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence 

the seventh candle is extinguished

 

SONG :: Were You There 

the seventh candle is relit symbolizing our hope
in the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

 

 

Guitar: Sean Thomson

SERMON | The Hopeful Road

CREDITS

BOUND FOR GLORY

Lyrics + Arrangement: Tedeschi Trucks Band

 

ALL GLORY, LAUD AND HONOR

Lyrics + Arrangement: Public Domain

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

THIS TIME TOMORROW

Lyrics + Arrangement: Brandi Carlile

 

IMMORTAL, INVISIBLE GOD ONLY WISE

Lyrics + Arrangement: Public Domain

 

ON STAGE

Lucas Jones (lots of talking)

Charles Weathers (talking)

Dawn Hyde (talking)

Rebekah Adams (vocals)

Sarah Adams (vocals)

Jackson Haynes (bass)

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 | April 3, 2022

FIX YOU UP

Lyrics + Arrangement: Wild Reeds

 

PRAISE TO THE LORD THE ALMIGHTY

Lyrics + Arrangement: Public Domain

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

SOMEONE WHO LOVES ME

Lyrics + Arrangement: Sara Bareilles + The Milk Cartoon

 

THIS TRAIN WAS BOUND FOR GLORY

Lyrics: Woody Guthrie

 

Jen Griffitt (vocals) 

Lindsay-Blair Simmons (vocals)

Billy Way (vocals, guitar)

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

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© 1989 BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL

OF CHURCHES OF CHRIST.

 

MUSIC COVERED UNDER THE LICENSE CCS#11209.

SERMON | Forgiveness

GROW AS WE GO

Lyrics + Arrangement: Alexandra Robotham,
Ben Abraham, Ben Platt

 

I NEED THEE EVERY HOUR

Lyrics: Annie Hawks 

Arrangement: Traditional

 

YOU ARE FORGIVEN

Music and Lyrics: Anais Mitchell

Alternate lyrics: Kelley Douglas

 

HE’S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS

Lyrics: Alan W. Livingston

Arrangement: The Isley Brothers

ON STAGE

Dawn Hyde (lots of talking) 

Xan DuBose (vocals)

Perry Harris (vocals)

Sean Thomson (guitar)

 

 

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 | On the Field

CREDITS

LOVE’S GONNA LIVE HERE

Lyrics: Buck Owens  

 

SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER

Lyrics + Arrangement: W.B. Bradbury, W.W. Walford

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

PSALM 23

Arrangement: Ellie Holcomb

 

EACH OTHER

Lyrics + Arrangement: Grace Potter

 

TURN YOUR EYES UPON JESUS 

Lyrics + Arrangement: Traditional

 

Coty Hoover (vocals, strings)

Becca Smith  (vocals, strings)

Dawn Hyde (lots of talking)

Lucas Jones (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

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© 1989 BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL

OF CHURCHES OF CHRIST.

 

MUSIC COVERED UNDER THE LICENSE CCS#11209.

SERMON | Letting Go

CREDITS

HERE AND HEAVEN
Lyrics + Arrangement: Aoife O’Donovan,
Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer, Stuart Duncan

 

SOFTLY AND TENDERLY 
Lyrics + Arrangement: Traditional 

 

GLORIA PATRI
Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

O LOVE (THAT WILL NOT LET ME GO)
Lyrics + Arrangement: Calvary Creative, Madison Cunningham

 

ROCK OF AGES
Lyrics + Arrangement: Traditional 

 

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

 

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 | A Quiet Beginning

MORNING SUN 

Lyrics + Arrangement: Melody Gardot

 

O TO BE LOVED BY JESUS

Lyrics + Arrangement: Page CVXI

 

GLORIA PATRI

Lyrics + Arrangement: City Hymns

 

HEART BEATS

Lyrics + Arrangement: Johnnyswim

 

FARTHER ALONG 

Lyrics + Arrangement: Traditional

 

ON STAGE

Lucas Jones (lots of talking) 

Dawn Hyde (talking) 

Xan DuBose (singing)

Sean Thomson (guitar)

Jen Griffitt (singing)

Derrick 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

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© 1989 BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL

OF CHURCHES OF CHRIST.

 

MUSIC COVERED UNDER THE LICENSE CCS#11209.

SERMON | Ash Wednesday 2022

LAY ME DOWN

Lyrics: Mark Marchetti

Arrangement: Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson

 

HOW GREAT THOU ART

Lyrics + Arrangement: Traditional

 

DEATH WITH DIGNITY

Lyrics + Arrangement: Sufjan Stevens

IN THE EMBERS

Lyrics + Arrangement: Sleeping At Last

 

BE THOU MY VISION

Lyrics + Arrangement: Traditional

 

NOW AND AT THE HOUR

Lyrics + Arrangement: The Brilliance

 

WORSHIP LEADERS:

Dawn Hyde, Lucas Jones, Charles Weathers,
Sean Thomson, Lindsay-Blair Simmons, Tony Opus,
Jim Graddick, Kiah Creed, and Drew Parker

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

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© 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

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© 1989 BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL

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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

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© 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

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© 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

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© 1989 BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL

OF CHURCHES OF CHRIST.

 

MUSIC COVERED UNDER THE LICENSE CCS#11209.