“Soaked to the Skin”
Dec 4, 2016
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Sanctuary
Join Rev. Anne Mason as she reflects on Leonard Cohen’s famous statement about his nature: “I don’t consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin.” Come to church and wring out a bit….the season of Advent is upon us. What is it that you would like to prepare yourself for? Could we make room for joy?
This Sunday, the sanctuary choir will sing Felix Mendelsohn’s beautiful chorus “Behold a Star from Jacob Shining” (from Christus). Austin Burns will sing the exciting song “Something’s Coming” (from West Side Story). David Meharry and Austin Burns will also sing a 12th-c. French motet “Veni, Veni Emmanuel” (the oldest version of “O Come, o come Emmanuel”). For the centering music and postlude, Rip Jackson will play on the organ J.S. Bach’s bold “Wachet Auf, Ruft uns die Stimme,” BWV 645 (from the Schübler Chorales) and Louis-Claude Daquin’s joyful “À la venue de Noël” (from Livre de Noëls).
Rev. Anne Mason, Worship Leader