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​Wednesday night vespers
streaming Live on wednesdays at 7 p.m.


Vespers January 20, 2021

Dana Lundquist, vocals
Glenn Mehrbach, piano
Rev. Thom Belote, words

Gathering Music  Medley of “The Star Spangled Banner” and “America” by Paul Simon

"This is My Song”

"America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee)”

Reflection

“What the World Needs Now” by Burt Bacharach and Hal David 

Vespers January 13, 2021

Julie Pendleton, voice
Glenn Mehrbach, piano
Rev. Thom Belote, spoken word

"Angel" by Sarah McLachlan

"In My Life" by The Beatles 

Spoken Meditation
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"Corner of The Sky” from the musical “Pippin” by Stephen Schwartz

Vespers January 6, 2021

Glenn Mehrbach, piano and readings

"All the Things Your Are" by Jerome Kern
"Wait Till You See Her" by Richard Rodgers

Reading: "Finding Your Voice" from "Finishing the Hat" by Stephen Sondheim 

"Ain't Misbehaving" by Thomas "Fats" Waller and Harry Brooks
"How Deep is the Ocean" by Irving Berlin

Poem: "Love Note to a Playwright" by Phyllis McGinley

"Sophisticated Lady" by Edward "Duke" Ellington
"Embraceable You" by George Gershwin

Vespers December 30, 2020

Kristin Trangsrud, piano
Paul Baerman, English horn
Rev. Thom Belote, words

Green Bushesfrom Suite After Old English Songs by Frank Milholland

Sonata (transcribed from Sonata No. 6 in C Major for cello and basso continuo) by Benedetto Marcello
    I. Andante
    II. Allegro
    III. Grave
    IV. Allego

Spoken Meditation

I'll Love My Love from Suite After Old English Songs by Frank Milholland

Vespers December 23, 2020

Debbie Davis, cello
Glenn Mehrbach, piano
Rev. Thom Belote, words

Three Pieces from “The Snowman” by Howard Blake
     Movement 1, "Music Box Dance"
     Movement 2, "Walking in Air"
     Movement 3, "Dance of the Snowmen"

Spoken Meditation

"Suite Francaise" by Paul Bazelaire

Vespers December 16, 2020

Pop-Up Vespers with Julie Pendleton, vocalist

Prelude: Medley of "Do You Hear What I Hear?" (by Noél Regney and Gloria Shane) and "Silver Bells" (by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
--Glenn Mehrbach, piano

"The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire" by Robert Wells and Mel Tormé

"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane

Reading by Kenneth W. Phifer (Read by Julie Pendleton)

"I'll Be Home for Christmas" by Kim Gannon and Walter Kent

--Julie Pendleton, vocalist, Glenn Mehrbach, piano

Vespers December 9, 2020

Josh Socolar, piano
Rev. Thom Belote, words

Raisins with Almonds (Abraham Goldfaden) Traditional Jewish lullaby also known as Rozhinkes mit Mandlen

Spoken Meditation

Winter Wonderland (Felix Bernard)

Vespers December 2, 2020

Dana Lundquist, voice
Glenn Mehrbach, piano
Rev. Thom Belote, words

Selections from "Messiah" by G. F. Handel

Pastoral Symphony

I Know That My Redeemer Lives

Spoken Prayer by Richard Gilbert

​If God Be For Us

How Beautiful Are the Feet

Vespers November 25, 2020

Glenn Mehrbach, piano
Rev. Thom Belote, words

All music in waltz time by Scott Joplin (1868-1917)

"Harmony Club Waltz" (1896)
"Augustan Club Waltz" (1901)

Reading "Simple Pleasures" by David O. Rankin

"Bink’s Waltz" (1905)
“Bethena: A Concert Waltz” (1905)

Vespers November 18, 2020

Eric Bannan, guitar and vocals
Glenn Mehrbach, production
Rev. Thom Belote, words


Traveling Light by Eric Bannan

​Watching Football With My Dad by Eric Bannan


"We Give Thanks" by Max Coots
​
Box Full Of Happiness by Eric Bannan

Vespers November 11, 2020

Tim Smith, tin whistle, piano, vocals
Glenn Mehrbach, production
Rev. Thom Belote, words

“Dochas" by Sean Potts and “Millpond” traditional Irish Jig

"Old Five and Dimers Like Me” by Billy Joe Shaver

Spoken Meditation

"The Auld Resting Chair" by Tom Anderson


"What If” by Tim Smith

Vespers NoVember 4, 2020

Danny Gotham, guitar
Glenn Mehrbach, piano
Rev. Thom Belote, words

Introit "I've Got Peace Like a River"

"Come Sunday"

Reading from Rev. Joanne Fontaine Crawford

"Turn, Turn, Turn"

"I Wish I Knew How"

Vespers October 28, 2020

Amy Maddox, vocals
Charly Maddox, vocals
Glenn Mehrbach, piano
Rev. Thom Belote, words

"Everybody Hurts" by R.E.M.

Spoken Reflection 

"Hold On (Just a Little Longer)"

​"Tomorrow"

Vespers  October 21, 2020

Bianca Rodriguez, voice
Glenn Mehrbach, piano
Rev. Thom Belote, words

"Amazing Grace"

"His Eye is on the Sparrow"

Spoken Prayer

​"This Little Light of Mine"

Vespers October 14, 2020

Julie Pendleton, vocals
Glenn Mehrbach, piano
Rev. Thom Belote, words

Prelude  "The Rainbow Connection"

Song  "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"

Song  "You'll Never Walk Alone"

Spoken Prayer

Song  "Get Happy"

Vespers September 30, 2020

Eric Bannan, music
Glenn Mehrbach, direction
Rev. Thom Belote, words

Gathering Music

"River Chant" by Eric Bannan

Reading "Wake-up Call" by Vanessa Rush Southern

"Let Me Die Laughing" by Eric Bannan

Vespers September 23, 2020

Kristin Trangsrud, piano
Paul Baerman, soprano and alto saxophone
Glenn Mehrbach, director
Rev. Thom Belote, words

The Old Castle (from Pictures at an Exhibition) by Modest Mussorgsky

Sicilienne, Op. 78 by Gabriel Faure

Spoken Meditation

Nature Boy by Eden Ahbez

Vespers September 16, 2020

Ginger Long, voice & piano
Derek Long, voice & guitar
Rev. Thom Belote, words

Gathering Music "Pie Jesu" 

"Love" (John Lennon)

Reading by Angela Herrera

"Heaven Is So High, and I'm So Far Down" (Pat Wictor)

Vespers  September 9, 2020

Dorothy Wright, cello
Glenn Mehrbach, piano
Rev. Thom Belote, words

Gathering Music

"Spiegel im Spiegel" (Mirror in Mirro) by Arvo Pärt

Reading (by George Saunders) and Meditation

"Largo" from "Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, Opus 65" by Frédéric Chopin​

Vespers  SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Dana Lundquist, Soprano and Speaker
Glenn Mehrbach, Piano
All music by Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

• Three Sketches
by Samuel Barber (composed April, 1923 to April 1924)
     1. Love Song (To Mother)
     2. To My Steinway (To Number 220601)
     3. Minuet (To Sara, on a theme from Beethoven)

• St. Ita's Vision
     Opus 29, No. 3, with words attributed to Saint Ita, 8th Century)
• Desire for Hermitage
     Opus 29, No. 10, with words from the 8th-9th Century

• Reading by Rumi and Reflection by Dana Lundquist

• Petit Berceuse (composed 1923)
• Nocturne
     Opus 13, No. 4, with words by Frederic Prokosch

Vespers  August 26, 2020

Eileen Regan and Tim Smith
Glenn Mehrbach, words


"Coilsfield House" Scottish Air by Nathaniel Gow (Fiddle and Piano)

"Paddy Fahey’s/Good Natured Man" (Irish Hornpipes)

"What Would I Do" by Tim Smith

Reading from "John Cage's Intensely Beautiful Love Letters to Merce Cunningham" by Maria Popova (Read by Glenn Mehrbach)

"May the Road Rise Rise to Meet You" by Roger and Camilla  McGuinn

Vespers  August 19, 2020

Glenn Mehrbach, piano
Rev. Thom Belote, words

"On the Eve of Proposal (while my love lay sleeping)" by Glenn Mehrbach

"Mad Rush" by Philip Glass

Reading by Rod Richards

"Lullaby for Lennon" by Glenn Mehrbach

VEspers  August 12, 2020

Debbie Davis, cello
Glenn Mehrbach, piano
Rev. Thom Belote, speaking

"Haniel" by Peter Przystaniak

"Nocturne" by Frederic Chopin

Spoken Reflection  

"Reverie" by Claude Debussy


Vespers  August 5, 2020

Josh Socolar, piano
Rev. Thom Belote, speaking

Misterioso by Thelonius Monk

I've Got Peace Like a River (theme and variations)

"The Fine Art of the Good Guest" by Jeffrey Lockwood
Reflection

The Wedding by Abdullah Ibrahim

'Round Midnight by Thelonius Monk

Vespers  JUly 29, 2020

Gathering Music  Scott Provan & Glenn Mehrbach

Gathering Words  Rev. Thom Belote

"Copperline" by James Taylor
          Scott Provan & Glenn Mehrbach

Reading  "We Need One Another" by George Odell

"Mercy Now" by Mary Gauthier
​          Jane Provan, Scott Provan, and Glenn Mehrbach

vespers  July 22, 2020

Prelude  Erich Lieth

Hymn #4 "I Brought My Spirit to the Sea"
          Erich Lieth, Vocals and Piano

Spoken Reflection  Rev. Thom Belote

"What a Wonderful World"
          Erich Lieth, Vocals and Piano

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Special Thanks to Erich Lieth, to Glenn Mehrbach for coordinating vespers, and to Valerie Vickers and the Sacred Gardeners for the inspiration for this service.

​Please take a look at pictures of the garden below.


Photos of courtyard
For July 22 Vespers

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Vespers  July 15, 2020

Prelude  Glenn Mehrbach, piano

"We Can Be Kind" 
          Julie Pendleton, vocals, Glenn Mehrbach, piano

Spoken Reflection  Rev. Thom Belote

"I Know Where I've Been"  
          Julie Pendleton, vocals, Glenn Mehrbach, piano

Vespers  July 8, 2020

"Here On Earth" (by Douglas, Barenberg, Meyer)
          Performed by Richard Edwards

"Childish Things" (by Richard Edwards)
          Performed by Richard Edwards

Meditation  Rev. Thom Belote

 "Wonderful Day" ​(by Richard Edwards)
          Performed by Richard Edwards

Vespers  July 1, 2020

"Swing Low Sweet Chariot"
          Amy & Charly Maddox, vocals, Glenn Mehrbach, piano

"The Place Where Lost Things God"
          Amy Maddox, vocals, Glenn Mehrbach, piano

Reading & Reflection  Rev. Thom Belote

"Stand by Me"
​          Amy & Charly Maddox, vocals, Glenn Mehrbach, piano

Vespers  June 24, 2020

"Summertime" Bianca Rodriguez and Glenn Mehrbach

"Shake Sugaree" Bianca Rodriguez and Glenn Mehrbach

Reflection  Rev. Thom Belote

​"Feelin' Good" Bianca Rodriguez and Glenn Mehrbach

Vespers  June 17, 2020

Prelude 

"Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel,
Danny Gotham, guitar and vocals

Reflection   Rev. Thom Belote

"Satisfied Mind"
Danny Gotham, guitar and vocals


Vespers May 27, 2020

Prelude  
          Glenn Mehrbach, piano

Song #311 Let It Be a Dance
          Sung by Dana Lundquist, piano by Glenn Mehrbach

Spoken Meditation
          Rev. Thom Belote

Song "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen
          Sung by Dana Lundquist, piano by Glenn Mehrbach

Vespers  May 20, 2020

Song #100  I've Got Peace Like a River
          Julie Pendleton, vocals
          Glenn Mehrbach, piano

Spoken Meditation

Song #95  There is More Love Somewhere

          Julie Pendleton, vocals
          Glenn Mehrbach, piano

Vespers  May 13, 2020

Prelude
          "Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers
          "Just the Two of Us" by Bill Withers
          "Grandma's Hands" by Bill Withers
           Glenn Mehrbach, piano

Sung Meditation
           "Come By Here" (Kum Bah Yah)
           Amy Maddox & Charly Maddox, vocals
           Glenn Mehrbach, piano

Spoken Meditation
          Rev. Thom Belote

Sung Meditation
          "Lean on Me" by Bill Withers
           Amy Maddox & Charly Maddox, vocals
           Glenn Mehrbach, piano

Vespers May 6, 2020

Led by Erich Lieth & Thom Belote

Vespers April 29, 2020

Gathering Music   Eileen Regan

Song  "The Castle of Dromore"
             Eileen Regan

Spoken Meditation   Rev. Thom Belote


Song  "Let the Life I Lead"
             Eileen Regan & Glenn Mehrbach

Vespers April 22, 2020

Gathering Music
          "In My Life" and "Let It Be" by McCartney/Lennon
          Glenn Mehrbach,  piano

Song  #1007 There's A River Flowin' In My Soul
          Amy Maddox & Charly Maddox, vocals
          Glenn Mehrbach, piano

Spoken Meditation
          Rev. Thom Belote

Song Medley
          #336 All My Memories of Love & 
          #18 What Wondrous Love 
​          Amy Maddox & Charly Maddox, vocals
          Glenn Mehrbach, piano

Vespers April 15, 2020

Gathering Music  
       "Sonata in A Major, K, 331: Andante grazioso” by W. A. Mozart
       Glenn Mehrbach, piano

Song  #1002 Comfort Me
       Deborah Klinger, vocals
       Glenn Mehrbach, piano

Spoken Meditation
       Rev. Thom Belote

Song  #95 There Is More Love Somewhere
        Deborah Klinger, vocals

        Glenn Mehrbach, piano

Vespers April 8, 2020

Gathering Music  Glenn Mehrbach, piano

Song  Medley "There Is a Love" and "Turn, Turn, Turn"
                              Sung by Deborah Klinger
                              Glenn Mehrbach, piano

Reading "When You Are Weary" by Jess Reynolds

Spoken Meditation  Rev. Thom Belote

Closing Song "I Am Willing" by Holly Near
                             Sung by Deborah Klinger
                             Glenn Mehrbach,  piano

Vespers April 1, 2020

#1031 Filled With Loving Kindness
May I* be filled with loving kindness.
May I be well.
May I be filled with loving kindness.
May I be well.
May I be peaceful and at ease. 
May I be whole.

*Second time: Replace "I" with "you."
Third time: Replace "I" with "we."

#1048 Ubi Caritas
Ubi caritas et amor,
Ubi caritas Deus ibi est.


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