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Special Music and Hymns
Created for Virtual Worship

Click on hymn or song titles to be taken to YouTube versions of the hymns, usually embedded within the service.
​Hymns included in previous services are not repeated, unless there is a new arrangement.

May 16

Hymns:
No new hymns this week.
Special Music:
“Every Night (When the Sun Goes Down)” Traditional Appalachian Song, arr. by Gwyneth Walker (George Thompson, soloist)
“Danny Boy” words by Frederick E. Wetherby, music a Londonderry Air, arr. by Joseph Flummerfelt 
“Wanting Memories” by Ysaye Barnwell
“Requiem” by Eliza Gilkyson, arr. by Craig Hella Johnson
“O Vos Omnes” text from Lamentation 1:12, music by Pau Casals 
“Amazing Grace (“for my beloved Andrew Blue”)” words by John Newton, music from Columbian Harmony, arr. by Jennifer Higdon
“Let My Love Be Heard” words from “A Prayer” by Alfred Noyes, music by Jake Runestad
“Here Comes the Sun” by George Harrison (Sung by Deborah Klinger)
(sung by The Community Church Choir: 
SOPRANO 1: Carol Parker, Katie Headley, Susan Siplon, Jena Kaizen
SOPRANO 2: Deborah Klinger, Jane Provan, Lex Headley
ALTO 1: Jessica Godreau, Linda Thompson, Marya Ilgen-Lieth
ALTO 2: Joann Haggerty, Kirsten Bergman, Ro Mason, Wendy Jebens, Amy Shaub Maddox
TENOR 1: Ivy Brezina, Mary LeMay
TENOR 2: Scott Provan, Steve Warshaw, Steve Day
BASS 1: Paul Eskildsen, George Thompson, Larry Mason
BASS 2: Brian Moyer and Josh Socolar
PIANO: Ariadna Nacianceno;
and the Family Choir and Community Church Singers:
SOPRANO: Jena Kaizen and Michelle Itano
MELODY: Ben, Ginger Guidry and Family, Jenny Warnasch and Annie Huntly
ALTO: Ruth Gibson, Amy Shaub Maddox and Joëlle Bourjolly
BASS: Joëlle Bourjolly, Ed Steffes, Kevin Bastian and Glenn Mehrbach
PERCUSSION: Glenn Mehrbach)

May 9

Hymns:
No new hymns this week.
Special Music:
“Good Job” by Alicia Keys, Terius Nash, Kasseem Dean, Avery Chambliss (Bianca Rodriguez, with Amy Shaub Maddox)

May 2

Hymns:
#189 Light of Ages and of Nations
Sung by the Community Church Virtual Choir: Cheryl Diegel, Mary LeMay, Paul Eskildsen and Larry Mason.
Special Music:
"Hands" by Jocelyn Hagen (Community Church Choir, Lex Headley and Scott Provan, soloists)
“Can You See” by Zanaida Robles (Community Church Choir)
(Sung by the Community Church Choir: Carol Parker, Katie Headley, Susan Siplon, Deborah Klinger, Jane Provan, Lex Headley, Linda Thompson, Marya Ilgen-Lieth, Kirsten Bergman, Jessica Godreau, Ro Mason, Wendy Jebens, Ivy Brezina, Mary LeMay, Scott Provan, Steve Warshaw, Steve Day, Paul Eskildsen, George Thompson, Larry Mason, Brian Moyer and Josh Socolar.)

April 25

Hymns:
#153 Oh, I Woke Up This Morning 
#118 This Little Light of Mine
Sung by the Community Church “Masked and Vaxxed” Choir: Ruth Gibson, Grey Brown, Linda Thompson, Ivy Brezina, Scott Provan, Jane Provan, Jena Kaizen and Susie Hafer.
Special Music:
“Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning" Traditional Gospel Blues (Bluegrass Battleship)
"The Water is Wide" Scottish Folk Song (Bluegrass Battleship)
“Walk A Mile” by Jan Nigro (Bluegrass Battleship)
“Bluegrass Battleship” is: Marc Alperin, Bass; Mel Freedman,  Mandolin; Eileen Regan, Fiddle; Terry Baker, Banjo, Dobro; Scott Provan, Guitar, Clawhammer Banjo, Vocals; Catherine Grodensky, Vocals; Jane Provan, Vocals.

April 18

Hymns:
“This Pretty Planet” by Tom Chapin
Sung by the Community Church Virtual Choir:Emily Maddox, Charly Maddox and Amy Shaub Maddox.
Special Music:
“The Rainforest Song" by Jim Scott (Community Church Family Choir: Michelle Itano, Kevin Bastian, Ben and Naomi, Joelle Bourjolly, and Emily, Charly and Amy Maddox.)
“Heart of the Heartland” by Peter Ostroushko (Danny Gotham and Glenn Mehrbach)

April 11

Hymns:
#30 Over My Head
Sung by the Community Church Virtual Choir: Jena Kaizen (Soloist), Charly Maddox, Amy Glazier, Amy Shaub-Maddox, Steve Day, Ed Steffes and Paul Eskildsen. Special Music:
“Until Morning" by Kate Rusby (Cheryl Diegel and Danny Gotham)
"Don’t Need Much to be Happy” by Mary Chapin Carpenter (Cheryl Diegel and Danny Gotham)

April 4

Hymns:
#12 O Life That Makest All Things New
#268 Jesus Christ Is Risen Today
Sung by the Community Church Virtual Choir: Cheryl Diegel, Eileen Regan, Ruth Gibson, Jessica Godreau, Paul Eskildsen and Larry Mason.
Special Music:
“Easter and the Sargasso Sea" by Leo Kottke (Danny Gotham)
“In Christ There Is No East Or West" Traditional, arr. by John Fahey (Danny Gotham)
“Hallelujah (from “Handel’s Messiah: A Soulful Celebration)” by George F. Handel, arr. by Mervyn Warren, Michel O. Jackson and Mark Kibble (sung by the Community Church Choir: Carol Parker, Katie Headley, Susan Siplon, Deborah Klinger, Jane Provan, Lex Headley, Linda Thompson, Marya Ilgen-Lieth, Kirsten Bergman, Jessica Godreau, Ro Mason, Wendy Jebens, Ivy Brezina, Mary LeMay, Scott Provan, Steve Warshaw, Paul Eskildsen, George Thompson, Larry Mason and Brian Moyer. And the “In House Band”: Ariadna Nacianceno, Piano, Richard Edwards, Bass Guitar, Danny Gotham, Electric Guitar, and Max Kuhlman, Drums.)

March 28

Hymns:
#346 Come, Sing a Song With Me (archived recording with the addition of the Family Choir)
Special Music:
“The Bare Necessities" by Terry Gilkyson (Tobin Wright)
“Count On Me” by Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence and Ari Levine (Family Choir: The Bastian-Itano Family (Kevin, Michelle, Ben and Naomi), The Good Family (Adam, Calvin and Ellis), the Trangsrud Family (Kristin,  Jeff and Lian), the Guidry Family (Ginger, Velo, Lincoln and Upton) and Joëlle Bourjolly.)

March 21

Hymns:
No new hymns this week.
Special Music:
“Warrior" by Kim Baryluk (Luminescence: Linda Thompson, Marya Ilgen-Lieth and Ivy Brezina)
“We Shall Be Known” by Sarah Nutting and Karisha Longaker of “MasMuse” (Luminescence: Linda Thompson, Marya Ilgen-Lieth and Ivy Brezina)

March 14


Hymns:
#1021 Lean On Me
Sung by the Community Church Virtual Choir: Cheryl Diegel, Amy Shaub Maddox, Ed Steffes and Larry Mason.
Special Music:
“Put a Little Love in Your Heart" by Jackie DeShannon, Jimmy Holiday and Randy Myers (UUkes: Erich Lieth, George Thompson, Linda Thompson, Charles Humble, Danny Gotham, Joann Haggerty, Kathy Putnam, Melva Fager Okun and Carol Palm, Pat Laemont and Valerie Vickers. Arrangement by Erich Lieth)
“Resilience” by Abbie Betinis
“Hand in Hand” by Melissa Monforti (Members of All Community Church Choirs, with soloist Jane Provan, and the In House Band)
Both pieces sung by the Community Church Choirs. “Hand in Hand” soloist Jane Provan. Annie Huntly, Michelle Itano, Kevin Bastian, Ben and Naomi, Brian Moyer, Bianca Rodriguez, Carol Parker, Cheryl Diegel, Deborah Klinger, Ed Steffes, Ellis Good, George Thompson, The Guidry Family, Ivy Brezina, Jane Provan, Jena Kaizen, Jessica Godreau, Joann Haggerty, Joëlle Bourjolly, Kathryn Headley, Kirsten Bergman, Larry Mason, Lex Headley, Linda Thompson, Mary LeMay, Marya Ilgen-Lieth, Paul Eskildsen, Ro Mason, Ruth Gibson, Scott Provan, Steve Day, Steve Warshaw, Susan Siplon and Wendy Jebens.
And the  “In House Band” of Danny Gotham, Glenn Mehrbach, Richard Edwards, Max Kuhlman and Jay Miller, and Special Guest, Community Church pianist Ariadna Nacianceno.

March 7

Hymns:
#287 Faith of the Larger Liberty
#151 I Wish I Knew How
Sung by the Community Church Virtual Choir: Cheryl Diegel, Amy Shaub Maddox, Ed Steffes and Larry Mason.
Special Music:
“Find the Cost of Freedom" by Stephen Stills (Erich Lieth)
“Choices” by Erich Lieth (Erich Lieth)

FEBRUARY 28

Hymns:
No new hymns this week.
Special Music:
“Until All of Us Are Free" words by Emma Lazarus, music by Mark Burrows (sung by the Community Church Choir: Carol Parker, Katie Headley, Susan Siplon, Jena Kaizen, Deborah Klinger, Jane Provan, Lex Headley, Susie Hafer, Linda Thompson, Marya Ilgen-Lieth, Kirsten Bergman, Jessica Godreau, Ro Mason, Wendy Jebens, Ivy Brezina, \
​Mary LeMay, Scott Provan, Steve Warshaw, Paul Eskildsen, George Thompson and Brian Moyer.)
“We Will Not Stop Singing” by the Chapin Singers (sung by the Family Choir and Community Church Singers: The Itano and Bastian Family (Michelle, Kevin, Ben and Naomi), the Good Family (Kat and Ellis), the Guidry Family (Ginger, Lincoln and Velo), Jena Kaizen, Annie Huntly, Joëlle Bourjolly, Ruth Gibson, with soloists Kevin and Ben, with soloists Kevin and Ben)

FEBRUARY 21

Hymns:
#126 Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Sung by the the Community Church Virtual Choir: Jane Provan, Jena Kaizen, Jessica Godreau, Amy Glazier, Scott Provan, Paul Eskildsen, George Thompson and Larry Mason.
Special Music:
“How Can I Keep From Singing" American Folk Hymn, arr. by Andy Beck (Tobin Wright)
“On the Day We Are Together Again” by Humbird, based on an arrangement by Will Robertson (Jena Kaizen, Annie Huntly, Ruth Gibson, Ed Steffes and Bill Rote)

FEBRUARY 14

Hymns:
#38 Morning Has Broken
#85 Mysterious Presence, Source of All
#86 Blessed Spirit of My Life
Sung by the the Community Church Virtual Choir: Cheryl Diegel, Jena Kaizen, Ruth Gibson and Steve Day 
Special Music:
“Extase" by Henri Duparc (1848-1933) (Debbie Davis and Deb Hollis)
“Amorosi miei giorni" by Stefano Donaudy (1879-1925)
and "Soir" by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) (Debbie Davis and Deb Hollis)
“May It Be” by Enya, arranged by Voces 8 (Community Church Choir: Carol Parker, Katie Headley, Susan Siplon, Jena Kaizen, Deborah Klinger, Jane Provan, Lex Headley, Linda Thompson, Marya Ilgen-Lieth, Kirsten Bergman, Jessica Godreau, Ro Mason, Wendy Jebens, Ivy Brezina, Mary LeMay, Scott Provan, Steve Warshaw, Paul Eskildsen, George Thompson, Josh Socolar and Brian Moyer, with soloists Kathryn Headley and Susan Siplon)

February 7

Hymns:
#15 The Lone, Wild Bird
​#18 What Wondrous Love
​Sung by the the Community Church Virtual Choir: Cheryl Diegel, Jane Provan, Amy Glazier, Paul Eskildsen and Scott Provan.
​Thanks also to Danny Gotham for his gorgeous mandolin playing on the Hymn #15, “The Lone, Wild Bird.”
Special Music:
“Birds Eye View” by Eric Bannan (Eric Bannan)
“Stumbling Towards the Light” by Eric Bannan and Wyatt Easterling (Eric Bannan)
“Wayfaring Stranger” Traditional (Eric Bannan)

JANUARY 31

Hymns:
#291 Die Gedanken Sind Frei
#391 Voice Still and Small 
#290 Bring, O Past, Your Honor
Sung by  the Community Church Virtual Choir: Cheryl Diegel, Eileen Regan, Ginger Long, Amy Shaub Maddox, Steve Day and Paul Eskildsen.
Special Music:
“Saint Honesty” by Sara Bareilles and Lori McKenna (Julie Pendleton)
​​“Believe in Yourself” from “The Wiz” by Charles Smalls (Julie Pendleton)

JANUARY 24

Hymns:
No new hymns this week.
Special Music:
"Hope” by Ysaye Barnwell (Community Church Choir, George Thompson, soloist)
“Hell You Talmbout” by Janelle Monáe and the Wondaland Artist’s Collective
​Sung by the Community Church Choir: Carol Parker, Katie Headley, Susan Siplon, Jena Kaizen, Deborah Klinger, Jane Provan, Lex Headley, Susie Hafer, Linda Thompson, Kirsten Bergman, Ro Mason, Joann Haggerty, Ivy Brezina, Mary LeMay, Steve Day, Scott Provan, Steve Warshaw, George Thompson, Josh Socolar, Brian Moyer, and welcome our new members making their debut in today’s service, Paul Esklidsen, Jessica Godreau, Wendy Jebens and John Lestina.
And Auggie Fleury and Bianca Rodriguez for their contributions to “Hell You Talmbout.”

JANUARY 17

Hymns:
#1035 Freedom is Coming
#149 Lift Every Voice and Sing
Sung by the Community Church Virtual Choir: Jane Provan, Dana Lundquist, Cheryl Diegel, Amy Shaub Maddox, Charly Maddox,
​Annie Huntly, Ginger Long, Jena Kaizen, Steve Day, Paul Esklidsen, Scott Provan
Special Music:
“I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free” (The In House Band, with guest pianist, Josh Socolar)
“If I Could Help Somebody” by Alma Bazel Androzza (Josh Socolar and Bianca Rodriguez)
“Precious Lord, Take My Hand” by Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey (Josh Socolar and Bianca Rodriguez)
Played  by the “In House Band” of Jay Miller, Danny Gotham, Richard Edwards and Max Kuhlman, with guest pianist Josh Socolar

JANUARY 10

Hymns:
#298 Wake, Now, My Senses
From The UU Congregation of Greensboro: Barbara Council, Phoenix Harmony, Susan Hill, Marie Houck, Lonnie Houck, Betsy Lindsey, Wendell Putney and Joanna Smock.
From the Community Church: Dana Lundquist, Steve Day, Ruth Gibso, Jena Kaizen, Mary LeMay, Ginger Long, Salem Macknee, Larry Mason, Scott Provan,
Eileen Regan, Bill Rote, Susan Siplon and Ed Steffes.

​Special Music:
"Mirror" by Glenn Mehrbach (Glen Mehrbach)

JANUARY 3

Hymns:
#113 Where Is Our Holy Church?
#346 Come, Sing a Song with Me
Sung by the Community Church Virtual Choir: Jane Provan, Jena Kaizen, Linda Thompson, Ginger Long, Scott Provan, Amy Glazier, George Thompson and Bill Rote
​Special Music:
“Hey You” by Brian Moyer (Neville’s Quarter)
​
“I’m Still Here” by John Hartford (Neville’s Quarter)
Neville's Quarter is Brian Moyer and Lex Headley

DECEMBER 27

Hymns:
#1008 When Our Heart Is In A Holy Place
 #1031 Filled with Loving Kindness
#1007 There's a River Flowin' in My Soul
#1010 We Give Thanks (additional lyrics by Erich Lieth)

Special Music:
Variations on "A Child Is Born" (Erich Lieth)
"Auld Lang Syne" (Erich Lieth)

DECEMBER 20

Hymns:
#253 O Come, All Ye Faithful
#245 Joy to the World!
Sung by the 
Community Church Virtual Choir: Jena Kaizen, Eileen Regan, Ginger Long, Amy Glazier, Scott T. Provan, Ed Steffes, Scott B. Provan
​
Special Music:
“Magnificat” by John Rutter
Movement 1: Magnificat anima mea
Movement 2: Of a Rose, a lovely Rose
Movement 3: Quia fecit mihi magna
Movement 4: Et misericordia
Movement 6: Esurientes
​Movement 7: Gloria Patri
COMMUNITY CHURCH CHOIR

SOPRANO 1: Carol Parker, Katie Headley, Susan Siplon
SOPRANO 2: Deborah Klinger, Jane Provan, Lex Headley
ALTO 1: Linda Thompson, Marya Ilgen-Lieth
ALTO 2: Kirsten Bergman, Ro Mason
TENOR 1: Ivy Brezina, Mary LeMay
TENOR 2: Steve Day, Scott Provan
BASS 1: Larry Mason, George Thompson
BASS 2 Josh Socolar, Brian Moyer
Glenn Mehrbach, Conductor
Ariadna Nancianceno, Choir Pianist
Kristin Trangsrud, Piano Secundo

DECEMBER 13

Hymns:
#227. Créche Flickers Bright Here
#235. Deck the Hall with Boughs of Holly
​Sung by  The Good Family, The Bastian/Itano Family, The Guidry Family
​
Special Presentation:
​Children’s Holiday Pageant - “TEEN MOM: Chapel Hill Edition”

DECEMBER 6

Hymns:
#225 O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
#232 The Hills Are Bare at Bethlehem
#224 Let Christmas Come
Sung by the Community Church Virtual Choir: Ginger Long, Ruth Gibson and Caroline Sherman
​Special Music:
“Cantique de Racine” by Gabriel Fauré (Community Church Choir, with Piano and String Trio ofKitty Stalberg, viola, Debbie Davis and Dorothy Wright, cello)
Community Church Choir: Carol Parker, Katie Headley, Susan Siplon, Deborah Klinger, Jane Provan, Lex Headley,
Linda Thompson, Marya Ilgen-Lieth, Kirsten Bergman, Ro Mason,
Ivy Brezina, Mary LeMay, Steve Day, Scott Provan, Steve Warshaw,
Larry Mason, George Thompson, Josh Socolar, Brian Moyer, and Ariadna Nacianceno, piano

​“Resilient” by Appalachia Rising (Charly Maddox and Amy Shaub Maddox)

NOVEMBER 29

Hymns:
#226 People, Look East
#70 Heap High the Farmer's Wintry Hoard
Sung by the Community Church Virtual Choir: Dana Lundquist, Charly Maddox, Eileen Regan, Ruth Gibson, Amy Maddox, Amy Glazier, Steve Day, Larry Mason
​Special Music:
“Sonata No. 2, in C minor; Largo, Allegretto” by Alessandro Scarlatti (Debbie Davis, cello, Glenn Mehrbach, piano)
​
“Sonata No. 2, in C minor; Largo, Presto” by Alessandro Scarlatti (Debbie Davis, cello, Glenn Mehrbach, piano)

NOVEMBER 22

Hymns:
#306 Sing of Living, Sing of Dying (sung by George and Linda Thompson)
#298 Wake, Now, My Senses (sung by Jena Kaizen, Ginger Long, Steve Day and Larry Mason)
Special Music:
“Sonata Pathetique, Mvt. 2” by L. V. Beethoven (Terry Baker, Scott Provan and Marc Alperin)
“Hard Times” by Stephen Foster (Bluegrass Battleship)
“Calling My Children Home” Traditional (Bluegrass Battleship)
​“Home” by Karla Bonoff (Bluegrass Battleship)
Bluegrass Battleship is: 

Terry Baker, banjo and vocals, Scott Provan, guitar and vocals, Danny Gotham, mandolin, Marc Alperin, bass, Jane Provan, vocals, and Catherine Grodensky, vocals

NOVEMBER 15

Hymns:
#1007 There’s a River Flowin’ in My Soul
#1008 When Our Heart is in a Holy Place
#318 We Would Be One
Sung by the Community Church Virtual Choir: Amy Glazier, Bill Rote, Jena Kaizen, Ed Steffes and Jenny Warnasch
​Special Music:
“Carolina Shout” by James P. Johnson (Josh Socolar)
“America the Beautiful” by Samuel A. Ward, arr. by Josh Socolar (Josh Socolar)
​“American Tune” by Paul Simon, arr. by Glenn Mehrbach (Community Church Virtual Quartet: 
Jane Provan, Amy Shaub Maddox, Scott Provan and Josh Socolar)

NOVEMBER 8

Special Music:
“Danny Boy” Words by Frederick E. Wetherby, music “Londonderry Air,” arr. by Joseph Flummerfelt (Community Church Choir)
​“One More Step” song & lyrics by Joyce Poley, arrangement by Elizabeth Alexander (Community Church Choir, Carol Parker, narration)

Community Church Choir: Carol Parker, Katie Headley, Jena Kaizen, Deborah Klinger, Jane Provan, Lex Headley,
Linda Thompson, Marya Ilgen-Lieth, Kirsten Bergman, Ro Mason,
Ivy Brezina, Mary LeMay, Steve Day, Scott Provan, Steve Warshaw,
George Thompson, Larry Mason, Brian Moyer, Josh Socolar,
and Ariadna Nacianceno, pianist

NOVEMBER 1

Hymns:
#1031 Filled with Loving Kindness
#1009 Meditation on Breathing
Sung by the Community Church Virtual Choir: Jane Provan, Eileen Regan, Ginger Long, Linda Thompson, Scott Provan and George Thompson
Special Music:
“Bridge Over Troubled Water” by Paul Simon (Danny Gotham)
​“Hold On” by Brittany Howard (Bianca Rodriguez and 
the “In House Band”: Danny Gotham, Richard Edwards, Max Kuhlman and Glenn Mehrbach)

OCTOBER 25

Hymns:
#1028 Fire of Commitment
#396 I Know this Rose Will Open
#131 Love Will Guide Us
Sung by the Community Church Virtual Choir: Jena Kaizen, Jane Provan, Kirsten Bergman, Amy Glazier and Scott Provan

OCTOBER 18

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b8vA1xZ0gQ&t=384sHymns:
#1 May Nothing Evil Cross This Door
#119 Once to Every Soul and Nation
Sung by the Community Church Virtual Choir: Lex Headley, Jena Kaizen, Ginger Long, Amy Glazier, Caroline Sherman, Brian Moyer and Larry Mason
Special Music:
"Largo" from "Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, Opus 65" by Frédéric Chopin (Dorothy Wright, cello, and Glenn Mehrbach, piano)
“Choose to Bless the World” words from a poem by Rev. Rebecca Parker, music by Nick Page (Community Church Choir, Deborah Klinger, soloist)
Community Church Choir:
Deborah Klinger (Soloist), Carol Parker (choreography), Katie Headley, Lex Headley, Jane Provan,
Kirsten Bergman, Linda Thompson, Marya Ilgen-Lieth, Ro Mason,
Ivy Brezina, Scott Provan, Steve Day, Steve Warshaw,
Larry Mason, Josh Socolar, Brian Moyer and George Thompson

OCTOBER 11

Hymns:
#188 Come, Come, Whoever You Are
Sung by the Community Church Virtual Choir: George and Linda Thompson, Ruth Gibson, Cheryl Diegel, Amy Shaub Maddox and Charly Maddox
Special Music:
​“Anything Can Happen” from “Mary Poppins” by Richard M, Sherman and Robert B. Sherman (Community Church Singers:
​
Amy Maddox, Charly Maddox, Bianca Rodriguez, Ruth Gibson, Jena Kaizen, Ed Steffes, Caroline Sherman and Bill Rote)

OCTOBER 4

Hymns:
#1068 Rising Green
#311 Let It Be a Dance
Sung by the Community Church Virtual Choir: Jena Kaizen, Kirsten Bergman, Ruth Gibson, Amy Glazier, Mary LeMay, Ed Steffes, Larry Mason and Bill Rote.
Special guest appearance by Trey Kennedy on “Dance to the Music.”
Played by  the “In House Band:” Jay Miller, tenor sax, Danny Gotham, guitar, Richard Edwards, bass, and Max Kuhlman, drums.
Special Music:
“Dance to the Music” by Sylvester Stewart (Sly Stone)
“Real Wild Child (Wild One)” by Johnny O’Keefe (Eden Klinger)

SEPTEMBER 27

Hymns:
#323 Break Not the Circle
#123 Spirit of Life
“Life Calls Us On” (words by Kendyl Gibbons, music by Jason Shelton)
Sung by the 
Community Church Virtual Choir: Cheryl Diegel, Jena Kaizen, Jane Provan, Annie Huntly, Scott Provan, Larry Mason and Bill Rote
Special Music:
“Waves” from “Poems of the Sea” by Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
​
“Prayer” from “A Jewish Life, No. 1” by Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)

SEPTEMBER 20

Hymns:
#1012 When I Am Frightened (Charly Maddox, Ginger Long, Julie Pendleton, Marya Ilgen-Lieth, Ro Mason and Steve Day)
 Meditation on Breathing (Elizabeth Cooke, Jane Provan, Eileen Regan Jenny Warnasch, Jena Kaizen, Deborah Klinger, Amy Glazier, Alexandra Headley, Kathryn Headley, Brian Moyer, Linda Thompson, Marya Ilgen-Lieth, Scott Provan, Josh Socolar, George Thompson and Trey Kennedy)
​“In These Hard Times” by Linda Hirschhorn (Ginger Long, Linda Thompson, Salem MacKnee and Ivy Brezina)
Special Music:
“In My Room” by Brian Wilson (Luminescence)
“Peace, Salaam, Shalom“ by Pat Humphries and Sandy O (Luminescence)

Luminescence is: Linda Thompson, Marya Ilgen-Lieth and Ivy Brezina

SEPTEMBER 13

Hymns:
#100 I’ve Got Peace Like a River (Family Choir)
#209 O Come, You Longing Thirsty Souls (Jane Provan, Linda Thompson, Scott Provan and George Thompson)
Special Music:
“Now Let Us Sing” arr. by Gwyneth Walker (Community Church Choir)
SOPRANO: Carol Parker, Katie Headley, Lex Headley, Deborah Klinger, Jane Provan
ALTO: Linda Thompson, Marya Ilgen-Lieth, Ro Mason, Kirsten Bergman
TENOR: Mary LeMay, Ivy Brezina, Steve Day, Steve Warshaw, Scott Provan
BASS: Larry Mason, Josh Socolar, Brian Moyer, George Thompson
PIANO: Ariadna Nacianceno
CONDUCTOR: Glenn Mehrbach
​“Somos El Barco“ by Lore Wyatt (Family Choir: Michelle, Kevin and Ben,  Kat, Adam, Ellis and Calvin, Marion, Joelle, and a guest appearance by Glenn and Deborah)

SEPTEMBER 6

Hymn:
“Keep On Moving Forward” by Emma’s Revolution (Scott  and Jane Provan)
​
Special Music:
“Keepers of the Flame” by Eric  Bannan
“Is There a Place?“ by Eric Bannan

August 30

Hymns:
​
#153 Oh, I Woke Up This Morning
“Standing Stone” by Melanie DeMore (Julie Pendleton, soloist)
#348 Guide My Feet
Sung by the Community Church Virtual Choir (Lex Headley, Jane Provan, Jena Kaizen, Linda Thompson, Kirsten Bergman, Ivy Brezina, Steve Day, Brian Moyer, George Thompson and Josh Socolar)
Played by the "In House Band" of:  
Danny Gotham, Jay Miller, Richard Edwards and Max Kuhlman
​
Special Music:
“Ella’s Song” by Berniece Reagon Johnson (Lex Headley, soloist with the Community Church Choir)
“One Foot/Lead with Love“ by Melanie DaMore (Glenn Mehrbach with the Community Church Choir)

August 23

Hymns:
#34 Though I May Speak with Bravest Fire
Sung by the Community Church Virtual Choir (Eileen Regan, Jena Kaizen, Charly Maddox, Ro Mason and Amy Shaub Maddox)
Special Music:
“Ricercar 1 and Ricercar 6” by Domenico Gabrielli (1659-1690)
"Adoration" by Florence B. Price (1887-1953)
(Debbie Davis, violoncello, Glenn Mehrbach​, piano)


August 16

Hymns:
#172 Siph’ Amandla
#1006 In My Quiet Sorrow
Bread and Roses (poem by James Oppenheim, music by Margarita Mim Baez Fariña)
Sung by the Community Church Virtual Choir (Jenny Warnasch, Deborah Klinger, Linda Thompson,
​Eileen Regan, Marya Ilgen-Lieth, Mary LeMay, Joann Haggerty and George Thompson)
Special Music:
“The Town I Loved So Well” by Phil Coulter (DannyGotham)
“Everybody Knows” by Leonard Cohen and Sharon Robinson
(Glenn Mehrbach with Danny Gotham and Richard Edwards)



August 9

Hymns:
#352 Find a Stillness
#27 I Am That Great and Fiery Force
Sung by the Community Church Virtual Choir (Dana Lundquist, Charly Maddox, Ginger Long,
Kirsten Bergman, Eileen Regan, Amy Maddox, Steve Day and Larry Mason)
Special Music:
“Hedwig’s Theme” by John Williams (The Community Church Piano Quartet)
“Imagine” by John Lennon (Community Church Virtual Choir)
“The Community Church Piano Quartet” is: Kristin Trangsrud, piano, Kitty Stalberg, viola,
​Debbie Davis and Dorothy Wright, cellos, arranged and conducted by Glenn Mehrbach

August 2

Hymn:
#1053 How Could Anyone
Sung by the Community Church Virtual Choir (Deborah Klinger, Jena Kaizen, Ruth Gibson,
Ro Mason, Josh Socolar, George Thompson and Larry Mason)
Special Music:
“Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)” by Ashford & Simpson (Bianca Rodriguez and the Virtual Gospel Choir)
“I’d Like To Give The World A Hug” Original song by Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway, Bill Baker and Billy Davis,
​new lyrics by Kate Shipman (Kate Shipman)

JuLY 26

Hymns:
#1011 Return Again
#29 Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
Sung by the Community Church Virtual Choir (Jena Kaizen, Jane Provan, Linda Thompson, Ruth Gibson,
Caroline Sherman, Scott Provan, George Thompson)
Special Music:
“Arrow” by half-alive (Tobin Wright and the “In House Band”)
“Tomorrow” by Kate and Justin Miner (The Combined Choirs of the Community Church,
Ivy Brezina and Tobin Wright, soloists)

This week’s “In House Band” is: Jay Miller, tenor sax, Josh Hinson, trombone, Danny Gotham, guitars, Richard Edwards, bass guitar, Max Kuhlman, drums and Glenn Mehrbach, keyboards and arranging

The choir for “Tomorrow”consisted of:
Electronic Voice: Ivy Brezina
Choir: Charly Maddox, Jena Kaizen, Eileen Regan, Jane Provan, Amy Maddox, Kirsten Bergman, Ruth Gibson, Caroline Sherman, Annie Huntly, Kathy Putnam,. Joann Haggerty, Ivy Brezina, Michelle Itano, Jenny Warnasch, Ro Mason, Kristin Trangsrud, Ben Bastian, Joan O’Brien, Scott Provan, Kevin Bastian, Steve Day, Larry Ross
​Soloist: Tobin Wright

JuLY 19

Hymns:
#66 When the Summer Sun Is Shining
#1012 When I Am Frightened
#1064 Blue Boat Home
Sung by the Community Church Virtual Choir (Charly Maddox, Julie Pendleton, Deborah Klinger,
Marya Ilgen-Lieth, Ginger Long, Ro Mason, Steve Day, George Thompson, Larry Mason and Trey Kennedy)
Special Music:
“Gotta Love the Summer” by Brian Moyer and Lex Headley (“Neville’s Quarter”)
​“It’s A New Day” by Brian Moyer and Lex Headley (“Neville’s Quarter”)

JuLY 12

Hymns:
#1040 Hush
#168 One More Step
#1040 Siyahamba
Sung by the Community Church Virtual Choir (Lex Headley, Deborah Klinger, Linda Thompson,
Ruth Gibson, Mary LeMay, Amy Glazier, Brian Moyer and George Thompson)
Special Music:
“The Times They Are A-Changin’” by Bob Dylan (Richard Edwards)
“For What It’s Worth” by Stephen Stills (Richard Edwards and the “In House Band”)
The “In House Band" is: Glenn Mehrbach, piano, Richard Edwards, bass guitar, Danny Gotham, guitars,
​Jay Miller, tenor sax and acoustic guitar, and Max Kuhlman, drums

JuLY 5

Hymns:
#17 Every Night and Every Morn
#205 Amazing Grace
Sung by the Community Church Virtual Choir
(Jena Kaizen, Jane Provan, Ginger Long, Caroline Sherman, Ro Mason,
Scott Provan, Steve Day and Larry Mason)
Special Music:
"Kinder” by Alyx Benham of “Copper Wimmin” (Luminescence)
“May I Suggest” (Luminescence)
“Luminescence" is: Linda Thompson, Marya Ilgen-Lieth and Ivy Brezina


June 28

Hymns:
#95 These Is More Love Somewhere
#1003 Where Do We Come From?
Sung by the Community Church Virtual Choir (Charly Maddox, Deborah Klinger, Linda Thompson,
Amy Shaub Maddox, Julie Pendleton, Steve Day, George Thompson and Larry Mason)
Special Music:
“Let the Mystery Be” by Iris Dement (Catherine Grodensky, Scott and Jane Provan, Marc Alperin and Danny Gotham)
​“God is a River” by Peter Mayer (Scott Provan)

June 21

Hymns:
#368. Now Let Us Sing
#203 All Creatures of the Earth and Sky
Sung by the Community Church Virtual Choir (Jane Provan, Jena Kaizen, Charly Maddox,
​Eileen Regan, Ginger Long, Joann Haggerty, Caroline Sherman, Scott Provan)
Special Music
"Sacred Spaces” (Chris Rosser and Eric Bannan)
“My Life Flows On In Endless Song” (Eric Bannan)
“Watching Football with my Dad” by Eric Bannan

June 14

Hymns:
#170 We Are a Gentle, Angry People
#298 Wake, Now, My Senses
#1015 I Know I Can

Sung by the Community Church Virtual Choir
(Dana Lundquist, Jane Provan, Amy Shaub Maddox, Mary LeMay,
Ruth Gibson, Steve Day, Scott Provan and Josh Socolar)

Special Music:
“What Good Am I?” by Bob Dylan
“The Disease of Conceit" by Bob Dylan
Performed by Glenn Mehrbach and Danny Gotham

June 7

Hymns:
"#155 Circle 'Round for Freedom" (Luminescence (Ivy Brezina, Marya Ilgen-Lieth, Linda Thompson)
"
#1009 Meditation on Breathing" (Community Church Virtual Choir)
"#6 Just As Long As I Have Breath" (Deborah Klinger, Jane Provan, and Scott Provan
Special Music:
"I Wish I Knew How" by Billy Taylor and Dick Dallas (sung by Bianca Rodriguez)

MAY 31

Special Music and Hymn:
"#361 Enter, Rejoice an Come In" (Ben, Charly, Katie Headley and Mary LeMay)
“#305 De Colores”  (Virtual Choir)

MAY 24

Special Music:
"I’ll Be Seeing You” lyrics by Irving Kahal, music by Sammy Fain (Julie Pendleton)
“Smile” lyrics by John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons, music by Charlie Chaplin (Julie Pendleton)
Hymns:  Amy Shaub Maddox, Steve Day and Linda Thompson
#336 All My Memories of Love
#388 Dona Nobis Pacem
#128 For All That Is Our Life​

MAY 17

Special Music:
"Spiritual" by Ysaye Barnwell (Community Church Choir)
"Take Down These Walls" by Brian Tate (Community Church Choir)
"Connected" by Brian Tate (Community Church Choir)
"Wana Baraka" Kenyan Folk Song, arr. by Shawn L. Kirchner (
Community Church Choir)
"The Storm is Passing Over" by 
by Charles Albert Tindley, arr. by Barbara W. Baker
Hymns: Bianca Rodriguez and Maura Matney
#391 Voice Still and Small
#396 I Know This Rose Will Open


MAY 10

Special Music:
"Invisible" by Eric Bannan (Eric Bannan)
"Keepers of the Flame" by Eric Bannan (Eric Bannan)
Hymns: Eric Bannan, and Ginger Long, Linda Thompson, Salem MacKnee and Ivy Brezina
You Are Welcome Here
In These Hard Times
Wade in the Water

MAY 3

Special Music:
"Who Am I?" by Leonard Bernstein (Dana Lundquist)
"With So Little To Be Sure Of" by Stephen Sondheim (Dana Lundquist)

Hymns: Community Church Virtual Chamber Choir
#354 We Laugh, We Cry
#318 We Would Be One
#145 As Tranquil Streams

APRIL 26

Special Music:
"Mother Nature's Son" by Lennon & McCartney (Danny Gotham and the "Stay at Home Band")
"Love Song to the Earth" by Paul McCartney, addl. lyrics by Sean Paul (Bianca Rodriguez and the "Stay at Home Band")

Hymns: Community Church Virtual Choir
#1017 Building a New Way
#1074 Turn the World Around

APRIL 19

Special Music:
"Talk to the Animals" by Leslie Bricusse (Scott and Jane Provan & Lex and Katie Headley)
"A Place in the Choir" by Bill Staines (Community Church Virtual Family Choir)

Hymns: Community Church Virtual Family Choir and Virtual Choir
#361 Enter, Rejoice and Come In
#346 Come, Sing a Song with Me
O God, Your Creatures Fill the Earth
​(to the tune of #57 All Beautiful the March of Days)

APRIL 12

Special Music: Community Church Virtual Choir and Danny Gotham
"Angels Rolled De Stone Away" Traditional Easter Spiritual arranged by Jester Hairston
"Easter and the Sargasso Sea" by Leo Kottke, and "In Christ There Is No East Or West" Traditional, arr. by John Fahey

Hymns: Community Church Virtual Choir
#61 Lo, the Earth Awakes Again
#126 Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

APRIL 5

Special Music: Glenn Mehrbach
"Solace: A Mexican Serenade" by Scott Joplin, and "Prelude II" by George Gershwin

Hymns: Community Church Virtual Choir
#1 May Nothing Evil
​Cross This Door
#108 My Life Flows on
​in Endless Song
#347 Gather the Spirit
​
#16 'Tis a Gift to be Simple
​
#1009 Meditation on
​Breathing

March 29

Special Music: Scott and Jane Provan
"Birmingham Sunday" by Richard Fariña, and "Keep Your Eyes on the Prize" African American Spiritual and Folk Song

Hymns: Community Church Virtual Choir
#1002 Comfort Me
#168 One More Step
#100 I've Got Peace Like a River
#116 I'm On My Way

March 22

Special Music: Richard Edwards
"Talkin' Bout a Revolution" by Tracy Chapman, and "Seeds" by Richard Edwards

Hymns: Community Church Social Distancing Choir
#1008 When Our Heart is in
​a Holy Place
#1021 Lean On Me
​

#123 Spirit of Life
​

#1064 Blue Boat Home
​


March 15

Special Music: "Neville's Quarter" (Brian Moyer and Lex Headley)
"Visibility Matters" and "No Reason Why" with music and lyrics by Brian Moyer and Lex Headley

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