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Loves redeeming work is done

Love’s redeeming work is done   Like last week’s “Jesus Christ is risen today,” this hymn by Charles Wesley is...
Phil Rogers
April 25, 2025
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Jesus Christ is risen today!

Jesus Christ is risen today        for Easter April 20 2025 The history of this hymn is rather complicated.  It...
Phil Rogers
April 17, 2025
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Ride on! Ride on in majesty

Ride on, ride on in majesty   Henry Hart Milman (1791-1868), who wrote the words of this hymn, was educated at Eton...
Phil Rogers
April 11, 2025
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Will You Come and Follow Me

Will you come and follow me Sung in Worship, 6 April. The hymn was written by John Lamberton Bell (b. 1949),...
Phil Rogers
April 4, 2025
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All Creatures of Our God and King

All creatures of our God and King    This hymn is a paraphrase of Il Cantico del Frate Sole (The Canticle of...
Phil Rogers
February 21, 2025
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The Candles were Lighted on Candlemas Day

This hymn for Candlemas (The Presentation of Christ in the Temple) was written by Elizabeth Cosnett (1936-2024),...
Phil Rogers
January 31, 2025
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Songs of Thankfulness and Praise

Songs of Thankfulness and Praise Sung in Worship: January 12, 2025 Christopher Wordsworth (1807-1885), brought up...
Phil Rogers
January 10, 2025
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 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness 

The author of this Epiphany hymn, John S.B. Monsell (1811-1875), was born in Londonderry and educated in Trinity...
Phil Rogers
January 3, 2025
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Thy Kingdom Come, on Bended Knee

Frederick Lucian Hosmer (1840-1929) wrote this hymn in 1891for the commencement ceremony of Meadville Theological...
Phil Rogers
December 13, 2024
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The Advent Procession: Service Music Notes

Dr. Phil Rogers offers background information on much of the service music featured in this Sunday's Advent...
Phil Rogers
November 26, 2024

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