The power of the promises kept through Jesus are such that God’s people live as if the fullness were at hand even when only the promise is present. For those unable to join us at MGPC, the service will be live-streamed. The video is available at our website and youtube channel. Song: Broken Vessels Welcome: …

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I know a few folk who are having some bad days. Time will tell if they’re the worst days of their lives. I would hope they’d be spared too many that are worse. This poem from Connor Gwin resonates with their experience. Sit down (or fall down). Anywhere will do. Wherever you are, stop. Breathe. …

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Remember O Thou Man seems to have a number of variations of lyrics, along with any number of verses and settings floating around. Have a search on the internet and you’ll see. Nathan Clark George and Mark Stoffel provide an acoustic folk setting that I prefer to some of the more elaborate renditions available, even …

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Christina Rosetti’s sublime poetry of In The Bleak Midwinter and Gustav Holst’s melody CRANHAM expressed with Fernando Ortega’s assured vocals. The lyrics: 1 In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan, earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone; snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow, in the bleak midwinter, long ago. …

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