Current Worship & Sermon
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This video recording of our 9:30am Worship Service from St. James Lutheran Church for the Reign of God Sunday, November 24th, 2024, includes a Prelude: “We Gather Together to Ask the Lord’s Blessing” by Healey Willan; Gathering Hymn: “Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending” ELW 435; First Reading: Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14; Psalm 93: “Come, Thou Almighty King” ELW 408; Second Reading: Revelation 1:4b-8; Gospel: John 18:33-37; Sermon: “Arraignment” by Pastor David Knapp; Hymn of the Day: “The King of Love My Shepherd Is” ELW 502; Prayers; Anthem: “Give Thanks Unto the Lord” by Alexander Arkhangelsky; Communion; Communion Music: “Sing, My Soul, His Wondrous Love” by Ned Rorem, “What Wondrous Love Is This” ELW 666; Sending Hymn: “For the Fruit of All Creation” ELW 679 … and concludes with a Postlude: “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” by Piet Post, played by Director of Music Ministry Colin Stave on the St. James Organ, with the St. James Choir …
Worship & Sermon Archive
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NOTE: The audio is complete on this recording — but the video signal freezes at around 38:00 minutes …
This video recording of our 5:00pm Jazz Vespers Service from St. James Lutheran Church for the Twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost, November 17th, 2024, features Mike Horsfall (piano), Karyn Slanina (cantor), Laurent Nickel (bass), Tim Rap (drums), and our special featured musician Della Simone (vocals) … and includes a Prelude: “Autumn Leaves” by J. Kosma, J. Mercer, and “If I Were A Bell” by F. Loesser; Welcome and Invocation by Pastor David Knapp; Processional Verses composed by Marguerite Luc: Hymn of Light, Thanksgiving for Light; Psalm 141; Psalm Prayer; Psalm 16; Reading: Daniel 12:1-3; Reflection: “Frank Sinatra” by Pastor David Knapp; Song: “The Second Time Around” by S. Cahn, J. Van Heusen; Gospel Canticle; Announcements; Prayers and The Lord’s Prayer; The Blessing; Sending Hymn: “Precious Lord, Take My Hand” ELW 773 … and concludes with a Postlude: “I’ve Never Been In Love Before” by F. Loesser, and “Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive” by H. Arlen, J. Mercer …
This video recording of our 9:30am Worship Service from St. James Lutheran Church for the Twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost, November 17th, 2024, includes a Prelude: “Voluntary in E minor” by John Stanley; Gathering Hymn: “O God of Every Nation” ELW 713; First Reading: Daniel 12:1-3; Psalm 16; Second Reading: Hebrews 10:11-14, 19-25; Gospel: Mark 13:1-8; Sermon: “Begin Provoking” by Pastor David Knapp; Hymn of the Day: “Let Streams of Living Justice” ELW 710; Prayers; Anthem: “He that Shall Endure to the End” from “Elijah” by Felix Mendelssohn; Communion; Communion Music: “When Peace Like a River” ELW 785; Sending Hymn: “Canticle of the Turning” ELW 723 … and concludes with a Postlude: “Prelude and Fugue in E minor” by Franz Murschhauser, played by Director of Music Ministry Colin Stave on the St. James Organ, with the St. James Choir …
This video recording of our 9:30am Worship Service from St. James Lutheran Church for the Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost, November 10th, 2024, includes a Prelude: “Now Thank We All Our God” by Jeffrey Honoré; Gathering Hymn: “Now Thank We All Our God” ELW 840; First Reading: Ruth 3:1-5, 4:13-17; Psalm 146; Second Reading: Hebrews 9:24-28; Gospel: Mark 12:38-44; Sermon: “Loss and Fullness” by Scott Ellertson and Pastor David Knapp; Hymn of the Day: “Thine the Amen” ELW 826; Prayers; Anthem: “Give Thanks to God” by Beethoven, arr. Proulx; Communion; Communion Music: “Give almes of thy goods” by Christopher Tye, “I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say” ELW 332; Sending Hymn: “For the Fruit of All Creation” ELW 679 … and concludes with a Postlude: “Now Thank We All Our God” by Georg Friedrich Kaufmann, played by Director of Music Ministry Colin Stave on the St. James Organ, with the St. James Choir …
This video recording of our 9:30am Worship Service from St. James Lutheran Church for All Saints Sunday, November 3rd, 2024, includes a Prelude: “To Realms of Glory in the Skies” arr. David N. Johnson; Gathering Hymn: “For All the Saints” ELW 422; First Reading: Isaiah 25:6-9; Psalm 24; Second Reading: Revelation 21:1-6a; Gospel: John 11:32-44; The Tolling of the Bell; Sermon: “Author” by Pastor David Knapp; Hymn of the Day: “Blest Are They” ELW 728; Prayers; Anthem: “Shine like the Sun” arr. Karen E. Black; Communion; Communion Music: “The Souls of the Righteous” by Stanley Marchant, “Jerusalem, My Happy Home” ELW 628; Sending Hymn: “Give Thanks for the Saints” ELW 428 … and concludes with a Postlude: “Toccata in C minor” by Johann Gottfried Walther, played by Director of Music Ministry Colin Stave on the St. James Organ, with Violinist Megan Scott, Soloist Chrisse Roccaro, and the St. James Choir …
This video recording of our 9:30am Worship Service from St. James Lutheran Church for Reformation Sunday, October 27th, 2024, includes a Prelude: “A Mighty Fortress” by Johann Pachelbel; Gathering Hymn: “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” ELW 504; First Reading: Jeremiah 31:31-34; Psalm 46; Second Reading: Romans 3:19-28; Gospel: John 8:31-36; Sermon: “October Surprise” by Pastor David Knapp; Hymn of the Day: “Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty” ELW 533; Prayers; Anthem: “A Mighty Fortress” by Luther, arr. Paul Bunjes; Communion; Communion Music: “Lord, Keep Us Steadfast In Your Word” ELW 517, “A Mighty Fortress” by Johann Christoph Bach; Sending Hymn: “Salvation Unto Us Has Come” ELW 590 … and concludes with a Postlude: “A Mighty Fortress” by Timothy Albrecht, played by Director of Music Ministry Colin Stave on the St. James Organ, with the St. James Choir …
