Church Anniversary Anthems - August 22nd, 2010

August 22nd, 2010

Church Anniversary 2010 - Take 1 (Click)

Church Anniversary 2010 - Take 2 (Click)

Old Time Religion Medley
arranged by Larry Mayfield (1983)

Give me that old time religion,
Give me that old time religion,
Give me that old time religion,
And it’s good enough for me.
(Repeat)

It was good for my Mother,
It was good for my Father,
It was good for my Brother,
And it’s good enough for me.

Makes me love everybody,
Makes me love everybody,
Makes me love everybody,
And it’s good enough for me.

Give me that old time religion,
Give me that old time religion,
Give me that old time religion,
And it’s good enough for me.

[I've Got That Old Time Religion in My Heart]
[Words and Music by Hurdist Milsap (1941)]

I’ve got that old time religion in my heart,
Away down inside;
I’ve got a new kind of feeling in my heart,
True joys abide.
Nobody knows what it means to me,
Nobody knows but my Lord and me.
I’ve got that old time religion in my heart,
Away down inside.

I’m glad Jesus came, glory to His name,
O, what a friend is He;
He so freely gave His own life to save,
From bonds of sin set free.

I’ve got that old time religion in my heart,
(I’ve got that pure love in my heart,)
Away down inside.
(It is now way down inside.)
I’ve got a new kind of feeling in my heart,
(I’ve got that new peace in my heart,)
True joys abide.
(Where true joys will e’er abide.)
Nobody knows what it means to me,
Nobody knows but my Lord and me.
I’ve got that old time religion in my heart,
(I’ve got that pure love in my heart,)
Away down inside.
(Way down inside.)

Give me that old time religion,
Give me that old time religion,
Give me that old time religion,
And it’s good enough for me.
(Repeat)

Give me that old time religion,
And it’s good enough for me!

The Love of God
words and music by F.M. Lehman (1917)
arranged by Don Marsh (1945)

The love of God is greater far
Than tongue or pen can ever tell;
It goes beyond the highest star
And reaches to the lowest hell.

The guilty pair bowed down with care
God gave His Son to win;
His erring child he reconciled
And pardoned from his sin.

O love of God, how rich and pure,
How makes measureless and strong;
It shall forever more endure
The saints and angel’s song.

Could we with ink the fill,
And were the skies of parchment made,
Were every stalk on earth a quill,
And every man a scribe by trade,

To write the love of God above
Would drain the ocean dry,
Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
Though stretched from sky to sky.

O love of God, how rich and pure,
How measureless and strong;
It shall forever more endure
The saints and angel’s song.

O love of God, enduring love of God,
O love of God, O love of God!

Praise the Lord with Music
words and music by Jay Althouse (2002)

We praise the Lord with sounds of music,
We praise the Lord with joyful song,
We praise the Lord with voice and trumpet;
For the Lord of all creation
Is the Lord of our salvation,
Let us sing with voices pure and strong.

O, hear the sound of every nation,
O, hear the voices everywhere;
In hymns of praise and adoration
We will tell the wondrous story
Of the Lord who came in glory,
And the Christian love that we all share.

Sing alleluia to the heavens,
Sing alleluia to the sky;
We sing to our creator,
We sing in one great voice;
Sing alleluia, sing alleluia,
Rejoice, rejoice!

We praise the Lord with sounds of music,
We praise the Lord with joyful song,
We praise the Lord with voice and trumpet;
For the Lord of all creation
Is the Lord of our salvation,
Let us sing with voices pure and strong.

We praise the Lord with music,
Sing praise to the Lord with music.

Battle at Esophagus

August 12th, 2010

Central Command: Deep throat, what’s your status?
Throat: General, sir, all our offensive thus far against that final blister has not worked. We need more firepower to break it down, sir.
Central Command: Then let’s turn up the heat. Engine room, increase body temperature by 2 degrees. Let’s see if its internal pressure increase will overcome the blister’s surface tension.

Two hours later.

Throat: Sir, the blister is still holding its own although there are signs of weakness.
Central Command: Engine room, let’s crank it up by another 0.5 degrees.
Engine Room: Negative, General, brain has signaled the throbbing headache alert and we’re running low on fuel.
Central Command: Brain, any ideas?
Brain: Uh, banana?
Central Command: What?!! Have you gone soft? Cause that’s something I expect from the stomach, not from you! … Hey, wait. Wait just one minute. That’s not a bad idea.
Brain: Uh-huh, uh-huh. Hungry…
Central Command: Engine room, get the motor skills boys out of bed and move us to the kitchen. We’re going to have a banana!
Engine Room: But sir, …
Central Command: Do as I say! We’re going to get the banana and force it through deep throat. Even if there aren’t any sharp edges to cut the blister, maybe there’ll be enough pressure to pop it.

Moments later.

Central Command: Deep throat, banana coming your way. Get ready to apply additional pressure of your own as it passes through.
Throat: Sir, I see it coming. It’s here, locked and loaded. Chaaaaarrrrrggggge!!!
Central Command: Deep throat, status!
Throat: Sir, we gave it everything we had. The blister took quite a hit but it’s still intact.
Central Command: I know you did. Now what?
Engine room: Sir, we can get stomach and company to quickly process that banana and get the sugar out as fuel.
Central Command: You’re right, I’ll send that command. Once you get hold of that glucose, crank up the body temperature by another 0.5 degrees. The brain’s all soft anyway so a little more headache won’t do much damage.

Half an hour later.

Throat: Sir, it seems to be working. We can see stress lines appearing.
Central Command: Well, what are you waiting for? Get some saliva, give it a final push and swallow hard.
Throat: It worked!!! The final blister has leaked from a crack at the seam.
Central Command: Well done, deep throat! And well done, everyone else, even brain! We’ve won the battle here at Esophagus. Tomorrow, the war continues!

Battle at Esophagus
My Chicken Pox War
Day 7, 1:48 a.m.

Young Adults’ Chorus - July 25th, 2010

July 25th, 2010

Take 0 (Final Practice)
Just A Closer Walk With Thee - Practice (click)
(Recorded from Soprano and Tenor side of the stage.)

Take 1 (9:00 a.m. Service)
Just A Closer Walk With Thee - Take 1 (click)
(Recorded from Alto and Bass side of the stage.)

Take 2 (11:00 a.m. Service)
Just A Closer Walk With Thee - Take 2 (click)
(Recorded from close to centre of the stage.)

Just A Closer Walk With Thee
arranged by Joe E. Parks (1979)

Just a closer walk with Thee,
Grant it, Jesus, is my plea.
Daily walking close to Thee,
Let it be, dear Lord, let it be.

I am weak but Thou art strong,
Jesus, keep me from all wrong.
I’ll be satisfied as long
As I walk, blessed Lord, close to Thee.

Through this world of toils and snares,
If I falter, Lord, who cares?
Who with me my burden shares?
None but Thee, dear Lord, none but Thee.

Just a closer walk with Thee,
Grant it, Jesus, is my plea.
Daily walking close to Thee,
Let it be, dear Lord, let it be.
Just a closer walk with Thee!

This time 3 years ago: Cycle Europe Day 25

June 9th, 2010

This time 3 years ago: June 9th, 2007 Saturday 10:05pm.
Cycle Europe Day 25: Urbana - Pisa, 31.85 miles.

2nd day of cycling still feel OK. Almost no after effects except maybe the wrist and neck. Another cycling day tomorrow. This is where the fun begins.

Breakfast at that alternate albergo in Urbana was (nick) disappointing: cappuccino and croissant. Thought there would be more but sigh… Never stop at Urbana again!

It was another flat day so I could cycle fast enough. It was mostly wheat, peach trees and other plant, leafy, almost like corn/maize but there were no fruits yet so I couldn’t tell. It was still a bit boring come to think of it but the navigation and speed kept me entertained so I got to Verona before 1pm. Checked in early but could only get to the rooms at 5pm so I went to explore town with the half day I had left.

Verona is a smaller city than Bologna which was a university place so it would naturally be bigger and for some reason redder (it’s because of the bricks, they had no other type of material). I think it’s famous for 2 things only: Romeo & Juliet and a Roman Colosseum of its own (smaller than the one in Rome but much better preserved). 3rd largest in the world, the Colosseum was €4 to get it but it could be free on the 1st Sunday of every month (not tomorrow!!!). Spent the afternoon lazying around waiting for dinner to arrive. Internet cafe (1st was closed down, shoe shop there now) in the Lonely Planet guide was super expensive and slow. Windows 2000 version and Google Maps and Documents couldn’t really work so I didn’t really update. Since I spent so much on it, the internet rate, I decided to get my second salame sandwich of the day to lower my daily average after yesterday’s costly stop at Urbana. MTV worth €10.

I’ve been studying some maps today and I think I’ll take the scenic lakeside route to Riva del Garda tomorrow and leave the the riverside route for the trip to Bolzano since the preview that I saw today of that cycle path next to River Adige isn’t that impressive. And then I considered cycling to Gries Am Brenner up the 1374m Brenner Pass but I don’t want to be climbing all day since it would be my 5th cycling day already so I’ll cheat and take a train to Brenner Pass, take a profile of the board (huh?), and then go downhill into Innsbruck rather than training all the way. Inspiration from a train timetable at the notice board here in Verona’s youth hostel, arguably Italy’s best HI hostel. Cool place. Wall’s are like the ones in Finale Ligure but the Villa has a bit of Bois Luzy Marseille and showers like Edinburgh/Frejus. Cool garden and some neat staircases round the back. Family rooms on separate buildings. Nice, man. Great base to travel Milan and Venice, I think. And Bologna if you don’t want to stay out of town there. I think the train station isn’t as far from here as well. Walk seemed like slightly 1/2 an hour. Cool! Come back again to use this as a base.

Met Nick (or Nico) from Montreal (and knows Cafe Santropol where Garth is somebody). From Ottawa, dad from Ecuador, so he’s chatting with this other Ecuadorian in their local language. Seemed really fluent. Sleep!!! Check out is 9am!!!

Day 25 Accounts
Lunch/Groceries €5.02
Internet (slow) €3.20 < - could have had lowest expense total if it wasn't for this! Argh!!!
Dinner €1.81
Hostel €16.00 @ Best hostel in Italy, Verona!
Total €26.03

This time 3 years ago: Cycle Europe Day 24

June 8th, 2010

This time 3 years ago: June 8th, 2007 Friday 8:00pm.
Cycle Europe Day 24: Bologna - Urbana, 64 miles.

After 5 days off the road on a bike (off the bike, I meant), it felt good getting on it again. Didn’t start off too good because of some showers this morning. The chocolate spread on bread help pushed me on and it became better in about 15-30 minutes as the sun shone through. Roads early on had little traffic cutting through plain fields and farm land, pretty flat overall. Almost don’t remember much from the day. It was pleasant enough, more so than Marina di Massa to Pisa but there was much more tourist places.

Lunch was made by Italian woman at Supermercato, salame picanto sandwich, spicier than the usual. There was a break of rain some time before 2pm for about 15-30 minutes. God provided shelter at some defunct computer barn shop. Also found Ferrara very pleasant to cycle around because there were cycle lanes to almost every part of the city and there were plenty of old people using them.

Arrived at Urbana 1/2 hour before hostel opens at 4pm, about 6.5 hours ride. A guy from an albergo in town centre came and said it was the same price to stay in town compared to the hostel. I said it should be less and he said how much. I thought it was not justified to have people stationed at the hostel for just one “youth” so I said OK to the higher fee. Cycled back to town, not a bad place, probably worth every penny at the end of the day. Got MTV to watch. Own room. Looking forward to hopefully buffet breakfast. Could have gone to Montagnana. Probably should have as well because it would have saved me some €10.00. More salame sandwich for dinner to save some more pennies.

Going to watch MTV Movie Awards 2007, sleep, travel to Verona, short ride tomorrow.

Day 24 Accounts
Albergo €25.00 @ Urbana instead of hostel closed. Should have done Montagnana.
Lunch €4.24
Dinner €2.50
Total €31.74

Methodist’s Women Sunday Anthem - May 16th, 2010

May 16th, 2010

You Are Worthy to Be Praised (click)
(Recorded from close to centre of the stage. Filtered 10.3kHz by about -25dB, then amplified overall by +6dB. Exported to 64-bit MP3 format.)

You Are Worthy to Be Praised
Words and Music by Michael Sharp (2007)

Almighty Lord of earth and heaven,
Your hands created all we see.
Your power displayed in all that You’ve made,
The heavens declare Your majesty!

You are worthy to be praised,
You are worthy to be worshipped,
Lord of all, Your greatness we proclaim!
May the praises that we bring
Be a worthy offering,
May our lives declare the glory of Your name.

Most gracious Lord and loving Savior,
Your mercy is a mystery.
How could You give
Your life that we might live?
So great a love, how can it be?
How can it be?

You are worthy to be praised,
You are worthy to be worshipped,
Lord of all, Your greatness we proclaim!
May the praises that we bring
Be a worthy offering,
May our lives declare the glory of Your name.
May our lives declare the glory of Your name.
You are worthy to be praised!

Bzzzzzttt!!!

May 12th, 2010

Lightning from outside my window just before midnight.

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Reminded me of 10 out of 158 but I think I now have a better success rate.

Easter Anthems - April 4th, 2010

March 31st, 2010

Take 1
Easter Anthems 2010 - Take 1 (click)
(Recorded from Alto and Bass side of the stage. Filtered 10.3kHz by -24dB, amplified overall by +3dB. Also amplified second anthem by additional +3dB. Exported to 24-bit MP3 format.)

Take 2
Easter Anthems 2010 - Take 2 (click)
(Recorded from close to centre of the stage. Filtered 10.3kHz by -24dB, amplified overall by +3dB. Also amplified second anthem by additional +3dB. Exported to 24-bit MP3 format.)

Celebrate Jesus
Words and Music by Gary Oliver (1988)

Celebrate Jesus, celebrate,
Celebrate Jesus, celebrate!
Celebrate Jesus, celebrate,
Celebrate Jesus, celebrate!

He is risen, He is risen,
And He lives forever more;
He is risen, He is risen.
Come on and celebrate
The resurrection of our Lord.

Love Faced A Cross
Words and Music by Michael E. Parks (1989)

The Love of God was sent from heaven
As part of His redemptive plan;
And on a wind-swept hill called Calvary,
God’s love was plainly shown to man.
For, hanging there between two robbers,
Was His precious, holy Son,
Who would give His life a ransom
For the deeds mankind had done.

Chorus:
Love faced a cross for you and me,
And Love would pay the price to set us free.
He bore the punishment for our iniquity;
Love faced a cruel cross there on Calvary.

No greater love can we imagine
Than the love that was displayed
When Jesus walked the road to Calvary
And for us His life He gave.
And through the power of His atonement,
Death became an open door
That would lead us to the Father,
There to live forever more.

Chorus (x2)

Sing Alleluia
Words by Charles Wesley (1739), Music Susan Naylor Callaway

Christ the Lord is risen today,
Sing Alleluia, sing Alleluia!
Earth and heaven in chorus say,
Sing Alleluia, sing Alleluia!

Raise your joys and triumphs high,
Sing Alleluia, sing Alleluia!
Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply,
Sing Alleluia, sing Alleluia!

Love’s redeeming work is done,
Sing Alleluia, sing Alleluia!
Fought the fight, the battle won,
Sing Alleluia, sing Alleluia!

Death in vain forbids him rise,
Sing Alleluia, sing Alleluia!
Christ has opened paradise,
Sing Alleluia, sing Alleluia!

Soar we now where Christ has led,
Alleluia, sing Alleluia!
Following our exalted Head,
Alleluia, sing Alleluia!

Made like him, like him we rise,
Alleluia, sing Alleluia!
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies,
Sing Alleluia, Alleluia!
Sing Alleluia, sing Alleluia, sing Alleluia!

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