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FaithatFive, 5603 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD (2026)

09/05/2026

Dear Faith@Five Community,

TODAY we begin our fall (end-of-summer) season with one of our Taizé Contemplative Eucharists — an hour of candlelight, simple repeated music, Scripture, Eucharist, and silence.

The themes running through this service seem especially timely. We are reminded that love is not simply something we feel, but something we live toward one another; that even when the world feels dark, we are called toward light.

Our prayers move outward as well. When the world cries out in pain, we pray that grace might move through us, not simply toward us. And when we carry grief — our own or the grief of others — we pray for the kind of hope that remains with us.

As we come to the table, there is another challenge embedded in our prayer: not to seek comfort alone, but also strength and renewal — to leave the Eucharist ready to love, serve, feed, shelter, free, reconcile, and bring some measure of light into the world around us.

Near the end of the service, we will also quietly remember the approaching 25th anniversary of September 11 — those who died, those who continue to grieve, and all whose lives were changed by the violence of that day. Our response will be simple: where there is despair, may we sow hope.

… and then, silence.

I hope you’ll join us Saturday at 4:55 p.m. in the candlelit Chapel.

Peace & Love,
Robert 💜

One note about Taizé worship: To help preserve the flow of meditation from beginning to end, we generally remain seated throughout the service unless the Celebrant invites us to stand. During the Peace, we offer a quiet sign of peace to those nearby rather than moving around the Chapel.

MUSIC THIS SATURDAY
INVOCATION
“Come, Holy Spirit” — Maher, Smith & Nelson

AFTER THE FIRST READING / MEDITATION
“Ubi caritas et amor” — Communauté de Taizé

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
“When the Night Becomes Dark” — Communauté de Taizé & R. Chrystal

SANCTUS
“Taizé Sanctus” — Communauté de Taizé

COMMUNION
“Return to God” — Marty Haugen

Silence, marking the 25th anniversary of 9/11

CLOSING VOLUNTARY
“Ground and Source of All That Is” — Richard Bruxvoort-Colligan

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LAY MINISTERS…
The Choir, leading musical worship
The Faith@Five Musicians:
Robert Chrystal (Piano)
Dave Wallack (Guitars)
Saturday Sexton: Rob Lopez
Readers: John Scott & Russell Wright
Intercessor: Sung Chants & Becky Kelley
LEM: Terry Beauchamp

Director of Music, Faith@Five:
Robert Chrystal (with The Connections Choir)

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08/29/2026

Dear Faith@Five Community,
[Today, in the church, Prelude at 4:55 PM]

As Christopher and I returned from a few days in the Pennsylvania mountains, where we had the chance not only to appreciate the natural beauty around us but also to ride some pretty amazing human inventions—roller coasters!—a few words from this Saturday’s service came to mind.

Sometimes the most important moments begin simply because we stop long enough to notice.

We step away from the familiar path for a moment and suddenly see something we hadn’t seen before. We become more aware of the people around us, of someone else’s suffering, or even of something in ourselves that needs our attention. And sometimes that awareness asks something of us. It asks us not just to notice, but to respond—even when we’re not quite sure what we can do.

This Saturday at Faith@Five, our music and readings remind us what some of those responses can look like: loving one another genuinely, holding onto what is good, sharing each other’s joy and sorrow, offering hospitality, working toward reconciliation, and choosing goodness even when the world around us gives us plenty of reasons not to.

And we don’t have to do any of that alone. We gather around the table together for comfort, yes, but also for strength and renewal. And then we take that strength back out into our lives—to love, to serve, to care for others, and hopefully to leave a little more goodness in the world than we found.

Come spend an hour with us this Saturday at 5:00. There is a place for you here.

Peace & Love,
Robert 💜

MUSIC THIS SATURDAY:
Voluntary
A Broken Spirit — Martin Nystrom

Introit
Oh How He Loves You and Me — Kurt Kaiser

Opening Gospel Hymn Sing-Along
Go Down, Moses (LEVAS #228)

Sequence — Gospel Hymn Sing-Along
Goodness is Stronger than Evil – Iona, lyrics by Desmond Tutu

Offertory Hymn
This is My Commandment — a canon, unknown composer

Communion Anthem
I’d Rather Have Jesus — R. Miller & G.B. Shea

Closing Gospel Hymn Sing-Along
This is Holy Ground — Beatty, CH #217

Voluntary
Ever Let It Be — Gerrit Gustafson

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LOOKING AHEAD
TAIZÉ CONTEMPLATIVE EUCHARIST
Saturday, September 5 | 5:00–6:00 PM | Chapel

An hour of quiet prayer, silence, Communion, and the beautiful repeated music of Taizé in our candlelit chapel.

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LAY MINISTERS…

The Choir, leading musical worship
The Faith@Five Musicians:
Billy Georg (Percussion)
Dave Wallack (Guitars)
Redeemer Saturday Sexton: Rob Lopez
Readers: Paula Krahn Merkle & Karen Ross
Intercessor: Becky Kelley
LEM: Terry Beauchamp

Director of Music, Faith@Five:
Robert Chrystal (with The Connections Choir)

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08/22/2026

Dear Faith@Five Community,
[Today at 4:55 PM in the church]

We all carry something with us.

Sometimes it is visible — a backpack filled for a new school year, a bag packed for a journey, the things we need for the work we have been given to do.

And sometimes no one else can see what we are carrying.

We carry people we love. We carry people we’ve lost. We carry responsibilities and worries, hopes and questions, grief and gratitude. We carry things we are still trying to understand. Some weeks we arrive feeling strong enough to carry it all. Other weeks, we need someone else to help us bear the weight.

Perhaps that is part of why we gather.

None of us is meant to be everything. We bring different gifts, different stories, different questions, different ways of seeing the world — and somehow, when we gather, those differences do not have to separate us. They can become part of something larger. We can hold one another in love. We can pray when someone else cannot find the words. We can look for light together when the way ahead feels dark.

And we can come to a table where grace is waiting.

So whatever you are carrying this week, bring it with you.

Come sing if you want to sing. Come pray if you want to pray. Come receive Communion, or receive a blessing. Come sit quietly and let other people sing around you for a while.

There is a place for you here.

With Peace & Love,

Robert 💜

THIS SATURDAY — AUGUST 22
This weekend we will have our Blessing of the Backpacks. Students from preschool through 12th grade, adult students and teachers, and pilgrims are invited to bring their backpacks forward as we bless them — and the people who carry them — for the journeys ahead.

MUSIC THIS SATURDAY:
Voluntary
Be Still, My Soul — Kathrina von Schlegel / Florence

Introit
There Is One Lord — Jacques Berthier

Opening Gospel Hymn Sing-Along
Somebody’s Knocking at Your Door

Sequence — Gospel Hymn Sing-Along
Standing in the Need of Prayer

Offertory Anthem
The Lord Is My Light — W. Harrah

Communion Anthem
We Will Meet You There — Slaughter & Chisum

Closing Gospel Hymn Sing-Along
The Joy of the Lord — Twila Paris

Voluntary
Who May Ascend / I Come By Faith — K. Dearman

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LOOKING AHEAD
TAIZÉ CONTEMPLATIVE EUCHARIST
Saturday, September 5 | 5:00–6:00 PM | Chapel

An hour of quiet prayer, silence, Communion, and the beautiful repeated music of Taizé.

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LAY MINISTERS…
The Choir, leading musical worship
The Faith@Five Musicians:
Billy Georg (Percussion)
Dave Wallack (Guitars)
Redeemer Saturday Sexton: Rob Lopez
Readers: Karen Ross & Becky Kelley
Intercessor: Wendy Moskowitz
LEM: Wendy Moskowitz
Director of Music, Faith@Five:
Robert Chrystal (with The Connections Choir)

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08/15/2026

Dear Faith@Five Community,
This Saturday, Faith@Five turns TWENTY! (2006-2026)
[4:55 - 6:00 pm, church. Reception: 6-7:30 pm, parish hall]

Twenty years ago this week (Aug. 12th), a new weekly Saturday evening worship service began at Redeemer. There was no way to know then all the people who would become part of its story—or all the ways this community would grow, change, worship, serve, sing, pray, laugh, grieve, celebrate, and care for one another over the years.

This Saturday at 5:00 PM, we get to celebrate that story together.

For our 20th anniversary service, we will reach all the way back to the beginning. The Connections Choir and Faith@Five Musicians will revisit music sung during our first three weekly services in August 2006, while our worship reminds us that the life of a community is never only about remembering where we have been. It is also about who we are becoming together.

One of Saturday's prayers asks that we might become a “beloved community, united in our diversity.” That feels especially appropriate as we mark twenty years.

Faith@Five has always brought together people with different stories, backgrounds, gifts, questions, experiences, and ways of encountering God. Some have been here almost from the beginning. Others joined somewhere along the way. Still others are just discovering our Saturday evening community.

All of those stories belong here.

Faith@Five’s story includes YOU. We are better because YOU are here.

After worship, please stay and celebrate with us! We will gather in the Parish Hall from 6:00–7:30 PM for appetizers, desserts, drinks, plenty of conversation and fellowship—and, of course, anniversary cake!

Come worship. Come sing. Come reconnect with someone you haven't seen in a while. Come meet somebody new. Come share a memory—or begin making one.

Whether Faith@Five has been part of your life for twenty years, twenty months, or this Saturday is your very first time, we hope you'll be with us.

There is a place for you here.
There always has been.

See you Saturday at 5:00. (Prelude begins at 4:55 PM)

With Gratitude & Love,

Robert 💜
P.S. If you want to learn more about how Faith@Five came to be, pick up a copy of the narrative at the lectern, or on the table at the reception. It tells the story of the first two years (2006-2008) of our service!

THIS SATURDAY’S MUSIC...(Throwback from 2006!)

Prelude: “Come to the Table” — Cloninger & Nystrom
Introit: “Jesus, We Celebrate Your Victory” — John Gibson
Hymn: “Come, Now Is the Time to Worship” — Brian Doerksen
Collect for Purity: “Almighty God” — Piercy, arr. Chrystal
Sequence Hymn: “I Lift My Eyes Up” — Brian Doerksen
Offertory Anthem: “Breathe” — Barnett
Communion Anthem: “Remember Me” — G. Gustafson
Hymn: “Lord, I Lift Your Name on High” — Founds
Postlude: “Forever Grateful” — Mark Altrogge

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LAY MINISTERS…
The Choir, leading musical worship
The Faith@Five Musicians:
Billy Georg (Percussion)
Dave Wallack (Guitars)
Redeemer Saturday Sexton: Rob Lopez
Readers: Jamie Hutchinson & Becky Kelley
Intercessor: Alice Pinderhughes
LEM: Alice Pinderhughes
Director of Music, Faith@Five:
Robert Chrystal (with The Connections Choir)

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08/08/2026

Dear Faith@Five Community,

“Take heart, it is I; do not be afraid.”

This Saturday we gather again around the table at Faith@Five — bringing with us whatever this week has held: joy or weariness, gratitude or grief, certainty or questions. There is room for all of it, and there is room for you.

Our Gospel reading takes us onto a stormy sea, where the disciples find themselves battered by waves and frightened by what they cannot understand. Peter steps out onto the water, becomes afraid, and begins to sink — and immediately, Jesus reaches out his hand and catches him.

Maybe that is part of why we need community.

None of us goes through life without storms. None of us is strong all the time. Sometimes we are the one reaching out a hand; sometimes we are the one who needs a hand to hold. At Faith@Five, we keep gathering to remind one another that we do not have to make the journey alone.

"Join Our Hearts Together in Love"
The Connections Choir opens our worship this week with Graham Kendrick’s “Join Our Hearts Together in Love,” a song that seems especially fitting as we approach Faith@Five’s twentieth anniversary:

“O how good, how beautiful when we live in unity…
Join our hearts together in love.”

That spirit of community runs throughout our worship this week — in the music we share, in the prayers we offer for one another and our world, in Cristina’s preaching, and finally around the Communion table where all are welcome.

❤️ Faith@Five Turns 20 — NEXT SATURDAY!
August 15 is our 20th Anniversary!

For twenty years, people have gathered on Saturday evenings at Redeemer to pray, sing, question, listen, receive Communion, make friendships, welcome strangers, and create this community we call Faith@Five.

And that means YOU are part of this story.

After our service next Saturday, we’ll continue the celebration with food, refreshments, cake, and fellowship together. If you are able, please sign up at the bulletin lectern (or in the narthex) this Saturday (or email Robert at [email protected]) to bring a hot or cold appetizer, dessert, or drink.

Whether you've been part of Faith@Five for twenty years, twenty months, twenty weeks — or this Saturday will be your first time — you belong at the celebration.

And if somebody you know could use a welcoming place to land this weekend, bring them with you. Because after twenty years, one thing remains true:

We can only have community if YOU are here!
See you Saturday at 5:00. (Prelude begins at 4:55 PM)

With Hope & Peace,
Robert 💜

THIS SATURDAY’S MUSIC
Prelude: Oh Lead Me — with Psalm 23, Martin Smith
Introit: Join Our Hearts Together in Love — Graham Kendrick
Opening Hymn: I Came to Praise the Lord — Gospel Hymn Sing-Along
Sequence Hymn: I Love You Lord — Laurie Klein
Offertory Anthem: I Will Remember — Terry Butler
Sanctus: Sanctus No. 5 — Robert Chrystal (2018)
Communion Anthem: Song of Surrender — Jeff Searles, Vineyard Music
Closing Hymn: God of Day & God of Darkness — Marty Haugen
Postlude: How Beautiful (is the Body of Christ) — Twila Paris

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LAY MINISTERS…

The Choir, leading musical worship
The Faith@Five Musicians:
Billy Georg (Percussion)
Dave Wallack (Guitars)
Redeemer Saturday Sexton: Rob Lopez

Readers: Wendy Moskowitz & Karen Ross
Intercessor: Becky Kelley
LEM: Wendy Moskowitz

Director of Music, Faith@Five:
Robert Chrystal (with The Connections Choir)

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08/01/2026

Dear Faith@Five Community,
[Today, Prelude begins at 4:55 PM, in the church]

Life has a way of bringing us to places where we feel stretched beyond our own abilities. Sometimes we wrestle with uncertainty. Sometimes we wonder whether what we have to offer is enough. And sometimes all we can do is pause, breathe deeply, and keep taking the next faithful step.

This weekend's worship invites us into those very moments—not with easy answers, but with a quiet confidence that transformation often happens in the midst of our wrestling, our waiting, and our willingness to remain present. As we gather in prayer and song, we'll be reminded that gratitude can grow even in difficult seasons, that compassion multiplies what seems impossibly small, and that when a community brings its gifts together, there is more than enough for everyone.

Musically, we'll journey through songs of trust, prayer, thanksgiving, and steadfast hope. Together we'll lift our voices in familiar gospel and folk favorites, hear the choir offer music of gratitude and faithfulness, and leave worship reminded that the deepest strength often comes not from certainty, but from continuing to seek, to listen, and to walk together.

Looking Ahead: Faith@Five Turns 20!

On Saturday, August 15, we'll celebrate 20 years of weekly Faith@Five worship services! After the service we'll gather for food and fellowship as we give thanks for two decades of music, prayer, friendship, and community. Over the next two weeks, please sign up at the bulletin lectern to bring an appetizer, dessert, or drink item. If it's easier, simply email me at [email protected] and let me know what you'd like to bring. We're also looking for volunteers to help with set-up and clean-up so everyone can enjoy the celebration together. We'd love for as many people as possible to be part of making this anniversary a joyful occasion for our whole community.

I look forward to worshiping with you this Saturday as we continue walking this journey together—with grateful hearts, open hands, and hope for the road ahead.

Peace & Love,

Robert 💜

This Saturday - Service Music...
Prelude: I Have Come to Worship — Jeff Searles (Vineyard Music)
Introit: Give Ear to My Words, O Lord (Psalm 5) — Sprouse (Maranatha!)
Opening Hymn: I Know Whom I Have Believed — Whittle & McGranahan (Gospel Hymn Sing-Along)
Sequence Hymn: Sweet Hour of Prayer — Walford & Bradbury (verses 1 & 3)
Offertory Anthem: It Is Good to Give Thanks — Batstone & Howard
Sanctus: Sanctus No. 5 — Robert Chrystal (2018)
Communion Anthem: Blessed Be the Name — Andy Park, Vineyard Music
Closing Hymn: O God, You Are My God — Rich Mullins (Folk Hymn Sing-Along)
Postlude: You Have Been Good — Twila Paris

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LAY MINISTERS…
The Choir, leading musical worship
The Faith@Five Musicians:
Billy Georg (Percussion & Keyboards)
Dave Wallack (Guitars)
Redeemer Saturday Sexton: Rob Lopez
Readers: Alice Pinderhughes & Chorister
Intercessor: Becky Kelley
LEM: Alice Pinderhughes
Director of Music, Faith@Five:
Robert Chrystal (with The Connections Choir)

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07/25/2026

Dear Faith@Five Community,
[Faith@Five begins at 4:55 PM in the church, with the Prelude]

There are moments when we need to be reminded that nothing of our lives is wasted.

Not the love we have given. Not the people who have shaped us. Not the hopes that took years to unfold. Not even the things we have lost along the way.

This Saturday at Faith@Five, our music will carry us through an unusually deep and reflective journey. Three beautiful ballads will help frame our service—one as we gather, one as we come to the table, and one as we leave—and together they ask us to consider what it means to be held by Love from which nothing can finally separate us.

Sometimes that love feels enormous and unmistakable. Sometimes it begins almost invisibly: something small planted within us, something quietly growing, something precious enough that when we finally recognize it, we understand its worth.

And sometimes love asks something of us.

It asks us to offer ourselves. To trust. To remain open when it would be easier to protect ourselves. To believe that even our weakness, uncertainty, grief, and longing can become part of something larger than we can presently see.

At the center of our gathering, we will come again to the table—not because we arrive with everything resolved, but because we come carrying our whole lives with us.

And perhaps that is enough.

Come as you are this Saturday at 4:55 for the prelude. Bring whatever this week has given you, and whatever it has taken from you.

There is room for all of it here.

There is room for you.

Peace & Love,

Robert 💜

This Saturday - Service Music...
Prelude: Nothing is Lost on the Breath of God (C. Gibson)
Hymn: You are My All in All (Jernigan)
Collect for Purity: “Almighty God” (Piercy & R. Chrystal)
Hymn: Rock of My Salvation (Muller, Maranatha!)
Offertory: We Are An Offering (Liles)
SancTus No. 5 (R. Chrystal)
Communion Hymn: Great is the Lord (McEwan)
Hymn: Jesus in the Morning (Praise Him!) (LEVAS #76)
Postlude: Embrace the Cross (arr. Steve Green)

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LAY MINISTERS…
The Choir, leading musical worship
The Faith@Five Musicians:
Billy Georg (Percussion & Keyboards)
Dave Wallack (Guitars)
Redeemer Saturday Sexton: Rob Lopez
Readers: Russell Wright & Mimi Walters
Intercessor: Nancy Hubble
LEM: Alice Pinderhughes
Director of Music, Faith@Five:
Robert Chrystal (with The Connections Choir)

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07/18/2026

Dear Faith@Five Community,

There are seasons in life when we become acutely aware that every day is precious.

Sometimes we arrive at church celebrating. Sometimes we arrive exhausted. Sometimes we come with grateful hearts, and sometimes we come simply because we need to be reminded that we are not walking through life alone.

This Saturday, our worship invites us to consider a beautiful truth: God is often most present in the ordinary places we almost overlook. The holy does not always announce itself with fireworks or certainty. Sometimes it is discovered in the middle of an ordinary journey, in the midst of unanswered questions, in the company of people who choose to walk beside us, and in the quiet assurance that we are known more deeply than we know ourselves.

Faith teaches us that growth takes time. Healing takes time. Understanding takes time. Love asks us to be patient—with ourselves, with one another, and with the unfolding work of grace that is often happening long before we recognize it.

Wherever life finds you this weekend, I hope you'll come. Come to sing. Come to pray. Come to receive Holy Communion. Come to sit quietly if that's all you have the strength to do. Come because you need a reminder that hope is still alive and that you belong to a community that is grateful to walk this journey with you.

Following the service, please stay for iced tea, lemonade, and conversation. Summer Saturdays are a wonderful opportunity simply to spend a little extra time together as a community.

We are better because you are here.

Peace & Love,

Robert 💜

This Saturday - Service Music
Voluntary: Asleep on Holy Ground (Michael Card)
Introit: Whisper a Prayer
Hymn: Gather Us In (Marty Haugen)
Hymn: O God You Search Me (Ps. 139, Farrell)
Offertory: Beneath the Cross of Jesus (E. Clephane)
Communion Hymn: Child of God (K. Scott)
Hymn: Glory, Glory Hallelujah (LEVAS #130)
Postlude: God Be with You (Tommy Dorsey)

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LAY MINISTERS…
The Choir, leading musical worship
The Faith@Five Musicians:
Billy Georg (Percussion & Keyboards)
Dave Wallack (Guitars)
Redeemer Saturday Sexton: Rob Lopez
Readers: Jamie Hutchinson & Becky Kelley
Intercessor: Wendy Moskowitz
LEM: Wendy Moskowitz
Director of Music, Faith@Five:
Robert Chrystal (with The Connections Choir)

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07/11/2026

July 11th: Faith@Five This Saturday – Seeds of Hope and New Life

Dear Faith@Five Community,

Have you ever noticed that growth often happens in ways we cannot see?

A seed disappears into the soil long before anyone sees a green shoot emerge.

Healing begins before we feel stronger.

Hope takes root before circumstances change.

In this week's Gospel, we hear the Parable of the Sower, reminding us that seeds are scattered everywhere, but their growth depends on the conditions in which they land.

Most of us can probably recognize ourselves in more than one kind of soil. There are times when life feels rocky, when worries crowd in, or when we struggle to find the energy and attention to nurture what is most important. Yet the good news in this parable is not that we must somehow become perfect soil. The good news is that God never stops planting seeds of love, wisdom, courage, and grace.

The Psalmist writes, "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." Notice that it is a lamp to our feet—not a floodlight illuminating the entire journey. We are given just enough light for the next step. (Christopher and I certainly have come to know how that feels this past year in our dementia caregiving journey with his mom and my dad.)

As we gather this Saturday, we will sing about God's faithfulness, the guidance of God's word, the freedom of the Spirit, and the mercy that meets us wherever we are. Together we will pray, sing, reflect, and encourage one another as we continue the work of tending the seeds that have been planted within us.

Whether you are feeling hopeful, weary, joyful, uncertain, or somewhere in between, know that you are welcome here. Bring your questions, your hopes, your gratitude, and your burdens. There is a place for you in this community, and we would love to see you.

Please join us this Saturday at 5:00 p.m. (prelude at 4:55 p.m.), and stay afterward a bit for refreshments and fellowship.

Grace & Peace,

Robert 💜

This Saturday - Service Music
Voluntary: You Are the Light of the World (Michael Card)
Introit: Lead Me, Lord, Lead Me in Thy Righteousness (LEVAS #251)
Hymn: Thy Word (Amy Grant)
Hymn: Where the Spirit of the Lord Is (S. Adams, TFWS #2119)
Offertory: Christ in You (B. Ancira)
Communion Hymn: Oh the Mercy of God (G. Bullock)
Hymn: Great Is Thy Faithfulness (LEVAS #189)
Postlude: After the Mist and Shadow (F***y J. Crosby)

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LAY MINISTERS…
The Choir, leading musical worship
The Faith@Five Musicians:
Billy Georg (Percussion & Keyboards)
Dave Wallack (Guitars)
Redeemer Saturday Sexton: Rob Lopez
Readers: Nancy Hubble & Y’Lonn Jackson
Intercessor: Becky Kelley
LEM: Wendy Moskowitz
Director of Music, Faith@Five:
Robert Chrystal (with The Connections Choir)

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07/03/2026

Dear Faith@Five Community,

This Saturday, as our nation marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, many of us find ourselves holding a mixture of gratitude and concern, hope and longing.

This Saturday at Faith@Five, we gather not for a patriotic celebration, but rather as a faith community gathered for worship – rooted in prayer, reflection, and hope. All are welcome.

In this week’s E-Redeemer reflection, The Rev. Keith Johnson shared the story of a journalist from the 1619 Project, Nikole Hannah-Jones's father, a Black veteran who proudly flew the American flag despite experiencing many of the injustices and barriers this country imposed upon him. Keith writes that what he sees in that image is neither naïve optimism nor denial of our history, but something deeper: a refusal to surrender hope, and a conviction that the promise of a better country remains worth fighting for.

That same spirit has shaped our worship this week.

As Redeemer's staff reflected together on our nation's anniversary, David Ware describes in the bulletin a conversation that included both celebration and lament, "of a still-exciting experiment in democracy," of experiences of both welcome and marginalization, and of a call "to compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters, and conditions of people."

The music for this service follows a similar journey.

We begin with Christ's invitation to all who are weary, thirsty, searching, and in need of rest. As the service unfolds, our attention widens to include those who suffer, those who carry heavy burdens, and all who long for healing and reconciliation. Along the way, we will hear music and texts shaped by a diverse community of voices—including African American, women, LGBTQ+, and social justice composers—offered as a prayer for national healing, peace, and justice for all.

Our prayers will acknowledge both the gifts and failures of our nation. We will give thanks for liberty while asking God to strengthen us for the unfinished work of justice. We will pray not only for our own country, but for all nations and peoples.

The service concludes with "This Is My Song," a hymn that reminds us that while we love our own homeland, people throughout the world cherish theirs as well. And as worship ends, we will sing together "We Shall Overcome," offered as a prayer and in solidarity with all who have worked—and continue to work—for freedom, dignity, and racial justice.

One of the quotations David included in this week's bulletin comes from Langston Hughes:

"O, let America be America again—the land that never has been yet—and yet must be."

That sentiment captures much of what we hope to offer this Saturday.

Not a celebration of perfection.

Not an exercise in despair.

But a gathering grounded in faith, gratitude, honesty, healing, and hope—a prayer that our nation may grow toward its highest ideals, and that peace and justice may flourish among all peoples.

You are warmly invited to join us.

Peace & Love,

Robert 💜

Please stay after the service for some refreshments and conversation.

This Saturday - Service Music...
Voluntary: He Leadeth Me (piano solo)
Introit: Let All Who are Thirsty Come (Taize)
Hymn: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (J. Bell, LGBTQ composer, Iona)
Hymn: Take My Hand, Precious Lord (T. Dorsey, African American composer, LEVAS #106)
Offertory: For the Healing of the Nations (Fred Kaan, social justice composer)
Communion Hymn: The Kingdom of God (Berthier) +
Jesus Loves Me, This I Know (Anna Warner, LEVAS #218)
Hymn: This is My Song (‘Finlandia’)
Postlude: We Shall Overcome (LEVAS #227, Charles Tindley, Joan Baez & Pete Seeger)

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The Choir, leading musical worship
The Faith@Five Musicians:
Billy Georg (Percussion & Keyboards)
Dave Wallack (Guitars)
Redeemer Saturday Sexton: Rob Lopez
Readers: Sue DeSantis & Becky Kelley
Intercessor: Jeffrey Ayres
LEM: Wendy Moskowitz
Director of Music, Faith@Five:
Robert Chrystal (with The Connections Choir)

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