![]() Richard Bruxvoort Colligan is a songwriter and presenter on music and spiritual formation. Text and music by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan (USA, 2004) text based on the “Prayer of St. It speaks to God’s presence through a myriad of emotions connected to All Saints’ Day and Memorial Sunday: loneliness, fear, hope, sorrow and comfort. ![]() VT 981 Everlasting God is a prayer adapted from Hymnal: A Worship Book and the Mennonite Minister’s Manual. In her artist statement, Hostetler Berry explains that this image is “an unapologetic commentary on the concepts of dark and light within the context of life and death,” with the black cross here representing “strength, power, and beauty.” The focus on resurrection, along with the image’s words, “We will all be changed” and “I am making all things new,” could be connected in worship to death, life, grief and more. The Worship Leader Edition includes artist statements about this piece and all other visual art included in Voices Together. VT 334 Alive is a visual art piece by Anne Hostetler Berry (USA, 2018). Here is an excerpt: “Eternity Sunday, Memorial Sunday, or All Saints’ Day may include an opportunity for participants to name those who have died … This may also be an occasion for a response practice, such as coming forward to light a candle, lay a stone, or place a flower … Informing the community in advance that remembering those who have died will be the focus of worship gives those for whom grief is recent or raw a chance to prepare themselves or choose to worship elsewhere.” Readers can search the Worship Leader Edition for this title to find the prayer and a brief essay. VT 920 O Ancient of Days (by Eric Massanari, USA, 2019) is a prayer labeled with the heading “Eternity Sunday/Memorial Sunday/All Saints’ Day.” The small w inside a circle at the bottom of the page indicates that additional material about this prayer is included in the Voices Together Worship Leader Edition. Indigenous Communities: Resources Related to.Heritage (entries include 16th-Century, 16th-Century Anabaptist, Before 1500 and African American).In addition to the worship resources and songs listed below, worship planners can search the “Topics and Uses In Worship Index” for entries such as these: ![]() The Common Word link above includes resources for Memorial Sunday/Eternity Sunday, and this blog post will highlight additional material in Voices Together that are related to Memorial Sunday, Eternity Sunday and All Saints’ Day. Usually observed on the last Sunday of the Christian Year the week before the start of Advent.” A related commemoration is Memorial Sunday or Eternity Sunday, described by Mennonite Church Canada’s online resource center, Common Word, in this way : “A memorial adaptation of All Saints Day, observed primarily in Canada and Germany, commemorating members of congregations and communities who have died within the past year or in prior years. Mennonites do not have a practice of venerating saints, but many congregations have adopted this celebration as a way to honor deceased friends and relatives - “saints” in a more colloquial understanding of those who have influenced our faith lives. She leads singing at her church in Columbus, Ohio, and chairs the Intercultural Worship committee for the Voices Together project.Ĭelebrating All Saints’ Day is a centuries-old Christian tradition, now typically observed on Nov. She has taught classes on Western music history and world music, and she accompanies Suzuki recitals and school choirs. Katie Graber is an ethnomusicologist, who studies race and ethnicity in a variety of contexts, including Mennonite music, American music and European opera. This article is part of our series on Voices Together, the new worship and song collection from MennoMedia, in partnership with Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Church Canada.
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