June 8, 2025

Day of Pentecost (Year C)

This week in Christian worship, congregations will celebrate Pentecost. Join us on Sing For Joy as we hear music that celebrates the gift of the Holy Spirit!

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Scriptures for this Program

  • (1R) Acts 2:1-21
    or Genesis 11:1-9
  • (PS) Psalm 104:24-34, 35b
  • (2R) Romans 8:14-17
    or Acts 2:1-21
  • (G) John 14:8-17, (25-27)

Every Time I Feel the SpiritAfrican American Spiritual / William L. Dawson, arranger (1R, G)
The Florida A&M University Concert Choir: Tallahassee, FL / Augustus Pearson
(CD) Wade in the Water, Vol. 1: African-American Spirituals: The Concert Tradition / SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS RECORDINGS / SFW40072
© 1994 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, PO BOX 37012, MRC 520, CG 2001, Washington, DC, 20013
folkways.si.edu

Come, Holy GhostSarum Plainsong (1R, G)
The Choir of St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral: Edinburgh, Scotland / Dennis Townhill
(CD) Famous Hymns of Praise / PRIORY RECORDS, LTD. / PRCD 376
© 1991 Priory Records, Ltd., 3 Eden Court, Eden Way, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 4FY, United Kingdom
www.prioryrecords.co.uk

I'm Gonna Sing 'Till the Spirit Moves in My HeartAfrican American Spiritual / African American Spiritual, lyricist / Moses Hogan, arranger (1R, G)
The National Lutheran Choir: Minneapolis, MN / David Cherwien
(CD) Sheer Grace / NATIONAL LUTHERAN CHOIR RECORDINGS /
© 2013 National Lutheran Choir Recordings, 528 Hennepin Avenue, Suite 302, Minneapolis, MN, 55403, USA
www.nlca.com

Holy Spirit (MERCY)Louis M. Gottschalk / Samuel Longfellow, lyricist / Larry L. Fleming, arranger (1R, G)
The National Lutheran Choir: Minneapolis, MN / Larry L. Fleming
(CD) Trinity / NATIONAL LUTHERAN CHOIR RECORDINGS / NLCA-22
© National Lutheran Choir Recordings, 528 Hennepin Avenue, Suite 302, Minneapolis, MN, 55403, USA
www.nlca.com

Cantata 172: Erschallet, ihr Lieder: I. Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten!Johann Sebastian Bach (1R, G)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, ensemble / Ton Koopman
(CD) J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 2 / CHALLENGE CLASSICS / CC72202
© 2007 Challenge Classics, Siliciumweg 22, Amersfoort, 3812 SX , The Netherlands
challengerecords.com

Hymn to the Eternal FlameStephen Paulus / Michael Dennis Browne, lyricist (2R)
The Wartburg Choir: Waverly, IA / Lee Nelson
(CD) Endless Light / WARTBURG COLLEGE /
© 2013 Wartburg College, 222 Ninth Street NW, Waverly, IA, 50677-0309, USA

The World of the Spirit: The Spirit of the LordBenjamin Britten (1R, G)
Massed Choirs of St. Olaf College: Northfield, MN / The St. Olaf Orchestra / Anton Armstrong
(CD) Heaven and Earth, Awake and Sing / ST. OLAF RECORDS / E-3504/05
© 2013 St. Olaf Records, St. Olaf College 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN, 55057, USA
www.stolafrecords.com