Choral Music

Offertory (9a)   Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming   arr. Mark Hayes
Kathi Hurst, soloist

The text for the 9a offertory may be found in the hymnal, no. 129.

Offertory (11:15a)   Come, O Precious Ransom  Mark Shepperd
Sanctuary Choir; Rosemary Hughes, handbells

Come, O precious ransom, come.
Come, O savior of the world,
Only hope for sinful mortals!
Come, your beauty let us view;
Anxiously we wait for you.

Hail! Hail! Hosanna!
David's Son!
Jesus, hear our supplication!

Come, precious ransom, come;
Glorious King and Lord most holy.
Enter now my waiting heart,
Dwell in me and ne'er depart.

--Johann G. Olearius, 1635-1711
--Tr. August Crull, 1846-1923, alt.