Jan Kraybill

This celebratory hymnfest will mark the 75th year of the vibrant and meaningful ministry of Village Presbyterian Church. I am pleased to help lead this festival featuring the Village on Mission and Village on Antioch choirs, plus brass, percussion, organ, piano, and YOU! Admission is free (a freewill offering will be gratefully received). Come be part of the congregation and sing with us!

The program includes:

The Church's One Foundation (Samuel J. Sone, Samuel S. Wesley's AURELIA, arr. Paul Manz) - hymn with congregation

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (Joachim Neander, tr. Catherine Winkworth, LOBE DEN HERREN, arr. Mark Hayes) - anthem featuring choirs and congregation

Clouds of Witnesses Surround Us (Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr.; ST PAUL by Robert A. Hobby) - anthem featuring choirs and congregation

Lift Every Voice and Sing (James Weldon Johnson, J. Rosamond Johnson's LIFT EVERY VOICE, arr. Roland Carter) - anthem featuring choirs

God's Eternal Vow (Ron Witzke, VILLAGE by Anthony J. Maglione) - new hymn with congregation

I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord (Timothy Dwight, ST. THOMAS adapt. Aaron Williams) - hymn with congregation

When the Poor Ones (Cuando el pobre, EL CAMINO by José Antonio Olivar and Miguel Manzano, tr. George Lockwood, arr. James E. Bobb) - hymn with congregation

For the Beauty of the Earth (Folliot S. Pierpoint, Conrad Kocher's DIX, arr. Jan Kraybill and Cameron Carpenter) - solo

What Does the Lord Require of You? (Jim Strathdee) - hymn with congregation

God Has Work for Us to Do (Carl P. Daw, Jr.; John L. Bell, arr. Daniel Charles Damon) - hymn with congregation

The Promise of Living (Horace Everett, Aaron Copland) - anthem featuring choirs

God's Promised Day (Ron Witzke, tune VILLAGE and anthem by Anthony J. Maglione) - anthem featuring choirs and congregation

Draw the Circle Wide (Gordon Light, tune DRAW THE CIRCLE and arr. by Mark A. Miller) - hymn with congregation