SERMON
This Sunday: The Rev. Dr. Mike Harbert

“What God Cares About”

Bible Passages:

1 Samuel 16:1-7; Psalm 23; John 9:1-38

Lector: Mia Jarick

Crucifer: Maureen Sanders

Ushers: Steve Bellavance and Hilary Landry

Fellowship: Ken White and Paula Beckman

Flowers: Chuck and Diane Elliott

Heartstrings
Laura Burian, violin
Rick Chelew, bass
Paulette Lynch, hammered dulcimer
Mike Osgood, mandolin
Marj Ingram Viales, guitar

AND

Jubal Joslyn, tenor
Cathryn Wilkinson, piano and organ

Prelude
Heartstrings……….Celtic music for strings
Offertory
I Cannot Tell (Londonderry Air)……….Traditional Irish, arr. M. Kim
Postlude
Heartstrings……….Traditional

Thank you to Heartstrings Monterey, carrying on the annual tradition for St. Patrick’s at Church in the Forest. Heartstrings was formed in 1992 by founding member Patti Walters Wells – developing and sharing Celtic, Americana, bluegrass and a wide range of folk tunes from around the world. Heartstrings continues to be an important part of celebrations and traditions around the Peninsula. Find out more at heartstringsmonterey.com.

The hymn “Be Now My Vision” is an ancient Irish poem written in “Middle Irish” in the 8th century. The melody we traditionally sing in modern English translation is also Irish, named after Slane (Irish: Baile Shláine), a village in County Meath, on the River Boyne. Legend goes that on a hill in this village, St. Patrick defied the High King of Tara by lighting a candle on Easter. The tune SLANE was published in 1909 in Old Irish Folk Music and Songs.