At Home Worship Kit 24

Border wall mural that reads, “There are dreams on this side too.” CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF LA JOLLA AUGUST 23, 2020 HOME WORSHIP GUIDE 24 WELCOME TO WEEK 24 OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF LA JOLLA´S AT HOME WORSHIP EXPERIENCE. PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS GUIDE AND UTILIZE THE AUDIO LINKS SENT TO YOU IN THE ACCOMPANYING EMAIL TO ASSIST IN YOUR WORSHIP EXPERIENCE. PLEASE PROVIDE US WITH FEEDBACK IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. YOU CAN REACH US AT [email protected]. THIS IS CHURCH. THIS IS HOLY. THIS IS HOW WE RESPOND TO THE CHALLENGES OF OUR DAY. THIS WILL BE VERY MUCH UNLIKE WHAT YOU ARE USED TO IN CHURCH. THAT IS ON PURPOSE. THIS IS SOMETHING NEW AND BECAUSE OF THAT WE’VE TAKEN LIBERTIES TO PROVIDE YOU WITH SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT. ENJOY MUSICAL SELECTIONS YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE HEARD AT CHURCH BEFORE AND A MESSAGE UNLIKE THAT WHICH IS DELIVERED FROM THE PULPIT. CONSIDER IT AN ADVENTURE. YES, YOU ARE MAKING HISTORY TODAY. PLEASE FIND A COMFORTABLE AND COMFORTING PLACE IN YOUR HOME OR SOMEWHERE ELSE YOU FEEL SAFE. GET COMFORTABLE, POUR YOURSELF A GLASS OF SOMETHING SOOTHING AND ENJOY THIS EXPERIMENT IN WORSHIP…. WE PREPARE OUR HEARTS AND MINDS FOR WORSHIP ENJOY NINA’S PIANO SOLO BY CLICKING THE AUDIO FILE MARKED “AUDIO FILE 1” IN THE EMAIL. DURING THIS TIME LEAVE YOUR FEARS, DOUBTS, AND UNCERTAINTIES OUTSIDE THE ROOM AND BE COMPLETELY PRESENT WITH YOURSELF. BREATHE INTENTIONALLY AND FOCUS ON EACH INHALE AND EXHALE Mural in downtown Tijuana, Baja California FINDING GOD IN VOICE ENJOY BRONWYN’S SOLO BY CLICKING ON THE AUDIO FILE MARKED “AUDIO FILE 2” IN THE EMAIL. Playas de Tijuana border fence mural INTERNET FIELD TRIP Julieta and Yvonne Venegas are two of the most important creatives to hail from our BajaCali region. (See photo on “A Message to Reflect On”page). Born in 1970 in Long Beach, CA, Julieta and Yvonne have spent their formative years crossing both sides of the border. Julieta is one of the most important Spanish language singers and songwriters. She currently resides in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Yvonne is a notable photographer who has shown her work internationally. Their father continues to run a humble family photography shop in downtown Tijuana. Julieta’s music reflects the very unique geography in which we find ourselves in CaliBaja. Northern Mexico has always been incredibly diverse. In the early 20th century the area became home to several groups of German, Polish, and Eastern European immigrants who brought with them things such as the accordion and polka music, which continue to play important roles in Northern Mexican folk tunes. Additionally, the BajaCali region is home to a fusion of Chinese and Mexican foods and cultures as home to the largest Chinese population in Mexico. Additionally this immigration continues to happen as Central American, Haitian, United States, and even Amish cultures converge onto this one region. Julieta’s music is influenced by these diverse sources and inspirations and is a uniquely Tijuanense creation. This is her most famous song and it is almost an anthem of Tijuana. I want you to notice the fusion of European, American, and Mexican cultural elements and her primary use of the accordion. Of course, it’s ok if you don’t understand the lyrics, they are beautiful without understanding. The title of the song is “Me Voy” (I’m going): https://vimeo.com/124225136. Next, I want you to experience the Nortec Collective. This is a group from the BajaCali region that uses very northern Mexican and Southern Californian musical elements. This music video is filmed in the very familiar streets of downtown Tijuana and it is in English, a testament to the unique bilingual nature of the region, yet is has an almost polka like, Eastern European rhythm to it: https:// www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=162&v=ilaBhIKbyw0&feature=emb_logo WE HEAR FROM SCRIPTURE… Romans 12:1-8 I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God--what is good and acceptable and perfect. For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. For as in one body we have many members, and not all the members have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another. We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us: prophecy, in proportion to faith; ministry, in ministering; the teacher, in teaching; the exhorter, in exhortation; the giver, in generosity; the leader, in diligence; the compassionate, in cheerfulness. A MESSAGE TO REFLECT ON PLEASE ENJOY REV. TIM’S MESSAGE TO YOU BY CLICKING ON “AUDIO FILE 3” IN THE EMIAL Yvonne & Julieta Venegas, two of Tijuana’s most important creatives THE WORK OF THE CHURCH CONTINUES…. YES, EVEN THOUGH WE AREN’T TOGETHER THE WORK OF THE CHURCH CONTINUES. WE MIGHT NOT BE PASSING A LITERAL OFFERING PLATE BUT WE ARE PASSING A VIRTUAL ONE. YOUR GIFTS AND TITHES ARE WHAT HAVE ALLOWED THIS CHURCH TO SEE THREE DIFFERENT CENTURIES. PLEASE CONSIDER PROVIDING YOUR OFFERING THROUGH THE FOLLOWING LINK: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s- xclick&hosted_button_id=MHKJLYNRGPDUS&source=url OR FEEL FREE TO DROP IT IN THE MAIL TO 1216 CAVE ST, LA JOLLA, CA 92037. YES, WE WILL STILL CHECK THE MAIL! Mural in Tijuana WE PREPARE TO GO OUT INTO AN UNCERTAIN WORLD PLEASE CLICK ON THE AUDIO FILE MARKED “AUDIO FILE 4” IN THE EMAIL AND ENJOY NATE’S TRUMPET SOLO. We're pleased to welcome trumpeter Nate Henrichon to our virtual music roster! Like Bronwyn, Nate is recording with an accompaniment track that Nina made for him, collaborating via email. In this format, we are closer to Nate and his trumpet than we normally would be in church. If you listen carefully, you can hear trumpet valves moving when he plays a trill. NOW MAY THE GRACE OF GOD WHICH IS BEYOND OUR UNDERSTANDING, THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST WHICH IS BEYOND OUR DESERVING, AND THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BE WITH EACH OF YOU BOTH NOW AND FOREVERMORE. AMEN PERFORMANCE NOTES Nina Gilbert, pianist and music director Bronwyn Allen-Kaeser, soprano and office manager Nate Henrichon, trumpet The real reason we’re offering Bach and Mozart this week is that Nate has prepared a trumpet solo and Nina’s been thinking fondly of the Mozart fantasia. But we can also connect these pieces to Baja California! Namely: in 1991, when the Soviet Union dissolved, an 18-member Russian chamber orchestra migrated together to Tijuana, where they performed and taught lessons, starting a tradition of European classical music that still thrives there. Audio File 1: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Fantasia in D minor, K. 397/385g Mozart left this piece unfinished in 1782. After his death, his publisher’s friend August Eberhard Müller (a church cantor and music editor), composed ten measures to conclude it. In 1944 (!), music collector Paul Hirsch traced the work through early editions and correspondence. A few pianists have since composed their own endings for the work, and what I’m playing today is by Ephraim Hackmey, who wrote a thesis on this piece at Indiana University in 2012. Audio File 2: “Great is Thy Faithfulness,” 1923; words by Thomas O. Chisholm (1866-1960), music by William Marion Runyan (1870-1957) Chisholm wrote the poem first. Runyan later recalled, “I wrote harmonies to some 20 or 25 of his poems. This particular poem held such an appeal that I prayed most earnestly that my tune might carry over its message in a worthy way, and the subsequent history of its use indicates that God answers prayer.” Audio File 4: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Air, from Orchestral Suite in D major, BWV 1068 Originally for string orchestra, this movement was transposed and transcribed for solo violin and organ by the 19th-century German violinist August Wilhelmj, who noted that his arrangement could be performed completely on the lowest string of the violin, namely the G string. Thus the piece has become known as “Air on the G string,” even when performed on other instruments that don’t have strings. Tijuana Art and Cultural Center -- Picture taken by Tim as he participated in the Tim with the 58th and current President of Mexico, Andreas election night celebration of Andreas Manuel Manuel Lopez Obrador Lopez Obrador as the 58th President of Mexico on July 1, 2018 in Mexico City. AMEN JOIN US SUNDAY MORNINGS AT 10:30 AM AT 1216 CAVE ST, LA JOLLA, CA 92037 ON ALL SUNDAYS WHEN WE ARE NOT STAYING AWAY DUE TO COVID-19! NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE OR WHERE YOU ARE ON LIFE’S JOURNEY, YOU ARE WELCOME HERE. Deanne Monte shares with us a remarkable photo that was published in the La Jolla Light of one of our local seals giving birth! Mother Nature continues to inspire miracles even as we navigate these strange times. Peggy and Nate share with us other photos of their trips! Last week we saw them in the Redwoods and at Niagara Falls! OUR CALIFORNIA SUMMER ROAD TRIP CONTINUES… JOIN US NEXT WEEK AS WE JOURNEY FROM TIJUANA TO BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR WHERE WE WILL CONCLUDE OUR JOURNEY THROUGH THE CALIFORNIAS..

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