Seattle Mennonite Church Sermons

Burn and Breathe - Zoom Church

May 31, 2020 Amy Marie Epp
Seattle Mennonite Church Sermons
Burn and Breathe - Zoom Church
Show Notes

In the days of protest, riot and rage over police violence against black people and the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Tony McDade and many others, we gather for Pentecost.  We call on the Holy Spirit to come with power.  We call on the Holy Spirit to burn and breathe in us as we kindle a fire under white supremacy in ourselves and in our systems.  We remember that the Spirit breathes within us and within the bodies of black folks even to their last breath.  #blacklivesmatter

Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-726929. All rights reserved.

  • Halle, Halle, Hallelujah - Words and Music: Caribbean folk song, arr. Hal H Hopson, © 1998 Hope Publishing Company
  • This little light of mine - Words & Music African-American Spiritual, public domain.

Other credits:

  • Something Happened in Our Town, by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins and Ann Hazzard.
  • Holy Spirit, come with power - Words by Anne N. Rupp © 1970, Music The Sacred Harp 1844, harmonization Joan A. Fyock © 1989 - as found in Hymnal: A Worship Book, 26
  • There are many gifts but the same Spirit - Words & Music by Patricia Shelly © 1977 - as found in Hymnal: A Worship Book, 304