Author: lakewooducc

Call for Love (a Shaker song from 1839)


You may need to boost your volume a little in order to hear the description I spoke at the beginning. Rev. Kim bought a book of Shaker hymn tunes. One of these she asked me to arrange for the choir to sing today, Mother’s Day. The Blessed Mother, in the Shaker tradition, was the founder of the Shaker sect. There’s another phrase you my hear with is “love, love,” which is, the best I can tell, a term that means the same as agape, or divine love. The song, as it was passed down by Mother indicates where people should dance–they believe that dancing was prayer–and where people should speak in tongues (they called it “shout”). I picked a bunch of words that relate to motherhood, like Work, Song, Fatih, Peace, Care, Hope, Love, Joy, Dance, Soul, Life, Home, Dream, Heart, and the choir in certain passages are to intone words of their choice from that set of words, randomly.

Rev. Ann Wynne-Phillips Sermon Video 4.28.24

April 28. Rev. Ann Wynne-Philliips is preaching while Rev. Wells is away. Here is Ann’s bio:

  • Rev. Ann M. Wynne-Phillips, M.Div., M.A.Ed.H.D., BCC
  • Ann is a native of North Carolina. She received her B.A. in Theatre Arts from Queens University of Charlotte, N.C. Ann holds a Master’s in Education and Human Development from The George Washington University and a Master of Divinity from Memphis Theological Seminary.
  • Ann is retired ordained minister within the United Church of Christ. She is also a Board Certified Chaplain by the Association of Professional Chaplain and has a certification from the Pediatric Chaplains Institute-Little Rock, Arkansas.
  • Ann and her wife Heather love living in St Pete and “grandcamping” with their little brown dog, Buffy.