25 Sep 2005: Shiloh Baptist Church (Old Site), Fredericksburg, Virginia

Click here to hear excerpts from a traditional spiritual sung as a choir processional during the 11:00 a.m. service on September 3, 2006: "Children of God,

keep on marchin',

for one of these days,

we shall be free..."

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Featured voices are the Senior Choir and Men's Choir of Shiloh Baptist Church (Old Site), with the Rev. Ronald Cooper singing the lead

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Sunday, September 25, 2005

They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his

disciples, "Sit here while I pray... Stay here and keep watch."

Mark 14:32-34

ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2005, our pastor, the Rev. Lawrence A. Davies, spoke at our main 11 a.m. worship service, using a passage from Mark 14 to talk about our life together as a "community of disciples." He talked about our importance to each in our journey of faith and transformation, a journey that is never complete, a journey that requires continued growth and struggle. Like Jesus' own disciples, we aren't yet able to do all that Jesus asks us to do. We all still have a lot to learn, and we all still need a lot of support from each other in that learning process.

Music for the service was provided by our Volunteers Chorus and Intermediate Choir. The Rev. Ronald Cooper served as worship leader.

Scroll down this page for more photos from the service as well as audio and video clips from the sermon and the music.

A reception was held immediately after the service to honor and bless our own Pamela Bridgewater, who would be leaving in the coming week to take up her new assignment as U.S. ambassador to the African nation of Ghana. In brief remarks during the service, she said that in addition to her formal job responsibilities in Ghana, she hopes to advance the "kingdom of God" through personal acts of love and compassion and connections with the people of God who already reside in that nation. (For photos from the reception, click here.)

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Sermon Excerpts

Click one of the buttons below for an excerpt from the sermon by our pastor, the Rev. Lawrence A. Davies, including the his comments on our being called to "A journey of faith and transformation..."

Click one of the buttons below for an excerpt from the sermon by our pastor, the Rev. Lawrence A. Davies, including the his comments on our all having "A lot yet to learn..."

Click one of the buttons below for an excerpt from the sermon by our pastor, the Rev. Lawrence A. Davies, including the his comments on the importance of our being "Together in the Spirit..."

Music Excerpts

Click one of the buttons below for an excerpt from the opening processional by the Volunteers Chorus and Intermediate Choir, "New born again..."

Click one of the buttons below for an excerpt from a song by the Intermediate Choir, with Cameron Johnson singing the lead, "I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of the Lord..."

Click one of the buttons below for an excerpt from a song by the Volunteers Chorus, with Robbin Edwards and Susie Walker sharing the lead, "Every day, every day of your life..."

Click one of the buttons below for an excerpt from a song by the Intermediate Choir, with Sarah Lewis singing the lead, "Over my head, I hear music in the air..."

Click one of the buttons below for an excerpt from a song by the Volunteers Chorus, with Susie Walker singing the lead, "My ever-present help..."

Click one of the buttons below for an excerpt from a song by the Volunteers Chorus, "Yield not to temptation..."

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Last update for this page: 10/25/2007

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