Welcome to Pocketful of Grace, a podcast of Grace Lutheran Church as we begin our Lenten podcast, “In Your Presence” which comes to us from Psalm 51. We say that in Lent we journey to return to God. Our returning is a lifelong ebb and flow in faith. As we travel, do we pause to remember that we are in God’s presence? Can we linger to receive the closeness of God’s love and mercy? In God’s presence we are renewed and empowered to walk with Jesus for our own wholeness and for the sake of God’s world. 

This podcast will work as a worship companion to the Year A gospels, our “All In” devotion and our Midweek worship series on trust. Each week we will offer breath prayer, Scripture, music and reflection to support your awareness of God’s presence, almost like a mini worship break whenever you listen.  

This week's music: "What Wondrous Love is This." John Carter's setting of this Appalachian folk hymn, Copyright © 2011 Beckenhorst Press, Inc. All rights reserved. Recorded and used with permission from the publisher, Beckenhorst Press, Inc.  Laurel Sanders, flute; Cynthia Mills, piano; recorded for Grace Lutheran Church in February 2022.

Prayers Reprinted by permission of Westminster John Knox Press from Feasting on the Word® Worship Companion. Copyright 2012. 

To learn more about our ministries at Grace Lutheran Church, visit glcpa.org. 

Welcome to Pocketful of Grace, a podcast of Grace Lutheran Church as we begin our Lenten podcast, “In Your Presence” which comes to us from Psalm 51. We say that in Lent we journey to return to God. Our returning is a lifelong ebb and flow in faith. As we travel, do we pause to remember that we are in God’s presence? Can we linger to receive the closeness of God’s love and mercy? In God’s presence we are renewed and empowered to walk with Jesus for our own wholeness and for the sake of God’s world. 

This podcast will work as a worship companion to the Year A gospels, our “All In” devotion and our Midweek worship series on trust. Each week we will offer breath prayer, Scripture, music and reflection to support your awareness of God’s presence, almost like a mini worship break whenever you listen.  

This week's music: "God Loved the World" This public domain hymn was composed by Edward Miller in the 18th century and recorded here with a combination of voices and bass flutes.

Prayers Reprinted by permission of Westminster John Knox Press from Feasting on the Word® Worship Companion. Copyright 2012. 

To learn more about our ministries at Grace Lutheran Church, visit glcpa.org. 

Welcome to Pocketful of Grace, a podcast of Grace Lutheran Church as we begin our Lenten podcast, “In Your Presence” which comes to us from Psalm 51. We say that in Lent we journey to return to God. Our returning is a lifelong ebb and flow in faith. As we travel, do we pause to remember that we are in God’s presence? Can we linger to receive the closeness of God’s love and mercy? In God’s presence we are renewed and empowered to walk with Jesus for our own wholeness and for the sake of God’s world. 

This podcast will work as a worship companion to the Year A gospels, our “All In” devotion and our Midweek worship series on trust. Each week we will offer breath prayer, Scripture, music and reflection to support your awareness of God’s presence, almost like a mini worship break whenever you listen.  

This week's music: "Just As I Am" arr. by Judy Nishimura. (© 2020 ALRY Publications, www.alrypublications.com, United Music & Media Publishers) is used with permission from ALRY and was recorded for use by Laurel Sanders, flute, for Grace Lutheran Church.

Prayers Reprinted by permission of Westminster John Knox Press from Feasting on the Word® Worship Companion. Copyright 2012. 

To learn more about our ministries at Grace Lutheran Church, visit glcpa.org. 

Welcome to Pocketful of Grace, a podcast of Grace Lutheran Church as we begin our Lenten podcast, “In Your Presence” which comes to us from Psalm 51. We say that in Lent we journey to return to God. Our returning is a lifelong ebb and flow in faith. As we travel, do we pause to remember that we are in God’s presence? Can we linger to receive the closeness of God’s love and mercy? In God’s presence we are renewed and empowered to walk with Jesus for our own wholeness and for the sake of God’s world. 

This podcast will work as a worship companion to the Year A gospels, our “All In” devotion and our Midweek worship series on trust. Each week we will offer breath prayer, Scripture, music and reflection to support your awareness of God’s presence, almost like a mini worship break whenever you listen.  

This week's music: "Be Thou My Vision" composed by Judy Nishimura, and recorded by Laurel Sanders, flutist, with permission of ALRY Publications. The score is available at www.alrypublications.com.

Prayers Reprinted by permission of Westminster John Knox Press from Feasting on the Word® Worship Companion. Copyright 2012. 

To learn more about our ministries at Grace Lutheran Church, visit glcpa.org. 

Welcome to Pocketful of Grace, a podcast of Grace Lutheran Church as we begin our Lenten podcast, “In Your Presence” which comes to us from Psalm 51. We say that in Lent we journey to return to God. Our returning is a lifelong ebb and flow in faith. As we travel, do we pause to remember that we are in God’s presence? Can we linger to receive the closeness of God’s love and mercy? In God’s presence we are renewed and empowered to walk with Jesus for our own wholeness and for the sake of God’s world. 

This podcast will work as a worship companion to the Year A gospels, our “All In” devotion and our Midweek worship series on trust. Each week we will offer breath prayer, Scripture, music and reflection to support your awareness of God’s presence, almost like a mini worship break whenever you listen.  

This week's music: "I Want Jesus to Walk With Me"  Judy Nishimura © 2020 ALRY Publications LLC, United Music & Media Publishers, www.alrypublications.org.  Recorded in February 2022 for Grace Lutheran Church in State College, PA and used with permission from ALRY.

Prayers Reprinted by permission of Westminster John Knox Press from Feasting on the Word® Worship Companion. Copyright 2012. 

To learn more about our ministries at Grace Lutheran Church, visit glcpa.org. 

Welcome to Pocketful of Grace, a podcast of Grace Lutheran Church as we begin our Lenten podcast, “In Your Presence” which comes to us from Psalm 51. We say that in Lent we journey to return to God. Our returning is a lifelong ebb and flow in faith. As we travel, do we pause to remember that we are in God’s presence? Can we linger to receive the closeness of God’s love and mercy? In God’s presence we are renewed and empowered to walk with Jesus for our own wholeness and for the sake of God’s world. 

This podcast will work as a worship companion to the Year A gospels, our “All In” devotion and our Midweek worship series on trust. Each week we will offer breath prayer, Scripture, music and reflection to support your awareness of God’s presence, almost like a mini worship break whenever you listen.  

This week's music: 

Psalm 51: This setting of Psalm 51 (Tune: Tonus peregrinus (Gregorian chant; public domain) Setting: Laurel Sanders, 2015. Text: NRSV from Sundays and Seasons.com. Copyright 2023 Augsburg Fortress.  All rights reserved. Used with permission; Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License #20807.

Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley: Thomas Keesecker's Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley, from The Quiet Journey, was recorded by pianist Adam H. Smith for use in worship at Grace Lutheran Church, State College, PA. Copyright (c) 2018 Birnamwood Publications (ASCAP), a division of MorningStar Music Publishers. Tune: LONESOME VALLEY and SOJOURNER. Non-commercial recording made available with permission from MorningStar, March, 2022.  Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-700989. 

Prayers Reprinted by permission of Westminster John Knox Press from Feasting on the Word® Worship Companion. Copyright 2012. 

To learn more about our ministries at Grace Lutheran Church, visit glcpa.org. 

Welcome to Pocketful of Grace, a podcast of Grace Lutheran Church as we conclude the season of Advent. We have been waiting and watching and hoping with the prophet Isaiah  in some of the days to come where God is still active in ways that have been exciting, daunting and sometime just blessedly ordinary. 

For all the days to still to come, we offer this moment of light as we step out of the shadowy places of winter, and the noise and demands of this season to have our souls restored and re-storied. 

Join us for Christmas Eve worship at 4:30, 7 and 9 pm in person at 205 S. Garner Street, State College, PA or via our livestream at 9 pm. Visit www.glcpa.org and click WATCH.

“Infant Holy.” John Carter (ASCAP), recorded by Laurel Sanders, flute and Cynthia Mills, piano, for Grace Lutheran Church in State College, PA. Publisher: Beckenhorst Press. © 2010 Beckenhorst Press, www.beckhorstpress.com. All rights reserved. Used with permission.

"O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" (John Carter). Laurel Sanders, flute and Cynthia Mills, piano for use by Grace Lutheran Church in State College, PA. © 2010 by Beckenhorst Press, Inc., www.beckenhorstpress.com. All rights reserved. Used with permission.

To learn more about our ministries at Grace Lutheran Church, visit glcpa.org. 

Welcome to Pocketful of Grace, a podcast of Grace Lutheran Church as we conclude the season of Advent. We have been waiting and watching and hoping with the prophet Isaiah  in some of the days to come where God is still active in ways that have been exciting, daunting and some just blessedly ordinary. 

For all the days to come, we offer this moment of peace as we step out of the harshness, the noise and demands to have our souls restored and re-storied. 

“Gabriel’s Voice.”  Music: Ian Higginson. Text: Carol Gunn. © St. James Music Press. Streamed with permission of St. James Press, License #21540.

"O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" (John Carter). Laurel Sanders, flute and Cynthia Mills, piano for use by Grace Lutheran Church in State College, PA. © 2010 by Beckenhorst Press, Inc., www.beckenhorstpress.com. All rights reserved. Used with permission.

To learn more about our ministries at Grace Lutheran Church, visit glcpa.org. 

Welcome to Pocketful of Grace, a podcast of Grace Lutheran Church as we enter the season of Advent, a time of waiting and watching and hoping. The prophet Isaiah speaks of what will take place in the days to come where God is still active. Some activity is exciting, some daunting and some just blessedly ordinary. 

For all the days to come, we offer this moment of guidance as we step out of the harshness, the noise and demands to have your souls restored and re-storied. 

“Still, Still, Still.” Tune: Traditional. Arranged by Sandra Eithun. 2011. The American Guild of English Handbell Ringers, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission. Performed by The Bells of Grace.

"O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" (John Carter). Laurel Sanders, flute and Cynthia Mills, piano for use by Grace Lutheran Church in State College, PA. © 2010 by Beckenhorst Press, Inc., www.beckenhorstpress.com. All rights reserved. Used with permission.

To learn more about our ministries at Grace Lutheran Church, visit glcpa.org. 

Welcome to Pocketful of Grace, a podcast of Grace Lutheran Church as we enter the season of Advent, a time of waiting and watching and hoping. The prophet Isaiah speaks of what will take place in the days to come where God is still active. Some activity is exciting, some daunting and some just blessedly ordinary. 
For all the days to come, we offer this moment of peace. To step out of the harshness, the noise and demands to have your souls restored and re-storied.

Over the next four weeks we will pause, pray, listen and breathe. 
"I Wonder as I Wander.” Composed and recorded by Anne Sullivan, harpist, and shared by permission with Grace Lutheran Church.

"O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" (John Carter). Laurel Sanders, flute and Cynthia Mills, piano for use by Grace Lutheran Church in State College, PA. © 2010 by Beckenhorst Press, Inc., www.beckenhorstpress.com. All rights reserved. Used with permission.

To learn more about our ministries at Grace Lutheran Church, visit glcpa.org.