Keep Awake

Music Notes

Abbreviations

UMH=United Methodist Hymnal
TFWS=The Faith We Sing

When did “woke” become such an offensive word in our polarized society? Perhaps the better question is, how? How did such an innocuous word become the ultimate put-down, the prime dismissal of whole groups of people and ways of thinking? Being awake, keeping awake, is a recurring theme for Jesus. This whole series of stories, of which there are four, we must note, begins with the call to keep awake. We have to grasp this invitation; we have to live into the possibility that being awake – being woke – is not only possible, but necessary for the follower of Christ. (Preaching Notes for November 8) 

We Are God’s People                             TFWS 2220
I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord                 UMH 540
Christ Beside Me                                    TFWS 2166
The Summons                                        TFWS 2130