MINISTERS:
Rev. Billy Hester
Rev. Jeanette Purvis
MUSICIANS:
Piano:Â Ray Ellis
Organ:Â Danny Beam
Keyboard: Randy Canady
Bass: Doug Povie
PRODUCTION:
Videographer:Â Patrick Prokop
Video Editor:Â Patrick Prokop
Audio:Â Christina Focht
Lighting:Â Bridgette Kincade
SPECIAL THANKS:
Every Sunday at Asbury, there are people who work behind the scenes to help make the day so meaningful and wonderful for us and our visitors. We thank those unsung heroes of faith — our Hospitality Team, our Ushers and Greeters, our Nursery Workers, and our Children's Church Teachers.
LITURGICAL DANCE: "He Turned the Water into Wine" (by Johnny Cash) READING: "The Wedding (as told by Mary)" SERMON: "Making Wine in the Back Room" Audio Version (mp3)
TRIO: "Wine into Water" MUSIC FOR THE OFFERTORY: "Joyful, Joyful"
Dancer: Trina Dodd
Sung By: Billy Hester
Violin: Effie Mydell
Piano: Ray Ellis
From the book Present on Earth by Iona Community, The Wild Goose Worship Group
Mary: Cheri Hester
On the Sunday before Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, Rev. Billy Hester uses the scripture lesson (the Gospel of John's account of the wedding at Cana, where Jesus turned water into wine) to suggest that the same Spirit that was in Jesus and Martin Luther King, Jr., resides in us.
Scripture: John 2:1-11Â [NIV Translation; others available at the link]
Sung by:Â Jamie Kelso, Gary Shelby, and David Alley
Song by:Â T. Graham Brown, Ted Hewitt, and Bruce Burch
Piano:Â Ray Ellis
Sung by the Asbury Memorial Choir
Music by:Â Ludvig van Beethoven, Words by: Henry van Dyke, Arranged by: Tim Hayden
Director: Ray Ellis
Conducted By:Â Randy Canady
Piano:Â Ray Ellis
Bass: Doug Povie
We hope you feel blessed by this service!