Monthly Archives: May 2016

174 Go, Tell It on the Mountain 175 Go Ye Out “God Be In My head” is a sung prayer by Grayson Warren Brown. The sheet music is at OCP and the text is in their sample.

In the OCP Guitar Accompaniment Book (c 2005-7) there is: 171 Glory and Praise to Our God 172 Glory in the Cross This song is a gentle recessional by John Schiavone. I could imagine its use in a time of … Continue reading →

This is a paraphrase of the Gloria for children and is still in use in schools who value its usability over strictly following the words. I’ve always heard it called the “Clap Gloria”. It was written in the eighties by … Continue reading →

I didn’t really need to do another backing for this one as I blogged it here, but I think my new backing is better.

Continuing through the OCP Guitar Accompaniment Book: 167 Gift of Finest Wheat “Give Me Jesus” is a spiritual and the version here has verses 1, 4,5 and 6 as traditional and 3 and 4 by James Hansen. Hymnary have the … Continue reading →

165 Gather Your People I haven’t heard Tobias Colgan’s take on Psalm 23 before, but this gentle song is another option if you’ve done all the others to death. Apart from all the shepherding liturgies and it a song for … Continue reading →

In OCP’s Guitar Accompaniment Book: 162 Gather Us In 163 Gather Us Together “Gather We Now” is a gathering and Eucharist song from Robert C. Moore that is meditative and tranquil. The sheet music is available at OCP and the text … Continue reading →

Entrance: All the Ends of the Earth (Dufford) AOV 1/76 Psalm 46 (McKenna) God mounts his throne to shouts of joy: a blare of trumpets for the Lord. Gifts: We Walk By Faith (Haugen) AOV 1/63 Communion: One Body (O’Brien- Watts) AOV 2/146 … Continue reading →

This is another hymn set to Sibelius’s FINLANDIA. Owen Alstott wrote the words. Just so he knows, we don’t have cold Decembers in this part of the world. Otherwise, it is a stirring hymn. OCP have the sheet music for … Continue reading →