Monthly Archives: February 2021

There are an awful lot of Pentecost songs in Gather 3rd ed. and, surprisingly, a few that haven’t been blogged here yet. This is Veni Creator Spiritus by Rabanaus Maurus (c9) in a translation by John Webster Grant. The tune … Continue reading →

Entrance: The King of Glory (Jabusch) Ritual Song 628 Psalm: Be With Me Lord (Haugen) Gifts: Oh God Why Are You Silent (Haugen) Communion: Will You Love Me?   (Boniwell) AOV 1/40 Thanksgiving: Merciful God (Bringle/Alonso) Recessional: Jesus Remember Me (Berthier) … Continue reading →

Entrance: Gather Your People (Hurd) AOV 1/71 Psalm: Be With Me Lord (Haugen) Gifts: Oh God Why Are You Silent (Haugen) Communion: Unless a Grain of Wheat (Farrell) AOV 1/35 Thanksgiving: Tree of Life (Thompson) AOV NG 138 Recessional: Holy … Continue reading →

Entrance: Hosea (Norbet) AOV 1/30 Psalm: Be With Me Lord (Haugen) Gifts: Oh God Why Are You Silent (Haugen) Communion: We Remember (Haugen) AOV 1/81 Thanksgiving: Merciful God (Bringle/Alonso) Recessional: A New Heart for a New World   (O’Brien/Watts) AOV 1/158

Entrance: To You O God, I Lift Up My Soul (Hurd) AOV 2/14 Psalm: Be With Me, Lord (Haugen) Gifts: Oh God Why Are You Silent (Haugen) Communion:  Our Blessing Cup  (Mason) Thanksgiving: Be Merciful (Haugen) Recessional: Bring Forth the Kingdom (Haugen) … Continue reading →

We are learning a new (for us) transfiguration song by Bob Hurd. Entrance: Christ be Our Light  (Farrell) AOV 2/3 Psalm: Be With Me, Lord (Haugen) Gifts: Oh God Why Are You Silent (Haugen) Communion: I Have Loved You (Joncas) AOV … Continue reading →

For Lent this year we will again use “Be With Me, Lord” as a seasonal psalm. We also decided to use “Oh God Why Are You Silent” all through Lent as an offertory. That said, not everything will be written … Continue reading →

This song for Pentecost in Gather 3rd ed. has a text by Ruth Duck and is set by Lori True. Over the last verse there is a harmony Vene Sancte which in turn gets joined by a descant Vene Sancte … Continue reading →

This is a short slow chorus in the Gospel tradition with words by Timothy Wright and set to “Congregational Praise Song”. It is designed for repetition. Although the arrangement by Valeria A. Foster is a GIA copyright, I can find … Continue reading →

I’m in the service music in Gather 3rd ed. and this is a TAIZE song for Pentecost. the tune is by Jacques Berthier. The refrain is for the assembly and repeats under the cantor singing proclamations from the Johannine Jesus. … Continue reading →