Author Archives: maddg

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 →

The last Easter song in Gather 3rd ed. that I haven’t covered already is this Rory Cooney song. It is an interesting tune with a key change half way through the verse and gentle syncopation that is kind of catchy. … Continue reading →

I’m blogging the Easter songs in Gather 3rd ed. that I haven’t already covered elsewhere. I suspect this setting of Herman Stuempfle‘s text by Sally Ann Morris was a labour of love because she called the tune STUEMPFLE. It has … Continue reading →

This is a Easter song from one the great text writers, John L. Bell. He has set his challenging words to a gentle tune he calls TRANSFORMATION. The text is here with a nice reflection. I should note that some … Continue reading →