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Entrance: All Are Welcome (Haugen) Psalm 127 (McKenna) Happy are those who fear the Lord Gifts: Our Supper Invitation (Bates) AOV 1/185 Communion: Table of Plenty (Schutte) AOV 2/20 One Body (O’Brien- Watts) AOV 2/146 Thanksgiving: God of Day and God of Darkness (Haugen) … Continue reading →

Janet Sullivan Whitaker and Max Whitaker have written a song for Eucharist that is at least designed for an assembly.  There a some notes held for a long time in the verses that might cause consternation and the 3rd and … Continue reading →

Tom Tomaszek wrote this song in the Eucharist section of Spirit and Song Vol 2. I don’t think it is suitable as a communion song for assemblies as it has odd timings and syncopations and has “yeah, yeah, yeah” and … Continue reading →

This is a song for Eucharist by Craig Colson. It is a gentle 6/8 and singable with a key change for the final refrain to add interest. The text is here. (scroll down in the window) You can listen to … Continue reading →

I’ve got through the rather disappointing section of songs for gathering and sending forth in Spirit & Song Vol 2 and arrived at the Communion songs. Too many of those songs were P&W songs unsuitable for assembly use. This, however, … Continue reading →

I’ve already blogged “Trading My Sorrows” so I’m up to a reggae recessional by Dan Brennan, Ken Canedo and Jesse Manibusan. It is actually fairly singable if your assembly can cope with reggae. You can hear the gentle reggae original here. … Continue reading →

This is a praise and worship song associated with the Christian vocal group “Avalon”. Despite being another committee song (written by Paul Field, Henk Pool, Ralph Van Manen and Robert Riekerk0) there is nothing special in the text. It is in the … Continue reading →

This is a terrific pop song by Joshua Blakesley and Cooper Ray but I’m not sure it is a gathering song.  Spirit & Song seem to be putting a lot of praise & worship songs into this category. The text … Continue reading →

This is a gathering song with a refrain in Spanish and English and a choice of English or Spanish for the verses. The tune by Bob Hurd sets an excellent and functional text by a committee comprising Hurd, Pia Moriarty, … Continue reading →

This is a Rich Mullins song in the Gathering and Sending song section of Spirit & Song Vol 2. I don’t think it is suitable for either really as only the sing-along refrain is suitable for assembly singing. It goes … Continue reading →