Entrance: A Place at the Table (Shirley Erena Murray – Lori True) AOV NG 1
Psalm 144 (McKenna)
I will praise your name forever, my king and my God.
Gifts: Come To Me (Norbet) AOV 1/37
Communion: Come to the Table (Burland) AOV NG 33
Recessional: City of God (Schutte) AOV 1/57
Entrance: All Are Welcome (Haugen)
Psalm 88 (McKenna)
Forever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.
Gifts: The Summons (Maule-Bell) AOV NG 149
Communion: One Bread, One Body (Foley) AOV 1/129
Recessional: Christ Light, Shining in the Darkness (Grant) CWBII 468
Entrance: Be Not Afraid (Dufford) AOV 1/114
Psalm 68 (McKenna)
Lord, in your great love, answer me, answer me.
Gifts: As a Fire is Meant for Burning (Duck) GA 481
Communion: Gift of Finest Wheat (Westendorf/Kreutz) CWB II 651
Recessional: All the Ends of the Earth (Dufford) AOV 1/76)
Entrance: On Eagles Wings (Joncas) AOV 1/153
Psalm 99 (McKenna)
We are his people, the sheep of his flock.
Gifts: Come to Set Us Free (Farrell) AOV 1/39
Communion: Shepherd Me O God (Haugen) AOV 1/33
Recessional: Go Make a Difference (Angrisano/Tomaszek) AOV NG 52
Entrance: We Are Many Parts (Haugen) AOV 1/86
Psalm 147 ( McKenna)
Praise the Lord, Jerusalem
Gifts: This Blessing Cup (Andersen)
Communion: Table of Plenty (Schutte) AOV 2/20
Recessional: We Remember (Haugen) AOV 1/81
Entrance: Glory and Praise to Our God (Schutte) AOV 1/16
Psalm: Daniel 3 (McKenna)
Glory and praise forever.
Gifts: Trinity Song (Andersen)
Communion: I Believe in God the Father (Perry) STUTTGART CWBII 392
Recessional: Send Down the Fire (Haugen) AOV 2/164
I’ll do a few more of David MacGregor‘s songs before looking elsewhere for a while.
He has a few Christmas songs, this one going back to 2006. Some of the others are more for children, but this one is an all ages treat.
The sheet music is at his website, where you can also hear their version.
I got to use the tubular bells in BIAB.
Ring those bells
lift your voice
let creation’s heart rejoice
God has come,
with us dwells
Celebrate Emmanuel!Born to live
born to die
born to hear our wayward cry
born to point us
back to God
born to us –
God’s living Word ring those bells …Angels sing
© David MacGregor 2006
shepherds praise
earth and heaven’s voices raised
Christ has come
in lowly grace
God for us
in human face. ring those bells …
This is another unusual and worthy (and very recent) song from David MacGregor suitable whenever the reading from Ezekiel 37:1-14 matches the liturgy.
The sheet music is at his site.
My backing lets rip with BIAB strings.
Can these bones live?
Can these bones live?
O for God’s breath wind
O to know life again
Can these bones live?
Come from the four winds
Come with your fresh wind, breathe
life in our dying,
spirit reviving
Life once again“Know I will raise you
Empower, sustain you
Put my breath in you
Put my life in you
Know I am God”Can these bones live?
David MacGregor
Can these bones live?
Spirit, blow freely
lovely and freely
These bones can live!
These bones can live!
These bones can live!
© 2023 Willow Publishing
This David MacGregor song sounds like it came from a pageant or musical. The music has a Supertramp flavour to it.
The sheet music is at his site. You can also hear his version there.
My backing isn’t as Supertrampy as his.
Can anything good come out of Naz’reth
To make a difference, change it all
Come from such low repute :
A place of scorn, dispute
To make a difference for us all?Can anything good come out of Naz’reth?
You brought the best from those you called
Jesus, you gave them hope
Jesus, you gave your life
to make a difference for us all.Blind will see
Captives free
Poor find news so good
Those oppressed
Will be free
You are love, God, goodCan anything good come out of Naz’reth?
(You’re) found Lord too In those so not like us
whose ways are not our own
There too your face is shown
to makes a difference to us allCan anything good come out of Naz’reth?
Christ sees the good in who we are
The promise gifted there;
brighten the world somewhere
and make a difference to us allBlind will see
Captives freed
Poor find news so good
Those oppressed
will be free
You are love, God, goodCan anything good come out of Naz’reth?
David MacGregor
You call us now God: “come and see.”
O may we hear your call
O may we heed your call
Come make a difference to us
Come make a difference to us
Come make a difference to us all.
© 2012 Willow publishing
I’ve already done the lovely “Bring Your Peace, Lord” here, so I can move on alphabetically to this song from David MacGregor‘s amazing archive of music.
This is an unusual chant based on Psalm 42:8 that could be sung a capella. The sheet music is at his site.
My BIAB backing went a bit Indian I’m afraid.
By day the Lord commands his love
By day the Lord commands his love
By day the Lord commands his love
By night … his song … is with me
