Church Music

Entrance: To You O God, I Lift Up My Soul (Hurd) AOV 2/14

Psalm 130 (McKenna)

In you, Lord, I have found my peace.

Gifts: Harvest (Grant) AOVD

Communion: Bread for the World (Farrell) Spirit and Song 1/157

Recessional:  Shout to the Lord (Zschech) AOV NG 114

Entrance: Gather Your People (Hurd) AOV 1/71

Psalm 17 (McKenna)

I love you Lord, my strength. I love you Lord, my strength.

Gifts: The Cry of the Poor (Foley) AOV 1/83  

Communion: One Body In Christ (McKenna) AOV NG 102

Recessional: Go Make a Difference  (Angrisano/Tomaszek) AOV NG 52

Entrance: Sing a New Song (Schutte) AOV 1/80

Psalm 95 (McKenna)

Give the Lord glory and honour.

Give the Lord glory and honour.

Gifts: Lord, We Come to Your Table (Herry)

Communion: Bread for the World (Farrell) Spirit and Song 1/157

Recessional: City of God (Schutte) AOV 1/57

Entrance: Gather As One  (McKenna) AOV NG 48

Psalm 22 (McKenna)

I shall live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.

Gifts: The Lord is My Shepherd – Crimond AOV 1/144

Communion: Table of Plenty (Schutte) AOV 2/20

Recessional: Sing to the Mountains  (Dufford) AOV 1/92

Entrance: A Place at the Table  (Shirley Erena Murray – Lori True) AOV NG 1

Psalm 79 (McKenna)

The vineyard of the Lord is the House of Israel

Gifts: Bless Our Gifts (Grant) AOVD

Communion:  Come to the Table (Burland) AOV NG 33

Recessional: Send Down the Fire (Haugen) AOV 2/164

David MacGregor has written this song for Eucharist that sounds particular suitable for children, but not exclusively. It has a key change for the last verse.

The sheet music is free at his site.

Take this bread
My body broken all for for you
Take my love
Be nourished – it’s my life for you
Take this bread
It’s broken for in me you’ll live
Take this bread
My life for you
I freely give

Take this cup
My blood poured out for all, for you
Take my love
My sacrifice – my life for you
Take this cup
New covenant made through my blood
Take this cup
My blood poured out
Come, take my love

We take this bread
This cup of life for making whole,
We take this food for healing
deep within each soul
We come, find hope, compassion
In our life in you
We take this bread
We take this cup
our life renewed
We take this bread
We take this cup
our life renewed

David MacGregor
© 2018
Willow Publishing

This fine song by David MacGregor would work as a recessional, although I initially thought it was just a song for the end of the school year or graduation.

The sheet music is free at his website.

I made two backings because the first was a little too busy.

In the comings
In the goings
On the highways, byways
You’re there
In the laughing
In the weeping
The delighting
God, You’re there

So, then, come what may
I will sing in praise
Lift my hands in joy to God
God , my hope, my light
My Love, my life
You are with me
Always, for all time
I am with You
Always, for all time

Past behind us
Christ before us
Jesus hold us
On the way
As we journey
in your Spirit
Ever fruitful
Your Kingdom way

So, then, come what may
I will sing in praise
Lift my hands in joy to God
God , my hope, my light
My love, my life
You are with me
Always, for all time
You are with me
Always, for all time
I am with You
Always, for all time

David MacGregor
© 2021 Willow Publishing

This is an enthusiastic song of praise based on Psalm 148 by David MacGregor. It sounds like a long lost Marty Haugen hymn – that’s a good thing.

The sheet music is free at his website.

Creation, sing out
Sing praises to God!
Shout your praises
Shout your praises!
Sun, moon and stars
Sing praises to God!
Shout your praises
Shout your praises!

Praises sing from the depths of the ocean
The creatures of water cry forth
Fire and snow, ev’ry stormy wind
Sing praises, all the earth!

Praises ring from the mountain, the hillsides
The forests and everything grown
You animals, birds – you wild, you tame
Creation, praise God’s name!

Praises sing out from young and from older
All nations, yes – everyone
God’s name is highest over all
Creation sing as one!

from Psalm 148
David MacGregor
© 2021 Willow Publishing

This an upbeat gathering song from the vast David MacGregor archive.

The sheet music is free at his site as a lead sheet and full score.

My backing is a case of getting BIAB to mimic the style of the original.

Come together
Come together
We are one In God
through Jesus Christ
Come together
Come together
Christ our peace
and Jesus Christ our life

We’re humbly confessing
God help us addressing
Our pride dispossessing
For we’ve wrought pain
We come now repenting
We pray your forgiving
God’s grace reconciling
to live again
Come together …

Come sister and brother
All creeds and all colours
Reach out to each other
all barriers down
Journeying together
Love for one another
No longer strangers
but friends in God
Come together …

David MacGregor
© 2014 inspired by Ephesians 2
Willow Publishing

This is a great children’s song using the Lazarus story written by David MacGregor.

The sheet music is free at his website.

I made my usual BIAB backing:

Come out, Lazarus!
Get up, Lazarus!
Come out, Lazarus!
Come out, get up!

Come out, Lazarus!
Get up, Lazarus!
Come out, Lazarus!
Come out, get up!

Hey sister
Time to cry no more
Hey sister
Don’t be sad no more
Hey brother
Time to walk brand new
Hey brother
I’ve got life for you!

Come out, Lazarus!
Get up, Lazarus!
Come out, Lazarus!
Come out, get up!

Come out, Lazarus!
Get up, Lazarus!
Come out, Lazarus!
Come out, get up!

David MacGregor
© 2019. Willow Publishing