Music for the Ascension of the Lord Year A 17th May 2026

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

Psalm 46 (McKenna)

God mounts his throne to shouts of joy:

A blare of trumpets for the Lord.

Gifts: O Sacred Flame (Marshall)

Communion: Here at the Table (Ogilvie/Harvey)

Recessional: Holy Spirit Come (Mangan) AOV NG 67

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Music for the Sixth Sunday of Easter Year A 10th May 2026

Entrance: Jesus is Risen (O’Brien/Ogilvie)

Psalm 65 (McKenna)

Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.

Alleluia.

Gifts: A Trusting Psalm (Bates) AOV 1/115

Communion:  One Body (O’Brien/Watts) AOV 2/146

Recessional: Bring Forth the Kingdom (Haugen) AOV 2/4

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Music for the Fifth Sunday of Easter Year A May 3rd 2026

Entrance:  Christ Be Near Us (Ogilvy/O’Brien) AOV NG 21

Psalm 32 (McKenna)

Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you.

Gifts: All the Hungry, Come (Doherty)

Communion: Here at the Table (Ogilvie/Harvey)

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

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Music for the Fourth Sunday of Easter Year A 26th April 2026

Entrance: Shepherd Me O God (Haugen) AOV 1/33

Psalm 22 (McKenna)

The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.

Gifts: Like a Shepherd (Dufford) AOV 1/160

Communion: Lord to Whom Shall We Go? (Herry) AOV 1/6

Here at the Table (Ogilvie/Harvey)

Recessional: Alleluia! Love is Alive (Angrisano, Manibusan, Hart)

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Music for the Third Sunday of Easter Year A 19th April 2026

Entrance: Gather As One  (McKenna) AOV NG 48

Psalm 15 (Mckenna)

Lord, you show us the path of life.

Gifts: Here at the Table (Ogilvie/Harvey)

Communion: Emmaus (Alonso)

Recessional: Jesus is Risen (O’Brien/Ogilvie)

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Music for the Second Sunday of Easter Year A 12th April 2026

Entrance: Jesus is Risen (O’Brien/Ogilvie)

Psalm 117 (McKenna)

Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his love is everlasting.

Gifts: Here at the Table (Ogilvie/Harvey)

Communion: Bread of Heaven  (Manibusan-Hart)

Recessional: Alleluia! Love is Alive (Angrisano, Manibusan, Hart)

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My Witness You’ll Be

This was Emmanuel Worship‘s song for WYDSYD 08 – they got in early, as Revolution was from 2006.

While the collection is out of print, this one was in AOV NG and so can be purchased at Willow. I blogged this 15 years ago and I was grumpy because we never got it right when we played it leading up to WYDSYD.

Now it just an upbeat song for Pentecost and it is not necessary to do all the repeats, just edit for liturgical flow.

I made a somewhat less messy backing, but I’m afraid I did put an accordion in this time.

Verse:

You will receive power

When the Holy spirit falls on you… (repeat 1st time)

Chorus:

And you will be My witnesses!

To the ends of the earth, the ends of the earth

To all nations and distant lands

My witness you’ll be, My witness You’ll be

Verse

Chorus

Chorus
Bridge:

To the cities and towns – hey! – and country plains

‘Cross mountains and oceans, to ancient lands.

Proclaiming the truth in every tongue

‘Your sins are forgiven by the death of the Son’

To the rich and the poor, the old and the young

‘This gift is for you, this gift is for you…’

Build

You will receive power x6

Chorus

Chorus

Outro

© Patrick Keady 2006.

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I Was Made to Worship You

This is a praise and worship, power ballad from Revolution, the 2006 collection from Emmanuel Worship. It was written by Patrick Keady.

I made this backing:

… then I saw it was sung an octave down – thanks be to God.

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Revolve Around You

There are a couple more songs in Emmanuel Worship‘s 2006 album, Revolution. The collection is out of print.

This is another of their quieter slower songs/prayers/devotions, and was written Patrick Keady. It does go power ballad at times, but this is about as quiet as this era of Emmanuel Worship got. It could have a use as a reflection.

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Angels All Around

This is a James Garrahy song from the Emmanuel Worship collection from 2006, Revolution. It is out of print but I found a second hand copy years ago.

It is one of the more reflective songs from this collection and none the worse for that, though it is nearly seven minutes long in their arrangement.

BIAB is pretty good with praise and worship songs allowing the instruments to build up as needed. Most BIAB styles have only an A/B variation within the song but this style has eight variations that get used to bring in changes over the whole length of the track.

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