Church Music

This setting by Joe Zsigray is definitely Ps 104. We’ve only ever used the chorus as a response but the verses are fine, just with different tunes and probably best for a cantor. We’ve been doing too slowly; it fairly rockets along at 180 according to the songwriter. You can buy it from OCP here. This church  does it as the speed we do it and that is too slow, but the cantor does very well.

My backing is at the set speed.

Refrain

Lord send out your spirit
And renew the face of the earth.
Lord send out your spirit
And renew the face of the earth.

Verse 1
Bless the Lord, oh my soul.
Oh Lord, my God, You are great indeed.
How manifold are Your works, oh Lord!
The earth is full of your creatures.

Refrain

Verse 2
If you take away their breath, oh Lord,
They die and return to their dust.
When You send forth Your Spirit they live.
You renew the face of the earth.

Refrain

Verse 3
May the glory of the Lord
Endure forever, and may the Lord
Be glad in His work.
Pleasing to Him be my theme,
For I rejoice in the Lord.

Refrain

© North American Liturgy Services, 1979.

A song by James Garrahy from emmanuelworship that I suppose is loosely based on Ps104. It is from the Lifted collection and you can hear a sample and buy the music here.

You can do it gently or as a celebration of power chords.

My backing is at 84 bpm, don’t race it.

Chorus 1

Lord, send me Your Spirit, I need You now

to fill my heart with Your love.

Come fill me now.

Chorus 2

Lord, send me Your Spirit, I need You now

to fill my heart with Your love.

Come fill me now.

Come fill me now.

Verse

The love of God is overflowing

and I need You to fill me up,

So Lord send Your Spirit into my heart,

Please come into me now.

Chorus 2

Verse

Chorus 1

Chorus 2

Come fill me now.

© Emmanuel Worship, 1997.

The Liturgy team for this week have chosen these songs for this week.  We will be using Mason’s Mass of Glory and Praise beginning this week.

Entrance: Gather Us In (Haugen) AOV 1/12

Psalm Response: Give Thanks to the Lord

I think they mean the Steve Angrisano/Brian Green one from Spirit & Song Vol 2/276 but I’ll have to check.

Gifts: Great is Thy Faithfulness (Runyan) AOV 2/127

Communion: Jesus, Bread of Life (?)

I can only find a WLP song by James V. Marchionda that I can’t remember ever having done – I’ll have to ask the office!

In the Breaking of the Bread (Hurd)  AOV 1/58

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

* Word from the Presbytery

Give Thanks to the Lord (Frank Andersen)

Jesus, Bread of Life (Amanda McKenna) AOV NG 80

OK, I know this is absolutely gorgeous, but we gave up after a couple of crash and burns and so haven’t touched it again. It may have been best left as a solo. I wish you better luck.

It was written by the wonderful Howard Goodall and you can hear it done superbly here. You can purchase the music here.

The Lord is my shepherd,
I shall not want;
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.
He leadeth me beside still waters.

The Lord is my shepherd,
I shall not want;
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
Yea though I walk through the valley
of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;

Yea though I walk through the valley
of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
For You are with me; You will comfort me
You are with me, You will comfort me.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life;
and I will dwell in the house of the
Lord forever, forever, forever, forever.

© Faber Music.

A chant by Gregory Norbet from the Weston Priory. You can hear a sample here and the songbook is available here. Liturgical useful wherever the JBap readings come up it is nevertheless a long time since we have used this song.

My tattered old copy is not quite clear on how this song hangs together and I honestly have forgotten ever having played it, so I’ve just gone with what makes sense to me.

Chant is hard on BIAB, but country and western much easier, so imagine Johnny Cash singing it towards the end of his life.

Verse 1

There was a man named John the Baptist,

and here is his message:

Repent, for the kingdom of God is right at hand.

Refrain

Man cannot live on bread alone, [No-one can…]

but on ev’ry word that comes from the mouth of God.

For the time has come,

and the kingdom of God is right at hand.

Repent and believe the Good News.

Verse 2

This man John wore a garment of camel’s skin

with a leather rope ’round his waist.

All he ate was locusts and wild honey.

Refrain

Copyright © (1971), from the recording “Locusts and Wild Honey”,
The Benedictine Foundation of the State of Vermont, Inc.,
Weston Priory, Weston, Vermont.

www.westonpriory.org

A Taize chant by Jacques Berthier. It is really good, even in Latin. Listen here.

Live in charity and steadfast love,

Live in charity; God will dwell with you.

Ubi caritas et amor,

Ubi caritas Deus ibi est.

© Taize Community

We have used Carey Landry’s song at some confirmations for the laying on of hands. Y0u can listen to the original here, if you can stand his vibrato. This cover’s not bad. The song sounds great when sung slowly and reverently by an assembly.

Refrain

Lay your hands gently upon us.
Let their touch render your peace.
Let them bring your forgiveness and healing.
Lay your hands gently, lay your hands.

Verse 1

You were sent to free the broken-hearted.
You were sent to give sight to the blind.
You desire to heal all our illnesses.
Lay your hands gently, lay your hands.

Refrain

Verse 2

Lord, we come to you through one another.
Lord, we come to you in our need.
Lord, we come to you seeking wholeness.
Lay your hands gently, lay your hands.

Refrain

© NALR 1977.1979.

Using the tune of the Skye Boat song, David Haas wrote this song based on Philippians 4:1-9. I only ever had the music of the chorus and that is all we ever used. Samples and sheet music are available here.

The two line text can be read here.

My backing is therefore just the chorus.

This is an emmanuelworship song we used to use a lot, but it hasn’t been sighted for a while.  It is essentially a mantra in the spirit of the Psalms. It is in the “Lifted”collection and you can hear a sample and purchase it here. We used three songs of that album liturgically (the others were “Your Mercies Are New Every Morning” and “Lord Send Me Your Spirit”) and the rest are fine for other purposes.

My Backing is at 80 bpm.

Just to be in Your presence, Lord.

Just to be by Your side.

Just to be in Your throne-room, Lord.

I am alive! (3x then key change 3x)

© Emmanuel Worship 1998.

It must be very hard for your spiritual journey to be played out in public.

This is the 1994 Hillsong version of Geoff Bullock’s song and this is a more recent version by the man himself reflecting his more considered thoughts and with new lyrics. It’s a lovely song (Yes I know – I usually irrationally hate Hillsong) with little liturgical use really, unless a low key praise song is needed. We might have used it as a reflection when we used to have such things but I’m not sure. It is available in a collection here and no doubt elsewhere.

Just let me say how much I love You [You love me]
Let me speak of Your mercy and grace
Just let me live in the shadow of Your beauty [That lets…]
Let me see You face to face [So I may…]
And the earth will [should] shake as Your Word goes forth
And the heavens can [should] tremble and fall
But let me say how much I love You [Yet these words just say You love me]
O my Savior, my Lord and friend

Just let me hear Your finest whispers
As You gently call my name
And let me see Your power and Your glory
Let me feel Your Spirit’s flame
Let me find You in the desert [For You have found me in my…]
‘Til [And] this sand is holy ground
And I am found completely surrendered [And my brokenness is mended]
To You, my Lord and friend [O my Saviour…]

So let me say how much I love You [You love me]
With all my heart I long for You [As all my hope is found in You]
For I am caught in this passion of knowing
This endless love I’ve found [I have] in You
And the depth of grace, the forgiveness found
To be called a child of God
Just makes me say how much I love You
O my Savior, my Lord and friend
Just makes me say how much I love You
O my Savior, my Lord and friend

© Nightlight Music 1993.