Category: Music

Happy New Year, everyone! We start the cycle of the Christian year over again this week as Advent begins. Prepare your hearts!

Here are two refrains for Psalm 25:

• “To You, O God” (pdf and bulletin graphic) – a round in four parts!
• “Make Me Know Your Ways” (pdf, bulletin graphic and mp3) – another round in four parts, from our album Like a Healing Stream

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Reign of Christ! The end of the Christian year, and a time to celebrate the majesty of the human member of the Trinity. Here are two songs to help with the celebration:

• Psalm 132: “Rise Up, O God” (pdf and bulletin graphic) – a brand new refrain!
• Revelation 1:8: “Alpha and Omega” (pdf and bulletin graphic) – bring the voices in one by one, starting with the low voices, to build this “chant in parts” to a climax

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Two simple refrains for this week, one for the Song of Hannah and one for Psalm 16:

• 1 Samuel 2:2 – “There is No Rock Like Our God” (pdf and bulletin graphic) – a powerful refrain or praise chorus, with multiple SATB options
• Psalm 16:1 – “Protect Me, O God” (pdf, bulletin graphic and midi)

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On November 11 we read one of the shorter psalms, Psalm 127, a reminder that God is present in all aspects of our lives. Here’s a simple refrain for the psalm, plus a chant for peace to mark Remembrance Day.

• “God Will Provide” (pdf, bulletin graphic and midi)
• “Dona Nobis Pacem in Terra” (pdf, bulletin graphic)

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The great commandment features prominently in this week’s lectionary readings. Here is our version, a slow gospel-inspired SATB setting, along with a refrain for Psalm 149:

• “Love God with all your heart” (pdf)
• “Praise God, O my soul” (pdf and bulletin graphic)

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