We’re leading music these days for Living Interfaith Sanctuary, a contemplative community in Vancouver, BC, which meets every two weeks and lives the seasons by celebrating a faith festival close to the meeting date. This coming Saturday is a combined celebration of the Christian festival of Ascension along with an exploration of the Unity Consciousness tradition, presenting a challenge to us to provide songs which can support and feed both perspectives. Now is the Moment is an attempt to meet both needs, evoking the waiting for the presence of the Holy Spirit in the Ascension texts and the celebration of Now, the desire for true presence in the current moment which is one of the hallmarks of Unity Consciousness. Enjoy and share!
A revised psalm refrain for Ascension, May 21
Psalm 47 is the lectionary psalm for the Day of Ascension, May 21, celebrated by many congregations on May 24 as Ascension Sunday. Here’s a revised score for our psalm refrain, God Has Gone Up With a Shout, with an instrumental interlude to accompany spoken reading of the psalm in between sung refrains. Enjoy!
Songs for May 15
Three contrasting settings for you of Acts 17:28, “In God we live and move and have our being.” Obviously I have felt grounded in this text! Also, a song inspired by John 14:16-17, “Spirit of Truth,” with a unison/keyboard accompaniment score plus a vocal harmony score. Hope you find them useful for your community worship!
A few ideas for Pentecost
We’ve always loved the festival of Pentecost, the ending of the great 50 days of the Easter season. Here are a few ideas for songs to celebrate on May 31, including a new score for the anthem “Breathe, Spirit”, adding in a simple keyboard accompaniment. Enjoy!
- Breathe, Spirit
- Breathe, Spirit (with keyboard)
- Come, Spirit, Come
- Come, Spirit, Come
- Dem Bones (SAB anthem)
- Dem Bones (SSA anthem)
- Embracing Change
- Embracing Change (SATB)
- Hallelujah (Sing a New Song)
- Life Anew
- Life Anew (round)
- Life Anew (SAB)
- Like a Healing Stream
- Like a Healing Stream
- Like a Healing Stream – lead sheet
- Like a healing stream – SATB
- Like a Healing Stream – unison, lower key
- May I Be Born of the Spirit
- May I Be Born of the Spirit
- Send Out Your Spirit
- Spirit Fire!
- Spirit of Truth
- Spirit of Truth (harmonies)
- Spirit of Truth (unison with keyboard)
- There is Room for All
- There is Room for All
- There is Room for All (SATB)
- Veni, sancte Spiritus
- Veni, sancte Spiritus (intercultural)
- Whisper in My Heart
New music for Advent 2019
Here are a couple of new things for you to try in your community, an anthem arrangement of Keep Awake and a new hymn tune, SOUTH DYKE ROAD, written for Philip Doddridge’s 1738 hymn “Hark the glad sound”, a common meter (8686) tune which can be used with many texts of the same meter. Enjoy!