Blessing of Candles with Nunc Dimittis (chant)
In his temple now behold him (Westminster Abbey)
St Thomas Mass
Celtic Alleluia
Let all mortal flesh (Picardy). again but 😊
Blest are the pure in heart (Franconia)
Christ is the light of all the world (Wiltshire)
Mattins
Christ whose glory fills the skies (Ratisbon)
We love the place O God (Quam dilecta)
God of mercy God of grace (Heathlands)
Lights abode celestial Salem (Regent Square)
Evensong
O Zion open wide thy gates (St Fulbert with the Alleluia, Amen ending!)
Lead kindly light (Lux benigna) 🤮
Hail to the Lord who comes (old 120th)
Sweet Saviour bless us (Stella)
I rather enjoyed today despite icy cold village churches but all three lots sang well even if they wanted that foul tune to Lead kindly light. @Piglet was more fortunate to have Sandon and indeed a very nice selection at St Pete's for Evensong. I noted the comments about Tyrol previously and agree it is a lovely tune that I also associate with "The wise may bring their learning". It was good to see it appear in the A&M New Standard back in the 80s which hopefully made it better known and used.
Choir
God is light, / G. Thalben-Ball
Nunc Dimittis, / Taizé Community, Jacques Berthier
Hymns
We praise, we worship you O God, / Church triumphant
A new commandment, / New Commandment
Love is his word, / Creswell
Christians, lift your hearts and voices, / Triumph
Sent forth by God’s blessing, / The ash grove
We had a Candlemas procession using plainchant for the Nunc Dimittis and the processional psalm, so no opening hymn. As it is Black History Month, our monthly/seasonal rotation for the service music is drawn from a couple different services by African-American composers.
Hymns included:
Hail to the Lord Who Comes (OLD 120TH)
Praise God From Whom all Blessings Flow (NEW DOXOLOGY)
Love Divine (HYFRYDOL)
Back to green vestments today, for the Fourth Sunday before Lent:
Bright the vision that delighted (Laus Deo/Redhead No.46) I, the Lord of sea and sky (Here I am) Be still, for the presence of the Lord (David J Evans) All hail the power of Jesus' name (Miles Lane)
Today, as the choir is not needed on the second Sunday, I went to my local Methodist church, celebrating Racial Justice Sunday. This church welcomes immigrants from various countries, the largest contingent being from Hong Kong. The Lord’s Prayer is written in both English and ?Mandarin? Everything is on screens, so I have no record of the hymns. I knew only one:
In Christ there is no east or west.
Another was sung to Blaenwern.
The other two were almost unsingable.
Apart from feeling musically bereft, it was a good service.
We won't fear the battle, we won't fear the fight (God is for us) I am a city on a hill, I am a light in the darkness There is strength within the sorrow (Sovereign over us) Here I am, once again, I pour out my heart This is the place where dreams are found (Holy ground)
"Come let us sing of a wonderful love” - Wonderful Love.
“I, the Lord of sea and sky”.*
“Sing hey for the carpenter”.
“Jesus calls us o'er the tumult” - St. Andrew.
“Christ be my leader” - Slane.
* I really wanted "Here comes Jesus, walking by the seaside", but my Junior Church leader asked me not to, as it would duplicate her story too much.
A fairly modern (well, two compositions from the last century!) selection at morning communion.
From Heaven You Came (Graham Kendrick)
My God, Accept My Heart This Day
When I Needed A Neighbour (Sydney Carter)
“Holy, Holy, Holy”/NICEA
“I, the Lord of Sea and Sky” (“Here I Am, Lord”)”/HERE I AM
“Lord, You Have Come to the Lakeside” (“Tú has venida a la orilla”)/PESCADOR DE HOMBRES
“Great God of Every Blessing”/AURELIA
I’ve mentioned before my personal and idiosyncratic dislike of “Holy, Holy, Holy.” And I’m not really a fan of AURELIA either. (Though I do love the text it was used for. Written for the 500th anniversary of Calvin’s birth (2009), Calvin’s personal motto provides the last line of each verse—sincerely and completely, I offer you my heart.)
But having to sing both “Holy, Holy,Holy” and AURELIA this morning was more than made up for by getting to sing today’s “choral prelude”: “Followers of the Lamb.” (We followed the text as written, which changes the original “I’m glad I am a Shaker” to “I’m glad I am a Christian.”)
Immortal invisible (St Denio)
Brothers joining hand to hand (St John Damascene)
For ever with the Lord (Montgomery)
O brother man hold to thy heart thy brother (Londonderry Air 😡🤮)
This morning was a real grind and the grand finale put me into an even sourer frame of mind! Talk about bestial howling ...
Afternoon Eucharist
Lord teach us how to pray aright (St Hugh)
Jesu thou joy of loving hearts (Maryton)
Saviour again to thy dear name we raise (Ellers)
A simple spoken service with just the hymns sung and a nice way to smooth my ruffled feathers. I love playing Ellers 😊
Hail to the Lord's Anointed - Crüger Jesus calls us, o'er the tumult - Merton Morning glory, starlit sky - Song 13 Holy, holy, holy is the Lord - Holy is the Lord* Jesus shall reign, where'er the sun - Truro
* Never sung that one before, and will be quite happy if I never sing it again.
Lo, He comes with clouds descending (Hemsley)
Now Thank We All Our God (Nun Danket)
Lead us, Heavenly Father, Lead Us
Will Your Anchor Hold in the Storms of Life (Anchor)
In heavenly love abiding (Penlan)
Father divine I come to thee (Holley)
Will your anchor hold
They lifted the rafters with these hymns and I would not have mentioned them here but two things to say. Having considered the anchor hymn an eccentric choice at first as I looked over the words during the (very long and dull) address I realised how appropriate the final two verses were about the harbour bright and the heavenly shore.
The other thing is that I had never seen or played "Father divine" before, is this well known among Free church people? The tune I had not come across in about 50 years but vaguely recall it was set to a hymn in the Mirfield Mission hymn book and I had to play it somewhere. Do many of you know it?
Third Sunday before Lent (*Lent is LOOMING!!* cries FatherInCharge in his weekly newsletter ), and the following are on offer tomorrow:
All people that on earth do dwell (Old Hundredth) All creatures of our God and King (Lasst uns erfreuen) Blest are the pure in heart (Franconia) Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine (Blessed Assurance)
Scottish Voices had a jaunt up to Dundee today for Evensong at St Salvador's Episcopal Church at which we sang:
Introit: Beati quorum via - Stanford
Preces & Responses: John Sanders (we heard these at Gloucester Cathedral when John (RIP) was the organist there and thought they were magic then; they still are).
Psalm 149 - chant by Stanford
Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis - Harwood in A flat (that's a jolly good gulder, as they say in Northern Ireland!)
Anthem: Te Deum - Ireland in F (another good gulder)
Hymns: O trinity of blessed light - Illsley Hail to God's own anointed* - Crüger
Was there a good attendance at St Salvador's? It is indeed a beautiful church, but YouTube videos from a year or two ago show a very small Sunday congregation...
I couldn't see the congregation very well; we processed in from the east end, and I was towards the east end of the choir stalls, with a screen and the conductor between me and them, but it didn't look too bad. We've certainly sung to emptier churches than that!
An elderly lady from their congregation said their numbers are not exactly healthy. It's a decent size of a church, so unlike St Pete's, 25 people won't make it look well-filled. It seemed to be in a rather run-down area of the city, which probably doesn't help.
Our offerings at St Pete's this morning were:
How sweet the name of Jesus sounds - St Peter Breathe on me, breath of God - Carlisle Father, hear the prayer we offer - Sussex Take my life, and let it be - Nottingham Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine - Blessed Assurance
I guess St Salvador's was built to serve what was then a slum area of Dundee - there are still lots of big Anglo-Catholic churches in run-down urban parishes (Our Place is one of them) - and some are indeed struggling to *keep the rumour of God alive*...(Our Place is one of them ).
Attendance was a bit low this morning, because Half-Term*, but the hymns were all well-played and well-sung.
(*We don't get any young families on a regular basis - one or two come when they can - but grandparents often seem to go to Away at half-term).
All my hope on God is founded ( Michael)
Breathe on me breath of God ( Trentham)
Jesu lover of my soul ( Aberystwyth)
Broken for me
I danced in the morning (Lord of the dance)
Evensong
Introit: Lead me Lord - SSWesley
Christ whose glory fills the skies (Ratisbon)
Let all mortal flesh ( Picardy)
Make me a channel of your peace
Ye watchers and ye holy ones ( Lasst uns erfreuen)
Anthem: Ave Verum - Mozart
There were 5 of us this morning, including me leading (Little Miss Feet took a car door to the forehead so stayed home) but we did reasonable justice to:
Teach me, O loving heart of Christ
The Saviour died and rose again
God is our refuge and our strength
In heavenly love abiding
My hope is built on nothing less
(Just out of nosiness curiosity, what's your usual Sunday attendance?)
We didn't necessarily use "typical" tunes for them. Feet-in-law, who is returning to church after ~40 years, found them easy enough to pick up.
We have a fair number of regular visitors in the summer so numbers will peak around 20-30, dipping down as low as 3-4 in stormy weather. We probably average around 10 over the course of the year, but we don't keep comprehensive records.
"Jesus is Lord!” (David Mansell).
“You shall go out with joy” (Steffi Geiser Rubin & Stuart Dauermann).
“The King of love my Shepherd is” - Dominus Regit Me.
“Rooted and grounded in one loving Source” - Ellers.
“How firm a foundation” - Montgomery.
“I Want Jesus to Walk with Me”
“O, for a Thousand Tongues to Sing”/AZMON
“There Is a Balm in Gilead”
“O Christ, the Healer”/ERHALT UNS, HERR
“Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning”
When morning gilds the skies (Laudes Domini)
We hail thy presence glorious (Offertorium)
Be still for the presence of the Lord
Lord of beauty thine the splendour (Regent Square)
Mattins for Seotuagesima
Creator of the world to thee (St Gregory)
All things bright (Royal Oak)
Fairest Lord Jesus (Crusaders Hymn)
How great thou art
Evensong
The radiant morn hath passed away (St Gabriel)
O God of Bethel (Martyrdom)
Lord of our life (Cloisters)
For the beauty of the earth (Noricum)
Choir
Psalm 1, / Thurlow Weed
Blessed are the pure in heart, / Walford Davies
Hymns
Lord enthroned in heavenly splendour, / St Helen
We know that Christ is raised, / Engelberg
Not the powerful, not the privileged, / Pedigree
All my hope on God is founded, / Michael
"Jesus is Lord!” (David Mansell).
“You shall go out with joy” (Steffi Geiser Rubin & Stuart Dauermann).
“The King of love my Shepherd is” - Dominus Regit Me.
“Rooted and grounded in one loving Source” - Ellers.
“How firm a foundation” - Montgomery.
I don't think that we in Australia could sing the hymn 'Rooted and grounded in one loving Source' as I'm afraid the word rooted has specific sexual meaning here! There would be shock and embarrassment.
Alone in my sorrow and dead in my sin - a new one to most of the congregation (including me) Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty (Lift up his name) I see the king of glory (Hosanna in the highest) I just want to speak the name of Jesus A thousand generations (And the angels cry "holy")
"Jesus is Lord!” (David Mansell).
“You shall go out with joy” (Steffi Geiser Rubin & Stuart Dauermann).
“The King of love my Shepherd is” - Dominus Regit Me.
“Rooted and grounded in one loving Source” - Ellers.
“How firm a foundation” - Montgomery.
I don't think that we in Australia could sing the hymn 'Rooted and grounded in one loving Source' as I'm afraid the word rooted has specific sexual meaning here! There would be shock and embarrassment.
It is, I am told by Professor Google, a euphemism for a certain Anglo-Saxon word beginning with F.
Jesus! The Name High Over All
To You, O Lord, I Lift Up My Soul - new one to the congregation and quite tricky, but our pianist led us well and we picked it up quickly.
O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing (Lyngham)
"Jesus is Lord!” (David Mansell).
“You shall go out with joy” (Steffi Geiser Rubin & Stuart Dauermann).
“The King of love my Shepherd is” - Dominus Regit Me.
“Rooted and grounded in one loving Source” - Ellers.
“How firm a foundation” - Montgomery.
I don't think that we in Australia could sing the hymn 'Rooted and grounded in one loving Source' as I'm afraid the word rooted has specific sexual meaning here! There would be shock and embarrassment.
It is, I am told by Professor Google, a euphemism for a certain Anglo-Saxon word beginning with F.
I'm not familiar with 'Strine but I guessed. Mind you, I am the proud owner of the latest edition of Roger's Profanisaurus which is now as thick as the Lord of the Rings so that's just perhaps the way my foetid mind works.
Second Sunday before Lent at Our Place, and the offerings tomorrow are:
Be thou my guardian and my guide (Abridge) I cannot tell (Londonderry Air ) Be still, my soul (Finlandia) Eternal father, strong to save (Melita)
“God is love, let heaven adore him” - Blaenwern.
“Make me a channel of your peace”.
“The love of God comes close” - Rhosymedre.
“Come soon, the day, when peace shall reign” - Repton,
“Christ is the world’s true light” - Nun Danket.
How can I keep from singing, / Lowry, Barnard
Put peace into each other’s hands, / Kaan, Barnard
Hymns:
This is a day of new beginning, / Beginnings
Bambelela, / Trad South African
God! When human bonds are broken, / Meadway
Faith will not grow from words alone, / Dunedin
Second Sunday before Lent, Parish Communion
Eternal Father, strong to save- Melita
Praise to the holiest- Gerontius
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God almighty- Nicaea
Be still and know that I am God - Be still
Thou whose almighty word- Moscow
Praise to the holiest in the height - Richmond O Jesus, I have promised - Thornbury Praise to the Lord, the Almighty - Lobe den Herren To be in your presence - My Desire* I cannot tell - Londonderry Air**
* it certainly wasn't my desire, but was made marginally less awful by being accompanied on the guitar and trumpet by a gentleman from the congregation and his daughter.
** luckily I was on coffee duty, so I could escape that awful dirge, which is very high on my "if I never hear that again, it'll still be too soon" list.
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Parish Communion
Blessing of Candles with Nunc Dimittis (chant)
In his temple now behold him (Westminster Abbey)
St Thomas Mass
Celtic Alleluia
Let all mortal flesh (Picardy). again but 😊
Blest are the pure in heart (Franconia)
Christ is the light of all the world (Wiltshire)
Mattins
Christ whose glory fills the skies (Ratisbon)
We love the place O God (Quam dilecta)
God of mercy God of grace (Heathlands)
Lights abode celestial Salem (Regent Square)
Evensong
O Zion open wide thy gates (St Fulbert with the Alleluia, Amen ending!)
Lead kindly light (Lux benigna) 🤮
Hail to the Lord who comes (old 120th)
Sweet Saviour bless us (Stella)
I rather enjoyed today despite icy cold village churches but all three lots sang well even if they wanted that foul tune to Lead kindly light. @Piglet was more fortunate to have Sandon and indeed a very nice selection at St Pete's for Evensong. I noted the comments about Tyrol previously and agree it is a lovely tune that I also associate with "The wise may bring their learning". It was good to see it appear in the A&M New Standard back in the 80s which hopefully made it better known and used.
A new one to me - is this it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrYs_-omTHw
Beautiful words, and a fine old 17thC tune!
I'm absolutely hopeless at dancing. But I have had lunch at The Llandoger Trow.
Choir
God is light, / G. Thalben-Ball
Nunc Dimittis, / Taizé Community, Jacques Berthier
Hymns
We praise, we worship you O God, / Church triumphant
A new commandment, / New Commandment
Love is his word, / Creswell
Christians, lift your hearts and voices, / Triumph
Sent forth by God’s blessing, / The ash grove
The choir has resumed after a summer break.
Hymns included:
Hail to the Lord Who Comes (OLD 120TH)
Praise God From Whom all Blessings Flow (NEW DOXOLOGY)
Love Divine (HYFRYDOL)
Bright the vision that delighted (Laus Deo/Redhead No.46)
I, the Lord of sea and sky (Here I am)
Be still, for the presence of the Lord (David J Evans)
All hail the power of Jesus' name (Miles Lane)
In Christ there is no east or west.
Another was sung to Blaenwern.
The other two were almost unsingable.
Apart from feeling musically bereft, it was a good service.
I am a city on a hill, I am a light in the darkness
There is strength within the sorrow (Sovereign over us)
Here I am, once again, I pour out my heart
This is the place where dreams are found (Holy ground)
"Come let us sing of a wonderful love” - Wonderful Love.
“I, the Lord of sea and sky”.*
“Sing hey for the carpenter”.
“Jesus calls us o'er the tumult” - St. Andrew.
“Christ be my leader” - Slane.
* I really wanted "Here comes Jesus, walking by the seaside", but my Junior Church leader asked me not to, as it would duplicate her story too much.
I will make you vicious old men fishers of men etc...
From Heaven You Came (Graham Kendrick)
My God, Accept My Heart This Day
When I Needed A Neighbour (Sydney Carter)
That did get a mention (both sets of words) in my sermon.
Here I am, Lord
Do not be afraid
Be still for the presence of the Lord
Walk with me O my God.
“Holy, Holy, Holy”/NICEA
“I, the Lord of Sea and Sky” (“Here I Am, Lord”)”/HERE I AM
“Lord, You Have Come to the Lakeside” (“Tú has venida a la orilla”)/PESCADOR DE HOMBRES
“Great God of Every Blessing”/AURELIA
I’ve mentioned before my personal and idiosyncratic dislike of “Holy, Holy, Holy.” And I’m not really a fan of AURELIA either. (Though I do love the text it was used for. Written for the 500th anniversary of Calvin’s birth (2009), Calvin’s personal motto provides the last line of each verse—sincerely and completely, I offer you my heart.)
But having to sing both “Holy, Holy,Holy” and AURELIA this morning was more than made up for by getting to sing today’s “choral prelude”: “Followers of the Lamb.” (We followed the text as written, which changes the original “I’m glad I am a Shaker” to “I’m glad I am a Christian.”)
Mattins
Immortal invisible (St Denio)
Brothers joining hand to hand (St John Damascene)
For ever with the Lord (Montgomery)
O brother man hold to thy heart thy brother (Londonderry Air 😡🤮)
This morning was a real grind and the grand finale put me into an even sourer frame of mind! Talk about bestial howling ...
Afternoon Eucharist
Lord teach us how to pray aright (St Hugh)
Jesu thou joy of loving hearts (Maryton)
Saviour again to thy dear name we raise (Ellers)
A simple spoken service with just the hymns sung and a nice way to smooth my ruffled feathers. I love playing Ellers 😊
Hail to the Lord's Anointed - Crüger
Jesus calls us, o'er the tumult - Merton
Morning glory, starlit sky - Song 13
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord - Holy is the Lord*
Jesus shall reign, where'er the sun - Truro
* Never sung that one before, and will be quite happy if I never sing it again.
Lo, He comes with clouds descending (Hemsley)
Now Thank We All Our God (Nun Danket)
Lead us, Heavenly Father, Lead Us
Will Your Anchor Hold in the Storms of Life (Anchor)
Choir
A prayer of St Richard of Chichester, / White
Will your come and follow me, / words Bell and Maule, music Ellis
Hymns
The strife is past, / Vulpius
Lord of the dance, / Lord of the Dance
Here I am Lord, / Here I am, Lord
Yours be the Glory, / Maccabeus
The editorial pencil has been at work on some of these!
In heavenly love abiding (Penlan)
Father divine I come to thee (Holley)
Will your anchor hold
They lifted the rafters with these hymns and I would not have mentioned them here but two things to say. Having considered the anchor hymn an eccentric choice at first as I looked over the words during the (very long and dull) address I realised how appropriate the final two verses were about the harbour bright and the heavenly shore.
The other thing is that I had never seen or played "Father divine" before, is this well known among Free church people? The tune I had not come across in about 50 years but vaguely recall it was set to a hymn in the Mirfield Mission hymn book and I had to play it somewhere. Do many of you know it?
All people that on earth do dwell (Old Hundredth)
All creatures of our God and King (Lasst uns erfreuen)
Blest are the pure in heart (Franconia)
Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine (Blessed Assurance)
A nice, traditional, selection.
Introit: Beati quorum via - Stanford
Preces & Responses: John Sanders (we heard these at Gloucester Cathedral when John (RIP) was the organist there and thought they were magic then; they still are).
Psalm 149 - chant by Stanford
Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis - Harwood in A flat (that's a jolly good gulder, as they say in Northern Ireland!)
Anthem: Te Deum - Ireland in F (another good gulder)
Hymns:
O trinity of blessed light - Illsley
Hail to God's own anointed* - Crüger
* messed-about-with words ...
An elderly lady from their congregation said their numbers are not exactly healthy. It's a decent size of a church, so unlike St Pete's, 25 people won't make it look well-filled. It seemed to be in a rather run-down area of the city, which probably doesn't help.
Our offerings at St Pete's this morning were:
How sweet the name of Jesus sounds - St Peter
Breathe on me, breath of God - Carlisle
Father, hear the prayer we offer - Sussex
Take my life, and let it be - Nottingham
Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine - Blessed Assurance
Attendance was a bit low this morning, because Half-Term*, but the hymns were all well-played and well-sung.
(*We don't get any young families on a regular basis - one or two come when they can - but grandparents often seem to go to Away at half-term).
Third Sunday before Lent
All my hope on God is founded ( Michael)
Breathe on me breath of God ( Trentham)
Jesu lover of my soul ( Aberystwyth)
Broken for me
I danced in the morning (Lord of the dance)
Evensong
Introit: Lead me Lord - SSWesley
Christ whose glory fills the skies (Ratisbon)
Let all mortal flesh ( Picardy)
Make me a channel of your peace
Ye watchers and ye holy ones ( Lasst uns erfreuen)
Anthem: Ave Verum - Mozart
Teach me, O loving heart of Christ
The Saviour died and rose again
God is our refuge and our strength
In heavenly love abiding
My hope is built on nothing less
Not an especially easy-to-sing collection...
(Just out of nosiness curiosity, what's your usual Sunday attendance?)
We didn't necessarily use "typical" tunes for them. Feet-in-law, who is returning to church after ~40 years, found them easy enough to pick up.
We have a fair number of regular visitors in the summer so numbers will peak around 20-30, dipping down as low as 3-4 in stormy weather. We probably average around 10 over the course of the year, but we don't keep comprehensive records.
"Jesus is Lord!” (David Mansell).
“You shall go out with joy” (Steffi Geiser Rubin & Stuart Dauermann).
“The King of love my Shepherd is” - Dominus Regit Me.
“Rooted and grounded in one loving Source” - Ellers.
“How firm a foundation” - Montgomery.
“I Want Jesus to Walk with Me”
“O, for a Thousand Tongues to Sing”/AZMON
“There Is a Balm in Gilead”
“O Christ, the Healer”/ERHALT UNS, HERR
“Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning”
When morning gilds the skies (Laudes Domini)
We hail thy presence glorious (Offertorium)
Be still for the presence of the Lord
Lord of beauty thine the splendour (Regent Square)
Mattins for Seotuagesima
Creator of the world to thee (St Gregory)
All things bright (Royal Oak)
Fairest Lord Jesus (Crusaders Hymn)
How great thou art
Evensong
The radiant morn hath passed away (St Gabriel)
O God of Bethel (Martyrdom)
Lord of our life (Cloisters)
For the beauty of the earth (Noricum)
An uneventful day all round 🥱
Choir
Psalm 1, / Thurlow Weed
Blessed are the pure in heart, / Walford Davies
Hymns
Lord enthroned in heavenly splendour, / St Helen
We know that Christ is raised, / Engelberg
Not the powerful, not the privileged, / Pedigree
All my hope on God is founded, / Michael
Postlude was the Gigue Fugue, BWV 577
The hymn was written by the late Ruth Duck, an excellent American hymnwriter from, I think, the United Church of Christ.
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty (Lift up his name)
I see the king of glory (Hosanna in the highest)
I just want to speak the name of Jesus
A thousand generations (And the angels cry "holy")
To You, O Lord, I Lift Up My Soul - new one to the congregation and quite tricky, but our pianist led us well and we picked it up quickly.
O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing (Lyngham)
I'm not familiar with 'Strine but I guessed. Mind you, I am the proud owner of the latest edition of Roger's Profanisaurus which is now as thick as the Lord of the Rings so that's just perhaps the way my foetid mind works.
Be thou my guardian and my guide (Abridge)
I cannot tell (Londonderry Air
Be still, my soul (Finlandia)
Eternal father, strong to save (Melita)
“God is love, let heaven adore him” - Blaenwern.
“Make me a channel of your peace”.
“The love of God comes close” - Rhosymedre.
“Come soon, the day, when peace shall reign” - Repton,
“Christ is the world’s true light” - Nun Danket.
Choir:
How can I keep from singing, / Lowry, Barnard
Put peace into each other’s hands, / Kaan, Barnard
Hymns:
This is a day of new beginning, / Beginnings
Bambelela, / Trad South African
God! When human bonds are broken, / Meadway
Faith will not grow from words alone, / Dunedin
Christ Triumphant, Ever Reigning (Ditto)
Man of Sorrows! What a Name (Ditto)
Beneath The Cross Of Jesus (St. Christopher)
The Servant King (Kendrick)
Eternal Father, strong to save- Melita
Praise to the holiest- Gerontius
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God almighty- Nicaea
Be still and know that I am God - Be still
Thou whose almighty word- Moscow
Crown Him with Many Crowns / DIADEMATA
There Is a Higher Throne / HIGHER THRONE
At the Name of Jesus / CAMBERWELL
Praise to the holiest in the height - Richmond
O Jesus, I have promised - Thornbury
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty - Lobe den Herren
To be in your presence - My Desire*
I cannot tell - Londonderry Air**
* it certainly wasn't my desire, but was made marginally less awful by being accompanied on the guitar and trumpet by a gentleman from the congregation and his daughter.
** luckily I was on coffee duty, so I could escape that awful dirge, which is very high on my "if I never hear that again, it'll still be too soon" list.