Service music

Original song. A dialogue between soloist and congregation, to be used throughout the four weeks of Advent. The congregation's response remains the same but the lyrics in each of the soloist's verses correspond to that week's Lectionary readings. Includes Eucharistic responses to the same tune. (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description below.) Lyrics:    Introduction- Cantor: Alleluia. Alleluia. Make ready your hearts for the Coming One. Alleluia. Alleluia.    Response- Congregation In our deepest longing night, dawn upon us, God of light.    Verses- Cantor: Week 1: Now is the time to wake from your sleep. The night is far gone; the day is near. Response Watch for the unexpected hour. Come, let us walk in the light of God. Response    Week 2 : Make straight a way for the Promised One. Watch, repent, and bear good fruit. Response God shall come to rule with grace. Wolf and lamb shall dwell in peace. Response   Week 3 : As a farmer waits for the crop, wait for the One who now draws near. Response God overthrows our might with love, spurns the rich and lifts the poor. Response   Week 4 : We have tasted the bread of tears. Shine your face and save us, God. Response God's be afraid; God's Word is good. A woman shall bear Emmanuel. Response

Original song. Purchase includes digital download of lyrics and music and permission to use.
Dialogue between soloist and congregation. Two verses a week through Advent following Lectionary texts for Year C. (Hear an audio sample in the Product Description below.) Lyrics: Week 1 Look to the leaves of the fig tree: when they bud, you know summer is near. So take heart, the Beloved is coming, healing our sin and our fear. Tree of life in winter, stir our hearts with cheer. The healing of the nations comes. The one who is coming, coming, is near. Like a tree in the dead of winter whose life is a secret within, God's hidden grace will appear to save us from death and sin.