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Adorning Your House
$0.00 or moreAdorning Your HouseAdd to cartOriginal lyrics to "Cradle Song" (Hear it in the Product Description below). Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Includes four-part choir arrangement. Words: Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Tune: CRADLE SONG Lyrics: Adorning your house, God, with branches of green, we pray that your glory may clearly be seen. Now fill us with love that your promise imparts, with hope and with joy in the rooms of our hearts. These beautiful branches we hang will make clear that you are soon coming, O Jesus, so dear. So bless us each day as your coming draws near, to live so that others can tell you are here. We ask for your blessing to pour from above, that we may be gentle, with patience and love. Like green living branches, may all that we do be signs that your promise is now coming true. -
Advent Blessing Songs
$0.00 or moreAdvent Blessing SongsAdd to cartTwenty-five one-verse songs for the congregation to sing to each other, set to familiar Christmas tunes, suitable for the end of the service and other worship moments. -
Advent Candle Prayers
$0.00 or moreAdvent Candle PrayersAdd to cartA collection of sixty prayers for lighting Advent candles (plus the Christ Candle on Christmas) reflecting each week's lectionary texts, for Years A, B and, C. Samples: Light of God, awaken us. Light of Christ, encourage us. Light of the Spirit, lead us. May we shine with your light, as signs of your coming. God of light, as we light this candle in this season of darkness our hearts ache for your promise. Dawn upon us and be our light. Our hearts ache for your presence. Awaken us to your nearness. Our hearts ache for your grace. Holy Spirit, transform our desires, and shape our hope by your light in us, as we await your coming in peace. -
Advent Candle Prayers (Series 2)
$0.00 or moreAdvent Candle Prayers (Series 2)Add to cartA set of scripture readings (mostly from the day's assigned lectionary texts) and responsive prayers for the lighting of Advent candles. Sample: LIGHTING THE FIRST ADVENT CANDLE — Romans 13.11-12 (You know what time it is, how it is now the moment for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we became believers; the night is far gone, the day is near. Let us then lay aside the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.) RESPONSE God of light, as we light this candle in this season of darkness, our hearts ache for your presence. Dawn upon us and be our light. Spirit of hope, in this season of waiting we turn to you. Direct our longing, bless us with your patience, and grant us your hope. O Loving Christ, keep our spirits awake as we await your coming. Clothe us in trust and joy, the the armor of light, the glad raiment of love. Come, Beloved Jesus, come, and grant us your light. Amen. -
Advent Eucharistic Prayers
$0.00 or moreAdvent Eucharistic PrayersAdd to cartFour musical Eucharistic prayers set to familiar Christmas tunes. They may either be sung as an invitation to communion or as the Eucharistic prayer itself. -
Advent Eucharistic Responses
$0.00 or moreAdvent Eucharistic ResponsesAdd to cartTwenty-five sets of Eucharistic Prayer responses (Sanctus, Memorial Acclamation and Amen) set to familiar Christmas tunes. Some also include a doxology. Download includes lyrics and music for congregation (and some for musicians also.) -
Advent Responses
$0.00 or moreAdvent ResponsesAdd to cartA collection of single verses for invocation, scripture affirmation, prayer response, offertory, etc., with original lyrics by Steve Garnaas-Holmes, to the tune of Away in a Manger.
Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate.
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Advent Table Songs
$0.00 or moreAdvent Table SongsAdd to cartTwenty-two one-verse songs with original lyrics by Steve Garnaas-Holmes: doxologies and invitation to communion, set to familiar Christmas tunes. -
Advent Wreath Prayers
$0.00 or moreAdvent Wreath PrayersAdd to cartTwo series of four prayers for lighting Advent wreath candles that reflect themes of each week's Lectionary readings. Samples: Series 1 Week 1 We praise you, O God, for this evergreen crown that marks our days of preparation for Christ’s advent. As we light the first candle on the wreath, rouse us from sleep, that we may be ready to greet our Beloved when he comes with our healing in his hands. Enlighten us with your grace, that we may live in peace as signs of your advent among us. Kindle within us the gift of hope through Christ our Beloved, whose coming is certain and whose day draws near. Amen. Series 2 Week 1 This wreath is the great circle of time, held in the promise of God. Light dawns; a new day is coming. Stay awake and be ready, for you don't know when grace will appear! God of love, teach us to see with eyes of faith. Direct our hope, an d transform our longing. Keep us alert to your coming, shining with mercy and lively with hope. -
Advent-to-Christmas Story
$0.00 or moreAdvent-to-Christmas StoryAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. Most effective as a solo. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: In the darkest time of year, a time of hope, and a time of fear, the prophet says that God is coming to you. And so we turn from greed and hate, still learning to pray and watch and wait, and sing our fragile, hopeful hallelujah. Hallelujah... Young Mary said her “Yes” to him, and Jesus was born in Bethlehem, and laid him in a manger, that'll do you. The light of love shone in the night. The shepherds came to see the sight, and angels sang a glorious Hallelujah. Hallelujah... Some wise men traveled from afar, just following such a tiny star, as if its simple light could shine right though you. They gave their treasures to the king, who makes you want to serve and sing, who tells you you can be his Hallelujah. Hallelujah... -
Awaken Us, God
$0.00 or moreAwaken Us, GodAdd to cartTen verses for use as responses throughout Advent and Christmas. Original lyrics set to the tune of Away in a Manger. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Sample lyrics: Hope Oh hear us, we pray, God, for dark is the night, and still we are waiting in hope for the light. Oh teach us to trust you, preparing the way, until with rejoicing we enter the day. Joy We pray that your Word may be born in our hearts, that we may shine bright with the joy it imparts. We pray as we wait for Emmanuel's birth the light of our hope may illumine the earth. (Christmas) Love The little child rests in his mother's embrace; and we have been blessed by God's love and God's grace. God, open our hearts that we each may know there Emmanuel's birth in the love that we share. -
Benedictus (Song of Zechariah)
$0.00 or moreBenedictus (Song of Zechariah)Add to cartLuke 1.68-79. Original lyrics set to the tune of Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us.
Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: Blessed be the God of Israel! You came among us to redeem. You have raised a mighty savior for us, as the prophets used to dream. As you promised, you have saved us, so that we may serve with grace, unafraid, with holy spirits, in your presence all our days. You, child, go before our God as prophet: show the people mercy’s way, so they know they are forgiven, saved and brought into a brand new day. Day is dawning—tender mercy! Grace and light of God, increase! Come to those in death and shadows. Guide us in the ways of peace. -
Blessed Be Our God (Luke 1.68-79)
$3.00 or moreBlessed Be Our God (Luke 1.68-79)Add to cartOriginal song. Purchase includes digital download of lyrics and music and permission to use. Benedictus, the Song of Zechariah (Luke 1.68-79). Hear an audio excerpt in the Product Description below. Lyrics: Blessed be our God, who's come to us, raising a mighty savior for us, as of old God promised, to save us from the enemies of life, freeing us to serve in holiness. Serve, child as a prophet of our God, going before to make a way: go to all the people; show them their salvation from God, show them the forgiveness of their sin. By the tender mercy of our God, dawn from on high will break upon us, giving light to people who sit in darkness and the shade of death, guiding us into the way of peace. -
Blessed Child of Bethlehem
$3.00 or moreBlessed Child of BethlehemAdd to cartOriginal song. Purchase includes digital download of lyrics and music and permission to use.
(Audio sample in product description below.) Lyrics: Blessed child of Bethlehem, waiting to be born, some will bring you incense, and some a crown of thorns. Yet you bear so gently all our joys and harms. How I long to greet you, and hold you in my arms! Blessed child of heaven, waiting to be born, joy of all Creation, delight of those who mourn: teach us how to worship, teach us how to love, living in the presence of angels from above. Blessed child among us, waiting to be born, in whom we are healed and all our sorrows borne: help us live with love, in peace and reconciled. By your birth in us, everyone's a holy child. Blessed child within me, waiting to be born, bringing gifts and wonders with the light of morn, heaven springing in me, new life yet to grow: child of holy promise, oh how I love you so! -
Child of Promise
$3.00 or moreChild of PromiseAdd to cartOriginal song. Purchase includes digital download of lyrics and music and permission to use.
(Hear an audio sample in product description below.) Lyrics: Child of promise, oh, child of hope, prophets spoke of you: visions treasured but unfulfilled. Shall our dreams come true? Help us wait for you. Child of woman, oh, child of God, birthing us anew, make a room, oh, make a womb, in our hearts for you. Help us wait for you. Child of patience, oh, child of pain, suffering ills we do, heal, forgive and help us be gentle child, like you. Help us wait for you. Child of wonder, oh, child of joy, you make all things new. Re-create us, come again like the morning dew. Help us wait for you. -
Christ, Be Born In Us
$0.00 or moreChrist, Be Born In UsAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Greensleeves. A dialogue between soloist and congregation, or congregation can sing the whole song. Includes both an Advent and a Christmas version. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: We thank you, God of all and all to come, for it is in you we live; our sin’s release, and eternal peace in your Covenant you give. Praise, praise, Creation sings to God, who shines in all good things. Peace, peace on earth to all, for blessed is One who is coming. We sing your praise in harmony with the song that Jesus has sung us, on Christmas morn, of Mary born, the Word made flesh among us. Christ, Christ you set us free from sin and death eternally! Christ, dead and raised, you give new life as we wait for your coming. O stir your Spirit in us and come enfleshed, as we of your mercy tell. Your love impart to every heart, O God, Emmanuel. Love, love will give us birth, your church, the Body of Christ on earth. Christ, Christ be born in us, that we may be signs of your coming. -
Christ, Begotten of the Love of God
$0.00 or moreChrist, Begotten of the Love of GodAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Of the Father's Love Begotten. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: Christ, begotten of the love of God, here before the world’s first day, Christ the Alpha and Omega, Christ the source, the end, the way, Christ, the promised One, still coming: come, O Light, and show the way, evermore and evermore. Christ, we waken to your coming at an unexpected hour, bringing love and justice with you, with divine grace and power May our waiting be our praising; in our hope may courage flower, evermore and evermore. Christ, we bring our gifts to honor you, and we come on bended knee, offering our hearts and living, that to you the glory be. May your light adorn and guide us, now and in eternity, evermore and evermore. Christ, your glory fills the universe, blessing us with joyful mirth; and your grace renews our spirits, granting us a second birth. Come, O Christ, and rule among us, bringing peace to all the earth, evermore and evermore. Amen. -
Come Again, Poor Jesus
$0.00 or moreCome Again, Poor JesusAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of In the Bleak Midwinter.
Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: When our souls are wintry, when our hearts are cold, come to us, dear Jesus, as you did of old. When our hearts, unsheltered, feel the winds above, come to us and warm us with your gentle love. In the dark we wander, searching for our way, waiting, lost, and longing for the light of day. Dawn upon your children; fold us in your grace. Child, be born among us. Show to us your face. Shepherds on the hillside, poor, without a friend, kept their watch in silence, vigil without end. But then in the darkness, angels brought the word: “God has not forgotten, and your prayers are heard.” To the simple, poor ones, Jesus came that night. Come again, poor Jesus. Bless us with your light. Lamb of God, be with us in our joy and pain, and companion us, Love, to new life again. -
Come, Bring Your Light
$3.00 or moreCome, Bring Your LightAdd to cartOriginal song. For Advent, Year B. A dialogue between soloist and congregation. Sing one section each week. The congregation's response remains the same through out the season; the soloist's verses reflect the weeks' lectionary texts. (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description.) Lyrics for week 1: Cantor: O God, that you would tear open the heavens and come down! You are our maker, you the potter and we your clay. We lack no spiritual gift as we wait for you, O Christ. For you will strengthen us to the end. Congregation: O Come to us, O come, Emmanuel, and bring your light into our darkened world. Keep alert, for you do not know when the Beloved will appear. As with the fig tree in spring, watch for signs of new life. Heaven and earth will pass away but your words will not pass away. Help us, O Christ, to follow your call to keep awake. Congregation: O Come to us, O come, Emmanuel, and bring your light into our darkened world. -
Come, Gentle Jesus
$0.00 or moreCome, Gentle JesusAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Fairest Lord Jesus. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: Come, gentle Jesus. Come, to be here with us. Come, be the light in our darkest night. Show where we’ve gone astray; come, be our blessed Day. Come, change us with your healing light. Come, mighty Jesus. Come, and work your will in us. Bring forth our gold with refining fire. Make our hearts pure and clear; come, set us free from fear, to sing your praise with heaven’s choir. Come, blessed Jesus. Come and live your life in us. Let us be your manger here. Come, be born in us, flowing with love through us. Oh, savior of the world, draw near! -
Come, Holy Dawn
$3.00 or moreCome, Holy DawnAdd to cartOriginal song. A dialogue between soloist (or ensemble) and congregation. To be used throughout Advent, one verse per week. Verses reflect weekly Advent readings in Year A of the Common Lectionary. Includes optional flute part. (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description.) Lyrics: Congregation: Refrain Come, morning star, light our way in our darkest night. Come, light of God, grant us peace, gently shining bright. Come, holy dawn, sun of love, fill us with your light. Soloist/Choir: Week 1. Waken now, my people! Morning soon will rise. Hope is rising warmly. Open up your eyes. (Refrain) Week 2. Change your hearts, my people! Trust, repent and pray. With the Spirit's fire bear fruit: prepare the way. (Refrain) Week 3. Patience now, my people! God's promises are sure. Justice quells the mighty, empowering the poor. (Refrain) Week 4. Courage, now, my people! Rise up and have no fear. Dare to love with joy for God With Us is here. (Refrain) -
Come, O Jesus, Come!
$3.00 or moreCome, O Jesus, Come!Add to cartOriginal song. A dialogue between soloist and congregation. To be used throughout Advent, one verse per week. Verse lyrics reflect weekly readings from Advent, year A in the Revised Common Lectionary. (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description below.) Lyrics: Soloist: Rise, O people, awake! The light of Christ is dawning! Alleluia! Alleluia! Come, O Jesus, come! Congregation: Dawn on us from above. Raise us up in your love. Awaken our hope with the day, and lead us in your way. Come, O Jesus, come! Come, O Jesus, come! Verses (soloist/Choir) Week 1: Salvation is near, the day is at hand. Rise and put off the night. Walk in the light of our God with hope. Awake, and greet the light! Week 2: The day will soon come of justice and peace; the wolf and the lamb will share. Repent and prepare the way in love. A child will lead us there! Week 3: God is coming to all the world! Strengthen the weak! Rejoice! The desert itself will blossom with joy. Lift up your heart and voice! Week 4: Blessed are they who humbly trust your promise that they have heard. Shine on us! May we live in peace, according to your Word. -
Come, O Savior
$3.00 or moreCome, O SaviorAdd to cartOriginal song. May be sung in its entirety, or used throughout Advent, one verse per week. (Lyrics follow weekly Advent readings in Year A of the Revised Common Lectionary.) (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description.) Lyrics: Spirit of peace, be born in us. Help us to walk in your light. Help us be ready, help us be wakeful. Give us deep gentleness, and a spirit of peace. Refrain: Come O Savior, Come, we pray. Come, O Savior, Come. Come, O Savior, Come. Amen. Spirit of wisdom, be born in us. Grant us the fruit of repentance, that we no longer will judge with our eyes. Give us deep vision, God, and a spirit of hope. Refrain Spirit of joy, be born in us, grateful for gifts of your healing: bodies made whole and a whole new Creation. Give us deep patience, God, and a spirit of joy. Refrain Spirit of holiness, come to us. Grant us the courage to serve you, trusting your mystery growing within us. Give us deep willingness, and a spirit of love. Refrain -
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus (Additional Verse)
$0.00 or moreCome, Thou Long-Expected Jesus (Additional Verse)Add to cartOriginal lyrics: an additional verse to Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: Come, O come, as a child and teach us how to trust your gentle grace. Come, a tender child, and reach us with the warmth of your embrace. Come, O child, for whom we long, and grant a spirit of hope and delight. Hear our yearnings, hear our song, as we look for the dawning light. -
Comfort, Comfort
$3.00 or moreComfort, ComfortAdd to cartOriginal song. An Advent song based on Isaiah 40.1-11. (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description below.) Lyrics: Comfort, comfort my people, speak tenderly to my beloved: from your imprisonment, from your despair you shall be released. Prepare the way in the wilderness. Prepare the way. Prepare the way in the wilderness. prepare the way. Build up, build up a new way, the rough and the crooked make even. Build up a way where God's justice may come. Open up a way. Prepare the way in the wilderness.... Cry, cry out the mystery, for we are like flowers and grasses, growing then fading when winter winds blow. But God's love endures. Prepare the way in the wilderness.... Raise up, raise up your voices, rejoice for your savior is coming. God like a shepherd will gather us in, guide us on in love. Prepare the way in the wilderness.... -
Drawn by Your Light
$0.00 or moreDrawn by Your LightAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Away in a Manger. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: In darkness we gather, God, drawn by your light, your glorious presence that blesses the night, the light and the deep peace that Jesus imparts, the Spirit’s bright radiance that burns in our hearts. The light of Creation that made the first dawn, the pillar of fire that led Israel on, the star that led magi to where Jesus was now draws us to worship with alleluias. Your light shines so even the darkness is blessed this night as we wait for the coming of Christ. God, shine your light warmly in us by your grace, that we may bear healing and justice and peace. -
Drink from the Wells
$3.00 or moreDrink from the WellsAdd to cartOriginal song. Purchase includes digital download of lyrics and music and permission to use.
Based on Isaiah 12.2-3. Sing once through or repeat as a chant. Includes music for 4-part choir. (Hear the song in the Product Description below.) < Lyrics: Drink with joy from the wells of salvation. Trust and do not be afraid. God, your strength, has become your salvation. Trust, and do not be afraid. -
God, We Are Waiting
$3.00 or moreGod, We Are WaitingAdd to cartOriginal song. Purchase includes digital download of lyrics and music and permission to use. Advent dialogue between soloist and congregation. Two verses per week, following lectionary for year A. Includes a Kyrie and Eucharistic Prayer responses. (Audio sample in the Product Description below.) Lyrics: God, we are waiting, watching and hoping. Come to us and save us and bring us peace. 1. In the face of fear and the world's distress look for signs that God is here to bless. Let your heart not be weighed down with fear: your redemption's drawing near. 2. God will cause a righteous branch to grow, flourishing with love and justice. Help us walk the path of righteousness, and love; lead us in the way of hope. -
Isaiah 61
$0.00 or moreIsaiah 61Add to cartOriginal lyrics—Isaiah 61.1-4— set to the tune of O Little Town of Bethlehem. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: The Spirit of our loving God is strong in us and sure, sent in God’s grace to be God’s face with good news for the poor, to heal the brokenhearted, and set the captives free, and to proclaim in God’s own name their deep new liberty. We shall provide for those who mourn and broken lives repair, for God demands that in our hands God’s justice we shall bear. As earth brings forth new green things, our God will cause to rise the righteousness that all shall bless, the dawn that greets our eyes. -
Longing Night
$3.00 or moreLonging NightAdd to cartOriginal 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 -
Magnificat (Luke 1.46-55)
$0.00 or moreMagnificat (Luke 1.46-55)Add to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of What Child Is This. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: My soul sings out in joy to God, who’s favored me, so lowly. The Mighty One has kindly done great things, for God is holy. This, this is grace outlaid, God's mercy in the promise made, Praise, praise, the Faithful One, and magnify our savior! God brings the powerful down from thrones while lifting up the lowly. God feeds the poor, and the rich no more receive, but the hungry solely. Praise! Praise the Mighty one for all the things that God has done Love, love will honor God, who promises mercy forever -
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Additional Verse)
$0.00 or moreO Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Additional Verse)Add to cartAn additional verse to O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.
Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: O Come, O Christ, and in our darkness dwell, and be our Lover, our Emmanuel. Come, enter in the womb of our hearts, and bless us by the Life your grace imparts. Rejoice! O God, your Christ, once dead, you raise; and raised with him, we sing to you our praise. -
Prepare Your Way In Me
$3.00 or morePrepare Your Way In MeAdd to cartOriginal song. Purchase includes digital download of lyrics and music and permission to use. Based on Luke 3.4-9. (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description below.) Lyrics: Prepare your way in me, Love, prepare your way in me. Prepare your way in me, Love, prepare your way in me, my Love. 1. Make my rough places smooth, the crooked make straight, my Love. 2. Lay your hand at my root, that I may bear fruit, my Love. 3. Come and empty my heart of all things but you, my Love. 4. Guide my feet in your way; fill me with your peace, my Love. -
Promises of God
$3.00 or morePromises of GodAdd to cartOriginal song. Purchase includes digital download of lyrics and music and permission to use. 1 Peter 1.19 (Listen to it in the Product Description below.) Lyrics: Pay attention my friends, to the promises of God, like a candle shining in a dark place, 'till the morning star rises brightly in your hearts, so that even in the darkness you may walk in the light of God. -
Savior, in this Holy Darkness
$0.00 or moreSavior, in this Holy DarknessAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: Savior, in our longing darkness, waiting in our deepest night, come and grace our hunger and yearnings; for we live by hope, not sight. Christ, we long for you. Come bless us. Help us all to walk in the light. Savior, in our lonely darkness come to us who inwardly mourn. Raise the love that lies a captive; mend the cloth that has been torn. Come to us, O God, with holy love: wake us with the light of morn. Savior, in our wounded darkness, shadowed by our evil ways, fear and anger and injustice, violence that shutters our praise, come, O Christ, and heal our broken lives with love's gentle, dawning rays. Savior, in this deepening darkness, how we long to see your face! Yet you move, unseen among us with your mercy and your grace. Give us eyes of faith to see you, hidden in each time and place. Savior, in this holy darkness, no one sees the flight of the dove. No one hears the song of the angels. Yet there shines a lone star above. Grant this joy, to know your presence here. Come and fill our hearts with your love. -
Shepherd of Israel
$3.00 or moreShepherd of IsraelAdd to cartOriginal song. A dialogue between soloist and congregation. Three versions: Advent (Year B), Lent General, and Lent Lectionary (one for each lectionary year). Intended to be sung through the season, one verse (Advent) or two (Lent) each week. Cantor's verses reflect lectionary texts for the week. Also copntains a Kyrie that can be used independently. (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description below.) Lyrics for Advent: Congregation: Kyrie Eleison. Christe Eleison. Kyrie Eleison. Come to us, and grant your peace. Cantor: Week 1. Shepherd of Israel, come, restore your people. Shine your face on us and save us, God. Week 2. Comfort, speak tenderly. Gently lead your people. God, forgive our sins and make us new. Week 3. Pour out your Spirit, God, Heal the brokenhearted. Love, prepare our hearts to see your light. Week 4. Grant us your mercy, God. Fill the poor with good things. Guide our feet into your way of peace. -
Signs
$0.00 or moreSignsAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of O Little Town of Bethlehem. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: The night is long; the darkness deep; our childish dreams long gone. We lie awake with hearts that ache for warmth and light of dawn. We long to trust the promise the prophets have foretold: we look for signs of your designs for what the future holds. In our unknowing and our doubt, O Christ, you speak your Word: to stay awake and watch and wait for signs unseen, unheard. Yet in our very longing, your Spirit cries for home: for you are near, and hidden here, and yet are still to come. And so in silent stillness now we watch, and as we do your grace imparts into our hearts the gifts we seek in you. Our openness transforms us: for now your grace is clear, that we may shine and be a sign that Christ is drawing near. -
Sleeper, Awake
$3.00 or moreSleeper, AwakeAdd to cartOriginal song. Purchase includes digital download of lyrics and music and permission to use.
Ephesians 5.14. May be sung once or repeated in the style of Taize. (Listen to it in the Product Description below.) -
Tree of Life (Advent)
$3.00 or moreTree of Life (Advent)Add to cartOriginal 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. -
Winter Bird
$3.00 or moreWinter BirdAdd to cartOriginal song. Purchase includes digital download of lyrics and music and permission to use.
For solo or congregational singing, accompanied by piano or bell choir.
Hear an audio clip in the Product Description below. Lyrics: One winter night the woods were bare and cold as cold could be. A bird, while singing, wove a nest up in a barren tree. “Dear bird, “I said, “you have no young, and soon the snow will fall. Why do you build this winter nest, so fragile and so small?” “There is a gentle child,” she said, “whose coming is foretold: he comes from God to warm our wintry hearts when they're cold. My nest is small but it is all I can provide a guest. If he should come this way I pray he finds a little rest.” Now the woods are still, the bird is gone, the nest has filled with snow. But still the dear bird warms my heart, as she did long ago. O holy child, I long for such a loving guest as thee. Like her, I offer you my heart to make your nest in me.