Isaiah 50:4-9a
Strength when people mock you
*TiS 636 / VU272 / WoV715 / LBW250 / ELW533 / URW076 / 82Hml-536 God has spoken to his people Alleluia (Hasidic traditional) In many versions this song is not inclusive for God. VU and WoV have gender inclusive language for God: "God has spoken to the people… and those words are / God has spoken words of wisdom". WoV also has the traditional Hebrew chorus of "Torah ora torah ora hallelujah" which means "The Lord is light" and would be great to sing; and it's the original words!
*2007TiS 162 / AHB 114 Thank you for giving me the morning (de Haas) Needs a key change or two as you go. Good for little kids.
*2010Iona (M&G, T1AU) / MV099 / GC(II)673 / G(3)763 / Lau996 Stand O Stand Firm (Cameroon) I love having an excuse to sing this simple and powerful song. Very easy for your congregation. You can make up cantor parts too “Oh my sisters…. Oh my brothers… Oh my children….” or you can name countries you are praying for in your intercessions. Good for kids. Scottish sound sample. Lead sheet.
Psalm 31:9-16
*2006Worldmaking.net O Holy One (Bruxvoort-Colligan) A very simple song for the start of worship. It could be sung altogether as a congregation or responsively. We sang this once every week of Lent; I think it would be safe to come back to it now. Sound sample and lyrics. Good for kids.
GC42 / GC(II)31 Abba Abba I Put My Life in Your Hands / Pongo mi Vida (Haas) Spanish and English lyrics for this simple version of Psalm 31. Sheet music and lyrics. Sound sample.
PfAS031A Empty broken lifeless (Cerneka) A sorrowful chant-like refrain, and verses that should be best sung by a cantor. A good version for Passion Sunday.
TiS 19 / Iona (PPP&P) / ATOK 339 In you O Lord I found refuge (Bell) A simple cantor and response Psalm. Really brief sound sample.
URW256 Make your face to shine upon your servant (Wilkey) Spoken responsive psalm with refrains. It is not really simple, but worth working on.
Ps Project Into Your Hands (Bruxvoort-Colligan) A very very very very simple chant.
*CP517 / W&R503 O God your constant care and love (Lanier) Quite good words about God's presence with us through our lives. Sung to a standard hymn tune. Lyrics and tune sample.
TiS 240 / AHB182 / CH393 We turn to God when we are sorely pressed (Bonhoeffer) Excellent words of our need for God, God's suffering, and God's generosity. Sung to a standard hymn tune. Lyrics and a number of translations. I much prefer the Church Hymnary version to the translations in TiS and AHB.
CH725 Today I live one day shall come my death An unusual theme remarking on the inevitability of death and that we have no need to fear it. Lovely tune. Lyrics.
*TiS 682 / ATW 490 / GA236 / AA151 When human voices cannot sing (Murray) Lovely words of healing in the face of grief. I prefer this sung to ST COLUMBA, which is the tune in GA and TiS. Lyric
StJ / G(II)346 / GC506 / GC(II)508 You Are All We Have (O'Brien) A nice refrain and good cantor parts. Somewhat formal. Sound sample, sheet music sample and a different sound sample.
Philippians 2:5-11
*TiS 721 / Iona (LFB) / URW431 He became poor that we may be rich (Iona) A simple chant. Timing is a little bit tricky, so you will need to take a little time to teach it initially. "He became poor, that we may be rich, loving the world and leaving his throne; King of all kings, and Lord of all Lords, flesh of our flesh and bone of our bone".
Taize / MV075 / StS079 / SFFS 2118 / GC(II)479 / SP99 / URW395 Holy Spirit Come to Us / Veni sancte spiritus / Tui amoris (Berthier) Best if you have a cantor, but works well if you don't, too. Sheet music, translations, sound samples.
TiS 341 / AHB 257 / NCH222 / CH399 / VU143 / WoV661 / LBW094 / ELW782 / SFFS 2083 / HPP329 PH076 / CP184 / CP(E) 112 / Srce2-426 / 82Hml-458 My song is love unknown (Crossman) I really love this old and beautiful song. I prefer it sung to LOVE UNKNOWN. Lyrics.
Worldmaking.net O Christ, Lamb of God (Bruxvoort-Colligan) A more modern Agnus Dei, with Christ sharing our weakness. Lyrics and sound sample.
*TiS 242 / AHB 183 / AoV1-018 / ATN 27 / CH404 / UMH261 / VU352 / HPP163 / PH302 / G(II)481 / GC708 / GC(II)689 / CP(E) 468 / W&R118 I danced in the morning / Lord of the Dance (Carter / SIMPLE GIFTS). Lyrics and tune sample.You all know this one, right? Good for kids
*GtB God is love and love is giving (Langmead) A simple kids' song about God's love. A round. Good for kids
*Tune In O Spirit God to you we pray / In the shape of a cross (Brown) A cry to God for help. Reference recording, lyrics and songbook.
Mark 14:1-15:47 or Mark 15:1-39, (40-47)
See suggestions for Maundy Thursday and Good Friday.
Strength when people mock you
*TiS 636 / VU272 / WoV715 / LBW250 / ELW533 / URW076 / 82Hml-536 God has spoken to his people Alleluia (Hasidic traditional) In many versions this song is not inclusive for God. VU and WoV have gender inclusive language for God: "God has spoken to the people… and those words are / God has spoken words of wisdom". WoV also has the traditional Hebrew chorus of "Torah ora torah ora hallelujah" which means "The Lord is light" and would be great to sing; and it's the original words!
*2007TiS 162 / AHB 114 Thank you for giving me the morning (de Haas) Needs a key change or two as you go. Good for little kids.
*2010Iona (M&G, T1AU) / MV099 / GC(II)673 / G(3)763 / Lau996 Stand O Stand Firm (Cameroon) I love having an excuse to sing this simple and powerful song. Very easy for your congregation. You can make up cantor parts too “Oh my sisters…. Oh my brothers… Oh my children….” or you can name countries you are praying for in your intercessions. Good for kids. Scottish sound sample. Lead sheet.
Psalm 31:9-16
*2006Worldmaking.net O Holy One (Bruxvoort-Colligan) A very simple song for the start of worship. It could be sung altogether as a congregation or responsively. We sang this once every week of Lent; I think it would be safe to come back to it now. Sound sample and lyrics. Good for kids.
GC42 / GC(II)31 Abba Abba I Put My Life in Your Hands / Pongo mi Vida (Haas) Spanish and English lyrics for this simple version of Psalm 31. Sheet music and lyrics. Sound sample.
PfAS031A Empty broken lifeless (Cerneka) A sorrowful chant-like refrain, and verses that should be best sung by a cantor. A good version for Passion Sunday.
TiS 19 / Iona (PPP&P) / ATOK 339 In you O Lord I found refuge (Bell) A simple cantor and response Psalm. Really brief sound sample.
URW256 Make your face to shine upon your servant (Wilkey) Spoken responsive psalm with refrains. It is not really simple, but worth working on.
Ps Project Into Your Hands (Bruxvoort-Colligan) A very very very very simple chant.
*CP517 / W&R503 O God your constant care and love (Lanier) Quite good words about God's presence with us through our lives. Sung to a standard hymn tune. Lyrics and tune sample.
TiS 240 / AHB182 / CH393 We turn to God when we are sorely pressed (Bonhoeffer) Excellent words of our need for God, God's suffering, and God's generosity. Sung to a standard hymn tune. Lyrics and a number of translations. I much prefer the Church Hymnary version to the translations in TiS and AHB.
CH725 Today I live one day shall come my death An unusual theme remarking on the inevitability of death and that we have no need to fear it. Lovely tune. Lyrics.
*TiS 682 / ATW 490 / GA236 / AA151 When human voices cannot sing (Murray) Lovely words of healing in the face of grief. I prefer this sung to ST COLUMBA, which is the tune in GA and TiS. Lyric
StJ / G(II)346 / GC506 / GC(II)508 You Are All We Have (O'Brien) A nice refrain and good cantor parts. Somewhat formal. Sound sample, sheet music sample and a different sound sample.
Philippians 2:5-11
*TiS 721 / Iona (LFB) / URW431 He became poor that we may be rich (Iona) A simple chant. Timing is a little bit tricky, so you will need to take a little time to teach it initially. "He became poor, that we may be rich, loving the world and leaving his throne; King of all kings, and Lord of all Lords, flesh of our flesh and bone of our bone".
Taize / MV075 / StS079 / SFFS 2118 / GC(II)479 / SP99 / URW395 Holy Spirit Come to Us / Veni sancte spiritus / Tui amoris (Berthier) Best if you have a cantor, but works well if you don't, too. Sheet music, translations, sound samples.
TiS 341 / AHB 257 / NCH222 / CH399 / VU143 / WoV661 / LBW094 / ELW782 / SFFS 2083 / HPP329 PH076 / CP184 / CP(E) 112 / Srce2-426 / 82Hml-458 My song is love unknown (Crossman) I really love this old and beautiful song. I prefer it sung to LOVE UNKNOWN. Lyrics.
Worldmaking.net O Christ, Lamb of God (Bruxvoort-Colligan) A more modern Agnus Dei, with Christ sharing our weakness. Lyrics and sound sample.
*TiS 242 / AHB 183 / AoV1-018 / ATN 27 / CH404 / UMH261 / VU352 / HPP163 / PH302 / G(II)481 / GC708 / GC(II)689 / CP(E) 468 / W&R118 I danced in the morning / Lord of the Dance (Carter / SIMPLE GIFTS). Lyrics and tune sample.You all know this one, right? Good for kids
*GtB God is love and love is giving (Langmead) A simple kids' song about God's love. A round. Good for kids
*Tune In O Spirit God to you we pray / In the shape of a cross (Brown) A cry to God for help. Reference recording, lyrics and songbook.
Mark 14:1-15:47 or Mark 15:1-39, (40-47)
See suggestions for Maundy Thursday and Good Friday.
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