Acts 1:15-17, 21-26
Seeking God’s guidance to choose a leader (Matthias)
*Taize / TiS 747 / ATE 214 / Iona (M&G) / URW393 The Lord is my light, my light and salvation A simple and very popular Taize chant. Note that this is really easy on recorder if you have a kid in your congregation who is learning it. Try to be brave and sing this without hymnsheets, overheads or projected lyrics. I think it's better that way and it's not like it has lots of words. Good for kids. Youtube.
*NCH355 / UMH648 / VU514 / HPSS523 / W&R149 God the Spirit guide and guardian (Daw) Excellent, inclusive Trinitarian lyrics of God's guidance and blessing on leaders in the church community. Set to a variety of well known hymn tunes including HYFRYDOL (my favourite!), JEFFERSON, BLAENWERN and BETHANY. Lyrics.
*TiS 569 / AHB 478 / NCH18/19 / CH167 / UMH127 / VU651 / LBW343 ELW618 / HPP432 / HPSS281 / CP565 / CP(E) 455 / W&R501 / Cha622 / 82Hml690 Guide me O thou great Jehovah / Redeemer (Williams) A rousing hymn of God’s presence and strength and making it to the other side. Sound sample and lyrics.
*NCH497 / SFFS 2208 / HPPS354 / G(II)508 / G(3)78 / GC707 / GC(II)684 Guide my feet while I run this race An excellent civil rights song. Would work well as a meditative prayer for guidance or as an uplifting call to action at the end of the service.
*NCH416 / UMH464 I will trust in the Lord (Traditional Gospel) Traditional gospel song, that could work well with this passage. I like how it includes lyrics for Brother, Sister and Preacher. Maybe even “Let us trust in the Lord” for a congregation that is making decisions – except that “’til we die” bit doesn’t seem quite right. Lyrics.
Psalm 1
Those that trust in the Lord shall be like a tree planted by the water with roots in the stream and will fruit even in drought.
*StS116 I saw a tree by the riverside / The Tree Song (Ken Medema) A great kid’s song about roots growing down to the water, and leaves growing up to the sunshine, and bearing fruit, and all that great stuff. Good for kids. Video of Ken singing this song. Lyrics.
*Linnea Good Strong as living Trees A lovely haunting chant. Good for kids and adults alike.
NCH313 Like a tree beside the waters (Martin) Good congregational words of richness from the waters. Tune is a little bit tricky, so will need to be introduced. It can also be sung to the more familiar HYFRYDOL. Lyrics (downloads a pdf)
CP462 The hidden stream that feeds (Troeger) Good for the end of the service "We leave this watered place to work on rocky ground, Yet even there the streams of grace sustain our daily round. Lord, through our lives may others hear your living waters drawing near."
*TiS 607 / AoV2-126 / ATN 95 / CH528 / VU684 / StJ / SFFS 2171 / HPP406 / G(II)524 / GC726 / GC(II)721 / CP(E)519/ W&R587 / Srce 462 Make me a channel of your peace (Temple) Youtube video of Sinead O'Connor singing it and lyrics and MIDI file.
*URW223 Happy are they who delight (Hopson) One option is to use an African-American spiritual refrain "Like a tree that's planted by the water, we shall not be moved". I like it.
1 John 5:9-13
“Whoever has the Son has life”
*AoV2-068 / VU695 God is passionate life (Fulmer) Good simple round with a peace and justice focus. Easy to learn and sing. Great for kids and adults.
VU260 / CP428 God who gives to life its goodness (Farquharson) Good words to a well known tune (ABBOT'S LEIGH) Lyrics.
Traditional / ATA 124 / UMH494 / PH338 / W&R487 / Cha590 Kumbayah, my Lord. I think this song is really beautiful sometimes. Sometimes it’s really awful too, unfortunately. I was lucky enough to sing this with Trish Watts and our congregation at Paddington Uniting Church many years ago. It was sung as a quiet meditative chant, with improvised descants, which totally transformed this song for me. You can judge whether it will work for your congregation.
John 17:6-19
Christ’s prayer for the protection of his followers (?)
Again, I had trouble finding appropriate passages for this, but that could just be because I wasn't sure what you might preach on when reflecting on this passage.
*TiS 468 / NCH309 / PH436 We are your people Spirit of grace (Wren) I really like the lyrics to this one. The tune is a bit funny and the hymn is quite long - needs something to stop people plodding through it; maybe split the singing into male/female or different sides of the congregation. Lyrics.
*TiS 420 Holy Spirit go before us (Elizabeth Smith) Great words of evangelism and justice to a simple lilting melody. If you think your congregation can't cope with a new tune this week, it can be sung to AUSTRIA (TiS 93).
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 also works well if you don't, too. Sheet music, translations, sound samples.
TiS 546 / AHB 122 / CH491 / CH492 / LBW309 / ELW599 / HPP405 / PH301 / CP511 / CP(E) 97 / W&R386 / 82Hml-641 Lord Jesus think on me (Synesium of Cyrene) Uncomfortable words, but could be used quite beautifully. Hymnals vary widely in their translations of this ancient hymn. CH492 has better words, if you have a copy you might want to use them.
Seeking God’s guidance to choose a leader (Matthias)
*Taize / TiS 747 / ATE 214 / Iona (M&G) / URW393 The Lord is my light, my light and salvation A simple and very popular Taize chant. Note that this is really easy on recorder if you have a kid in your congregation who is learning it. Try to be brave and sing this without hymnsheets, overheads or projected lyrics. I think it's better that way and it's not like it has lots of words. Good for kids. Youtube.
*NCH355 / UMH648 / VU514 / HPSS523 / W&R149 God the Spirit guide and guardian (Daw) Excellent, inclusive Trinitarian lyrics of God's guidance and blessing on leaders in the church community. Set to a variety of well known hymn tunes including HYFRYDOL (my favourite!), JEFFERSON, BLAENWERN and BETHANY. Lyrics.
*TiS 569 / AHB 478 / NCH18/19 / CH167 / UMH127 / VU651 / LBW343 ELW618 / HPP432 / HPSS281 / CP565 / CP(E) 455 / W&R501 / Cha622 / 82Hml690 Guide me O thou great Jehovah / Redeemer (Williams) A rousing hymn of God’s presence and strength and making it to the other side. Sound sample and lyrics.
*NCH497 / SFFS 2208 / HPPS354 / G(II)508 / G(3)78 / GC707 / GC(II)684 Guide my feet while I run this race An excellent civil rights song. Would work well as a meditative prayer for guidance or as an uplifting call to action at the end of the service.
*NCH416 / UMH464 I will trust in the Lord (Traditional Gospel) Traditional gospel song, that could work well with this passage. I like how it includes lyrics for Brother, Sister and Preacher. Maybe even “Let us trust in the Lord” for a congregation that is making decisions – except that “’til we die” bit doesn’t seem quite right. Lyrics.
Psalm 1
Those that trust in the Lord shall be like a tree planted by the water with roots in the stream and will fruit even in drought.
*StS116 I saw a tree by the riverside / The Tree Song (Ken Medema) A great kid’s song about roots growing down to the water, and leaves growing up to the sunshine, and bearing fruit, and all that great stuff. Good for kids. Video of Ken singing this song. Lyrics.
*Linnea Good Strong as living Trees A lovely haunting chant. Good for kids and adults alike.
NCH313 Like a tree beside the waters (Martin) Good congregational words of richness from the waters. Tune is a little bit tricky, so will need to be introduced. It can also be sung to the more familiar HYFRYDOL. Lyrics (downloads a pdf)
CP462 The hidden stream that feeds (Troeger) Good for the end of the service "We leave this watered place to work on rocky ground, Yet even there the streams of grace sustain our daily round. Lord, through our lives may others hear your living waters drawing near."
*TiS 607 / AoV2-126 / ATN 95 / CH528 / VU684 / StJ / SFFS 2171 / HPP406 / G(II)524 / GC726 / GC(II)721 / CP(E)519/ W&R587 / Srce 462 Make me a channel of your peace (Temple) Youtube video of Sinead O'Connor singing it and lyrics and MIDI file.
*URW223 Happy are they who delight (Hopson) One option is to use an African-American spiritual refrain "Like a tree that's planted by the water, we shall not be moved". I like it.
1 John 5:9-13
“Whoever has the Son has life”
You
could sing any joyful “Alleluia” for this reading.
*Tune In: Come O God and visit us sick we pray / Your abundant life
(Brown) A joyful song "Lead us into your abundant life". This has been
sung frequently by the musicians at BUC, but not by the congregation! Lyrics and sound sample.*AoV2-068 / VU695 God is passionate life (Fulmer) Good simple round with a peace and justice focus. Easy to learn and sing. Great for kids and adults.
VU260 / CP428 God who gives to life its goodness (Farquharson) Good words to a well known tune (ABBOT'S LEIGH) Lyrics.
Traditional / ATA 124 / UMH494 / PH338 / W&R487 / Cha590 Kumbayah, my Lord. I think this song is really beautiful sometimes. Sometimes it’s really awful too, unfortunately. I was lucky enough to sing this with Trish Watts and our congregation at Paddington Uniting Church many years ago. It was sung as a quiet meditative chant, with improvised descants, which totally transformed this song for me. You can judge whether it will work for your congregation.
John 17:6-19
Christ’s prayer for the protection of his followers (?)
Again, I had trouble finding appropriate passages for this, but that could just be because I wasn't sure what you might preach on when reflecting on this passage.
*TiS 468 / NCH309 / PH436 We are your people Spirit of grace (Wren) I really like the lyrics to this one. The tune is a bit funny and the hymn is quite long - needs something to stop people plodding through it; maybe split the singing into male/female or different sides of the congregation. Lyrics.
*TiS 420 Holy Spirit go before us (Elizabeth Smith) Great words of evangelism and justice to a simple lilting melody. If you think your congregation can't cope with a new tune this week, it can be sung to AUSTRIA (TiS 93).
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 also works well if you don't, too. Sheet music, translations, sound samples.
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