Singing from the Lectionary

Weekly song, hymn and recorded music suggestions and resources for worship - based on the Revised Common Lectionary. Suggestions are posted on Wednesday nights, usually a few weeks in advance of each Sunday.

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Seasons
Springtime Songs and Hymns
A couple of songs for Autumn / Fall

Season of Creation
Season of Creation 2A Land (11September 2011)
Season of Creation 3A Outback/Wilderness
(18 September 2011)
Season of Creation 4A River (25 September 2011)
Season of Creation 1B Earth (2 September 2012)
Season of Creation 2B Humanity (9 September 2012)
Season of Creation 3B Sky (16 September 2012)
Season of Creation 4B Mountain (23 September 2012)

Service Music
Sanctus / Holy Holy - scroll down.
Communion songs
Alleluias
Kyries
The Lord's Prayer
Intercessory Prayer responses

Special Occasions
Baptism songs and blessings
Farewell songs 
Confirmation songs
Welcoming new members
Ordinations / Commissionings
Funeral songs
Wedding and marriage songs
Songs for refugee and migrant awareness
Songs of lament (natural disasters / bushfires)
Songs of grief and lament (Overdose Awareness Day)
Harvest
Songs of Peace

Other festivals
Songs for All Saints' Day
Blessing of the Animals (St. Francis Day)
Mother's Day / Mothering Sunday
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Trinity Sunday C (May 26 2013)
Proper 4C / Pentecost +2C (June 2 2013)
Proper 5C / Pentecost +3C (June 9 2013)
Proper 6C / Pentecost +4C (June 16 2013)

Planning Ahead?
Proper 7C (2010 entry)

Want to talk to others about songs based on the lectionary? Got a question to ask?
Singing from the Lectionary facebook group

Other useful resources
The Text This Week (sermons, prayers, liturgies)
Together to Celebrate (praise and worship songs)
Lectionary Liturgies (prayers for each week)
Metrical index (sound samples arranged by meter; handy if you need a standard tune to some new words)
Spirited and singing (good practical tips on music in your congregation)

Index of abbreviations (roughly alphabetical):

AA: Alleluia Aotearoa (New Zealand Hymnbook Trust)
A&M: Ancient and Modern (2013 Edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern)
AoV, AoV2, AoVK, AoVNG: As One Voice, As One Voice 2, As One Voice For Kids and As One Voice The Next Generation
AHB: The Australian Hymn Book, published as "With One Voice" in NZ, UK (1977)
ATN, ATA, ATOK, ATE, ATW, ATFG: "All Together Now", "All Together Again", "All Together Everybody", "All Together OK", "All Together Whatever", "All Together For Good".
CH: Church Hymnary 4 (a.k.a. "Hymns of Glory Songs of Praise")
Cha: Chalice Hymnal
CoC: Carol our Christmas
CP: Common Praise. Anglican (Canada).
CP(E): Common Praise. Church of England.

ELW: Evangelical Lutheran Worship
FFS: Faith Forever Singing
GA: Gather Australia
G(II) / GC / GC(II) / G(3): Gather 2nd Edition, Gather Comprehensive, Gather Comprehensive 2, Gather 3.
GTB: Gospelling to the Beat
GtG:
Glory to God (sampler of New Presbyterian Hymnal)
HiOS: Hope is our Song (NZ Hymbook Trust)
HPP: Hymns for a Pilgrim People
HPSS / PH: Presbyterian (USA) Hymnal.
Iona: Various Songbooks from the Iona community
Lau: Laudate (Decani)
LBW: Lutheran Book of Worship.
MV: More Voices (United Church of Canada).
NCH: New Century Hymnal
PfAS: Psalms for all seasons
SFFS: Sing the Faith/The Faith we Sing
SP: Sing Praise, a new book from Hymns Ancient and Modern
SP&P: Sing! Prayer and Praise, new book
Srce: The Source
StB: Sound the Bamboo, (Christian Conference of Asia)
StS/StJ: Sing the Story, Sing the Journey
Taize: Various Songbooks from the Taize community
TiS:Together in Song
TOSB: The Other Song Book
Tune In: A collection of songs from Brunswick Uniting Church (my church!). Songbook available here.
UMH:
United Methodist Hymnal
URW: Upper Room Worshipbook
VU:
Voices United

W&R: Worship and Rejoice
WoV: With one Voice (Lutheran Book of Worship)
ZSS: Zion Still Sings

*: has been sung at BUC in the last 5 years
*: hasn't been sung at BUC in the last 5 years, but it's a good fit for us.
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Lectionary Singer (Natalie Sims)
Melbourne, Australia
I like singing and I like the Lectionary, so I really like suggesting songs that fit Lectionary themes! I am a small l liberal, small o orthodox, small p progressive, big C Christian laywoman who suggests songs for her congregation (Brunswick Uniting Church) every week. I grew up on a steady diet of Methodist hymn-singing and Scripture in Song. In my late teenage years I led a youth group and we did the whole Praise and Worship band thing and tried to be like Hillsong. We also had an a capella sextet that sang some pretty awesome African American Gospel. In my 20s, I grew to love Taize, Iona and African song (thank you World Council of Churches), then lived in the USA for 3 years and grew to love American hymnody and Sacred Harp singing, as well as the Catholic Mass and cantored Psalms. Congregationally, I like songs that are beautiful, that are intelligent, and that are inclusive. I believe a song doesn't have to be new to fit these criteria. I love songs written by people in my worship community, but I also think it's important to sing songs from other traditions and other countries. I'd love to hear from you! My email is: LectionarySinger@gmail.com
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