Monthly Archives: September 2020

More wonderful words from Shirley Erena Murray are found in this song for Eucharist. Hope Publications kindly give the text here and a setting by Jane Holstein. Gather Australia have set it to an interesting waltz tune by Margaret Thomas … Continue reading →

Most of the songs for Eucharist in Gather Australia have been covered elsewhere on this blog but this one is new to me. The text is by Muus Jacobse and translated by Forest Ingram and David Smith and can be … Continue reading →

This is a song for confirmation with a text by Tom Colvin and a tune he adapted from a Gonja folk song. It is from way back in 1969. Hope Publications provide the text and the sheet music, although they … Continue reading →

Entrance:  Sing Out Earth and Skies (Haugen) AOV 2/32     Psalm 79 (McKenna) The vineyard of the Lord is the House of Israel. Gifts:  Our Supper Invitation (Bates) AOV 1/185 Communion: Bread Broken, Wine Shared Bread  (Horner) AOV 2/155 Thanksgiving: Blest Be … Continue reading →

While I’m not covering every last piece of liturgical music in Gather Australia, I would never pass up a baptism song with a text by Shirley Erena Murray. The words are available from those lovely people at Hope Publishing here. … Continue reading →

Having done AOV, CWB II, “All Are Welcome” and all the Marty Haugen songs in Gather Comprehensive, I still haven’t scratched the surface of his prolific catalogue it appears. Gather Australia puts this Marty Haugen song in their baptism section. … Continue reading →

* NB I have rewritten this post after Chris Wroblewski educated me on what this song was and where it was from – see comments. I am going back to delve into Gather Australia again. I only did the songs … Continue reading →

I’ve finished the new OCP Breaking Bread songs for 2020 – the 2021 choices have been announced already and I will get to them at some point. Before I move on to another project though, here is yet another OCP … Continue reading →

This 2015 song by Sarah Hart was added to Breaking Bread for 2020. It is a sweet song of consolation with a devious memorable tune. She is featured in three songs that were added for 2020. The sheet music can … Continue reading →

Gregory Norbet is still active writing songs after all these years. This 2017 song was included for Breaking Bread by OCP in 2020. The text is based on John 14:1-14 and 1 John 4:16. It has verses that would suit … Continue reading →