Entrance: A Voice in the Wilderness (Robinson) AOV 1/60
Psalm 103 (McKenna)
Oh, bless the Lord, my soul!
Gifts: Come to the Water (Andersen) AOV 1/74
Communion: Table of Plenty (Schutte) AOV 2/20
Gather Your People (Hurd) AOV 1/71
Recessional: Send Down the Fire (Haugen) AOV 2/164
We haven’t had a music meeting for some time so our fearless leader has been making the selections since Christmas and I note that all her selections this week could be used as gathering songs, which is very clever for a Baptism liturgy.
Good selections for your parish Geoff.
Corinda Graceville
Gathering: All the Ends of the Earth (Dufford)
Sprinkling Rite: Baptised in Water (Saward)
Psalm: Colin Smith version
POG: Every Valley (Dufford)
Communion: Taste and See (Moore)
Sending Forth: Praise to You, O Christ, Our Saviour (Farrell) – verses 1 & 2
Similar situation to Geoff’s parish for planning our music selections for this period.
youth choir
opening: When Jesus Comes to be Baptized (winchester new)
offertory: Come to the Water (Foley)
communion: Spirit and Grace (Manalo), Love Has Come (Maher)
closing: Every Valley (Dufford)
adult choir
opening: Baptized in Water (Saward; bunessan)
offertory: By the Waking of our Hearts (Manalo)
communion: Lead Us to the Water (Kendzia, Daigle), Rain Down (Cortez)
closing: When Jesus Comes to be Baptized (winchester new)
Gathering: To Jordan Jesus Humbly Came (Hommerding; WINCHESTER NEW)
Sprinkling Rite: Springs of Water, Bless the Lord (Haugen)
Gloria: Mass for a Servant Church (Giumont)
Psalm 104: O Bless the Lord, My Soul (Alstott)
Christmas Season Gospel Acclamation (Bridge)
Gifts: Songs of Thankfulness and Praise (Wordsworth; SALZBURG)
Mass Parts w/ We Proclaim: Mass for a Servant Church (Guimont)
Communion: Praise to You, O Christ Our Savior (Farrell)
God Has Chosen Me (Farrell)
Closing: Joy to the World
St Agatha’s, Clayfield, QLD on Sunday at 7am
Gathering Song: Out of Darkness (GA 504) Christopher Walker
Psalm: read
Preparation of the Gifts: (Quiet Music) A Touching Place (GA 469) John L Bell
Communion: We Are Called (GA 514) David Haas
Thanksgiving: (Quiet Music) As Gentle as Silence (GA 470) Estelle White
Recessional: Once in Royal David’s City (GA 297)
I have never attended a music meeting for our parish in the 15 years I have been playing. We have a list for each month: D’Arne and I choose the music for ‘quiet music’. Some months we have the occasional ‘quiet music’ in our list; in December 2015 we had two ‘quiet music’ slots most weeks.
One of the benefits of being on the team that picks music is you don’t get a massive Christopher Walker piece thrown at you! I played this morning with my little acoustic travel guitar and would have my hands full with that one.
From your other post it sounds like you coped – congratulations.
Geoff
Thank you, Geoff. We have in the past swapped pieces and let the priest know just before mass. The person in charge of the words just scrolled through the discarded songs. Usually a swap means a solo. But once we had a request from a parishioner (who did not enjoy the newer music) for an old favourite. Everyone in the congregation sang from memory without music. That was very special.
The parish’s ukulele group provided the music, together with a blues/jazz guitarist who provided richer accompaniment/bass/riffs:
E: Give Me Joy in My Heart (keep me praising)
PoG: Come to the Water (Andersen)
C: He is Lord
Give Thanks (Henry Smith)
R: Just a closer walk with Thee
The ukulele group’s first time providing the music for Mass.
I wish them well. With sympathetic song choices, as above, and a bass uke (aka guitar) I’m sure they will minister well.
With all the ukelele groups about now, they may be the only musicians left in a few years. I have a baritone uke that sounds almost as good as my travel guitar and is in the same tuning, but I don’t think I’ll try my banjo uke at Mass.
Geoff
Entrance: Here I am Lord – Schutte
Kyrie A Thiarna
Gloria said
Psalm Bless the Lord my Soul – Taizé
Alleluia Pilgrim Alleluia – Lawton
Offertory Be Still for the Presence of the Lord
Holy Holy Local version
MoF St Columba – When we eat this bread”
LoG Local version
Comm Come the Water – Foley (“O let all who thirst …”)
Final City of God – Schutte
I love Foley’s “Come to the Water.”
For good or ill, Frank Andersen’s song of the same name holds sway locally and my daughter who sang with us yesterday was lamenting that choice.
Geoff
I suspect that’s true in a lot of Oz and NZ. We had a sister working here (Ireland) who had spent a lot of time in NZ: she was very surprised when she asked for “Come to the Water” and the musician launched into the Foley version!