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BRIDESMAID
Adam Tice’s “The Church of Christ Cannot Be Bound” is an urgent call for the church to take action in the world:
The church of Christ cannot be bound
by walls of wood or stone.
Where charity and love are found–
there can the church be known.This new tune, BRIDESMAID.* It was conceived as a simple folk song in the tradition of 60s protest songs like “The Times They Are A Changin” or “If I Had a Hammer.” I’m sure the tune would fit other texts, as well.
This hymn is a free download. If you sing this song in your church please report its use to CCLI or OneLicense.
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Broken and Wasted
Price range: $0.00 through $5.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page[audio mp3="https://gregscheer.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/broken_and_wasted.mp3"][/audio]This song is based on a prayer of confession written by John Polhill from the Iona Community. It recognizes how we harm God’s creation, both through personal actions and global systems. The verses, which ask God to bless our lament and grief over how we have cared for his world, are punctuated by the prayer “Kyrie eleison”— “Lord, have mercy.”
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Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies
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Charles Wesley originally titled this text simply “Morning Hymn.” Indeed, the text is filled with images of morning, light, and day. This new tune complements Wesley’s wide-eyed, joyful text, conveying the refreshing hope of a new sunrise. Though the song itself is simple and singable, I’ve added a challenging and exciting instrumental verse that either keyboard or two solo instruments can play.
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Come Home
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I was reading the excellent Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi by Amy-Jill Levine, and as I contemplated the parable of the prodigal son I imagined a song that would bind the son’s story to ours.
This leadsheet is a free download. If you sing this song in your church please report its use to CCLI or OneLicense.
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Come, Sinners, Come, to the Gospel Feast
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In 1747, Charles Wesley wrote a beautiful hymn that turns the parable of the great banquet in Luke 14:15-24 into a sung altar call. This lively folk melody captures the urgency of that call to salvation, giving new life to this historical text.
This song is mentioned in Greg’s podcast, “2021 Musical Year in Review.”
This leadsheet is a free download. If you sing this song in your church please report its use to CCLI or OneLicense.
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Everlasting to Everlasting
Download leadsheets for all the songs in the cantata here, or find an individual psalm below:
Psalm 113: From the Rising of the Sun
Psalm 114: Tremble Before the Lord
Psalm 115: For the Glory of Your Name
Psalm 116: Be at Rest
Psalm 117: All You Nations
Psalm 118: Everlasting to Everlasting -
Faithful Stewards
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This children’s song is based on 1 Corinthians 4:1-2 (“servants of Christ and stewards of God’s mysteries”). It instills the idea that we are not only called to be stewards of money but of all the gifts God has given us.
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Hosanna in the Highest (The King of Glory)
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You can almost imagine Jesus coming closer as this song progresses: The verses begin with prophecies of the Messiah with which the crowd would have been familiar (Ps 24, Is 40) and the people answer with the Palm Sunday refrain of “Hosanna in the highest!” It uses the familiar Jewish folk tune (“The King of Glory Comes”), which your congregation likely already knows.
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I Will Not Let You Go
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The story of Jacob’s late-night wrestling match with a stranger (Genesis 32:22-31) is a common Bible story, but there simply aren’t a lot of song options for it. This gem of a hymn text was written by Samuel Medley, and encourages us to follow Jacob’s lead, holding onto God with all our might and not letting go until we are named and blessed by God.
This leadsheet is a free download. If you sing this song in your church, please report its use to CCLI or OneLicense.
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It Was a Midnight, Dark and Cold
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This is a Yuletide carol inspired by “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear.” It maintains that carol’s idea of the angels’ song reverberating throughout human history, but adds a chorus that ends with: “And still today, open hearts and listening ears can hear the angels sing.” I love the overtones from one of Jesus’ favorite phrases: “those who have ears, let them hear.” That is, having hope in an often dark world takes faith and openness.