Contemporary Song choices for the Transfiguration of Our Lord

Contemporary Song choices for the Transfiguration of Our Lord Scripture References: Mt 17:1-13, Mk 9:2-13, 2 Cor 3:12-4:2, Ex 24:12, 15-18, 2 Peter 1:16-21, 2 Cor 4:3-6. Ex 34:29-35, Ps 148, Lk 9:28-36, 2 Ki 2:1-12 Contemporary Song choices for the Transfiguration   of Our Lord Song Title Author / Songbook Comments Did You Feel [...]

Music to Close Your Worship Service

Finding contemporary music to match the day’s worship theme is not easy, especially if you need to find four or five songs per Sunday.  You can make this a little easier by making sure that the hymn of the day (HOTD) is a tight match to the  readings but the opening song and closing song [...]

Contemporary Epiphany Song Choices

Here’s a listing of some great contemporary pieces to use during the season of Epiphany:  Epiphany Music Title / Author Sheet Music Source Comments One Small ChildDavid Meece LAPPY Songbook #232 Good congregational song Joy has Dawned Stuart Townend & Keith Getty www.gettymusic.com  Good congregational song (mentions the wise men & their gifts) Offering (Christmas [...]

Gospel Motivation

I am predestined, called, justified and glorified, not to mention – saved (Romans 8:30) by someone who was stricken, smitten and afflicted (Isaiah 53:4).  If you know me, you would conclude that something is wrong with this picture. But the reality is that there is nothing wrong with it.  It’s God’s plan from the beginning [...]

Song Choices to Accompany Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount

Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount is documented in the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 5:1-47. It begins with the beautiful Beatitudes in verses 1-12. This section of scripture comes up in our Lectionary during the season of Epiphany on 1/30/11 (Mt 5:1-12), 2/6/11 (Mt 5:13-20) and 2/13 (Mt 5:21-37). The following are my favorite songs to [...]

Epiphany Worship Planning

Epiphany is one of the hardest worship services to choose contemporary music for.  The reason for this is twofold.  First, there isn’t a lot of good contemporary music for Epiphany available to choose from.  And second, your band will have very little time to rehearse due to the busyness of the Christmas / New Year’s [...]

A Liturgy based on Five Solas

A Liturgy based on Five Solas   Sola Scriptura : Scripture alone   Pastor: All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.   (2 Timothy 3:16-17) All:      I will bow down toward your holy temple and [...]

May the Peace of God (CW745)

We will be closing our blended service on 10/11 with a new song from the hymnal supplement called “May the Peace of God”.   It’s a benediction song and you can see one of the songwriters (Stuart Townend) perform the song here: He wrote it together with Keith Getty.  It’s also interesting to note that Stuart [...]

Who is this Keith Getty guy who appears in our new Hymnal Supplement?

I’ve written about Keith Getty’s music in the past, particularly those new songs that have been included in our new Hymnal Supplement, most notably “In Christ Alone”.  Keith and his wife Kristyn were interviewed recently.   You readers just have to read this interview.  Copyright laws prohibit me to reproduce it in its entirety so I [...]

A modern day hymn?

A supplement to our Hymnal (Christian Worship) was introduced at the recent “National Conference on Worship, Music and the Arts” in July 2008.  Included in the Hymnal Supplement will be several contemporary songs by the songwriting duo of Keith Getty and Stuart Townend.   Keith Getty and Staurt Townend are modern day hymn writers living [...]