I remember taking a harvest festival in an upland parish where the opening hymn was “We plough the fields and scatter“. I asked semi-rhetorically when a field had last been ploughed up there. Afterwards someone came and told me that it had been in 1942 or 1943 with the “dig for victory” push.– over 50 years previously.
Our Place's Harvest Festival this year is on 4th October, which will feel rather belated, I think. Despite this, FatherInCharge always insists on singing the 'traditional' harvest hymns, however irrelevant they may be to our inner-city UPA parish and to the changes brought about by the climate crisis...
Trinity 8 at Our Place tomorrow:
Jesus calls us: oe'r the tumult (St Andrew) All people that on earth do dwell (Old Hundreth) Be still, for the presence of the Lord (words and music by D J Evans) Now thank we all our God (Nun Danket)
Starting a sermon series on the Book of Proverbs today... I'm not sure I would have guessed that from the hymn selection.
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Rockingham)
I Want to Serve the Purpose of God (Mark Altrogge)
Sing We The King (Glory Song)
Join All the Glorious Names (Darwall)
God of grace and God of glory- Regent Square
Breathe on me breath of God- Trentham
God is love, let heaven adore him- Hyfrodol
Just as I am- Misericordia
Guide me O thou great redeemer- Cwm Rhondda
Hymns chosen by the organist, the most regular of our visiting team, playing for the last time, as his eyesight is failing. A poignant moment for him, and for me as I have known him from my previous church where he played magnificently.
New every morning is the love - Melcombe O give thanks to the Lord Lord Jesus Christ - Living Lord I'm accepted, I'm forgiven O praise ye the Lord - Laudate Dominum (Parry)
We had:
Before the throne of God above
Forgiveness is your gift (SOLAS AN T'SAOGHAIL)
Psalm 119:129-136 from 1650 Scottish Psalter (THE ROWAN TREE)
Come living God when least expected (SPIRITUS VITAE)
The Saviour died but rose again (ST ANDREW (TANS'UR))
We were celebrating our Patronal Festival with Parry's 'Blest pair of sirens' which is about five times as long as most of the anthems we sing. However, the choir always has August off, so on average...
RC Mass in a shared medieval church - Church in Wales/RC. The only instrument was a very well played treble recorder which sounded sweet in the acoustic. It was more suited to some hymns than others.
Lord of all hopefulness
Will you come and follow me.
Oh the Love of my Lord is the essence.
Calon Lan (sung in both English and Welsh simultaneously.)
The congregational Mass setting was devoid of a strong melody and featured some key changes that really needed some chords to help the folk along.
The text of Will you come and follow me is very dense and IMHO flies by too quickly to be unpicked when sung. Nice tune, though.
I am about to visit Australia to see my first (9 month old) grandchild. After a travel prayer from the rector, members of the choir led the congregation in singing Waltzing Matilda greatly to my surprise and shock.
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Jesus calls us: oe'r the tumult (St Andrew)
All people that on earth do dwell (Old Hundreth)
Be still, for the presence of the Lord (words and music by D J Evans)
Now thank we all our God (Nun Danket)
A nice selection IMHO...
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Rockingham)
I Want to Serve the Purpose of God (Mark Altrogge)
Sing We The King (Glory Song)
Join All the Glorious Names (Darwall)
Mass of St Thomas
God of grace and God of glory- Regent Square
Breathe on me breath of God- Trentham
God is love, let heaven adore him- Hyfrodol
Just as I am- Misericordia
Guide me O thou great redeemer- Cwm Rhondda
Hymns chosen by the organist, the most regular of our visiting team, playing for the last time, as his eyesight is failing. A poignant moment for him, and for me as I have known him from my previous church where he played magnificently.
Our offerings at St Pete's today:
New every morning is the love - Melcombe
O give thanks to the Lord
Lord Jesus Christ - Living Lord
I'm accepted, I'm forgiven
O praise ye the Lord - Laudate Dominum (Parry)
Could have been worse.
Responses (without choir!): Mass of St Thomas (Thorne).
"Be thou my vision" - Slane.
"King of glory, King of peace" - Gwalchmai.
"God is love" - Blaenwern.
"All for Jesus" - All for Jesus.
Before the throne of God above
Forgiveness is your gift (SOLAS AN T'SAOGHAIL)
Psalm 119:129-136 from 1650 Scottish Psalter (THE ROWAN TREE)
Come living God when least expected (SPIRITUS VITAE)
The Saviour died but rose again (ST ANDREW (TANS'UR))
Your love is amazing which always gives me a smile as it reminds me of this thread on the Old Ship.
Lord I lift your name on high
Lord of all hopefulness
Will you come and follow me.
Oh the Love of my Lord is the essence.
Calon Lan (sung in both English and Welsh simultaneously.)
The congregational Mass setting was devoid of a strong melody and featured some key changes that really needed some chords to help the folk along.
The text of Will you come and follow me is very dense and IMHO flies by too quickly to be unpicked when sung. Nice tune, though.