A Celebration of Music
Sept 24, 2023
A Celebration of Music
Worship Participants:
Worship Leader: Hannah & Adrian
Song Leaders: Harry, Suzi, Ken & Sharon
Reader: Asher
Sound Technician: Jaimie
Hymnals Used: Voices Together and The Mennonite Hymnal
Order of Service:
Announcements & Welcome
Opening reading VT #855
Prayer
10,000 Reasons VT #111
Published first in 2011 Ten Thousand Reasons was co-written by Matt Redman an English composer who has released 16 albums, written 8 books, and helped start three church-plants. As well as Swedish born songwriter Jonas Myrin, who is known for writing songs for artists such as Steven Curtis Chapman, Celine Dion, Hillsong Music, Sony, Warner Brothers, and many more.
This hymn won 2 Grammy Awards in 2013 and has been published in 14 hymnals.
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah VT #606
Also known commonly as Guide Me, this text was first published in 1771 by William Williams, a poet who wrote only in Welsh.
This hymn was first published in 1904 and is included in 110 hymnals using various tunes.
Draw the Circle VT #802
Draw the Circle was first published in 2008 and was written by Canadian composer Gordon Light in 1994. An Anglican Priest (and later a bishop) who served in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he formed a music ministry and publishing group with three others, called The Common Cup Company that began in 1979. The text for this song was inspired by an address made by Bishop, Ed Browning, to the Council of bishops, in which he pressed them to be a more inclusive community.
Reading VT #855
There's a Wild Hope in the Wind VT #828
This is the first time this song has appeared in a hymnal. Published in Voices Together in 2020 the Canadian composer, Lora Braun, died after a long fight with cancer, in Morden Manitoba the same year her hymn was first published.
All Who Are Thirsty VT #49
Co-Written by Brenton Brown a South African composer who has composed songs for some of Christian music's most well known artists, and Glenn Roberts a fellow Oxford student. This hymn was first published in 1998 and has been printed in four hymnals one of which is in Spanish
Scripture Reading Psalm 100
A Short Message Asher & Adrian
Sometimes a Light Surprises TMH #253
The lyricist, William Cowper (pronounced Cooper) was an English poet and Anglican hymn writer, who is thought to have changed the direction of 18th-century ‘nature poetry’ by writing of everyday life and scenes of the countryside. Cowper struggled with deep depression and used his poetry to help ease it. Words from this poem first appeared in print in 1779 and are currently in print in 401 hymnals using varying tunes.
Offering Prayer VT #1016
Let Justice Flow Down VT #791
Published for the first time in 1994, and written by Douglas Romanow. Let Justice Flow Down was written for an organization called Citizens for Public Justice, a Canadian organization based in Ottawa that does justice-based research, publishing, and education on Canadian policy issues such as poverty in Canada, climate justice, and refugee rights.
Reading VT #882
Siyahamba VT #793
This song was first transcribed by Andries van Tonder in 1952, but could be a much older Zulu folk song. Anders Nyberg, the arranger of the piece we have in our hymnal, heard and recorded "Siyahamba" at a girls' school in Natal South Africa.
In 1984, Nyberg arranged "Siyahamba" for a four-voice setting and published it for the first time.
Sending Prayer VT #881
Go and Make a Joyful Noise in all the Lands