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This shimmering Advent choral begins with the piano playing Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus, then slowly shifts to minor as the text speaks of waiting in darkness. The refrain returns to major as hope...

A warm welcome into the community of Christ. This invitation to the House of Grace promises peace, charity, harmony, fellowship, and the open, loving arms of family. A contemporary ballad for choir or...

New Shawnee writer Ken Litton uses a great traditional hymn text as the foundation for this expressive choral tone poem. Use your own creative resources to incorporate a soloist or smaller group of si...

There is always a need for good music to bring appropriate closure to the worship event. In this gentle benediction, the focus is on our response to the calling of God to walk with Him as we serve eac...

Many churches have multiple services of different styles. Church members have different tastes in music. This song brings the whole body of believers together in worship. The music is a blend of tradi...

This worshipful prayer is a gentle, contemporary call to holiness. Comfortable ranges and a very singable tune make this piece an easy study and a heartwarming moment for the start of your worship cel...

A powerful and emotional song of faith. Craig Curry's Still is a renewal of our commitment to follow Christ and a gentle reminder to look to the cross in times of trouble. A promise to remain steadfas...

This may be the quintessential opening to any worship service. Using choir, congregation and orchestra to call the service to purpose, this inspiring octavo will be performed again and again to encour...

A winsome Benediction based on the celebrated blessing by Aaron from the Old Testament, with delicate piano writing and a lyric melodic gesture that provides a warm ending to any worship service.

Here is a very tender song of Thanksgiving and praise. Ruth E. Schram and Joseph Martin, two of sacred music's most published writers, join forces to create this unforgettable anthem for Thanksgiving...

Try a festive approach to Thanksgiving or general praise needs. A majestic opening leads to a driving theme full of syncopations and dramatic dynamic shifts. The composer mixes the classical with cont...

Robert Roesch delivers a highly expressive anthem of assurance using the beckoning calls of the Savior as choral invitation. Written with restraint and thoughtfully crafted, the music seems to melt ef...

Patti Drennan sets our feet to tapping from the very first note of this jazzy affirmation of God's presence and protection upon our lives. A tremendous message for troubled times this good natured pie...

Good benedictions are always needed to bring the worship experience to a sense of completion and to encourage the participants to carry that experience into the world beyond the walls of the sanctuary...

This gentle blessing of encouragement is the ideal conclusion for any worship event. There is a fresh contemporary approach to the words and music of this useful benediction and its singability will t...

David Giardiniere has taken a foundation hymn of the faith and given it a brilliant new treatment complete with brass, percussion and optional congregational participation. There is a certain dignity...

This anthem is a call to devotion and faithfulness as we sing of our love for God and for our desire to be in service to his people. 'We must learn the way of love' and share our faith by the lives we...

Lloyd Larson explores this thanksgiving theme within a very traditional musical syntax and yet there is a freshness to the writing that will appeal across stylistic boundaries. This anthem calls us to...

Dancing with joy this music seems ancient and yet it has an immediacy that draws the listener and singer into the spirit of worship. The 6/8 meter and the 'Celtic' feeling of the music give a confiden...

In celebration of Charles Wesley's 300th birthday, Joseph Martin gives us this lofty medley of some of Wesley's finest. Gathered into a potpourri of praise, this montage will lift the roofs with festi...

This lightly contemporary call to purpose is immediately engaging for the singer and listener alike. Designed to incorporate a featured duet, and create a contemporary flavor to the performance. A per...

Destined to become a sacred standard, this Patti Drennan song of praise is filled with awe and majesty. Set as a contemporary power ballad, the solo and duet that open the piece are optional, but comp...

Uses: Holy Week, Lent This anthem is a heart-wrenching portrait of the Man of Sorrows awash in the colors that this composer is so well known. The deep and sonorous harmonies of the choral writing are...

This anthem for Palm Sunday has a sound all its own. It uses a joyful dance-like approach to declaring the triumphant entry of the Savior with an attractive Celtic style of writing. Evocative text add...

Here is a charming service music set that will be embraced by choirs and congregations alike. An introit and a blessing written in the spirit of Celtic folksongs complete with an optional drum and han...