Sun, Jul 27th - 8:40PM
The Daily Office...
A prayer adapted from Psalm 130
Lord, when I'm in my deepest depression I call to you for help. Hear me crying out Lord, pay attention to my prayer.
How could I ever survive if you kept count of my sins, because there are SOOO many of them.
You offer me forgiveness so I could learn to fear you.
I can depend on you and I can put my hope in my Word.
I long for you Lord, more than one longs for the dawn.
In the Lord there is unfailing love, your redemption overflows. You have redeemed me from every kind of sin.
Thank you!
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Fri, May 9th - 10:14PM
Hymn 3 and hopefully not the last
Hopefully, this comes across as a Charles Wesley style hymn. I put it
the same tune as Wesley's "O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing." We'll see
what the teacher thinks.
This has actually been a fun
assignment. Hopefully, I will take this to the next level to and put my
own tunes to the words and "clean up" the text some. That's one part of
my life, that I've really missed is the song writing. It's been such a
long time since I've written anything. :(
Tune: AZMON (O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing)
Reference: Ephesians 2:8-10
God gave to me His gift of grace
A gift so free indeed
He came to me and showed His face
A call to let Him lead.
No works I can do to earn it
A gift so free indeed
It’s not by works, I must admit
Through Christ I have been freed.
I’m freed from sin’s dark destiny
His gift so free for me
I give myself to Him daily
His face I hope to see
Created in Christ for good deeds
Prepared by God for me
His workmanship I am indeed
He has made me worthy.
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Fri, May 9th - 10:02PM
Hymn 3 and hopefully not the last
Hopefully, this comes across as a Charles Wesley style hymn. I put it
the same tune as Wesley's "O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing." We'll see
what the teacher thinks.
This has actually been a fun
assignment. Hopefully, I will take this to the next level to and put my
own tunes to the words and "clean up" the text some. That's one part of
my life, that I've really missed is the song writing. It's been such a
long time since I've written anything. :(
Tune: AZMON (O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing)
Reference: Ephesians 2:8-10
God gave to me His gift of grace
A gift so free indeed
He came to me and showed His face
A call to let Him lead.
No works I can do to earn it
A gift so free indeed
It’s not by works, I must admit
Through Christ I have been freed.
I’m freed from sin’s dark destiny
His gift so free for me
I give myself to Him daily
His face I hope to see
Created in Christ for good deeds
Prepared by God for me
His workmanship I am indeed
He has made me worthy.
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Tue, May 6th - 11:02PM
Hymn 2 of 3
I'm not sure my second one is better than my first... but again, it's a
start. The goal for this one is to be in the style of Isaac Watts.
Watts was a radical of his time. He had the nerve to write songs that
weren't exclusively from the Psalms. Once Calvin decided music in
church was ok, he decided it was from the Psalms or nothing.
Psalm 9
Tune: St. Anne (O God, Our Help in Ages Past)
I will praise you with all my heart
I will be glad in You
And my enemies will depart
They perish before You.
Those who know Your name will trust You
Rejoice and sing praises
Sing praises to the Lord enthrone
To Your name voices raise
He will judge the world with justice
The Lord rules forever
The Lord’s salvation is endless
He judges all nature.
The Lord has established his throne
He reigns forevermore
Sing praises to the Lord enthroned
Oh be glad in the Lord.
Again, definitely not the best thing around, but hopefully not the worst.
The last one has to be in the style of Charles Wesley. The originator of the "Jesus and me" songs.
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Tue, May 6th - 1:20AM
History of Congregational Worship
A few years ago Azusa Pacific University started a Master's of Arts degree in Worship Leadership. The program is half music and half theology. For reasons too numerous to name here the program has been changed to be a Master of Arts in Pastor Students with an emphasis in Worship Leadership. I'll be able to finish up with a MAWL degree since I have almost all my music classes done. So....
This term I'm taking actually 2 classes that are each 4 1/2 weeks
long. Right now it is "The History of Congregational Song." A four week
journey through 4,000 years of church music. Talk about a world wind
tour! It's been interesting. This past week especially as we were
talking about music from the time of the Reformers. Our assignment for
the week was to write 3 hymns in 3 different styles. The first was a
Metrical Hymn based on one of the Psalms. Much in the style of John
Calvin. The second in the style of Isaac Watts, also based on the
Psalms. Lastly, a hymn in the style of Charles Wesley.
Below is
my first attempt (and hopefully not the last) at a Metrical hymn based
on Psalm 98. It is a long meter tune which means each line has to have
8 syllables. Right now it's based on the Hamburg tune. Which if you
were like me 3 hours ago you have no idea what that tune is. It's
better known to us today as "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross."
Let us sing to God a new song
He has made a world of wonder
Salvation from His right hand strong
God’s gift known to those asunder
Righteousness revealed to nations
His lovingkindness bear in mind
Faithfulness to Israel’s stations
His Salvation for all mankind
Let’s shout joyfully to the Lord
Break forth and sing for joy, sing praise
With the harp let God be adored
With your voice let the praises raise
Let the trumpet’s blast, shout for joy
Blast the ram’s horn before the King
The sea resound, the world enjoy
Rivers clapping, mountains singing
For joy let them sing to the Lord
Who comes to judge in righteousness
With fairness those he has restored
Sing to God for all his goodness.
Not the best you'll ever read, but hopefully not the worst either!
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