SKU: WD.080689630170

UPC: 080689630170.

We’re counting down the days to Christmas…that most wonderful time of the year! And somehow, it always feels so much longer than the actual 364 days it takes for that special day to arrive…that one day each year when family and friends come together to celebrate the joy, peace, hope, and love that came into our world through the birth of our Savior!

What better way to bring all that anticipation into focus and usher in the season than with the new Christmas musical from Marty Parks and Word Music & Church Resources, Waiting for Christmas! This delightful, nostalgic, and heartfelt musical comes to you wrapped in Marty Park’s signature format… Large-Print-No-Repeats-Perfect-For-Any-Choir! More specifically, these specially designed musicals from Marty come your way perfect for Senior Adult Choirs, yet perfectly appropriate for every choir!

Featuring a heartwarming story of a letter found in an old family Bible, this musical introduces a young girl named Sarah writing to her “Nana”, expressing her joy and delight as she anticipates the holiday and, once again, getting the family together at Christmastime. The memories of past Christmases combined with the expectation of precious new memories yet to be made create a vivid backdrop for sharing the real reason for the season…Jesus!

SKU: PL.9230

Kingwood, preserved in several nineteenth-century shape-note tunebooks, has been traced to Asabel's Nettleton's Village Hymns of 1824. It is a swinging tune in 6/8 meter with a cautionary text of considerable quality. Although the air is in the tenor, there are interesting parts for all in keeping with Kingwood's singing-school origins. This is music of, for and by the people and may be sung heartily in the vernacular tradition.

SKU: LP.834175541

ISBN 9780834175549.

Planning your Advent worship service is easy with this complete package of anthems, service music, hymns, and readings. Between the covers of Immanuel, you'll find music and ideas for each of the four Sundays in Advent, and even two choral selections - Christ Is Coming to the Earth This Night and Earth Was Waiting for your Christmas Eve services. * Anthems, service music, hymns, and readings * Brief description and history of Advent * Features careful arranging for accessibility and creativity. Suggested Use: Advent collection for adult choir. Style: Traditional.

SKU: MN.56-0009

UPC: 688670220098. English.

This seven-minute SATB setting of a section of the 1640 text from the Bay Psalm Book takes wing like the birds it first mentions. What would normally be a somber litany of affliction is set to music that hints at eternal things and the saving power of God. The middle section “I said, ‘In the middle of my days, O my God, do not take away me” is set, amazingly, in Latin, which gives a wonderful contrast to the more lyrical beginning. The beginning material returns as the Latin text is now sung in English, concluding “Thy years throughout all ages are.” This music is sublime and transcendent.