SKU: LP.765762171824
UPC: 765762171824.
Usher your congregation into God s throne room of grace with this stirring Easter musical created by songwriting dynamos Dave Clark Don Koch and Cliff Duren! The title cut Mercy Came Running made popular by trio Phillips Craig and Dean in the 1990s takes on new significance in the context of Easter as we visualize God running to save us through Christ s death and resurrection. With performance options for a 47-minute full-length musical an abbreviated 30-minute piece and even a 20-minute option Mercy Came Running is adaptable for any Easter service. And each powerful song can also stand alone to impact your congregation throughout the year! Accompaniment DVD available.
SKU: LP.765762171923
UPC: 765762171923.
SKU: LP.765762171626
UPC: 765762171626.
SKU: LP.765762172029
UPC: 765762172029.
SKU: LP.765762012134
UPC: 765762012134.
SKU: LP.765762171725
UPC: 765762171725.
SKU: LP.765762012233
UPC: 765762012233.
SKU: LP.765762226906
UPC: 765762226906.
SKU: LP.765762172128
UPC: 765762172128.
SKU: LP.765762227002
UPC: 765762227002.
SKU: LP.9780834183360
ISBN 9780834183360.
SKU: WD.080689492235
UPC: 080689492235.
Lift up your eyes to the Morning Star…lay your offering at the feet of the Light of lights and King of kings! Made popular by CCM artist Danny Gokey and arranged for you by uber-programmer Daniel Semsen, this contemporary, snyth-electronic anthem vividly points our way to Bethlehem and the manger where Jesus was born. Lift Up Your Eyes to Jesus…come and see the Saving One and follow Him!
SKU: HL.277282
UPC: 840126915006. 6.75x10.5 inches.
Program note:Looking Up is a piece for large chorus and orchestra, and is in three sections, played without pause. In the 16th century, a variety of psalters in meter were printed in England, with the idea of making psalm-singing something that could happen easily at home, with the rhyming meter being an aid to memorization. These translations are wonderful exercises in brevity and sometimes clumsy rhymemaking, and were usually prefaced by a lengthy explanation as to their merits; the title of one of the first such volumes in English is: The Psalter of Dauid newely translated into Englysh metre in such sort that it maye the more decently, and wyth more delyte of the mynde, be reade and songe of al men. I thought it would be appropriate to set one of these introductions, and the first section of Looking Up sets the preface to Thomas Ravenscroft's psalter (1621), in which he writes: “The singing of Psalmes (assay the Doctors) comforteth the sorrowfull, pacifieth the angry, strengtheneth the weake, humbleth the proud, gladdeth the humble, stirres up the slow, reconcileth enemies, lifteth up the heart to heavenly things, and uniteth the Creature to his Creator.”It begins meditatively, but eventually grows agitated and fervent, with a vision of the “quire of Angels and Saints” “redoubling anddescanting” - an ecstatic and terrifying vision of the skies opening up. Ravenscroft then encourages the use of instrumental musicfor worship, at which point, a long, acrobatic orchestral interlude with jagged edges antagonizes the choir, who sing a kind of private, anxious meditation on two pitches.One of the most delicious biblical texts is an Apocryphal prayer known as the Benedicite or the Prayer of the Three Children (the same who were rescued by an angel after King Nebuchadnezzar tried to have them burnt in an oven for not bowing to his image). The text is repetitive, obsessive, and a gift to composers - each line is an invocation of an element of the natural world, followed by the phrase, “blesse ye the Lord, praise him & magnify him for ever.” In Looking Up, the setting begins with three solo voices, and then grows to include the whole choir, itemizing the whole of creation. The idea that these boys are spared from the furnace and then five minutes later are saying, “O ye the fire and warming heate, blesse ye the Lord...” has always felt very loaded to me, and the orchestra plays with this conflict between joyful praise and a more terrible (in the 16th-century sense) awefor the divine.The text for the third, and shortest, section is taken from Christopher Smart's (1722-1771) A Song to David, purportedly written during his confinement in a mental asylum. This ode to King David points out how David, as the author of some of the Psalms, observes the whole world from the “clustering spheres” to the “nosegay in the vale.&rdquo.
SKU: LP.765762218208
UPC: 765762218208.
Rally the voices of your choir and congregation to join all creation in lifting their praise to our great God and King with this anthem written by Klaus Kuehn and Thomas Miller. Arranged and orchestrated by Daniel Semsen with a bridge highlighting women s voices and a unison line in the final chorus this enthusiastic piece is a choral delight for listeners and singers alike.
SKU: LP.765762166622
UPC: 765762166622.
SKU: HL.2050299
UPC: 797242248399. 6.75x10.5x0.35 inches.
The call to spread the good news of the Gospel echoes through the centuries directly from the Savior. Jesus had a unique worldview because He was the first born over all creation; everything was created by Him and for Him. He chose the time and place of His appearing on Earth. He became the physical manifestation of God's love. His example and teaching changed the course of history - His sacrifice and Resurrection changed the course of eternity.The earthly ministry of the Master was coming to an end - the ministry of sharing His message was just beginning. However, He promised to be with us - even to the end of the age. This work is a celebration of the call to serve - a challenge to see the responsibility of missions in a new Light - and a charge to surround those that surrender their lives to the task of the Great Commission to go INTO ALL THE WORLD. Because of the saints that have come before - because of the sacrifice of those who continue to support missions around the world - because of those who still answer the call - and because of being blessed and empowered by the Holy Spirit, the name of Jesus is lifted across the globe - AND THE SUN NEVER SETS ON THE PRAISES OF THE LORD!
SKU: WD.080689647178
UPC: 080689647178.
Songs have forever been at the heart of God’s Church. They help build our faith, tell of the rich, full, grace of our Savior, and speak of our devotion and allegiance to Him; songs express our thoughts and feelings and needs in a way that mere words never can. Songs allow us to lift our voice to declare that He alone is worthy of our praise, He alone is the one true God and King, and He alone has provided a way to salvation for a lost and dying world. The songs included in this new Word Music & Church Resources Choral Collection are Songs the Church Loves to Sing! Across decades, styles and sounds have changed, but the impact songs have on God’s people is undeniable and unmistakable. Through the 70s, 80s, and 90s, a lexicon of Christian songs took their place beside the time-honored hymns of the church, songs that became the voice of new generations of believers, songs that the church still loves to sing. This Choral Collection, arranged and orchestrated by Marty Parks, is a tribute to those songs. We hope and believe this church music resource will find its place in your church music library and will be used as a tool of outreach and ministry to proclaim your love and adoration for the Lord, giving voice to people everywhere; a voice with which to keep singing these Songs the Church Loves to Sing!
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