Category: Hymns

The service, generally, for Oct. 24 concerns anti hierarchy and is based on Mark 10:35-45. In keeping with the notion of serving others the music prelude is the hymn, SERVANT SONG (“Won’t You Let Me Be Your Servant?” — #539 in the New Century Hymnal).

The music video previews below were all recorded at various times during the pandemic. Sunday, I’ll be doing them on solo piano (no added synth orchestra parts).

PRELUDE: Standing in the Need of Prayer — African-American spiritual

MUSICAL REFLECTION: Be Still My Soul –Jean Sibelius

MUSICAL INTERLUDE: Jesu, Joy of Our Desiring — J. S. Bach

OFFERTORY: Keep on the Sunny Side of Life — J. Howard Entwisle

PREPARATION FOR PRAYER: Let the Lower Lights Be Burning — Philip Paul Bliss

POSTLUDE: Sweet Rivers — William Moore

This coming Sunday, October 3, 2021, Lakewood UCC will be celebrating Hispanic Heritage. The music for Sunday will be as follows:

GATHERING MUSIC: Pues si vivimos — Marty Haugen
PRELUDE: Danza de la Rosa (Escenas Poeticas) — Enrique Granados
MUSICAL REFLECTION: Rumores de la Caleta (Malagueña) — Isaac Albéniz
MUSICAL INTERLUDE: Danzas Españolas (Playera Op. 5, #5) — Enrique Granados
OFFERTORY: Danzas Españolas (Playera Op. 5, #1)— Enrique Granados
PREPARATION FOR COMMUNION: Pescador de Hombres — Cesáreo Gabaráin
POSTLUDE: Danza Española (Seis Danzas Españolas) — Isaac Albéniz

Later this week, I’ll post one of the above Albéniz pieces and one of the Granados. For today’s post, here are the two hymns (Pues si vivimos by Marty Haugen and Pescador de Hombres by Cesáreo Gabaráin) that I recorded earlier last year.

I’ll be doing a piano version of this as part of this coming Sunday’s service. I love writing descants. I think every church I’ve ever worked at has hymnals with penciled in descants of mine! LOL