Music - Sunday, 25 September 2022 – 16th Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (Proper 21)

Introduction

There are many music choices available each week. You will find music suggestions for each reading drawn from the Lutheran Hymnal, the All Together song books and Together in Song. In addition, we have selected the Top 4 Public Domain hymns, the Top 4 All Together and LHS songs under copyright and the Top 4 Contemporary Music suggestions each week. You may like to mix and match from these lists to suit your context.

Music Suggestions for St Michael and All Angels

God himself is present – LHS 501  Backing Track
Holy Holy Holy – LHS 140  Backing Track
Come let us join our cheerful songs LHS 436  Backing Track
On eagles wings – AT 411 red (One Licence)

Top 4 Public Domain

If you enjoy traditional hymn singing or your congregation does not have a copyright license, here are our recommended Public Domain hymns for the week:

If a title is hyperlinked, that means that modernised lyrics are available. MP3 backing tracks have been recorded for you to use.

Stand up stand up Jesus – LHS 206 - Backing track
Out of the depths I cry to Thee – LHS 310 (use tune Aus Tiefer Not LHS 404) - Backing track
Jesus lives! thy terrors now - LHS 101 - Backing track
O God thou faithful God – LHS 357 (verses 1, 2, 3, 6) - Backing track

Top 4 All Together and LHS songs under copyright

Copyright information for the following suggestions has been provided. Please ensure that you are reporting the use of any material under copyright.

Stand up stand up Jesus – LHS 206 - Backing track
Out of the depths I cry to Thee – LHS 310 (use tune Aus Tiefer Not LHS 404) - Backing track
If we will trust in God to guide us – AT 384 red (One Licence)
O God thou faithful God – LHS 357 (verses 1, 2, 3, 6) - Backing track
Jesus lives! thy terrors now - LHS 101 - Backing track

Top 4 Contemporary Music Suggestions

The following songs have been carefully reviewed, and are recommended for use in congregational worship, primarily because they point people to Christ and proclaim the message of his word in music and song for this Sunday in the lectionary cycle. They also fit well with other selection guidelines as highlighted in Tips for song selection and Fact Sheet 6: Music in Worship. While the use of a particular song by a band or organisation is not necessarily an endorsement of that group or the entire body of their work, we recognise that any scriptural song is a Spiritual song that can be used to complement a rich diet of worship for God’s people.

Please note, the hyperlinked Youtube clips are provided to give you a sense of how music can be performed or for personal use. You must always obtain permission from the creators of the music videos and the creators of the song before using clips in worship, unless permission is explicitly stated beneath the video.

The Goodness of Jesus - CCLI by Fiona Aghajanian, Harrison Druery, Jaywan Maxwell, Jonny Robinson, Michael Farren, Rich Thompson
Christ Is Mine Forevermore - CCLI by Jonny Robinson, Rich Thompson
My Worth Is Not In What I Own (At The Cross) - CCLI by Graham Kendrick, Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty
What Joy (Psalm 146) - CCLI by Sarah Emerson

Song/Hymn suggestions based on the Lectionary readings

Some LHS hymns have modernised lyrics. Click on underlined hymns to see the new lyrics.

Please click here to go to the Modernised Hymns page.

G3, G4 . . . = Guitar chords available in the Music Package 3, 4 . .ro.; GS = Guitar chords in the Supplement to LH

First Reading: a) Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15

LHS

119    Come down, O Love divine G9
310    Out of the depths I cry to Thee* G9 (alt tune 404, G9)
315    Lord, to Thee I make confession* G6
850    O Father, my Father GS (CCLI, One Licence)

AT

6 O Father, my Father (CCLI, One Licence)
279 Create in us a clean heart, O God (contact author)

TIS

398 Come down, O Love divine
476 As a chalice cast of gold
712 Create in us a clean heart, O God

First Reading: b) Amos 6:1a,4-7

LHS

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Second Reading: 1 Timothy 6:6-19

LHS

185    Sun of righteousness divine* G3
206    Stand up, stand up for Jesus G6
239    Son of God, eternal Saviour G4
352    Fight the good fight with all thy might* G4
357    O God, Thou faithful God* G3
361    Let us ever walk with Jesus* G5
385    With all my heart I love Thee, Lord*
405    In God, my faithful God* G4
407    If thou but suffer God to guide thee* G6
801    O Lord Jesus, hand in hand GS (contact Churchwide Office)

AT

384 If we will trust in God to guide us (One Licence)
602 Kingdom kids (CCLI)

TIS

117 The Lord Jehovah reigns
142 Glory be to God the Father
143 Immortal, invisible, God only wise
547 Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart
554 If we will trust in God to guide us
560 All my hope on God is founded
592 Stand up, stand up for Jesus
594 Fight the good fight with all thy might
606 Son of God, eternal Saviour
611 God of grace and God of glory
690 Beauty for brokenness

Gospel Reading: Luke 16:19-31

LHS

AT

239 Listen to him (CCLI, One Licence)
263 Singing all praises (CCLI)

TIS

372 Jesus lives! Your terrors now
416 Great God, your Spirit

Psalms

Psalm 91

Michael Joncas’s paraphrase of Psalm 91 ‘On eagle’s wings’ in ATO 411, TIS 48 is also suitable for use today.
The song ‘All those who live beneath God’s shade’, LHS 861, AT 21, is also a paraphrase of part of Psalm 91.

Music Resources Vol. 3– Psalm settings: Psalm 91 p152

Psalm 146

TIS 90, I’ll praise my maker while I’ve breath, is a paraphrase of Psalm 146:1,2,5-9. Or, either of the following paraphrases of the psalm by David Schütz may be used. If reproducing either of these versions, please put ‘Words (c) David Schütz’ at the beginning or the end of the psalm. The first may be sung to the tune Adelaide, LH 461.

As long as I have breath,
I’ll sing my praise to God:
O praise the Lord, my soul!
Don’t trust in human strength,
in whom there is no help.
O praise the Lord, my soul!

When mortal breath is gone,
and strength returns to dust,
all human plans will end;
but Jacob’s God keeps faith –
he made the earth and sky
and all that they contain!

He gives the hungry food,
and justice to the poor
and sets the prisoners free.
The righteous know his love.
He lifts up those weighed down,
and makes the blind to see.

He cares for refugees,
for widows, orphans too,
but all who hate him fall!
Forever Zion’s God
is King of all the earth,
O praise the Lord, my soul!

This second version may be sung to the tune of ‘Now the green blade rises’ (LHS 764, AT 15, TIS 382).

Verses1-4
Praise the Lord, my soul! I’ll praise him all my days.
Trust no human leader – mortals bring no aid.
Their breath departs, their bodies turn to dust,
all their plans will perish, as all creatures must.

Verses 5,6
Blest are those who find their help in Jacob’s God.
Blest are those whose hope is in the Lord their God.
He made the sky, the sea, and all the earth.
He is always faithful, always keeps his word.

Verses 7,8
The Lord feeds the hungry, sets the prisoner free,
by his healing power the blind are made to see,
he gives his justice to all those oppressed,
lifts up those bowed down, and loves all righteousness.

Verses 9,10
Strangers, widows, orphans know his loving grace.
But he brings to ruin every wicked way.
The Lord will reign forever, Zion’s God.
Through all generations, praise the Lord our God!
Music Resources Vol. 3– Psalm settings: Psalm 146 p239 , Psalm 146 p240

Advice for Musicians

Advice for Congregations Without Musicians

Other Music Resources

LCA Music Resources

Downloadable Hymnal Resources (including downloadable backing tracks and lyric PPTs)
Modernised Hymn Lyrics
Hymnal Index (by tune and scriptural link) 
All Together Index (by tune, scriptural link and theme)
Five Songs of Faith

For further Music Resources click here.

OTHER HELPFUL WEBSITES FOR CHURCH MUSIC

While the LCA does not necessarily endorse the content of these websites, you may find them helpful in your worship planning.

Together to Celebrate: lectionary based song and hymn suggestions from a variety of sources.
Singing from the Lectionary: has song and hymn suggestions based on the RCL from other hymnals.
Song Select: catalogues CCLI licensed music. You can search for more contemporary songs by theme. If your congregation has a paid subscription you can also download sheet music and other resources.
Hymns Without Words: mp3 downloads of hymn tunes.
Metrical Psalms by Dale Schoening : Psalms set to well known hymn tunes.