Music - Tuesday, 25 January 2022- Festival of the Conversion of St Paul

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.

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.

We love the place O God LHS 503 - Backing track
Lead thou me on LHS 396 - Backing track
Amazing Grace – LHS 851 OR AT 131 blue - Backing track
Bless our going out O Lord LHS 509 - 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.

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.

King Of Love - I AM THEY - CCLI by Adam Palmer, Jonathan Smith, Matthew Hein, Stephanie Kulla, Stuart Garrard
Lights - Emu Youth - CCLI by Liv Chapman, Sam Manchester & Alanna Glover
Broken Vessels (Amazing Grace) - Hillsong Worship - CCLI by Joel Houston, Jonas Myrin
Saved My Soul - CityAlight - CCLI by James Ferguson, Dustin Smith, Rich Thompson

Song/Hymn suggestions based on the Lectionary readings

WE SING THE GLORIOUS CONQUEST

The following hymn is given for this day by Herbert Lindemann in The Daily Office (CPH, 1965). Verses 1, 2 and 4 are provided here in a modernised form:
We sing the glorious conquest
before Damascus’ gate,
when Saul, the persecutor,
came breathing threats and hate;
the ravening wolf rushed forward
to make the sheep his prey,
but see! the Shepherd met him
and claimed his life today!

O glory beyond telling
that struck across his path!
O light that pierced and blinded
the zealot in his wrath!
O voice that spoke within him
the calm, reproving word!
O love that sought and made him
the servant of the Lord.

Lord, teach your church to love you,
and in the darkest hour
of weakness and of danger
to trust your hidden power.
For by your grace and mercy
Paul’s hate and fear were bound,
and in your bold opponent,
your chosen saint was found.

BY ALL YOUR SAINTS

Horatio Bolton Nelson wrote this hymn which has various middle verses for various minor festival occasions. It may be sung to the tune Nyland (LH 16), or to King’s Lynn (TIS 249). The first and last verses given below are as they appear in Lutheran Worship and Lutheran Book of Worship; the middle verse is Nelson’s original that has been slightly modernised. The first line of verse 1 could be changed to: ‘By saints on earth who struggle’.

By all your saints in warfare,
for all your saints at rest,
your holy name, O Jesus,
for evermore be blest!
For you have won the battle
that they might wear the crown;
and now they shine in glory
reflected from your throne.

You sent your light from heaven,
and struck Saul down with awe.
You spoke to him and called him,
through visions that he saw.
O Lord, for Paul’s conversion,
we praise your name today.
Come, lighten all our darkness,
and guide us on our way.

Then let us praise the Father,
and worship God the Son,
and sing to God the Spirit,
eternal Three-in-one,
till all the ransomed number
fall down before the throne,
ascribing power and glory,
and praise to God alone.

Psalms

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.

Small Church Music: You can download mp3 and midi files of popular hymn tunes from this site.
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.