Blessing for Baptism

Hymn or anthem, for children or intergen setting
" Water fresh and water cold, This shall be your blessing
Water young and water old, This shall be your blessing"
SATB

Christmas Ha Ha!

Advent story to the tune of my Ha Ha!
" Now an angel came to Mary and he said, 'Hail, holy one!
Now don't be too surprised, but you're going to have a son..."

Come Live In Us

calypso setting to W Farquharson's "Jesus Came A Child Like Me" (UCC VU)
SA

Dry Bones Hear the Word
anthem commissioned by Cantus Choir of Stettler AB
(found in SAA on Sunday Sessions)
" Four winds blowin' on the desert floor and singin'
O Dry Bones hear the word!"
SATB

Every Creature
Thanksgiving hymn, calypso-style, intergen
" Every creature and living thing
Lift your voices to God and sing!
Come you mountains, you skies, you lake
Join the party and celebrate!"

Everyday loving!
from the Whole People of God resource
hymn
" Everyday loving! Everyday loving! We're just
Everyday loving! The way that God loves us!"

Greatest of These
(from Stickpeople)
" For now we see only a glimpse of the things to be
As through a mirror dimly, till time and earth are free
Faith, hope and love abide below, abide above
But ever new and ever true:
The greatest of these is love!"
anthem SATB

Hallelujah!
from Whole People of God resource
2-part round

I Hav Luv
from the words of Patrick Jonsson-Good, age 4
" I hav luv and mi hos dus to..."
("I have love and my house does, too")
song

Jesus, I'll Stay Awake With You
Maundy Thursday/Holy Week hymn or anthem
" Jesus, I'll stay awake with you
Pray, and stay awake with you
On this darkest night of the year
I'll stay awake with you..."
SATB or SA/congregational

Julian's Song
text: Ralph Milton, to accompany the book: "Julian's Cell"
" I hold in my hand a mere hazelnut, And in it is all that shall be
I hold in my hand a bright hazelnut. God loves it and surely loves me"
SA

Kidston Path
commissioned by Camp Kidston, Nova Scotia
" For God is in the walking, In every corner on the way
Open your eyes to awesome wonder - It's a new day!"
SA

Kindergarten Song
" I'm going to kindergarten - lucky for me!
There's no place but kindergarten I'd like to be!"
song

Oak of Righteousness
from General Council Youth Forum UCC
rock feel, upbeat. Theme: Church in the image of Tree
" Oak of righteousness it shall be, Weeping willow it flows
Ever-greening and rooted strong,
Heavenward it grows and grows and grows Heavenward it grows!"
SA

Patience
from the words of Rainer Maria Rilke
" Have patience. With everything that lies upon your heart. Unresolved..."
SATB

Psalm 100 (Make a Joyful Noise)
" Make a joyful noise all the earth!
Worship your God with gladness
Make a joyful noise all the earth!
Come to this place with a song!"
SATB

Psalm 139 (Wings of the Morning)
" Should I take the wings of the morning or fly to the furthest recoil of the sea?
And if I say 'Surely the dark is my cloak; let even the daylight a hidingplace be. ... Know me O God; I am free."

See Amid the Winter's Snow
(from Sometimes Christmas, by John Goss, adapt/arr L Good)
" Hail thou ever-blessed morn! Hail thou song of life reborn
Sing in stables far and near: Comes the daybreak springing clear"
SATB