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Posts Tagged 'Music for Fall'

Songs We Sing: Walk With Me

Squeezebox is a place for our Song Leaders, as well as congregants, to learn the songs we sing at St. Lydia’s. “Walk With Me” is a bluegrass style song by North Carolina’s Kickin Grass Band, introduced to our congregation by Beth.  To hear the original, click here.  For a recording that will help you learn […]

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Songs We Sing: Lead Me, Guide Me

Squeezebox is a place for our Song Leaders, as well as congregants, to learn the songs we sing at St. Lydia’s.   “Lead Me, Guide Me,” is a mellow piece in three composed by Doris Akers, a well known composer and gospel singer of the 1900’s.   We’ll be singing it during the Candle Lighting, […]

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Songs We Sing: Caribbean Hallelujah

Squeezebox is a place for our Song Leaders, as well as congregants, to learn the songs we sing at St. Lydia’s.   We’ll sing this lively piece from the Caribbean, arranged by John L. Bell, as a gathering song during the Summer or Fall months at St. Lydia’s.  It has fun four part harmonies if […]

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Songs We Sing: Ordinary Time Table Acclamation

Squeezebox is a place for our Song Leaders, as well as congregants, to learn the songs we sing at St. Lydia’s. Listen to the Ordinary Time Table Acclamation we’ll be using during Ordinary Time (the Autumn months as well as the time between Christmas and Lent) to sing our Eucharistic Blessing at the table.  This […]

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Songs We Sing: Come All You People

Squeezebox is a place for our Song Leaders, as well as congregants, to learn the songs we sing at St. Lydia’s. We sing this piece from Zimbabwe, by Alexander Gondo as a gathering piece.  The original text is in in Shona, but we’ll sing the piece in English.  Listen to Come All You People Lydia’s […]

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Songs We Sing: Christ is Our Guiding Light

Squeezebox is a place for our Song Leaders, as well as congregants, to learn the songs we sing at St. Lydia’s. We sing “Christ is Our Guiding Light” as a lamp lighting hymn.  It’s a beautiful round, written by Rev. Eric Law of the Kaleidoscope Institute, and published in Music By Heart.  Listen to “Christ […]

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