LENT
(Season of Lent: February 6–March 22, 2008)
MUSIC & WORSHIP RESOURCES
Sunday, February 10, 2008
William C. Powell, Guest Lectionary Liturgist
Associate Professor of Music, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Lection Scripture - Romans 12:1-2 (New Revised Standard Version)
1. Litany
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Leader: |
As a New Testament Church, we are not required to offer bulls, goats, lambs, and other animals upon an altar as payment for our sins or as an act of worship.
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Congregation: | We are to offer every aspect of our lives upon the altar as a sacrifice to God.
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Leader: |
Our forefathers and foremothers understood the concept of sacrifice because they lived it on a daily basis as an oppressed people. Many lost loved ones or their own lives so that we could experience freedom. Likewise, Jesus sacrificed his life so that we could be free from sin.
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Congregation: | But how do we give up our right to our own lives? What does
it mean to be a living sacrifice?
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Leader: | It means choosing to deny selfish desires, thoughts, and actions and choosing to follow God’s instructions for living. It means choosing the Lord’s plan for my life rather than following my own will when it contradicts God’s holy word and God’s plan for my life.
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Congregation: |
It means to say “no” when I want to say “yes"; or to
say “yes” when I want to say “no”; to keep silent when I want to speak my mind; or to speak out when I am prone to feel timid. It means to deny my urge to retreat to a comfort zone.
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ALL: | We are blessed when we learn to exercise the disciplines of prayer and fasting, spending time alone with God, meditating on the Word of God, and anything else that draws us into a deeper relationship with God.
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2. Hymn or Anthem
Hymn
(a) I Am Thine, O Lord. By Fanny J. Crosby
Hymn
(b) A Charge to Keep I Have. By Charles Wesley. Tune by Boylston and Lowell Mason
Anthem
(c) Take My Life, and Let It Be. By Frances R. Havergal. Tune by Henri A. César Malan
3. Spirituals
(a) Certainly Lord. Traditional
(b) Lord, I Want to Be a Christian. Traditional
4. Modern Songs
(a) I’ll Trust You. By Richard Smallwood
(b) It’s Right and Good. By Walter Hawkins
(c) Changed. By Walter Hawkins
(d) Order My Steps. By Glenn Burleigh
(e) A Perfect Sacrifice. By V. Michael McKay
5. Offering Song or Instrumental
Completely Yes. By Sandra Crouch
6. Song or Instrumental for the Period of Prayer
Song
(a) Have Thine Own Way, Lord. By George C. Stebbins
Instrumental
(b) I Surrender All. By Winfield S. Weeden
7. Congregational Songs
(a) Greater Is He (That Is in Me). By Lanny Wolfe. Arr. By Don Marsh
(b) Sanctuary. By John W. Thompson. Arr. By Randy Scruggs
(c) Higher Ground. By Charles Gabriel
(d) Yield Not to Temptation. By Horatio Palmer
8. Invitational Song or Instrumental
(a) Is Your All on the Altar? By Elisha A. Hoffman
(b) I Have Decided to Follow Jesus. Hindustani folk melody
(c) I Love You (Lord, Today). By William F. Hubbard
(d) Lord, I Want to Be a Christian. Traditional
9. Benediction Song or Instrumental
Lord, Make Me More Holy. Traditional. Arr. By Roland M. Carter
Cites and Additional Information for Music and Material Listed
1. Litany - written by William C. Powell, Auburn, AL. Used with permission.
2. Hymn or Anthem
Hymn
(a) I Am Thine, O Lord. By Fanny J. Crosby
Location:
African American Heritage Hymnal. Chicago, IL: GIA Publications, 2001. #387
Boyer, Horace Clarence. Lift Every Voice and Sing II: An African American Hymnal. New York, NY: Church Pub., 1993. #129
The New National Baptist Hymnal 21st Century Edition. Nashville, TN: Triad Publications, 2001. #329
Hymn
(b) A Charge to Keep I Have. By Charles Wesley. Tune by Boylston, and Lowell Mason
Location:
African American Heritage Hymnal. #467 or #468
The New National Baptist Hymnal 21st Century Edition. #436
Anthem
(c) Take My Life, and Let It Be. By Frances R. Havergal. Tune by Henri A. César Malan
Location:
The New National Baptist Hymnal 21st Century Edition. #213
3. Spirituals
(a) Certainly Lord. Traditional
Location:
African American Heritage Hymnal. #678
Lead Me, Guide Me: The African American Catholic Hymnal. Chicago, IL: GIA Publications, 1987. #121
Lift Every Voice and Sing II. #132
(b) Lord, I Want to Be a Christian. Traditional
Location:
African American Heritage Hymnal. #463
Lead Me, Guide Me: The African American Catholic Hymnal. #119
Lift Every Voice and Sing II. #138
4. Modern Songs
(a) I’ll Trust You. By Richard Smallwood
Location:
Smallwood, Richard, Kim Burrell, Janice Chandler-Eteme, Kelly Price, and Chaka Khan. Journey Live in New York. New York, NY: Verity/Zomba, 2007.
Performed by Richard Smallwood and Vision
(b) It’s Right and Good. By Walter Hawkins
Location:
Love Alive V 25th Anniversary Reunion. Inglewood, CA: Gospocentric, 1998.
Sung by Tramaine Hawkins
(c) Changed. By Walter Hawkins
Location:
Love Alive. Chicago, IL: CGI Records, 1994.
Sung by Tramaine Hawkins
(d) Order My Steps. By Glenn Burleigh
Location:
Burleigh, Glenn, and Jack Schrader. Order My Steps (in Your Word): for S.A.T.B. Voices and Piano Accompaniment. Carol Stream, IL: Hope Publishing Co. 2000.
African American Heritage Hymnal. #333
(e) A Perfect Sacrifice. By V. Michael McKay
Location:
African American Heritage Hymnal. #229
5. Offering Song or Instrumental
Completely Yes. By Sandra Crouch
Location:
African American Heritage Hymnal. #551
Crouch, Sandra, “Completely Yes.” Celebration: Completely Yes. New York: Compendia, 1988.
6. Song or Instrumentalfor the Period of Prayer
Song
(a) Have Thine Own Way, Lord. By George C. Stebbins
Location:
African American Heritage Hymnal. #449
Lift Every Voice and Sing II. #145
The New National Baptist Hymnal 21st Century Edition. #206
Instrumental
(b) I Surrender All. By Winfield S. Weeden
Location:
African American Heritage Hymnal. #396
Lift Every Voice and Sing II. #133
The New National Baptist Hymnal 21st Century Edition. #198
7. Congregational Songs
(a) Greater Is He (That Is in Me). By Lanny Wolfe. Arr. By Don Marsh
Location:
The New National Baptist Hymnal 21st Century Edition. #311
Online location: sheet music at www.Music44.com
(b) Sanctuary. By John W. Thompson. Arr. By Randy Scruggs
Location:
African American Heritage Hymnal. #462
The New National Baptist Hymnal 21st Century Edition. #203
(c) Higher Ground. By Charles Gabriel
Location:
African American Heritage Hymnal. #419
Lift Every Voice and Sing II. #165
The New National Baptist Hymnal 21st Century Edition. #222
(d) Yield Not to Temptation. By Horatio Palmer
Location:
African American Heritage Hymnal. #429
Lead Me, Guide Me: The African American Catholic Hymnal. #174
The New National Baptist Hymnal 21st Century Edition. #244
8. Invitational Song or Instrumental
(a) Is Your All on the Altar? By Elisha A. Hoffman
Location:
African American Heritage Hymnal. #393
Lift Every Voice and Sing II. #135
The New National Baptist Hymnal 21st Century Edition. #220
(b) I Have Decided to Follow Jesus. Hindustani folk melody
Location:
African American Heritage Hymnal. #400
Lead Me, Guide Me: The African American Catholic Hymnal. #118
Lift Every Voice and Sing II. #136
The New National Baptist Hymnal 21st Century Edition. #225
(c) I Love You (Lord, Today). By William F. Hubbard
Location:
African American Heritage Hymnal. #580
(d) Lord, I Want to Be a Christian. Traditional
Location:
African American Heritage Hymnal. #463
Lead Me, Guide Me: The African American Catholic Hymnal. #119
Lift Every Voice and Sing II. #138
The New National Baptist Hymnal 21st Century Edition. #156
9. Benediction Song or Instrumental
Lord, Make Me More Holy. Traditional. Arr. By Roland M. Carter
Location:
African American Heritage Hymnal. #632
Lead Me, Guide Me: The African American Catholic Hymnal. #222
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