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Songs We Sing: Shelton Acclamation

The marvelous Meave Shelton, congregant at St. Lydia’s, has written us a gorgeous, simple-yet-complex Table Acclamation for our use in the season of Advent.   Click here to hear her teach it!

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Sing With All the Saints in Glory

We sing this lovely hymn on All Saints Sunday.   Here is the sheet music!   And here is a sweet congregation singing the tune!

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Songs for Fall “This Is My Body” Series

Squeezebox is a place for our Song Leaders, as well as congregants, to learn the songs we sing at St. Lydia’s.     This Fall we’ll be talking about sexuality, gender, identity, and faith, and we’ll be singing songs to support and expand that conversation.  More to come, but here’s enough to get you started!   […]

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Summer Songs at St. Lydia’s, 2015

Hello Song Leaders! Below you will find all the songs we’ll be singing this summer at St. Lydia’s.  Since the Summer takes us through three whole months, there are a selection of songs for you to choose from in most categories.  Listen, and see what you’d like to learn and teach!   Gathering Song “Come, […]

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Songs We Sing: Come, Holy Spirit

Here is a very basic teaching recording of a song we’ll be singing as the Gathering Song during the season of Pentecost (so, basically, the summer!) It’s a lovely call and response piece from the Iona Community in Scotland. Listen to Come Holy Spirit Take a look at the sheet music

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Songs We Sing: Mxadana Alleluia

Here’s a beautiful Alleluia from South Africa, written by George Mxadana, that we’ll be singing during the Easter Season at St. Lydia’s.   Thanks to the lovely Paul Vasile for making these teaching tracks for us!   Mxadana Alleluia, meolody Mxadana Alleluia, bass

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Prayer Song: “Come, Bring Your Burdens to God”

Here’s a lovely song from Kenya that we’ll sing at St. Lydia’s, either as a Gathering Song in the summer months, or as a prayer song.   Thanks to Paul Vasile for making these wonderful teaching recordings for us.   Here’s an introduction and the melody   and here’s the bass line

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Songs for Easter Season, 2015

Squeezebox is a place for our Song Leaders, as well as congregants, to learn the songs we sing at St. Lydia’s.    Song Leaders and singers, here’s the place to find and practice ALL the music we’ll be singing during the season of Easter in 2015!  Bookmark this page so that you can check in […]

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Songs for Lent, 2015

This is a place for our Song Leaders, as well as congregants, to learn the songs we sing at St. Lydia’s.     Below you’ll find all the music you need for our observance of Lent at St. Lydia’s.  Lent is a season of preparation when we pare things down and let what’s unnecessary fall […]

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Songs for Epiphany

Squeezebox is a place for our Song Leaders, as well as congregants, to learn the songs we sing at St. Lydia’s.   Here they are, song leaders, the songs for January and February (the season after Epiphany) at St. Lydia’s! Gathering Song Arise, Shine  Candle Lighting Song The Light of Christ Has Come Into the […]

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