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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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Songs for Advent, 2014

Squeezebox is a place for our Song Leaders, as well as congregants, to learn the songs we sing at St. Lydia’s.     Here’s all the music you’ll need for the Advent Season at St. Lydia’s this year.  Advent is usually a four week season that leads into Christmas, but we’re reclaiming an earlier tradition […]

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Songs We Sing: Freedom Come

We’ll be singing this call and response piece by Ben Allaway in the Fall months as a Gathering Song at St. Lydia’s.  Here’s a recording of Paul Vasile teaching the piece!   Freedom Come

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Songs We Sing: Liberate Us

This is a song from South Africa which was taught to us by the wonderful Paul Vasile.   We’ve been singing it as a gathering song at St. Lydia’s.  Here you can listen to the melody and bass line.   Liberate Us – Melody     Liberate Us – Bass

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