Mass went fairly well last weekend. Jim was back, and I bounced between singing, playing and directing as needed. Karina also joined us to help cover some of the instrumental parts.
We did run into some feedback issues with the sound system once again, but Chip made an adjustment behind the board that seemed to fix this.
Father also commented on how good the harmony sounded on both the Psalm and Offertory songs, so nice job all!
Our Gathering and Closing pieces are ones we don't do too often. We experimented with the choir parts for 'God Has Chosen Me' a month or so ago in anticipation of using it as a prelude, but ended up nixing those plans. On the other hand, I don't think we've used 'Here I Am, Lord' in several years.
For 'Seed, Scattered and Sown', let's use the entire refrain as an instrumental intro again this week. It also really added to the song to have Jim's improv descant over the last refrain, so let's plan to incorporate that this time as well.
Finally, if you'd be interested in cantoring the Psalm or one of the verses on 'Bring Forth the Kingdom', please let me know.
Ginny, Chip
Gathering:
GC 682 - God Has Chosen Me
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Glory to God:
Mass of Creation
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Response (Maggie & Mary):
SS 71 - Lord, Let Us See Your Kindness (Psalm 85)
Materials (audio) (sheet music)
Gospel Acclamation (Jaclyn):
Mass of Creation
Materials (audio) (sheet music)
Offertory:
GC 686 - Here I Am, Lord
Materials (audio) (sheet music)
Holy, Holy, Holy:
Mass of Creation
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Eucharistic Acclamation:
Mass of Creation
Materials (audio) (sheet music)
Eucharistic Doxology:
Mass of Creation
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Lamb of God:
Mass of Creation
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Communion:
GC 834 - Seed, Scattered and Sown
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Closing:
GC 658 - Bring Forth the Kingdom
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