Songs & Updates for Saturday, October 21, 2017

This Saturday is the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Nice job last week! Despite having a pretty small group, all of our songs had some great energy and harmony (a few samples here, here and here). It's easy to forget how effective a small group can be :-) Special thanks to Frances and Jonathan for joining us!

It's looking like we'll be light on musicians again this week -- Jim, Maggie, Joe and Jonathan will be unavailable due to a Group Therapy gig. Ginny, Eva and Ken are also out. If anyone else is tied up, let me know so we can plan accordingly. As it stands now, this will be a piano-based Mass (Bev). We may need to have everyone on mics to best take advantage of available singers, and will probably focus more on vocals to balance things out.

If you're not familiar with our Closing song, Seek First, please take a look before Saturday. We haven't done this song in quite a while. Similar to He is Exalted, it has a single refrain and verse that are repeated a few times and then brought to a close.

Looking ahead, would we be up for another dinner on 10/28? I think we touched on this last time, but sticking with a certain day of the month would help with planning. Again, we don't have to keep doing pot luck; I just wanted to keep things simple the first time so we could work out any bugs. Open to ideas if anyone would like to try other food/venue options.

UPDATE: 10/17: Maggie is planning to be at Mass (gig doesn't start until 8 PM).

Gathering:
GC3 #761 – God Has Chosen Me
Materials (audio) (sheet music)

Glory to God:
Mass of Creation

Response (TBD Maggie):
GC3 #070 – Ps 98 – All the Ends of the Earth
Materials (audio) (sheet music)

Gospel Acclamation (Lisa):
Mass of Creation

Offertory:
SS #208 – There is a Longing
Materials (audio) (sheet music)

Holy, Holy, Holy:
Mass of Creation

Eucharistic Acclamation:
Mass of Creation

Eucharistic Doxology:
Mass of Creation

Lamb of God:
Mass of Creation

Communion:
GC3 #907 – Where Two or Three Are Gathered
Materials (audio) (sheet music)

Closing:
SS #201 – Seek First
Materials (audio) (sheet music)

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