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Invocation
Crowded Table arr. Andrea Ramsey
Lyrics and Music by Natalie Hemby, Lori McKenna, and Brandi Carlile
You can hold my hand when you need to let go.
I can be a mountain when you're feeling valley low.
I can be a streetlight showing you the way home,
if you can hold my hand when you need to let go.
Refrain: I want a house with a crowded table,
and a place by the fire for everyone.
Let us take on the world while we're young and able,
and bring us back together when the day is done.
If we want a garden, we're gonna have to sow the seed,
plant a little happiness, let roots run deep.
If it's love that we give, then it's love we reap.
If we want a garden, we're gonna have to sow the seeds.
Yeah!
(Refrain)
The door is always open, your picture's on my wall,
Ev'ryone's a little broken, and ev'ryone belongs.
Yeah, ev'ryone belongs.
(Refrain)
Vum Vive Vum arr. Kevin Siegfried
from https://www.kevinsiegfried.com/vum-vive-vum
The original tune of Vum Vive Vum dates from 1844 and is a lively example of a Shaker dance song. The use of vocables was a common feature of early Shaker music, particularly in the repertoire used for dance. In Vum Vive Vum, the vocal sounds used represent a uniquely American form of “mouth music”—a style of traditional singing where nonsense words are used to mimic the sounds of an instrument or the rhythms of a dance.
Veni Sancte Spiritus from Lux Aeterna by Morten Lauridsen
Veni Sancte Spiritus,
Et emitte coelitus
Lucis tuae radium.
Veni, pater pauperum,
Veni, dator munerum,
Veni, lumen cordium.
Consolator optime,
Dulcis hospes animae,
Dulce refrigerium.
In labore requies,
In aestu temperies,
In fletu solatium.
O lux beatissima,
Reple cordis intima
Tuorum fidelium.
Sine tuo numine,
Nihil est in homine,
Nihil est innoxium.
Lava quod est sordium,
Riga quod est aridum,
Sana quod est saucium.
Flecte quod est rigidum,
Fove quod est frigidum,
Rege quod est devium.
Da tuis fidelibus,
In te confidentibus,
Sacrum septenarium.
Da virtutis meritum,
Da salutis exitum,
Da perenne gaudium.
Draw the Circle Wide by Mark Miller
Lyrics by Gordon Light
Draw the circle, draw the circle wide.
Draw the circle, draw the circle wide.
No one stands alone, we'll stand side by side.
Draw the circle, draw the circle wide.
Draw the circle wide, draw it wider still.
Let this be our song: no one stands alone.
Standing side by side, draw the circle, draw the circle wide.
Come, Holy Spirit,
Send forth from heaven.
The ray of thy light.
Come, Father of the poor,
Come giver of gifts,
Come light of hearts.
Thou best of Consolers,
Sweet guest of the soul,
Sweet refreshemnt.
In labor, thou art rest,
In heat, the tempering,
In grief, the consolation.
O Light most blessed,
Fill the inmost heart
Of all thy faithful.
Without your grace,
There is nothing in us,
Nothing that is not harmful.
Cleanse what is sordid,
Moisten what is arid,
Heal what is hurt,
Flex what is rigid,
Fire what is frigid,
Correct what goes astray.
Grant to thy faithful,
Those trusting in thee,
Thy sacred seven-fold gifts.
Grant the reward of virtue,
Grant the deliverance of salvation,
Grant everlasting joy.
Transformation
The Something We Could Be by Jason Liles
I've come to see as time goes by that we all yearn for the something we could be.
Yearning for the something we could be.
As years go by and life goes on, still we yearn for the day, hope for strength, long for love,
love that endures all.
We've come to see that dreams do come true, that hope calms our fears,
that love brings us home right where we should be.
We've come to see, we all yearn for the something,
the something we could be.
Good Timber by Susan LaBarr
Lyrics by Douglas Malloch
The tree that never had to fight
For sun and sky and air and light,
But stood out in the open plain
And always got its share of rain,
Never became a forest king
But lived and died a scrubby thing. (repeat)
Good timber does not grow with ease:
The stronger wind, the stronger trees;
The further sky, the greater length;
The more the storm, the more the strength.
By sun and cold, by rain and snow,
In trees and men good timbers grow.
Where thickest lies the forest growth,
We find the patriarchs of both.
And they hold counsel with the stars
Whose broken branches show the scars
Of many winds and much strife.
This is the common law of life;
This is the common law of life.
The stronger wind, the further sky
The more the storm,
In trees and men good timbers grow.
Breakaway arr. Kenter Davies
Lyrics by Avril Lavigne
grew up in a small town and when the rain would fall down
I'd just stare out my window
dreamin' of what could be and if I'd end up happy
I would pray
I was
tryin' hard to reach out but when I tried to speak out
felt like no one could hear me
wanted to belong here but something felt so wrong here
so I prayed (I would pray)
I could breakaway
(refrain)
I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
I'll do what it takes till I touch the sky
and I'll
make a wish
take a chance
make a change
and breakway
out of the darkness and into the sun
but I won't forget all the ones that I loved
I gotta
make a wish
take a chance
make a change
and breakaway
wanna feel the warm breeze sleep under a palm tree
feel the rush of the ocean
get on board a fast train travel on a jet plane far away
(refrain)
buildings with a hundred floors
swingin' round revolving doors
baby I don't know where they'll take me
but gotta keep movin' on movin' on
fly away breakaway
I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
though its not easy to tell you good-bye
make a wish
take a chance
make a change
and breakaway
out of the darkness and into the sun
but I won't forget the place I come from
I gotta
make a wish
take a chance
make a change
and breakaway
breakaway
breakaway
No Time arr. Susan Brumfield
Traditional Camp Meeting Songs
Rise, oh fathers rise, let's go meet 'em in the skies,
we will hear the angels singing in that morning.
Oh I really do believe that just before the end of time,
we will hear the angels singing in that morning.
Rise, oh mothers rise, let's go meet 'em in the skies,
we will hear the angels singing in that morning.
Oh I really do believe that just before the end of time,
we will hear the angels singing in that morning.
No time to tarry here, no time to wait for you,
no time to tarry here, for I'm on my journey home.
No time to tarry here, no time to wait for you,
no time to tarry here, for I'm on my journey home.
Brothers, oh fare ye well, brothers, oh fare ye well,
brothers, oh fare ye well, for I'm on my journey home.
Sisters, oh fare ye well, sisters, oh fare ye well,
sisters oh fare ye well, for I'm on my journey...
journey home (rise, oh fathers rise)
journey home (rise, oh fathers rise)
we will hear the angels singing in that morning (on my journey home)
journey home (rise, oh fathers rise)
journey home, oh fathers
we will hear the angels sing in that morning (on my journey home)
No time to tarry here, no time to wait for you,
no time to tarry here for I'm on my journey home.
No time to tarry here, no time to wait for you,
no time to tarry here, for I'm on my journey (on my journey)
On my journey home Lord (no time...)
Rise, oh fathers...
Oh no time...
On my journey...
Home...
Oh I really do believe that just before the end of time
we will hear the angels singing in that morning.
Inspiration
Can't Help Falling in Love arr. Alan Billingsly
Words and Music by George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti, and Luigi Creatore
Wise men say: only fools rush in,
but I can't help falling in love with you.
Shall I stay? Would it be a sin?
if I can't help falling in love with you?
Oh, like a river flows surely to the sea,
darling, so it goes; some things are meant to be.
Oh, take my hand, take my whole life too,
for I can't help falling in love with you.
Oh, like a river flows surely to the sea,
darling, so it goes; some things are meant to be.
Oh, take my hand, take my whole lofe too,
for I can't help falling in love with you,
for I can't help falling in love with you.
I can't help falling in love with you!
Rise Up, My Love, My Fair One by Healey Willan
Lyrics from Song of Solomon
Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away
for lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
the flowers appear upon the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come;
arise, my love, my fair one, and come away, come away, away.
You Are My Sunshine arr. Andrew Emmet
Jimmie Davis/Charles Mitchell
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine,
you make me happy when skies are gray,
you'll never know dear how much I love you,
please don't take my sunshine away.
Louisiana, my Louisiana,
the place where I was born,
Bright fields of cotton, green fields of clover,
the best fishing and long, tall corn.
Crawfish, gumbo, and jambalaya,
the biggest shrimp and sugar cane,
The finest oysters and sweet strawberries,
from Toledo Bend to New Orleans
You are my sunshine...
dear heart by Dylan Trần
Lyrics by Mark Twain
Warm summer sun,
Shine kindly here.
Warm southern wind,
Blow softly here.
Green sod above,
Lie light, Good night, dear heart.
good night.
Transformation
Inspiration
Invocation
Commission
How Can I Keep From Singing arr. Adam and Matt Podd
Words and music by Rev. Robert Lowry
My life flows on in endless above earth's lamentations.
I hear the real though far off hymn that hails a new creation.
No storm can shake my inmost calm, while to that rock I'm clinging.
Since love prevails in heav'n and earth,
How can I keep from singing?
While though the tempest 'round me roars,
I know the truth it liveth.
And though the darkness 'round me close,
songs in the night it giveth.
No storm can shake my inmost calm, while to that rock I'm clinging.
Since love prevails in heav'n and earth,
How can I keep from singing?
I lift my eyes, the cloud grows thin;
I see the blue above it.
And day by day, this pathway smooths, since first I learned to love it.
No storm can shake my inmost calm, I hear the music ringing.
It sounds an echo in my soul.
How can I keep from singing?
How can I keep from singing?
Keep singing!
The Lord Bless You and Keep You by Peter Lutkin
Numbers 6:24-26
The Lord bless you and keep you, the Lord lift his countenance upon you;
and give you peace, the Lord make his face to shine upon you,
and be gracious, the Lord be gracious unto you.
Amen, amen, amen, amen, amen, amen, amen.
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