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Open and Affirming (gay-inclusive) anthems and hymns
Thanks to everybody who responded to my request for ideas regarding open
and affirming music. I had several requests from people to compile my responses, so here they are. I had lots of good choices! ANTHEMS Ubi Caritas - Maurice Durufle (the original is SAATTBB, but there is an edition that is SATB which works nicely for a smaller church choir). We Are One, Lord - Stan Pethel Loving God Who Made Us All by Andrew Birling, pub. Augsburg Fortress #0800677277 All Are Welcome by Marty Haugen, pub. GIA Publications. There is also a "hymn" version of in Shaping Sanctuary. There's a Wideness in God's Mercy by Lee Dengler, pub. Pilgrim Press (New Century Anthem Series) O Love, How Deep by Everett Titcomb I Dream A World by Andre Thomas (Poetry by Langston Hughes) We are Servants of God by John Rommereim, pub.Oxford University Press. Be Filled with the Spirit by Craig Courtney (Beckenhorst) One Faith, One, Hope, One Lord by Craig Courtney (Beckenhorst) Many Gifts, One Spirit by Allen Pote Many Gifts, One Spirit by Charles Callahan (commissioned for the 2002 UCCMA Conference in Providence. It is not published yet, but you can contact the composer at Box 84, Orwell, VT 05760.) God Is Here arranged by John Ferguson for brass and organ (published by Hope). Includes opportunities for congregational participation. Come to the Water arr. Foley/Schrader (published by Hope) for a gorgeous inclusive piece with many instrumentation possibilities. HYMNS 3 hymnals were suggested by several people: Gather Comprehensive (Catholic), New Century (United Church of Christ), and Singing the Living Tradition (Unitarian). Free At Last from Gather Comprehensive Let Justice Roll Like a River from Gather Comprehensive On Holy Ground from Gather Comprehensive All Are Welcome from Gather Comprehensive Come, Let Us Welcome with Warm Acclamation Brian Wren Great Love, Your Loveliness is Signed Brian Wren Siyahamba (We Are Marching in the Light of God) - South African Freedom Song - New Century Community of Christ (to the tune Leoni), New Century Other suggested hymn text writers good for ONA are Shirley Erena Murray, Timothy Dudley Smith, Ruth Duck, and Amanda Husberg. Thanks, Bonnie McClain philandbonnie(a)comcast.net
Cody Miller, Executive Director, Vox Humana on September 9, 2006 10:00pm
Look at Yelton Rhodes Music Publishing. They specialize in publishing gay and lesbian composers and inclusive compositions.
on February 6, 2011 4:51pm
Try "Welcome" at http://www.songsforall.com/songinfo.php?SongID=49 and "Love Welcomes All" at http://www.songsforall.com/songinfo.php?SongID=35 Both songs affirm all walks of life!
All songs on the www.songsforall.com website are FREE to download. Please notify kayne(a)songsforall.com if you download and/or rehearse and perform any pieces.
on August 1, 2012 6:57pm
The Hymn: A Journal of Congregational Song, in the October 2011 issue, featured an article by the Rev. Jim Mitulski entitled "O for a heart to praise my God: Celebrating Lesbian & Gay Poets and Composers." This article was a reworking of a Hymn Society Hymn Festival in Colorado Springs on the same material, and includes the hymns sung that day.
Besides pointing to poets such as Katherine Lee Bates ("America the Beautiful"), Samuel Longfellow ("Holy Spirit, truth divine"), and Georgia Harkness ("Hope of the world, thou Christ of great compassion"), it included several excellent hymns explicitly on the experience of LGBT people in the church.
My favorite of these, which is not nearly well-known enough, is "We are the church alive," by Jack Hoggatt-St. John and David Pelletier, with the fine processional tune "Church Alive" by Hoggatt. Jack has been great about giving permissions for its use (he's on Facebook, from Berkeley, California) , and I believe you can also get permissions through CCLI. Every church that has ever sung it has loved it.
Bob Crocker
Church of the Transfiguration (Episcopal), Arcadia, CA
Brentwood School, Los Angeles, CA
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