1. For This Rare Good Food
    By: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan

    • The lyric sheet product is a congregational melody line.
    • The lead sheet product includes the congregational melody line and songleader's guide.
    • There is no musical accompaniment for this song.
    • This song is licensed via OneLicense.net, CCLI and Worldmaking.net.
    • This song is part of Richard Bruxvoort Colligan's intergenerational camp song album, "Branching Out: Neo Camp Songs."

    A simple echo table grace.

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  2. Love One Another
    By: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan

    • The lyric sheet product is a chord chart.
    • The lead sheet product bundles lead sheet, congregational melody line and songleader's guide.
    • This song is licensed via OneLicense.net, CCLI and Worldmaking.net.
    • This song is part of Richard Bruxvoort Colligan's intergenerational camp song album, "Branching Out: Neo Camp Songs."

    The Maundy Thursday words of Jesus' new commandment are haunting: Love one another. This slow blues shines the spotlight on moments of Jesus' ministry told in the gospels where he showed great love. 

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  3. You Are Here

    The duo "Lost And Found" (Michael Bridges and George Baum) have been popular youth ministers and song leaders for many years, and CMP is delighted that they are making some of their best congregational songs available on our site.  They've been best known in ELCA Lutheran circles, and have been favorite acts at national youth gatherings of many demoninations.  

    There are no leads sheets or piano arrangements available for this song yet, but we'll create them and upload them as soon as possible. 

     

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  4. Come Thou Fount Of Ev'ry Blessing
    By: Ken Medema

    New CHORAL SETTINGS of “Come Thou Fount of Ev'ry Blessing” from Ken Medema offer your choirs a fresh “take” on this classic hymn! Ken’s energizing new melody is set with a rhythmic piano part with optional hand drums and body percussion so everyone can get involved in the performance! This joyous, spirited anthem, arranged by Ken Medema and Cathy Chamblee, is available for S.A.T.B. or for S.S.A. choir and is sure to become a favorite for your singers and your congregation. Because these two settings of this anthem were composed during the pandemic, a performance recording is not available, but you may become acquainted with this piece through the free MIDI-generated recording available on this website. Learn More

  5. We Stand With Love
    By: The Many

    Lenora, Gary, and Hannah Rand of "The Many" have just written and recorded this beautiful song as part of the "We Stand With Love" campaign.  "We Stand With Love" has a great website with instructions on how to get involved with this campaign to help congregations focus on God's Love and Grace this Fall in particular as the presidential election approaches.  There are some great resources and instructions on how to participate and who is involved at www.westandwithlove.org

    Please see the entire free bunch of liturgical resources on the CMP site to go along with this campaign also.  Among other prayers and written liturgical resources you will find an entire worship service and a sermon written by Lenora Rand that can be used in worship.

    Thanks SO MUCH to The Many for creating these special  "We Stand With Love" resources!

    There is no sheet music available yet for this song, but we'll post it as soon as there is. 

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  6. Nothing Can Pull Us Away
    By: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan

    The lyric sheet product is a chord chart with lyrics and chords. The lead sheet product bundles lead sheet, congregational melody line and songleader's guide. This song is licensed via OneLicense.net, CCLI and Worldmaking.net. This song is part of Richard Bruxvoort Colligan's intergenerational camp song album, "Branching Out: Neo Camp Songs." This song centers on Romans 8:38-39, a passage abot God's unfailing love. Verses unpack the nitty gritty, the refarin is a catchy reminder of the heart of the Jesus tradition. Great for camp, intergeneratial worship or a hymn of praise in a liturgical service. Learn More

  7. In God's Hands
    By: Tracy Howe

    A hauntingly beautiful and very accessible song with a simple but profound lyric with layers of meaning. This will be useful in many different liturgical contexts. It's a prayer, an exhortation, a call to justice, and a tool for reflection all in one. From the artist and songwriter Tracy Howe, "We are God's hands and justice will come when it is embodied in us." Learn More

  8. Traveling Friend
    By: Bryan Sirchio

    A simple song written initially to go with a camp curriculum and with the Emmaus Road road story from Luke 24:13-35. Easy to play and accessible to all ages. Learn More

  9. Discipleship Rap
    By: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan

    • The lyric sheet product is a chord chart with lyrics and chords.
    • The lead sheet product bundles lead sheet, congregational melody line and songleader's guide.
    • This song is licensed via OneLicense.net, CCLI and Worldmaking.net.
    • This song is part of Richard Bruxvoort Colligan's intergenerational camp song album, "Branching Out: Neo Camp Songs."

    In which acoustic rap spotlights passages form the gospel of John. This invigorating song invites a loud rapped refrain and simple, sung verses. Do or do not. There is no try.

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  10. Not In Our Name
    By: Bryan Sirchio

    This song was written by Pastor Bryan Sirchio with some input from members and friends of the congregation he serves--McFarland UCC in McFarland, WI. The song is part of the "Not In Our Name" campaign that McFarland UCC has initiated to express its opposition to the separation of immigrant children from their families at U.S. borders. This song is not yet available in Mp3 form, but here is a link to a video of members and friends of McFarland UCC singing this song during a worship service on August 18, 2019. If you agree with the message of this song, please share this video in any social media forums to which you have access. https://www.facebook.com/NION.US/videos/1253920748148145/ The lead sheet, congregational bulletin insert, and piano arrangement for this song are available here on the CMP site at no charge. We encourage you to sing the song in your own communities. The "Not In Our Name" (N.I.O.N.) campaign's materials are available on the campaign's Facebook page. Search for "Not In Our Name" in your Facebook search bar and you will find the page. There is a petition that you can sign, and bracelets and T-shirts for sale. Proceeds from sales of these items and donations to the campaign will be used to support organizations that are monitoring human rights conditions in detention centers and/or doing the tedious leg work to help separated family members to find each other. Learn More

  11. God's Voice Anywhere
    By: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan

    Every great religious tradition has ideas about how the Holy is present. Christian teaching sometimes lists the orthodox ways God is revealed and how prayer works. These are good things. However, if we align too tightly to particulars, we may lose the sense of God's mystery which may be essential to a thriving faith. This song is an effort to explore with young people around the campfire some of the ways we might experience God.

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  12. Come, Ye Disconsolate
    By: Ken Medema

    “Joy of the desolate, light of the straying, hope of the penitent, fadeless and pure. Here speaks the Comforter, tenderly saying, ‘Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot cure.’” These words from this classic hymn take on new life in this meditative CHORAL SETTING by Ken Medema and Cathy Chamblee. A gentle, flowing piano accompaniment supports easy-to-learn four-part writing, making this anthem a meaningful addition to a variety of worship settings. This anthem is sure to become a mainstay in your choir’s repertoire! Because it was arranged during the pandemic, no performance recording exists, but you can acquaint yourself with the piece through the free MIDI-generated recording available on this website. Learn More

  13. To the One Making Way
    By: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan

    • The lead sheet product includes lead sheet plus songleader's guide and congregational melody line. 
    • The lyric sheet product is a chord chart.
    • Choral arrangement available at Worldmaking.net.

    This piece can function in 3 ways: the refrain can stand alone as a Gloria, fit for that celebratory moment in worship; the verses can stand alone as a hymn form; all together the song can serve both/either. This song works well with organ, piano or band ensemble.

    This song is licensed via OneLicense.net, CCLI and Worldmaking.net.

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  14. God's Flame of Love
    By: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan

    The lyric sheet product is a chord chart with lyrics and chords. The lead sheet product bundles lead sheet, congregational melody line and songleader's guide. This song is licensed via OneLicense.net, CCLI and Worldmaking.net. This song is part of Richard Bruxvoort Colligan's intergenerational camp song album, "Branching Out: Neo Camp Songs." We're around the campfire at the end of a week of camp. Or at the close of an important season in your congregation. We look around and are filled with gratitude for the wonderful and unique presence of one another. This is a song to enact our gratitude to one another and to God from whom all blessings flow. Learn More

  15. Song Of The Refugee
    By: Ken Medema

    Ken’s NEW CHORAL OFFERING, “Song of the Refugee,” draws us into the lonely and often terrifying journey of the refugee in her strange new homeland. Threatened back in her native country, she knows no clear path forward for her life ahead. Who will welcome her here? Who will defend and befriend her? How will we as followers of Jesus respond? We hear the voice of the refugee sharing about her plight through Ken’s haunting melody and lyrics. This lovely and highly accessible S.A.T.B. anthem, accompanied by piano and optional cello, was arranged together with Cathy Chamblee and is ALSO available as a vocal solo with optional cello. Because it was arranged during the pandemic, a performance recording is not available for either the choral or the solo version, but you may become acquainted with this MUST-HAVE anthem through a free MIDI-generated recording of the choral version. This piece offers your choir or soloist the chance to be the voice of the refugee, challenging listeners about what it means to love the newcomer in their midst. Learn More

  16. Open Us

    This "short song & response" is a very brief musical piece that can be used liturgically as a response, a prayer, a preparation to hear Scripture readings, etc. 

    The intro is long on this audio clip before the vocal comes in...  it's there!

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  17. Called To Be God's Glory
    By: Ken Medema

    “See the glory of Creator in the wonders of creation! See the glory of our Savior in the lives that Love makes new! See the glory of God present in the power of Love awakened! We are called to be God’s glory in everything we think and say and do!” These lively, compelling lyrics by Terry W. York and Ken Medema with music by Ken Medema are a call to service based on gratitude for all the love and merciful provisions God grants us in this life. Originally composed for the Alleluia Conference at Baylor University in July 2019, this new choral arrangement by Ken Medema and Cathy Chamblee features choir, piano, organ, cello, and rhythm section with an opportunity for the congregation to join in on the chorus. Suitable for a variety of worship settings, this piece is sure to become a favorite for your congregation! Because of the pandemic, a performance recording is not available for this anthem, but you can acquaint yourself with the piece through the free MIDI-generated recording available on this website. Learn More

  18. We Lift Our Eyes to You
    By: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan

    • The lead sheet product includes lead sheet plus songleader's guide and congregational melody line. 
    • The lyric sheet product is a chord chart.

    "We've had our fill of hatred..." the song sings. "We look to you for mercy." This song is a reflection on Psalm 123, a prayer of surrender in the midst of honest struggle.

    This song is licensed via OneLicense.net, CCLI and Worldmaking.net.

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