1. Light to the Night
    By: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan

    • Lyric sheet is also a chord chart.
    • Congregational melody line and songleader's guide is bundled in the "lead sheet" product.
    • Piano score coming soon.
    • This song is licensed via OneLicense.net, CCLI or Worldmaking.net. 
    • This song is part of richard Bruxvoort Colligan's "Branching Out" camp song album

    Groovy easy-to-learn pop-folk song centered on Jesus' stack of metaphors for active faith in Matthew 5.14: you're like light shining on the planet, a city on a hill. Great for a moment of sending, commissioning, baptism, affirmation of faith or campfire.

     

     

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  2. Waiting For You
    By: The Many

    This is a brand new song for Advent 2016 from The Many.  We're really excited about this one!  So timely in light of all that's going on in the world right now.  This beautiful, singable, easily accessible song could work as an anthem, a congregational song, or a solo.  It taps into the Advent themes of waiting and longing for God to come, act, and bring about Divine justice.  And yet it is also a call to action, love, service, and hope while we wait. 

    Thanks for another GREAT song Gary, Lenora, and Hannah Rand!

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  3. 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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  4. We Stand With Love Worship Service & Resources
    By: Andra Moran
    By: Brian McLaren
    By: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan
    By: Suzanne Castle
    By: The Many

    "We Stand With Love" Campaign Written Resources and Music Suggestions!   www.westandwithlove.org for more details!

    This "Product" is Different!!  Contains a FREE download of an entire worship service (select the "Lyrics" item to download the entire liturgy and sermon by Gary and Lenora Rand.

    Also contains FREE download of prayers, creative worship suggestions, song suggestions, and other written worship materials (select the "Lead Sheet" item to download all of these additional Resources.

    The Audio File for this "product" features A FREE DOWNLOAD of a brief liturgical musical line by Andra Moran to go along with a responsive prayer written by Andra and Suzanne Castle.

     

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  5. Stay Connected
    By: Trinity UCC Music Team

    CMP is thrilled to have Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III, Musical Director Bryan Johnson, and songwriter Kevon Carter at the heart of our attempts to bring new music to congregations!  We'll soon be featuring some interviews with Rev. Moss and the music team of Trinity and look forward to their insights on how to use music in the context of transforming and vital worship.

    This "Stay Connected" piece based on Jesus' words in John 15 is just the first of what will be many original songs from Trinity's Kevon Carter.  Piano arrangements and lead sheets will be coming soon!

     

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  6. Song of Lamentation
    By: Steve Schallert

    Steve Schallert lives in Hawaii and works often with Youth With a Mission.  He is a soulful and passionate songwriter and artist who writes beautiful songs of longing, lament, and the call for biblical justice.  This simple but powerful "Song of Lamentation" will touch the hearts of many and give us all a deeply needed way to sing our prayers for healing and wholeness.

    A common critique of "contemporary praise and worship music" is that it does not touch the brokenness of the world enough and that there are too many "happy clappy" songs and very few songs of lament.  Lament is a crucial step in response to the pain of the world and the processes of grieving, healing, and regrouping we all need both in our individual lives and in our communities of faith.  CMP is grateful and proud to have songs like this on our site and to point you toward the work of Steve Schallert.

     

     

     

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  7. Surrounded By Love
    By: Mark Miller

    This brand new song by gifted composer and musicologist Mark Miller was written just before Mark underwent surgery to remove a tumor on his brain.  He was told that the surgery could wind up leaving him deaf, especially in one ear--no small matter for anyone--but especially huge for one who is called to teach and create and perform music.  Thankfully, the surgery went well, the tumor was benign, and Mark hears perfectly.  And we all received the gift of this beautiful song in and through the process!  This one will minister deeply to anyone facing uncertainty and risk and who needs to be reminded that God and the community of faith will always "surround us with love."

    If and when Mark does a more produced version of this song in the studio we will make that available, but for now this simple demo is the only recording of this brand new song that exists.  Thanks so much for sharing it with us Mark, and we have a feeling this song is going to be widely used!

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  8. Together In This
    By: David Lunsford

    A moving song about sharing each other's burdens and loving and accepting each other as we are.  Beautiful production and artistry.  David Lunsford and the musicians at Eastlake Community Church in Washington state are creating some amazingly beautiful music that should be on the radio, but their lyrics are a bit too progressive and real for most CCM radio formats.

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  9. More Than Welcome Here
    By: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan

    Many congregations consider themselves to be "welcoming," and that's fantastic.  But it's time to be MORE than just welcoming.  This song goes beyond welcome to the call for joyful and full participation in the community of faith. 

    "More Than Welcome Here" was inspired in part by a quote that Bryan Sirchio saw tweeted...something like "Welcome is being included.  Belonging is being missed when you're not there." 

    Note:  This song is available exclusively here on the CMP site!

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