1. Branching Out Songbook
    By: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan

    This "lread sheet" product is actaully a bundle of sheet music (lead sheet, chord chart, congregational melody line and songleader's guide) for all 14 songs in the "Branching Out: Neo Camp Songs" album by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan.

    These songs were written specifically to fit the summer 2017 Branching Out theme around John 15. The first seven songs align with the daily themes, the rest resonante with broader camp culture.

    These songs are licensed via OneLicense.net, CCLI and Worldmaking.net.

    The album of Branching Out recordings available here at CMP.

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  2. Come Down Spirit
    By: Ken Medema

    Using a contemporary rock style, Ken Medema fervently asks God's Spirit to redeem us, refine us, and revive us in powerful new ways. The building intensity of Ken's piano accompaniment focuses worshippers on the growing earnestness of the song's prayer. This musical invocation is suitable for congregational singing. Learn More

  3. Love Listen To Your Children Praying
    By: Ken Medema

    This classic Ken Medema song is a plea for God's Spirit to fill those who earnestly lift up their burdens in prayer, expecting God to do great things. Its memorable congregational chorus returns between jubilant verses set with a lively syncopated piano accompaniment. This song is suitable for a variety of worship purposes. Learn More

  4. Turn It Over And Turn It Round
    By: Ken Medema

    This irresistible sing-along with a reggae feel invites congregants to echo Ken's chorus lyrics in this celebration of the chance we all have to do God's justice and mercy in this world. This kind of service only happens when "see all the world through a new humble heart." Learn More

  5. Sunday Sunday
    By: Ken Medema

    Ken Medema has created this easy-to-learn chorus that has singers jubilantly thinking about all the circumstances we carry as we gather together to worship God. Set with a gentle flowing piano accompaniment, Ken's lyrics have us celebrating this great gift we have of coming together as God's holy family. Learn More

  6. Lead The Way
    By: Ken Medema

    Each of us will fall short and will make mistakes in life. In this meditative song, Ken Medema encourages us to look forward, staying open to love, rather than regretfully looking back to things we cannot repair. Every morning is a new opportunity to follow God, wherever that following takes us. Learn More

  7. When Will The Chains
    By: Ken Medema

    "When Will the Chains" is an earnest plea to God to bring justice and peace to our world, looking forward to the day of jubilee. Learn More

  8. We Pray For Peace
    By: Ken Medema

    "We Pray for Peace" is a prayer for peace on earth, hoping that love will come down like the rain and rivers of justice will flow freely Learn More

  9. To The One Whose Hands
    By: Ken Medema

    This uplifting, up-tempo song is a prayer of praise to God for the way we are created and a prayer of dedication to follow. Learn More

  10. Lead Kindly Light
    By: Ken Medema

    Ken Medema weaves together the prayerful text of the hymn "Lead, Kindly Light" with earnest questions about whether our devotion remains steadfast despite our circumstances. We cannot know what's ahead of us, but we can pray that God directs our path, one step at a time. Congregations will enjoy this new take on a traditional hymn. Learn More

  11. With Every Breath
    By: Ken Medema

    "With Every Breath" offers us the chance to sing quiet praise to God at all times of the day and night. Learn More

  12. When The Night Descends
    By: Ken Medema

    "When the Night Descends" is a quiet prayer to God to say that we will sing hallelujah in all circumstances and we will know that God is with us at all times. Learn More

  13. In This Place
    By: Ken Medema

    This song is a gentle message of welcome for all to join the community of believers striving to live the Gospel. Learn More

  14. Spirit Come
    By: Ken Medema

    This meditative song is a prayer to ask God's Spirit renew and refresh us once more, using the image of the way in which rain refreshes the earth. Learn More

  15. Blessing of St. Clare
    By: Lacey Brown
    By: Poor Clare

    A very interesting combination of a contemporary sound with a very old benediction/blessing attributed to St. Clare. The lyric reminds us that "there is no fear in love." Learn More

  16. Bugs For Lunch!
    By: Bryan Sirchio

    One of Bryan Sirchio's most popular songs for children that helps kids learn some of the teachings of John the Baptist and yell "yuck! yuck! yuck!" Kid's LOVE this one! Learn More

  17. Teach Me To Stop And Listen
    By: Ken Medema

    When the world diverts our attention from the important to what seems to be urgent, we can feel frazzled. We have a weakened capacity to reach out to others because we are depleted. But if we choose instead to listen to God, we become centered, renewed, and able once more to minister to the world around us. This lovely meditative song is suitable for congregational singing. Learn More

  18. In The Valley
    By: Ken Medema

    "In the Valley" is a song to be sung after a mountaintop experience like a beautiful retreat or a week at a church camp, or in silence, or in nature, or in circumstances we face each day. It might well be sung before a sermon. Learn More

  19. Atheist
    By: Brian McLaren

    The brilliant lyrics of Brian McLaren naming some of the "false gods" that he does not believe in, and affirming the beautiful Divine Truth he does embrace and to which he commits his life. Probably a bit more of an anthem or solo song that a congregational piece, but very much worthy of being used liturgically. Learn More

  20. This World Is Pregnant With God
    By: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan

    Picture her sputtering in awe when you imagine Saint Angela of Foligno singing, "This world is pregnant with God." It's a powerful feminine metaphor for change. Sing it in Springtime, either Lent or Eastertide, on Earth Day, or any moment to remember humankind's interconnection with creation. The simple refrain deepens in meaning as the verses suggest dimensions of the metaphor: if creation is a pregnant witness of Christ incarnate in the world, then every living thing is kin (verses 1-2). For verse 3, I was thinking about the parable of the treasure in the field, and of my family's roots in farming. John 16, Mark 13, and Romans 8 refer to labor pain as a metaphor for the pain of transformation and renewal (verse 4). Teach the community the single-phrase refrain, and your music leader or choir sings the verses. Learn More

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