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Upcoming Abiding Presence Choir Music

Upcoming Repertoire

Adult Choir rehearsals are on Wednesday evenings from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., September through June; we also have just-show-up-and-sing choir singing opportunities from time to time (stay tuned to the weekly e-news). Our choir sings repertoire of all eras, from early music to new commissions. As worship leaders during the Sunday morning traditional service and various special services, the choir is integral to supporting congregational participation in worship. If you love to sing, this is a great way to be involved!

Previous Weeks

June 7, 2026 - “Pilgrim’s Song (Psalm 121)” M. Haugen - sheet music | listen

June 14, 2026 - “Jesu meine Freude” J.S. Bach

Translation of Verse 1:

Jesu, meine Freude,

Meines Herzens Weide,

Jesu, meine Zier,

Ach wie lang, ach lange

Ist dem Herzen bange

Und verlangt nach dir!

Gottes Lamm, mein Bräutigam,

Außer dir soll mir auf Erden

Nichts sonst Liebers werden.

Jesus, my joy,

pasture of my heart,

Jesus, my adornment

ah how long, how long

is my heart filled with anxiety

and longing for you!

Lamb of God, my bridegroom,

apart from you on the earth

there is nothing dearer to me.

June 21, 2026 - “The Water Is Wide” arr. Ed Lojeski

June 28, 2026 - “Nearer, My God, To Thee” arr. G. Toole

May 31, 2026 - “Trinity Song” Sandra McCracken, arr. Chávez - sheet music

May 17 - “I Know that My Redeemer Lives” Craig Courtney - listen | sheet music

May 24 - Pentecost -“Come, Holy Spirit” J.A. Shafferman - sheet music

Practice Tracks:

May 10 - “Christ Jesus Lay in Death’s Strong Bands (Christ Lag in Todesbanden)” harmonized by J.S. Bach - sheet music (English) | sheet music (German, verse 1 only) | Listen (start at 20:55, in German) | German verse 1 pronunciation (Nicole Zupan)

April 26 - “My Shepherd, You Supply My Need” arr. Chavez

May 3 - Youth Sunday (no choir; come and support our youth musicians as they lead worship!)

April 12 - “See My Hands and Feet (Touch That Soothes and Heals)” arr. T Keesecker - sheet music | listen & watch video score

April 18 (Sat.) - Clayton Huntington Funeral (10am; 9:30am rehearsal) - “My Shepherd Will Supply My Need” arr. Chavez

April 19, 2025 - Easter Sunday - “I Know that My Redeemer Lives” arr. Chávez - sheet music | listen (voices only) | listen (orchestra)

🍷🥖💦Maundy Thursday - April 2, 2026 -
1) “Abide in Me as I Abide in You” by David E. Chávez - new SATB choir version - sheet music. (listen to the original version here)
2) “Gethsemane Kyrie” by David Chávez - sheet music | practice tracks with parts emphasized

⚖️✝️Good Friday - April 3, 2026 - “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross” Gilbert M. Martin

🐣🐑☀️EASTER SUNDAY - April 5, 2026 - “Baba Yetu” C. Tin - Choir sheet music (SSATTB) | original recording | live performance | lyric video

🌴☦️Palm Sunday - March 29, 2025 - “Holy, Holy, Holy (Sanctus)” from Deutsche Messe by Franz Schubert - sheet music | listen

March 22, 2025 - “Jesus Is a Rock in a Weary Land” arr. Johnson - sheet music

March 8, 2026 - “Ososo (Come Now, O Prince of Peace)” Geonyong Lee, arr. Navarro - sheet music | listen | historical background

오소서 오소서 평화의 임금        Come, come, the prince of peace
우리가 한몸 이루게 하소서        Let us come together and become one body, one mind

March 15, 2026 - “O God Unseen” M. Schweizer - sheet music | listen

Sun, March 1, 2026 - Sun, Jan 22 - “Follow On” arr. M. Chávez

Feb 15, 2026 - “The Transfiguration” arr. Chávez - sheet music | demo recording

Feb 18 (Ash Wednesday) and Feb 22 (Lent 1), 2026 - “Remember You Are Dust” by David Chávez - sheet music & practice tracks

Feb 8, 2026 - “Blessed Assurance” arr. Hayes - sheet music | listen (all voices)

Feb 1 2026 - “What Does The Lord Require Of You” by J. Strathdee - sheet music | listen

Jan 11, 2026 - “Spirit of Gentleness” by J.K. Manley - sheet music

Jan 18, 2026 - “Grant Peace [Levine]” - sheet music & individual part practice tracks

Dec 24, 2025 - Christmas Eve, 6:00 & 8:00 p.m. - “Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head” arr. R. Huff - listen (starts at 9:11) | sheet music (PDF)

Call time for choir: 5:15 p.m.

Dec 28, 2025 - PICKUP CHOIR (just-show-up-and-sing and invite a friend!)

December-January Schedule Reminders

Dec 21, 2025 - “Veni, Emmanuel” arr. Kodaly - listen | sheet music (PDF)

Dec 7, 2025 “Away in a Manger” arr. Helvey - listen

Dec 14, 2025 - No Choir (Christmas Pageant)

Nov 23, 2025 - “There Is a Balm in Gilead” arr. W.L. Dawson - listen | sheet music (PDF)

Nov 30, 2025 - “Come Now, Savior of the Nations” arr. Burkhardt

Join our 30-plus-year tradition of joint music ministry with Temple B’nai Shalom the evening before Thanksgiving!

Joint Thanksgiving Eve Service at Temple B’nai Shalom
7612 Old Ox Road, Fairfax Station, VA 22039 [tbs-online.org]
Wednesday, November 26 • Service at 7:00 p.m.
Questions? Email David Chávez, Music & Worship Minister, at dave@abidingpresence.net.

JOINT KIDS CHOIR (Preschool-5th+6th Grade*)
*6th graders may choose to sing with this group or the adult group.

Pre-Service Rehearsal on Wednesday, November 26, 6:00-6:45 p.m.

at Temple B’nai Shalom - 7612 Old Ox Road, Fairfax Station, VA 22039 [tbs-online.org]
SIGN UP HERE FOR JOINT KIDS CHOIR
Join with kids from TBS to sing during the service!
Listen to our songs at home to prepare:
• “Sanctuary (V'asu li Mikdash)” - listen (mp3) | sheet music (pdf)
• “Draw the Circle Wide” - listen (YouTube) | sheet music (pdf)
• 3rd-6th grade only: “Grant Us Peace [Dropkin]” - listen (mp3) | listen (YouTube) | sheet music (PDF)

JOINT ADULT CHOIR (Adults and Middle/High School)

Rehearsal at Temple B’nai Shalom on Tuesday, November 25, 7:00-8:30 p.m.

& Pre-Service Rehearsal on Wednesday, November 26, 6:00-6:45 p.m.

at Temple B’nai Shalom - 7612 Old Ox Road, Fairfax Station, VA 22039 [tbs-online.org]

• “Grant Peace [Levine]” - sheet music & individual part practice tracks

• “Sanctuary (V'asu li Mikdash)” - sheet music & individual part practice tracks
• “Draw the Circle Wide” - sheet music (pdf) | listen (melody only - YouTube) | tracks with parts emphasized (mp3s)

• “America the Beautiful [arr. B. Red]” - sheet music & individual practice tracks

JOINT ORCHESTRA (Adults and Middle/High School)

Pre-Service Rehearsal on Wednesday, November 26, 6:00-6:45 p.m.

at Temple B’nai Shalom - 7612 Old Ox Road, Fairfax Station, VA 22039 [tbs-online.org]

Email David Chávez, Music & Worship Minister, at dave@abidingpresence.net for a complete set of hymn parts and prelude parts for your instrument.

Sheet music for prelude: Prelude (Oseh Shalom)

Sheet music for hymns (tap here)

Nov 9, 2025 - “The Storm Is Passing Over” D. Vails - listen & watch | sheet music

Nov 16, 2025 - “Joy in the Morning” by Natalie Sleeth - listen

Nov 2, 2025 - All Saints - “Brethren, We Have Met to Worship” arr. Chávez - sheet music

Oct 25, 2025 - Reformation Sunday - “JLM (Jesus Loves Me)” Bradley Phillips - sheet music

Oct 18, 2025 - Memorial Service for Edith Rich - “In This Very Room” Ron & Carol Harris - sheet music

Oct 19, 2025 - “Here I Am, Lord” arr. C. Courtney - sheet music | Listen (mp3)

Oct 12, 2025 - “Let Us Break Bread Together” arr. A. Clarke - sheet music

Oct 5, 2025 - “Lead and I Will Follow” Fettke/Gilmore/Bradbury

Sept 28, 2025 - “Shall We Gather at the River?” arr. J. Carter

Sept 21, 2025 - “You Are All We Have” F.P. O’Brien

Sept 14, 2025 - “In This Very Room” Ron & Carol Harris

Sept 7, 2025 - “The King of Love My Shepherd Is” arr. Schweizer/Bach - score | listen

July 20 - 🎄Summer Choir for Christmas in July!🎄 “What Child Is This” arr. J Fenstermaker - sheet music | listen (Soundcloud)

August 10 - 🏖️Summer Choir!🏝️

June 29 - Summer Choir! “Every Time I Feel the Spirit”

June 8 - Pentecost -“Come, Holy Spirit” J.A. Shafferman - sheet music

Practice Tracks:

June 1, 2025 - “Be Thou My Vision” arr. D. Forrest - listen | sheet music

May 24, 2025 - Funeral for Pastor Bailey - “Be Thou My Vision” arr. D. Forrest - listen | sheet music

May 25, 2025 - “It Would Have Been Enough” T. Ward - Video with scrolling music notation

Practice tracks for verse 5

May 18, 2025 - “Psalm 23” R. Dilworth - Video with scrolling music notation | Sheet music (PDF)

May 11, 2025 - “¡Aleluya! Cristo Resucitó (Alleluia! Christ Is Arisen)” L. Bojos - sheet music

April 18, 2025 - Good Friday - “Gethsemane Kyrie” David Chávez - sheet music | practice tracks with parts emphasized

April 20, 2025 - Easter Sunday - “I Know that My Redeemer Lives” arr. Chávez - sheet music | listen (voices only) | listen (orchestra)

April 13, 2025 - Palm Sunday - “If Ye Love Me” Tallis - sheet music | listen (all voices)

April 6, 2025 - “Dona Nobis Pacem” (canon) Traditional - sheet music

March 16, 2025 - “His Eye Is on the Sparrow” arr. M. Hayes - PDF | listen

March 23, 2025 - “Ososo (Come Now, O Prince of Peace)” Geonyong Lee, arr. Navarro - sheet music | listen | historical background

오소서 오소서 평화의 임금        Come, come, the prince of peace
우리가 한몸 이루게 하소서        Let us come together and become one body, one mind

March 30 - “I Want Jesus (to Walk with Me)” arr. J. Hairston

March 9, 2025 - “To Dust” by K. Marrolli - PDF sheet music & example mp3  | YouTube (AP Virtual Choir)

Transfiguration

March 2, 2025 - “The Transfiguration” arr. Chávez - sheet music | demo recording

Feb 23, 2025 - “Holy Spirit, Living Breath of God” - arr. Larson - sheet music | listen (YouTube)

Jan 19, 2025 - “O Spirit of Life” arr. J.S. Bach - sheet music | sheet music (melody only)

Jan 26, 2025 - “O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High” H. Hopson - sheet music | listen

No rehearsal Wednesday, Jan 29, 2025 (HVAC work ongoing - no heat)

Feb 2, 2025 - “Be Thou My Vision” R. Shepherd - listen

Feb 9, 2025 - “And the Walls Came Tumblin’ Down” S. Andrews

Dec 22, 2024 One Service at 10:00 a.m. - “Glory to God” from Messiah by G.F. Handel - PDF | listen

Dec 24, 2024 Christmas Eve - “Still, Still, Still” arr. Dennis Allen

Dec 15, 2024 - “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” arr. T. Helmore (4-part SATB version) - new PDF

Dec 8, 2024 - “Keep Your Lamps” arr. Andre Thomas - PDF | listen

Joint Service with Temple B’nai Shalom • Wednesday, November 27 • Service at 7:00 p.m.

JOINT KIDS CHOIR (Preschool-6th Grade) • Pre-Service Rehearsal from 6:00 to 6:45 p.m.

We are enthusiastically inviting our Preschool through 6th Grade kiddos to join with kids from TBS to sing a joint choir song during the service. If you’d like to join, please sign-up at AbidingPresence.net/kids. Questions? Email our Children & Family Minister, Michaela Putnam-Kwon (michaela@abidingpresence.net).

Listen to Joint Kids Choir song (“Zeh Bazeh”) | View the lyrics

JOINT CHOIR & ORCHESTRA (Adults and Middle/High School)

Rehearsals Tuesday, November 26 from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

and Wednesday, November 27 from 6:00 to 6:45 p.m.

Calling all singers and instrumentalists: join our big joint choir & orchestra for Thanksgiving Eve! Whether or not you regularly participate in ensembles at Abiding Presence, you are invited. We will play an instrumental prelude, lead the congregation in singing hymns, and also offer two joint choir

anthems. Questions? Email our Music & Worship Minister, David Chávez (dave@abidingpresence.net).

Joint Choir Music Selections:

Nov 24, 2024 - “I Am the Bread of Life” arr. Proulx - sheet music (choir & orchestra) | listen

Nov 27, 2024 Thanksgiving Eve (at Abiding Pres.) -  “We Are Not Alone” Pepper Choplin - PDF | listen

Dec 1, 2024 - “The Holly and the Ivy” arr. Chávez - sheet music

Oct 20, 2024 - “We Are Not Alone” Pepper Choplin - PDF | listen

Oct 27, 2024 - “Christ Has Broken Down the Wall” M. Miller - video score | sheet music | virtual performance

Oct 13, 2024 - “Be Not Afraid” B. Dufford - PDF

Oct 6, 2024 - “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” arr. S. Casurella - listen

Sept 28, 2024 - “I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say” arr M.W. Burnett - PDF | listen

Sept 22, 2024 - “Touch That Soothes and Heals” arr. T Keesecker - sheet music | listen & watch video score

September 8 - “You Are Near” D. Schutte - PDF preview | listen

September 15 - “His Eye Is on the Sparrow” arr. M. Hayes - PDF | listen

🌟Christmas-in-July Choir🌟Sunday, July 21

—Meet in the Sanctuary at 8:45 a.m., one hour prior to the 9:45 a.m. service.—

“O Little Town of Bethlehem” (Forest Green tune) by R. Vaughan Williams - sheet music | listen

June 30 - “O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High” H. Hopson - sheet music | listen

June 23 - “Ayúdanos, oh Dios (Oh, Help Us, Save Us)” M. Miller - sheet music | listen (computer demo)

June 16 - “Prayer of Julian of Norwich” C. Cooman - sheet music | listen

June 9 - “Christ Has Broken Down the Wall” M. Miller - video score | sheet music | virtual performance

June 2 - “All Good Gifts” (from Godspell) arr. Leavitt - sheet music | listen | instrumental parts

May 19 (Pentecost) - “As the Wind Song” by Swee-Hong Lim, arr. C. L. Mizell - sheet music (score) | listen (mp3)

“Christ Jesus Lay in Death’s Strong Bands (Christ Lag in Todesbanden)” harmonized by J.S. Bach - sheet music (English) | sheet music (German, verse 1 only) | Listen (start at 20:55, in German) | German verse 1 pronunciation (Nicole Zupan)

April 28 - “The Lord’s Prayer (Otche Nash)” Kedrov, arr. Kilpatrick - sheet music | listen (English version) | listen (original Church Slavonic, sung by the Tenebrae Choir)

April 21 - “We Know That Christ Is Raised” arr. Burkhardt - sheet music | listen

April 7 - “O Sons and Daughters” Shaw-Parker Easter Carol Collection p. 12 - listen

April 14 - “Touch That Soothes and Heals” arr. T Keesecker - sheet music | listen & watch video score

March 28 - Maundy Thursday - Psalm 22 chant (bit.ly/ps22ap)

March 29 - Good Friday - “Lenten Song” Mark Hayes - sheet music | listen

March 31 - Easter Sunday

March 23 - Mary Grace Niemi Funeral - “Brother James’s Air” arr. Wilberg - Oxford EFA p. 58 - Listen

March 24 - Palm Sunday - “Gethsemane Kyrie” David Chávez - sheet music | practice tracks with parts emphasized

Holden Evening Prayer for Lent — Wednesdays, February 21 & 28 and March 6, 13 & 20 from 7:00-7:45 p.m

March 17 - “The Gift of Love” arr. H. Hopson - sheet music | listen

March 10 - “Hine Ma Tov” arr. Ginsberg - sheet music | listen (YouTube) | practice tracks (each voice part)

March 3 - “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” by J.S. Bach

Feb 25 - “Alas! And Did My Saviour Bleed” G. M. Martin - listen (YouTube)

Feb 18 - “To Dust” by K. Marrolli - PDF sheet music & example mp3  | YouTube (AP Virtual Choir)

Feb 14 (Ash Weds) at 12:00 noon only - “There Is a Longing” A. Quigley - sheet music

February 11 - “Praise His Holy Name” K. Hampton - PDF sheet music

Feb 4 - “O God Unseen” M. Schweizer

January 28 - “I Believe” by Mark Miller - listen (with scrolling music score)

No Wednesday Choir rehearsal January 3.

January 21 - “Brother James’s Air” arr. Wilberg - Oxford EFA p. 58 - Listen

January 14 - “The Call (Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life)” Vaughan Williams - sheet music

January 7 (11:00 a.m.) - Pick-Up Choir rehearsing at 10:05 a.m. (just show up and sing!)

Dec 24 at 6:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.

Dec 31 (10:00 a.m. combined service) - Pick-Up Choir rehearsing at 9:00 a.m. (just show up and sing!)

Dec 17, 2023 - What Child Is This” arr. Ijames - Choir sheet music | Orchestra parts

Dec 3 “King of Kings” by J. Gallina

Dec 10 - “Zion Hears the Watchmen Singing” [Bach/Leavitt] - PDF sheet music | listen (YouTube)

For fun: tap here to listen to the whole cantata (BWV 140) from the Monteverdi Choir directed by John Eliot Gardiner

Sunday, Nov 19 at 11:00 a.m.: “Light Dawns on a Weary World” [arr. Chávez] - Tap here for sheet music & practice tracks

Sunday, Nov 26 at 11:00 a.m.: “One Voice” [Moody] Tap here for sheet music and practice tracks (mp3s)

Thanksgiving Eve Joint Service at Temple B’nai Shalom (location & directions)

Wednesday, November 22, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.

Joint Adult Choir (including middle/high school youth!)

Rehearsals: Sunday (Nov 19) at 7:00 p.m. and Wednesday at 6:15 p.m. before the service

Joint Kids Choir

Rehearsal: Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. before the service

Brass/Orchestra/Instrumental Ensemble

We invite all adult and youth instrumentalists to join us in leading the service!

Meet at Temple B’nai Shalom on Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. for mini-rehearsal and setup.

Orchestral Prelude on “Let All Things Now Living”

Note: if your instrument has both “solo” and “ensemble” parts, feel free to learn whichever you prefer; we’ll need both from at least some instruments!

Congregational Hymns (the whole congregation sings, led by orchestra)

Note: these hymns have C, Bb, Eb, and F instrument parts, and some have “descant” parts available; the descants are optional higher harmony parts which can be played by anyone on any verse. If your instrument has multiple parts, feel free to mix and match on different verses, or just pick one!

Nov 5 - “We Are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder” arr. D. Chávez - sheet music

Nov 12 - “Siyahamba” arr. Vozzella - sheet music | listen (YouTube)

Oct 22 - “O Salutaris Hostia” by Beethoven - sheet music | listen

Oct 29 - “The Mighty Power of God” by M. Hayes - listen | sheet music

Oct 15 - “Let the Same Mind Be in You” by T. Pavlechko - sheet music | listen

Let the same mind be in you that was in Jesus Christ, who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness. And being found in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death; even death on a cross. Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bend in heaven and on earth and under the earth; and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Oct 1 - “Blessed Assurance” arr. Hayes - sheet music | listen (all voices)

Oct 8 - “Roll Down, Justice!” by Mark Miller - sheet music | listen (YouTube)

Sept 17 - “Let Us Break Bread Together” arr. Marshall

Sept 10 - “In Remembrance” by B. Red & R. Courtney

Summer Choir! Rehearse on Sunday mornings at 8:45 a.m. & sing for 9:45 a.m. service

June 11 - Janelle Orrico Funeral at 1:30pm - “Abide With Me” (arr. Archer)

May 28 🔥Pentecost 🔥 “I Am the Bread of Life” arr. Proulx - sheet music (choir & orchestra) | listen

May 21 - 45th Anniversary Service! “Wade in the Water” - sheet music & mp3 | listen

May 14 - “Come, O Thou Traveler Unknown” arr. Gibbs - sheet music | listen

May 7 - “This Joyful Eastertide” arr. Hoyle - listen | sheet music

April 30 - “O Sons and Daughters” [arr. Burford]

April 23 - “Christ Jesus Lay in Death’s Strong Bands” [arr. J.S. Bach] - listen (start at 20:55) | sheet music

April 2 - “The Morning Trumpet” [arr. Schweizer] - sheet music | listen

April 6 (Maundy Thursday) at 7:30pm - “If Ye Love Me” Tallis - sheet music | listen (all voices)

Tap here for Psalm 22 chant (in darkness at end of service)

April 7 (Good Friday) - 12:00noon & 7:30pm - choir leads congregational singing of hymns (no piano/organ); pick a service to attend or come to both!

April 9 (Easter Sunday) - 9:00 & 11:00 a.m. - “Christ Has Arisen, Alleluia” arr. Behnke

Tap here for all other Easter Sunday sheet music

Tap here for Easter Sunday worship bulletin (order of service)

March 26 - “Tree of Life” [Haugen] - sheet music (choir) | sheet music (handbells) | listen

March 19 - “Shepherd Me, O God” [Haugen] - sheet music (choir) | sheet music (strings & C woodwinds) |Bb clarinet

March 5 - “All Who Believe and Are Baptized” Bach - sheet music | listen (we will sing in English)

No Choir rehearsal on Weds, Feb. 22 (Ash Wednesday)

Sun, Feb 26 (Lent 1) - “Remember You Are Dust” Chávez - sheet music & practice tracks

Sun, Feb 12 - “All Good Gifts” (from Godspell) arr. Leavitt - sheet music | listen | instrumental parts

Sun, Feb 19 (Transfiguration) - “O wondrous sight, O Vision fair” arr Velde, Oxford EFA p. 191

Sun, Feb 5 - “Praise the Lord” Cameroon Traditional arr. Johnson

Sun, Jan 29 - “The Lord bless you and keep you” Bullard - Oxford EFA p. 254 - listen

Sun, Jan 22 - “Follow On” arr. M. Chávez

Jan 15 (Sunday) “If Thou But Suffer God to Guide Thee” Bach - Master Choruses p. 11

Dec 24 Christmas Eve at 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. services

Dec 04 - “Zion Hears the Watchmen Singing” [Bach/Leavitt] - PDF sheet music | listen (YouTube)

For fun: tap here to listen to the whole cantata (BWV 140) from the Monteverdi Choir directed by John Eliot Gardiner

Dec 11 - “In Dulci Jubilo” arr. Higginson (SATB version) - sheet music | listen (mp3)

November 23, 2022 (Weds, 7:30 p.m.) Thanksgiving Eve Joint Service

with Temple B’nai Shalom (at Abiding Presence this year)

November 27 (1st Sunday of Advent) “And art thou come with us to dwell?” - Oxford EFA p. 21 - Sheet Music PDF | listen on YouTube (Note that the recording on YouTube is in a slightly higher key and has some additional measures before the “Amen” passage.)

November 20 (Christ the King Sunday) “Praise His Holy Name” K. Hampton - PDF sheet music

November 13 (Sunday) -  “Brother James’s Air” arr. Wilberg - Oxford EFA p. 58 - Listen

November 6 (All Saints Sunday) How Shall I Sing that Majesty?” - PDF sheet music

October 16 (Sunday) “Let Us Break Bread Together” arr. Marshall

October 23 (Sunday) “There Is a Longing”

October 30 (Reformation Sunday) “A Mighty Wind”

October 2 (Sunday) “Hosanna to the Son of David” by A. Bullard - Oxford EFA p. 132

October 9 (Sunday) “Goodness Is Stronger than Evil” ELW 712

Sept 18 (Sunday) 11:00 a.m. - “In My Heart” arr. Bullard - Oxford EFA p. 146

Sept 25 (Sunday) 11:00 a.m. - “Prayer of Thanksgiving” arr. Kremser - Master Choruses p. 225

Sept 11 (Sunday) 11:00 a.m. - “The Night You Gave Us, God, Has Ended”

2022 SUMMER CHOIR singing opportunities on select Sundays!

Sunday, August 14 - “Follow On” arr. M. Chávez

Sunday, July 10 is Christmas in July! Choir sings “What Child Is This” arr. M. Ijames

Sunday, June 19 - “In Remembrance” by B. Red & R. Courtney

May 8, 2022 (Sunday) 11:05 a.m. - “The King of Love My Shepherd Is” arr. W. Pelz

May 15 (Sunday) 11:05 a.m. - “How Can I Keep from Singing” arr. J. Carter

May 22 (Sunday) 11:05 a.m. - “The Mighty Power of God” by M. Hayes - mp3

May 1 (Sunday) 11:05 a.m. - “At the Name of Jesus” arr. Kirby - PDF | mp3

April 24 (Sunday) 11:05 a.m. - O Sons and Daughters [arr. Burford]

April 15 Good Friday - 7:30 p.m. “Jesus, Remember Me” by N. Palmer

April 17 Easter Sunday! - 9:30 & 11:05 a.m. - “Christ Has Arisen, Alleluia” arr. Behnke

April 2 (Sat.) - Richard Curtis Funeral (2pm) - “My Shepherd Will Supply My Need” arr. Chavez

April 3 (Sunday) - 11:05 a.m. - “Be Thou My Vision” arr. Tipton

April 10 (Palm/Passion Sunday) - 11:05 a.m. - “Ah, Holy Jesus” arr. Dicie

Readers needed for Passion reading on Palm Sunday - email dave@abidingpresence.net to volunteer

April 10 at 3:00 p.m.  - Christine “Chris” Fischer Funeral Service - “Come, Thou Fount” arr Martin

March 27 (Sunday) - Tom Porter Funeral (3pm) - “Be Thou My Vision” arr. Tipton

March 20 (Sunday) - 11:05am service - “Jesu, meiner Seelen Wonne” (Bach, from BWV 359) - sheet music PDF | Listen (YouTube)

March 13 - Lent 2 - “Here I Am, Lord” arr. Craig Courtney - PDF sheet music | Listen (mp3)

March 12 - Helmut Rohde Memorial (1pm) - “Jesu, meiner Seelen Wonne” (Bach, from BWV 359) - sheet music PDF | Listen (YouTube)

March 6 - Lent 1 - “Still Small Voice” by I. Assersohn (Oxford EFA p. 236) - Listen (YouTube)

March 2 is Ash Weds; we will sing for the 7:30 p.m. service and stay after a bit to rehearse

Special recording project for Lent midweek online services: Holden Evening Prayer (complete)

Feb 27 - Transfiguration Sunday - Choir will gather for 11:05am service to lead the hymns but will not sing a choir offering/anthem.

February 20 - “Now the Feast and Celebration” (SATB version from Now the Feast & Celebration book) by M. Haugen - PDF

February 13 - “Psalm 141” from Holden Evening Prayer by M. Haugen - we’ll sing this for the 11:05am service this Sunday as a preview for our upcoming Lent midweek services (online and at noon on Wednesdays in Lent)

Feb 6 (in person at 11:05am service) - “Gift of Finest Wheat” (SATB PDF) | YouTube (AP)

Jan 30 (in person at 10am service after Annual Meeting) - “The Gift of Love” arr. Hal Hopson

Jan 23 (in person) choir anthem: “Consecration” by F. Chatfield - PDF sheet music | listen (mp3)

Also on Sunday Jan 23, a newer hymn with congregation: “May the Peoples Praise You” - PDF sheet music | listen (YouTube)

Jan 16 - “God Be with You Till We Meet Again” ELW 536 - PDF sheet music & recording tracks | Listen to example performance (YouTube)

Dec 24 - 6pm & 8pm services on Christmas Eve!

If you’d like to review the usual Christmas carols/hymns we’ll sing on Dec 24 or put any on your own iPad/tablet, here are PDFs along with selected recordings (most from last year's virtual services at AP) that give a feel for the tempos and styles:

Dec 5 - “Arise, The Kingdom Is At Hand” - PDF sheet music | listen to mp3

Dec 8 (Weds) Blue Christmas service at 7:00 p.m. - “Lost in the Night” ELW 243

Dec 12 - “And art thou come with us to dwell?” (Oxford EFA p. 21)

Dec 19 - “Zion Hears the Watchmen Singing” [Bach/Leavitt] - PDF sheet music | listen (YouTube)

For fun: tap here to listen to the whole cantata (BWV 140) from the Monteverdi Choir directed by John Eliot Gardiner

Nov 21 - “Christ Be With Me” (from Oxford EFA book). Listen: Oliver Tarney - Christ be with me

•Selected Communion Hymns from All Creation Sings

Virtual Choir & Orchestra for Thanksgiving Eve video recordings are due Friday, Nov 19, 2021.

“Hinei Mah Tov” by Elana Arian

Detailed instructions for Thanksgiving Eve recording

Instructions for recording...

Instructions for singing/playing:

•Sunday, Sept 12 at 11:05am service: Christ Has Broken Down the Wall [Mark Miller]

•Nearer, My God, To Thee [Toole]

Due Sept 3

•Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness [ELW 843]

Due Aug 13

•Loaves Were Broken, Words Were Spoken (ACS 966)

Due July 23 - AUDIO recordings

•Total Praise ACS 1080

For inspiration: here is the story behind this modern gospel classic, and the original recording. According to composer Richard Smallwood in his autobiography: “I felt helpless as I watched my loved ones suffering. I wanted to write a ‘pity party’ song . . . I wanted to develop it musically into a song that asked for God’s help. However, the more I worked on it, the more it kept going in the direction of a praise song.”

Due July 16 - VIDEO recordings for Christmas in July! WEAR RED AND GREEN IF YOU CAN!🎄
•It Came Upon the Midnight Clear ELW 282

Due July 9 - AUDIO recordings

•How Firm a Foundation ELW 796

      •Faith of Our Fathers ELW 813

Due July 2 - VIDEO recordings

•Eternal Father, Strong to Save ELW 756

Due June 10 - AUDIO recordings

•“Song of Simeon” (choir a cappella)

•“Come to the Table of Grace”

Due June 4 - “Now We Join in Celebration” ELW 462 - AUDIO recordings

Due May 28 - God Whose Almighty Word ELW 673 - AUDIO recordings

Due May 21 [audio recordings] The Church's One Foundation (choir & brass) AUDIO recordings for Pentecost

Due May 13 (tap here)

Due May 6 (tap here)

Due Weds April 14 [Tap here for sheet music and recording tracks] 

Due Tues March 30 for Maundy Thurs [tap here for sheet music and tracks]

Due Weds March 31 - selections from the Faure Requiem (for Good Friday)

We are recording only these four movements:

Due Thurs April 1 - Easter Sunday

Due March 10 <--click here

AUDIO recordings for the third Sunday in Lent and midweek services

Due March 3 <--click here for tracks and sheet music

AUDIO recordings for the third Sunday in Lent and midweek services

Due Feb 24

AUDIO recordings for the second Sunday in Lent and midweek services

Due Feb 10

VIDEO recordings

AUDIO recordings

Due Feb 5

AUDIO recordings

Due Jan 29

AUDIO recordings

Due Jan 22 <--all sheet music & recording tracks

AUDIO recordings

Due Jan 14 <--all sheet music & recording tracks

VIDEO recordings

AUDIO recordings

Due Jan 8 <--all sheet music & recording tracks

AUDIO recordings

Due Dec 20 (Sunday by 11:59pm) <--all sheet music & recording tracks

AUDIO recordings

VIDEO recordings

Due Dec 10 (Thursday by 11:59pm) <--all sheet music & recording tracks

AUDIO recordings

Christmas Pageant 2020 [tap here for sheet music & recording tracks]

Due Dec 3 (Thursday by 11:59pm) <--all sheet music & recording tracks

AUDIO recordings

Dec 5 (Blue Christmas) <--all sheet music & recording tracks NOW AVAILABLE

AUDIO recordings, due Monday, Nov 30 by 11:59pm at AbidingPresence.net/upload

Nov 29 (Advent 1) <--all sheet music and recording tracks here

AUDIO recordings, due Black Friday (Nov 27) by 11:59pm at AbidingPresence.net/upload

Thanksgiving Eve 2020 [tap here for sheet music & recording tracks]

Our annual Temple B’nai Shalom & Abiding Presence joint service livestreams on Nov 25!

All videorecordings due by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, Nov 20, 2020

Joint Choir Repertoire (video recordings)

Hymn  (video recordings)

Open to all ages, singers & instrumentalists! If you don’t see a part for your instrument in the folder linked above, email Dave and we’ll send you one right away!

Q: How do I record my video? What do I need? What do I wear?
A: All you need are...

OK, so you’ve got your stuff. Here is what to do:

[Tap here to submit audio and video files]

or visit AbidingPresence.net/upload

Nov 22 <--all sheet music and recording tracks here

AUDIO recordings, due Thursday (Nov 19) by 11:59pm at AbidingPresence.net/upload

Nov 15 <--all sheet music and recording tracks here

AUDIO recordings, due Thursday (Nov 12) by 11:59pm at AbidingPresence.net/upload

Nov 8 <--all sheet music and recording tracks here

AUDIO recordings, due Thursday (Nov 5) by 11:59pm at AbidingPresence.net/upload

VIDEO recordings, due Thursday (Nov 5) by 11:59pm at AbidingPresence.net/upload

Nov 1—All; Saints! <--all sheet music and recording tracks here

AUDIO recordings, due by 11:59pm Friday (Oct 30) at AbidingPresence.net/upload

Oct 25—REFORMATION SUNDAY! <--all sheet music and recording tracks here

AUDIO recordings, due Thursday (Oct 15) at AbidingPresence.net/upload

VIDEO recordings: Hard deadline Thursday (Oct 22) by 11:59 p.m. at AbidingPresence.net/upload

Oct 18 <--all sheet music and recording tracks here

AUDIO recordings, due Thursday (Oct 15) at AbidingPresence.net/upload

Oct 11 <--all sheet music and recording tracks here

AUDIO recordings, due Thursday (Oct 8) at AbidingPresence.net/upload

Oct 4 <--all sheet music and sing-along files here

AUDIO recordings, due Tuesday (Sept 29) at AbidingPresence.net/upload

VIDEO recordings, due Thursday at AbidingPresence.net/upload

Please record videos in landscape (wide) format, not portrait (tall)

Sept 27 <--all sheet music and sing-along files here

AUDIO recordings, due Thursday at AbidingPresence.net/upload

Sept 20 <--all sheet music and sing-along files here

AUDIO recordings, due Thursday at AbidingPresence.net/upload

Sept 13 <--all sheet music and sing-along files here

VIDEO recordings, due Thursday at AbidingPresence.net/upload

Please record videos in landscape (wide) format, not portrait (tall)

Sept 6 <--all files here; audio-only recordings, due Friday at AbidingPresence.net/upload

Aug 30 <--all files here; audio-only recordings, due Thursday at AbidingPresence.net/upload

Aug 23 <--all files here; audio-only recordings, due Thursday at AbidingPresence.net/upload

Aug 16 <--all files here; audio-only recordings, due Thursday at AbidingPresence.net/upload

Aug 9 <--all files here; audio-only recordings, due Thursday at AbidingPresence.net/upload

Aug 2 <--all files here; audio-only recordings, due Thursday at AbidingPresence.net/upload

Aug 1 ⬅all sheet music and playalong/singalong tracks at this link

🎥VIDEO 🎥 recordings due Thursday at AbidingPresence.net/upload

July 26 <--all files here; audio-only recordings, due Thursday at AbidingPresence.net/upload

July 19 <--all files here; recordings due Thursday at AbidingPresence.net/upload

[Audio recordings only this week]

July 12 <--all files here; recordings due Friday

Sent Forth by God’s Blessing [ELW 547] 𝅘𝅥 = 126bpm - organ intro; brass play both verses; short interlude between verses; optional descant on second verse;

July 5 - audio files due at AbidingPresence.net/upload Thursday, July 2

June 28  - files due at AbidingPresence.net/upload Friday June 26

June 21 - files due Friday (June 19).

Please submit audio only for either or both.

June 14 - submissions due Thursday, June 11

Virtual Choir for Kids - Call for Singers!

Need recording tips or feeling stuck? Get in touch with David Chávez, Music & Worship Minister (dave@abidingpresence.net) and we'll walk you through it. Here are three quick tips:

We're excited to have you be part of worship!

—Mr. Dave, Ms. Lori, and Ms. Michelle—

June 7 - Trinity Sunday (Tap here for all files) - submissions due Friday, June 5

🔥May 31 - Day of Pentecost [Tap here]!🔥 - submissions due Friday, May 29

May 24, 2020 - submissions due Friday, May 22

Don’t see a part for your instrument? Email Dave (dave@abidingpresence.net) and we’ll get one to you.

Don’t see a part for your instrument? Email Dave (dave@abidingpresence.net) and we’ll get one to you.

May 17, 2020 - submissions due Thursday, May 14

Don’t see a part for your instrument? Email Dave (dave@abidingpresence.net) and we’ll get one to you.

Don’t see a part for your instrument? Email Dave (dave@abidingpresence.net) and we’ll get one to you.

May 10, 2020 - submissions due Friday, May 8

May 3, 2020 - click here for all sheet music and tracks - submissions due FRIDAY

April 26, 2020

Abiding Presence Choir rehearsals are on Tuesday evenings from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

January

5

Epiphany

Rehearse at 10:30 a.m. for the 11:00 a.m. service

Singing “Bethlehem, of Noblest Cities” (Oxford Easy Flexible Anthems, page 48, arr. Bullard)

12

Baptism of Our Lord

“Christmas Joy” by Mark Schweizer
•Listen here (mp3)

•Listen to individual SATB practice tracks here
•View sheet music (PDF)

19

Lectionary 2

“In Remembrance” by Buryl Red

•Listen here (YouTube)

26

Lectionary 3 &

Pastor Heidi’s Farewell Sunday

“Wade in the Water” arr. Rob Glover

•Listen here (mp3)

•View choir sheet music

•View instrumental parts (sheet music)

February

2

Presentation of Our Lord

“God Be in My Head” by David Fawcett, Oxford EFA

9

Lectionary 5

“Prayer of Julian of Norwich” by Carson P. Cooman

•Sheet music

•Listen here (mp3)

16

Lectionary 6

“The Morning Trumpet” by Mark Schweizer

•Sheet music

•Listen

23

Transfiguration

“O wondrous sight, O Vision fair” arr Rebecca Groom te Velde, Oxford EFA p. 191

26

Ash Weds

“Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy” arr. Turner

March

1

Lent 1

“The Gift of Love” by Hal Hopson

8

Lent 2

“God so loved the world” by John Goss

15

Lent 3

“Sheep May Safely Graze” Bach, arr. Bullard (Oxford EFA p. 220)

22

Lent 4

29

Lent 5

“Commit Your Way to the Lord” by Liebhold

April

5

Liturgy of the Palms/Passion

“When I Survey the Wondrous Cross” by Gilbert M. Martin

9

Maundy Thurs

“Of the Glorious Body Telling” arr Alan Bullard (Oxford EFA p. 198)

10

Good Friday

“Lenten Song” by Mark Hayes

•Listen

12

Easter

19

26

May

3

10

17

24

31

Pentecost

Coming Soon

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