Category Archives: Congregational Songs

Many Fields to Plow, piano/organ

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Greg Scheer

Update: Sheet music for this song is now available at gregscheer.com. It seems that people are clamoring* for a keyboard arrangement of “Many Fields to Plow.” Who am I to say No? What I like most about the keyboard version is … Continue reading →

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Many Fields to Plow (with TL Moody)

Posted on October 20, 2018 by Greg Scheer

Update: Sheet music for this song is now available at gregscheer.com. One of my great joys is when students become colleagues and collaborators. In this case, one of my songwriting students, Tammy Moody, has a growing collection of “Garden Girl … Continue reading →

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Holy Spirit, Come, Confirm Us (Brian Foley)

Posted on October 3, 2018 by Greg Scheer

There are lots of songs about the Holy Spirit, but most focus on invocation or sanctification. What I really liked about Brian Foley’s text “Holy Spirit, Come, Confirm Us,” is that he talks about other roles of the Holy Spirit: … Continue reading →

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하나님께서 당신을 통해 May the Love of God Spring Up in Your Soul

Posted on September 7, 2018 by Greg Scheer

Calvin College regularly sings a Korean blessing song that is just beautiful. The only problem is that the English translation doesn’t sound much like English! I was talking to one of the Korean worship leaders at Calvin about this and … Continue reading →

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A Christian’s Duty

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Greg Scheer

When one of the members of the St. Sinner Orchestra went to the hospital with a bowel obstruction, I knew just the song to cheer him up: Blest Is the Man Whose Bowels Move. I wrote a tune (“A CHRISTIAN’S DUTY) … Continue reading →

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Let Us Walk in the Light

Posted on August 26, 2018 by Greg Scheer

My last collaboration with Christopher Webber was successful enough that I’ve been asked to compose two more tunes for his hymn texts. This time around it’s a simple text–much simpler than his normal fare. Since his texts–and the tunes that … Continue reading →

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As the Deer: Greenville, SC

Posted on August 19, 2018 by Greg Scheer

 I just found this video of Murray Freedman and the Westminster Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir singing my anthem, “As the Deer.” Good to know that my music has made it’s way to South Carolina!

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Wen Ti at the 2018 Calvin Worship Symposium

Posted on August 14, 2018 by Greg Scheer

 Last fall I was commissioned to write an arrangement of the Chinese folk song “Wen Ti” (聞笛) for the 2018 Calvin Worship Symposium. This beautiful tune often appears in hymnals with the benediction text “May the Lord, Mighty God.” The … Continue reading →

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Close to Your Heart (at Fellowship Reformed, Holland)

Posted on August 7, 2018 by Greg Scheer

Two more recordings of yesterday’s “Close to My Heart.” Above is Jordan Clegg leading the Fellowship Reformed gang in a beautiful rendition that includes penny whistle (played by Jackson Nickolay). Below is yours truly in a stripped down acoustic version. … Continue reading →

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Psalm 131: Close to Your Heart

Posted on August 6, 2018 by Greg Scheer

Update 12/11/21: Sheet music for this song can now be purchased at gregscheer.com. Psalm 131 is the third shortest Psalm, consisting of only three verses. So when Jordan Clegg commissioned me to write a song based on the Psalm for … Continue reading →

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