Category Archives: Congregational Songs

Philippians 4:7 May the Peace of God

Posted on February 16, 2017 by Greg Scheer

Update 11/4/21: Sheet music for this song can now be downloaded at gregscheer.com. As I was working on Psalm 4, one of the commentaries I read mentioned the connection between Psalm 4’s deep peace amid distress and Philippians 4:7 “May … Continue reading →

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Psalm 4: I Rest in You

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Greg Scheer

Update 10/6/20: Sheet music for this song can be downloaded here. Continuing on my Adopt-a-Psalm journey, we come to Psalm 4. At its core, Psalm 4 is the lament of someone whose honor has been impugned. You can hear the … Continue reading →

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Psalm 12: I Will Now Arise

Posted on February 12, 2017 by Greg Scheer

Update 10/6/20: Sheet music for this song can be downloaded here. Continuing my Adopt-a-Psalm commission month, I turned my attention to Psalm 12. It’s another difficult Psalm, with abrasive sentiments like, “May the Lord cut off all flattering lips.” Underneath its … Continue reading →

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Psalm 24: Lift Up Your Heads, O You Gates!

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Greg Scheer

Update 10/2/20: Sheet music for this song can be downloaded here. This is the second of my February Adopt-a-Psalm commissions, written to commemorate a pastor’s retirement. I had been given a number of possible Psalms and decided Psalm 24 could … Continue reading →

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Neither Death nor Demon

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Greg Scheer

Update 11/4/21: Sheet music for this song can now be downloaded at gregscheer.com. As I study the Psalms I’m setting to music during my Adopt-a-Psalm month, I often find echoes of the Psalms in the New Testament. This shouldn’t come … Continue reading →

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Psalm 3: I Shall Rest in Peace

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Greg Scheer

Update 10/6/20: Sheet music for this song can be downloaded here. This song is the first of my February Adopt-a-Psalm settings. It is based on Psalm 3, which is traditionally associated with King David as he fled from his son … Continue reading →

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Brooks’ Sanctus

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Greg Scheer

I’m just coming down from the mountaintop known as the annual Calvin Worship Symposium. Beyond the 4 sessions and 2 services I helped lead, I contributed an arrangement to the service led by Bruce Benedict and the Hope College worship … Continue reading →

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Pentecostal Splendor at Calvin College’s 2014 Lessons and Carols

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Greg Scheer

While tracking down recordings of my arrangements from this year’s Calvin College Lessons and Carols service, I was also able to locate a recording of “Pentecostal Splendor” from the service in 2014. The vivid imagery of the text by John E. … Continue reading →

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What Adam’s Disobedience Cost

Posted on January 12, 2017 by Greg Scheer

The second piece I was asked to arrange for Calvin College’s 2016 Lessons and Carols service was “What Adam’s Disobedience Cost.” This hymn text by Fred Pratt Green (V5 Carol Bechtel) is not all that well known, but it fills … Continue reading →

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Jacob’s Ladder Gloria

Posted on January 12, 2017 by Greg Scheer

This Christmas I had the honor of contributing to Calvin College’s Lessons and Carols service. They commissioned two pieces. The first was a musical collage paired with the scripture about Jacob’s dream of a ladder to heaven. I was asked … Continue reading →

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