Category Archives: Congregational Songs

All Hail the Power

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Greg Scheer

Update 3/12/22: Sheet music for this song is now available at gregscheer.com. My final post from the 9/13/15 COS service is an oldie but goodie, “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name.” A while back I wrote a “Haydnesque” string … Continue reading →

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Father in Heaven

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Greg Scheer

In my work on Global Songs for Worship I wrote a lot of arrangements. A. Lot. I’m a constant musical tinkerer, so I often take a previous idea and build on it, depending on what musicians I have available. On 9/13/15 … Continue reading →

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May the Mind

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Greg Scheer

Update 10/1/20: Sheet music for this song can be downloaded here. 15 years ago I wrote a “retune” of the hymn “May the Mind of Christ, My Savior.” Of course, in those days we didn’t call them retunes, we called them, … Continue reading →

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We Sing the Mighty Power, string quartet

Posted on September 20, 2015 by Greg Scheer

Update 12/29/21: Sheet music for this song is now available at gregscheer.com. Last Sunday at Church of the Servant I had the luxury of leading worship with a choir and string quartet. You know I can’t resist fully exploiting an … Continue reading →

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All of My Heart, voiceover edition

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Greg Scheer

Update 1/15/22: Sheet music for this song is now available at gregscheer.com. A while back I discovered the Brazilian congregational song writing duo of Rubem Amorese and Toninho Zemuner. They produce an astounding number of songs, all of them good. When they … Continue reading →

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As the Deer, bedtime edition

Posted on September 12, 2015 by Greg Scheer

The thing about kids is that they don’t care who you are. If they like a song, they’ll sing it, if they don’t, it’s erased from their mind immediately. So when I found out that Luke was requesting my song, … Continue reading →

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Psalm 149 at Cardiphonia

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Greg Scheer

Update 3/12/22: Sheet music for this song is now available at gregscheer.com. Exactly one year and a day after its premiere at Church of the Servant, “Psalm 149: Let God’s People Sing a New Song” is appearing on the latest Cardiphonia … Continue reading →

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Make Us One within Your Spirit

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Greg Scheer

Update 10/1/20: Sheet music for this song can be downloaded here. I’ve introduced “Make Us One within Your Spirit” elsewhere (here for the story of how it lost a contest and here for music and the exciting story of the second draft), … Continue reading →

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The Beauty of Your Holiness

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Greg Scheer

Biking to work this morning, this song came to mind. Usually I reserve my blog for new music, but I’ll make an exception this once and bring back a golden oldie on its 20 year anniversary. It’s interesting to look back … Continue reading →

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O Come, Holy Spirit (Sarwar)

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Greg Scheer

One of the great things about my church is that we have a constant stream of interesting people joining us from all around the world. One of them is Eric Sarwar, a musician from Pakistan. Eric and I have collaborated before. This … Continue reading →

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