Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
2014
PRAYER / WORSHIP: A Selection of Thematic Music
A Selection of Thematic Music for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2014
The following is a list of Hymns that possibly could be used in conjunction with the 2014 celebration of the Week of Prayer For Christian Unity. It is by no means and exhaustive listing. The hymns were chosen from the hymnals of various religious denominations and the denomination is listed opposite the hymn’s title.
It is important to note that many of these hymns are common to various religious denominations. In planning for your celebration of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity you may find the hymn in more than one hymnal.
Baptist
Can we by searching find out God
O God, unseen, yet ever near
Our Father, by whose servants
Ride on, ride on
Soldiers of Christ Arise
Spread, O spread, thou mighty word
Take my life, and let it be
What Does The Lord Require
Your love, O God, has called us
My God How
Church of God
Footsteps of Jesus
Blessed Assurance
Be Thou My Vision
All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name
I Know In Whom I Believe
Stand Up, Stand Up For Jesus
Contemporary
Be Glorified
Beautiful Savior (All My Days)
Every Move I Make
Go Light Your World
Now is the Time
Sending
Surrender
Take My Life
Walk the World
Who Am I
Episcopal
All who love and serve your city
Christian Hearts I Love United
Christ Thou Alone
Lord, make us servants of your peace
Reflect the Christ
Remember Christ Our Savior
Remember your servants, Lord
Stand up, stand up for Jesus
Teach me, my God and King
God of justice love and
Lead on, O King Eternal
Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us
Soldiers of Christ, arise
Lutheran
All Depends on Our Posessing
Beautiful Savior
Christ Is Our Cornerstone
Dear Christian One and All
Heaven shall not wait
How Firm A Foundation
Come and Let us Worship God
Father all loving and ruling in majesty
How long?
In all our living/When We Are Living / Pues Si Vivimos
Jesus Christ Your Living Word
Listen to the word which God has spoken
Take O Take Me As I Am
Teach Us O Loving Heart of Christ
Thou Art The Way, In Thee Alone
We Believe in the True God
Whoever lives besides the Lord
You who dwell in the shelter of the Lord
Methodist
Blest Be the Tie That Binds
Bring Many Names
Built On A Rock
Christ Has Broken Down the Wall
Depth of Mercy
God Lead Us Along
God of Grace and God of Glory
Jesus United By Thy Grace
Nothing Between
O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing
Pues Si Vivamos
Rule of Life
Standing in the Promise
There’s A Spirit of love in this place
View The Present through the Promise
Presbyterian
Called as Partners in Christ’s Service
Christian Women, Christian Men
Come Christians Join To Sing
Great God Your Love Has Called Us Here
Help Us Accept Each Other
Let All Who Pray the Prayer that Christ Taught
Live in Hope
O Christ, the Great Foundation
What Does the Lord Require
Roman Catholic
City of God
Here I Am Lord
If You Believe and I Believe
Lord, Today
One Is The Body
Servant Song
Song of the Body of Christ
Voices That Challenge
We Are Called
UCC
As One
Draw the Circle Wide
Every Step of the Way
Imago Dei
One In Christ
We Are All One
We Stand Humbly in God’s Grace
Welcome to this House
In addition to the above suggested hymns, in celebration of 100 years of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, the National Pastoral Musicians Association of the United States announced a Hymn Competition. The winners of this competition are printed within these materials. A one-time use permission is granted for celebrations during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Should you desire to use the works throughout the liturgical year and for other celebrations, permission to use must be obtained from the publisher. Copies of these award winning hymns are available for download at www.npm.org.
“Family of Faith” - Steven Ottományi, 2007
Steven Ottományi, Director of Liturgy and Music at St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Huntington Beach, California, has created a new hymn text entitled “Family of Faith” that may be sung to several different tunes familiar to English-speaking Christians. In just four brief stanzas the hymn forms a prayer to Christ to bring about the change of heart required for genuine unity in one family of faith.
Family of Faith - Steven Ottományi
Lord Jesus Christ, who rose from death,
Our spirit's life, our spirit's breath:
You show the way that leads to peace,
Where anger sleeps, where hatreds cease.O Key of David, open wide
The doors now blocked by human pride.
Come, change our hearts, make clear our need
To follow where your will shall lead.And still, O Lord, you walk our way;
You walk with us both night and day.
You call us, Lord, in love to be
A sign of hope, of unity.So lead us, Lord, to live and claim
All that it means to bear your name.
Now make of us one family
Of faith, of hope, of charity.
Copyright © 2007, National Association of Pastoral Musicians and Friars of the Atonement. All rights reserved.
This hymn may be sung to the following hymn tunes:
PROSPECT, LM, W. Walter, Southern Harmony, 1835;
OLD 100TH, LM, from Genevan Psalter, attr. to Louis Bourgeois, ca. 1510-1535.
PUER NOBIS, LM, adapt. by Michael Prætorius, 1571-1621.
DUKE STREET, LM, John Hatton, c. 1710-1793.
“That All May Be One In Christ”
Father Ricky Manalo collaborated with Spanish and Vietnamese text writers to produce a new Communion song entitled “That All May Be One in Christ”. Rodolfo López and Nguyen Dinh Dien translated the text of Manalo's English refrain and then each created three original verses in Spanish and Vietnamese in keeping with the theme of the song yet reflecting their own unique cultural perspective. The result is a liturgical song for the Communion procession that both seeks and expresses unity in diversity. The English version follows. For a copy of the hymn with the verses in the other languages, click the link below.
That All May Be One in Christ Sheet Music [PDF]
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Additional resources for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2014 are available on the website “Ecumenism in Canada” at the following address: http://ecumenism.net/music/ The files listed there have been submitted in response to an open call to Canadian composers to submit music on the theme of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2014 (Has Christ Been Divided? 1 Cor 1:1-17) or on the general theme of prayer for Christian unity.
Please download any or all of these pieces and use them in your prayer for Christian unity. All resources at this Canadian website are copyrighted by the composers, All rights are reserved. Non-exclusive, non-commercial license to download, duplicate, and perform publicly is granted for Christian communities gathered to pray for Christian Unity.
The composers have given permission for their music to be copied and shared as necessary to facilitate prayer for Christian Unity. Sale or distribution of this music in any other format or context is not permitted without the express permission of the composer(s).
