Music at St. Augustine's

Though most ( all ? ) of our services have some sort of music in them, we are not an obsessively musical church. Nevertheless, we have a few musical features. Here they are.

Mattins

Our most obvious musical endeavour is our singing of Mattins on the first Sunday of each month. We use the traditional 1662 service from the Book of Common Prayer, from which we also take the collects, and the setting from Ferial Responses. Settings for the Venite and Te Deum are from the Parish Psalter. The Psalms are usually sung responsorially.

Christingle

We have a Christingle service each Christmas Eve, at which we have sung an appropriate song to our own setting.

The CHRISTINGLE CAROL

Chorus    Christingle, Christingle, pretty little ball,    Telling us of Jesus and His love for us all. 1.  The orange so round is the world that God made,    All people and creatures, the sun and the shade -    A beautiful orb in God's limitless space,    Its future ensured by God's limitless grace. Chorus 2.  The ribbon so red that encircles the ball    Is the blood Jesus shed through His love for us all,    When He died on the cross that our sins be forgiven,    So that we might at last be His children in heaven. Chorus 3.  The good things to eat bring us joy with each bite,    As the love Jesus gives fills our hearts with delight;    We pass on that love in the kindness and care    We show to all those whom we meet everywhere. Chorus 4.  The candle above is the wonderful light    Jesus brings to our life, leading us to the right;    He was born to bring hope to all people on earth -    Thank God for our Lord at the time of His birth ! Chorus

Words modified from an original by Charmaine Braatvedt; Music original to St Augustine's church; you can get a pdf version of the score, or listen to it.

Joy Ministries

On the first Sunday of every month except January we welcome the people of Joy Ministries. Here is a Christmas song presented at one of these services.

JOY AT CHRISTMAS

Chorus Joy at Christmas, Joy at Christmas, Joy at the coming of our Lord and Saviour ! Joy at Christmas, Joy at Christmas, Joy at the coming of the Lord. Oh, the angels told the shepherds that the Lord was born : "We bring you tidings of great joy : In a stable in Bethlehem He came to earth; He's been born as a little baby Boy". So there's - Chorus

Words and Music original to St Augustine's church.

Here is the score, as a pdf file - and it sounds like this.

St Augustine

"St Augustine" is the name of a hymn tune. Here it is.

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