Hymn Tunes

 

A new collection of Sandra Gay's complete hymn tunes and worship responses is in progress and is projected for release in 2006.

The older information below is provided for reference only.

 

 
Then Sings My Soul... (1997) collection of 37 hymn tunes (listed by title)

A Pain Too Deep to Talk About - COMPASSION, 1996 (text: Rae E. Whitney)

As Welcome As the Stillness Is - REAL FAITH, 1996 (text: John Thornburg)

Bless This Child We Give to You, Lord - BAPTISM PRAYER, 1995 (text: Mary Jackson Cathey)

Bright the Cloud and Bright the Glory - CHANGES, 1996 (text: Carl P. Daw)

Builders for Eternity - WEBSTER, 1994 (text by the composer)

Caroling Bells, Speak to the Morning - BELLSONG, 1995 (text: Beth Rice Luttrell)

Christ Has Called Us Friends - CHRISTLIGHT, 1996 (text: Rae E. Whitney)

Church Bells-A Round, 1995 (text: Mary Jackson Cathey)

Come, Holy Spirit, Fill My Life - REFLECTION, 1995 (text: Mary Jackson Cathey)
Published by Hope Publishing

Come Join In Praise and Thankfulness - GIFT OF LIFE, 1995 (text: Mary Jackson Cathey)

Come to Worship, Praise and Honor - WASHINGTON, 1996 (text: Mary Jackson Cathey)

Comforting Hands - COMFORTING HANDS, 1997 (text: Confirmation class of 1997)

Creator of All Nature - IN GOD’S IMAGE, 1995 (text: Beth Rice Luttrell)

Father Eternal, We Pray for Your Blessing - WEDDING PRAYER, 1996 (text: Josephine D. Reinhardt)

Fling Wide the Door - GATEWAY, 1994 (text: tr. Gracia Grindal)

God of Dove and Wind and Flame - ANOINTMENT, 1996 (text: Beth Rice Luttrell)
Published by Brethren Press

God of Grace and God of Laughter - HYMN TO MUSIC, 1996 (text: Carl P. Daw)

God Says... - RENEWAL, 1995 (text: Mary R. Bittner)

God Weeps - GOD’S SORROW, 1996 (text: Shirley Erena Murray)

Gracious God, We Come Confessing - CONFESSION, 1995 (text: Beth Rice Luttrell)

How Can We Know - VICTORY WON, 1995 (text: Edith Sinclair Downing)

Into Your Hands, Dear Savior - ETERNAL LIFE, 1996 (text: Rae E. Whitney)

It Was a Time of Miracles - ONE MORE MIRACLE, 1996 (text: Richard Leach)

Let Angels Sing and Church Bells Ring - NATIVITY, 1996 (text: Rae E. Whitney)

Lord, for All Our Families - COMMUNITY, 1996 (text: Rae E. Whitney)

Lord, Make Our Church a Learning Church - GOD’S PLAN, 1996 (text: Rae E. Whitney)

O Christ, We Pray for Those Bent Low - SILENT CRIES, 1995 (text: Edith Sinclair Downing)
Published by Selah Publishing, Inc.

‘Round the Manger See Them Gather - BRANCH OF JESSE, 1996 (text: Richard Leach)

The Bible Is the Word of God - GOD’S WORD, 1995 (text: Mary Jackson Cathey)

The Parting - HEAVEN’S HOME, 1997 (text: Joan Baden)

The Song Is Faith - FAITHSONG, 1995 (text: John Core)

This Banquet Has No Walls - OPEN FEAST, 1996 (text: Richard Leach)

To God, with Love - ANNE’S PRAYER, 1997 (text: Anne Waugh)

When Two Who Once Were Joined as One - MARY’S SONG, 1996 (text: Mary R. Bittner)

You Are My God - TRINITY, 1996 (text: Confirmation class, 1996)

You Are My Shepherd, Lord - MY SHEPHERD, 1997 (text: Cynthia Sharp)

You Have a Talent, Share It - GIFTS OF GOD, 1997 (text: Joan Baden)

 

Additional Hymn Tunes

A Mother’s Prayer - FOUNTAIN, 1995 (author unknown)

Almighty God, Creator of Life - CREDO, 1998 (text: Confirmation class of 1998)

Come, Let Us Dwell In That Place of Great Wonder - CHANGES, 1999 (text: William Wallace)

Glory Be to God, the Highest - PURCHASE, 2001 (text: Gracia Grindal)

God Moulds the Shapes of Life - ARTISTRY, 1999 (text: William Wallace)

God, to Us This Child Is Given - CALEB, 2002 (text: Jan Sutfin)

How Wondrous, How Glorious! - GENESEE, 1997 (text: Rae E. Whitney)
Commissioned by the Genesee Valley Presbytery

I Sing Your Gracious Mercies, Lord - CANTATE DEO, 1997 (text based on Psalm 89)
For the marriage of Bernice Watson and Victor Smith

Praise to the Spinner Who Twisted and Turned - PACKARD, 2002 (text: Thomas Troeger)
For Deborah A. Packard, in celebration of her ordination as Minister of the Word and Sacrament, Third Presbyterian Church, Rochester, New York, October 20, 2002

Rejoice in God, Let Trumpets Sound - CHURCH UNITED, 1999 (text: Timothy Dudley-Smith)

Sing Praise for the Journey - FAITH JOURNEY, 2000 (text: Mary Nelson Keithahn)
Commissioned for the 175th anniversary of Webster Presbyterian Church

Stars Share Your Splendor - STARDANCE, 1999 (text: David A. Robb)

What Image Shall I Use? - FACES OF GOD, 1999 (text: William Wallace)

When Windswept Terror Sears Our Souls - OASIS, 1995 (text: David A. Robb)

Within the Shadows of Our Thinking - COSMOS, 1999 (text: William Wallace)