Contemporary "Theme Song" for the Lenten season

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Submitted by Nathan J. Brauer on Sun, 01/25/2015 - 01:05

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The idea is to have one consistent song (and motif) that we sing every week throughout lent.

Any ideas? :)

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Steve Partlow

Mon, 02/02/2015 - 14:29

I like the idea of having a consistent theme song. The ideal would be to find out from your pastor what aspect of Lent will be focused on and choose a song to match that. But I've often found it hard to get my pastor to commit to a theme far enough in advance to be able to work a new song around.

I really like This Dust by Kip Fox right now (though Kip is a friend so I could be biased). Also a song like Lead Me To The Cross by Brooke Fraser could be a great way to point to holy week throughout lent. Or perhaps use a hymn such as Take My Life and choose different verses for each week.

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stewartfenters

Wed, 02/25/2015 - 15:58

Hey Nathan,

I know Lent has begun, but Glenn Packiam has a great lenten song that we're going to be doing on Good Friday:

http://mysteryoffaithblog.com/2015/02/12/new-song-for-ash-wednesday-and-...

I haven't found a chart, but it's pretty simple. Good luck!

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Nathan J. Brauer

Tue, 03/03/2015 - 15:49

I just got back from my trip to Vietnam.

Thanks all for your recommendations. I think we'll go with Lead Me to the Cross -- it's the song our congregation is most familiar with (they're not familiar with much right now) and also makes for a great song on Good Friday when we have the congregation physically nail nails to a cross.

Definitely going to use Take My Life as well.

Thanks!

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