[Music] Fw: [PM] Wedding opening hymn

[Robert Waldrop]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Bernhard" <don at sfasat.org>
To: <pastoralministers at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 11:23 PM
Subject: [PM] Wedding opening hymn


> At 10:05 PM 2005-10-06, Robert Waldrop wrote:
>
> >Do any of y'all have opening hymns for
weddings,
> >and if so, what hymns do you use? ...
> >What I find myself wishing for is a
> >wedding text set to the tune of Amazing Grace.
>
>
> Robert,
>
> I really like the song "Here Us Now, Our God and
Father."  It's a text set to the very familiar
tune HYFRYDOL.  Copyright says it's from the
Lutheran Book of Worship.  OCP puts it in Breaking
Bread and other hymnbooks.  You can preview it
here.
> http://www.ocp.org/en/print/file/list/8033
>
> I think you'll find it comes close to what
you're looking for: wedding text appropriate for a
gathering/opening hymn set to a tune that
Christians from many denomination will likely
know.
>
> >There's no doubt that an entrance hymn sung
well
> >would be a great blessing in a wedding
ceremony,
> >but I worry about an entrance hymn sung badly.
>
> Well, getting a wedding congregation to sing
"well" might just make you a saint.  :-)  But I
still think the above song is a great place to
start.
>
> --
> Don "hymning and hawing" Bernhard
mailto:don at sfasat.org
> Director of Music Ministries
> St. Francis of Assisi Parish -
http://www.sfasat.org
> San Antonio, Texas
>
>
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