I’ve wanted to share what I’m playing for worship services for a while now, but wasn’t sure of the best format. For now I’ll share here on my blog. (None of these are affiliate links.)
Prelude:
Prelude on Come Unto Jesus from Quiet Pieces for Organ by James L. Rasmussen
I Will Walk with Jesus from Primary Colours Volume 3 by Clay Christiansen
Take My Life and Let It Be from Come to the Altar by Lani Smith
Congregational Accompaniment:
239 Choose the Right — I’m playing an interlude and free accompaniment I adapted from Craig Petrie’s choir arrangement. Here is a recording I made of the interlude starting at the end of the previous verse, including the first of the next verse:
182 We’ll Sing All Hail to Jesus’ Name — I’m playing the introduction from Hymn Harmonizations: 24 Free Organ Accompaniments by Gerald Dick, transposed to Bb Major.
1025 Take My Heart and Let It Be Consecrated — For the introduction, I’m playing Trio on “Ask You What Great Things I Know” by Janet Correll from First Organ Book. Here is the recording I made:
Another good introduction option I found is HENDON by William A. McNair that I also recorded. (He has a free harmonization available as well.) Here’s my recording:
Postlude:
Love One Another from Hymns of Devotion volume 2 by Larry R. Beebe
EDIT:
I learned the topic of the meeting Saturday, and finalized my prelude and postlude pieces with “Serving the one through acts of kindness” in mind. When I woke up Sunday morning, I had the lyrics “Try to show kindness in all that you do. Be gentle and loving in deed and in thought,” running through my mind, which fit the theme perfectly! So, last minute I swapped out I Will Walk with Jesus for I’m Trying To Be Like Jesus. Clay Christiansen has a nice arrangement, but I ended up playing Robert P. Manookin’s arrangement from Janice Kapp Perry Favorites for Organ.
This works well, as we’re singing I Will Walk with Jesus as the closing hymn next week and I’ll probably play Clay’s arrangement for prelude or postlude.
Hopefully these help you! All of these recordings are played by me on my home organ. Leave a comment and let me know how you treat these hymns!
