GC45 Music Sources

A list of all music sung at General Council 45 of the United Church of Canada in Toronto and Calgary in Spring / Summer 2025

♫ indicates selections from Then Let Us Sing! (2025), the Centennial song resource of the United Church of Canada.

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GC Gathering Songs / Evening Prayer

(various days)

♫ Heleluyan |Then Let Us Sing 84|

words: Traditional Muscogee (Creek); music: Traditional Muscogee (Creek) melody; transcribed Charles H. Webb

A Muscogee version of Hallelujah, this song was sung on the Trail of Tears during the forcible displacement of the Muscogee in the 1830s.

Peace, Salaam, Shalom

words and music: Emma’s Revolution © 2001 Pat Humphries and Sandy Opatow
Moving Forward Music BMI; www.pathumphries.com

♫ Bambelela / Never Give Up / Allez au bout |Then Let Us Sing 103|

Words: Traditional South African, trans. Mairi Munro and Martine Stemerick
Music: JL Zwane Memorial Congregation, Gugulethu, Capetown, SA, arr. Lenorah Kunene; transcribed Mairi Munro and Martine Stemerick; adapt. Mairi Munro and Philip Jakob
Translation and arrangement © 2002 JL Zwane Memorial Congregation, Gugulethu, Capetown, SA.
French Translation: Andrew Donaldson and Hilary Donaldson

We’ve Gathered in this Place

Inspired by the UCC Centennial theme “Deep Spirituality, Bold Discipleship, Daring Justice,” and the work of the Youth Convenors of General Council 45

Fear Not the Pain

words and music: Rachel Kroh, after Rainer Maria Rilke; arr. Peter Amidon
OneLicense # AF20210195

♫ Takwaba uwabanga Yesu |Then Let Us Sing 45|

words and music: Traditional song, East Africa
transcription and arrangement: Bruce Harding, 2015

♫ Comment ne pas te louer? / How Can We Not Praise Your Name? |Then Let Us Sing 40|

Traditional, Cameroon; English trans. Andrew Donaldson

Murassalat

Traditional, Sudan; as taught by Beatrice Mukhtar Mamuzi

Kanisa litajengua (Io yo yo) / O, Who Will Build The Church Now?

words and music: Worship Chorus, Kenya, transcr. Jorge Lockward. Eng. para., S T Kimbrough, Jr.
Spanish trans. John Glaser, 1961– ; French trans. Larry Tyree, 1953–
words and music © East Africa Annual Conference. Admin. General Board of Global Ministries, GBGMusik, 475 Riverside Dr., New York, NY 10115. All rights reserved. Eng. para. © 2008 General Board of Global Ministries, GBGMusik, 475 Riverside Drive, New York, N. Y. 10115. All rights reserved.
Published in For Everyone Born #20
OneLicense # 77006

Salaam aleikum

Traditional, Ghana; arr. Marc Anderson and Marty Haugen © 2007 GIA Publications
OneLicense # 52658

Haleluya

Traditional, Zimbabwe; arr. Abraham Maraire © 2004, General Board of Global Ministries
OneLicense # 82852

Night Has Fallen

words: attr. Clement Scott; trans. Tom Colvin; music: DZUWA LAPITA, Malawian trad.; adapt. Tom Colvin; arr. John L. Bell;
OneLicense # 35499

April 27

Orientation Worship

Hymn: Souffle du Dieu vivant |Nos voix unies 49|

Paroles: Edwin Hatch; musique: Robert Jackson; traduction: Suzanne Bidgrain;
Accompagnement musical & voix: Jessica Gauthier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAheZ6PyYrQ

Sung Blessing: “A Celtic Prayer”

Barry Peters, Performed virtually by members of the choir at Leaside United
Church. Director of Music, Matthew Boutda. Audio: Peter Bull;
Video: Matthew Boutda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VIqwDMA5Uc

June 22

GC45 Opening Worship with Communion

Opening Hymn: O God of Vision

Jane Parker Huber (LOBET DEN HERRN) © 1981 Westminster John Knox Press
OneLicense #122668
*Available in Songs for the Holy Other, The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada, digital hymnal (free to download)

Instrumental: I Am the Dream |More Voices 106|

Communion: Kingsfold Communion Set |More Voices 203, 204, 205|

William S. Kervin; Paul Stott

Closing Hymn: ♫ For Everyone Born

words: Shirley Erena Murray, alt.; music: Brian Mann Then Let Us Sing
French translation: Ervelyne Bernard, 1973– (© 1998 Hope Publishing Company.)
Additional French translation by Sabrina Di Matteo

Closing

Hymn: ♫ Ya Rab as-salami |Then Let Us Sing 135|

Words and music: Traditional Palestinian and Lebanese; Hebrew trans. Shadia Qubti; English trans. Terry MacArthur; French trans. Marc Chambron; Korean trans. Joseph Lee; Spanish trans. Martin Junge; German trans. Renate Schiller

June 28

Opening Worship

Hymn: Oh! For a Thousand Tongues to Sing / Seigneur que n'ai-je mille voix

English: Charles Wesley; French: Ruben Saillens (1942)
Music: WINCHESTER OLD

It’s uncommon for this text to be paired with this tune, but it was sung this way at the inaugural service of the United Church of Canada in 1925.

Kyrie: Lord, Have Mercy |Sound the Bamboo #118|

Hymn: Dance With the Spirit / Danse avec l’Esprit |More Voices 156 / Nos voix unies 255|

Closing Worship

Song: ♫ Comment ne pas te louer? / How Can We Not Praise Your Name? |Then Let Us Sing 40|

Traditional, Cameroon; English trans. Andrew Donaldson

Song: ♫ Pelas dores deste mundo / For the Troubles and the Sufferings of the World |Then Let Us Sing 90|

Rodolfo Gaede Neto; English © 2004 General Board of Global Ministries - GBGMusik (Report to GBG Musik)
OneLicense # #AF20211475
French translation: Andrew Donaldson; OneLicense #302590

Thursday, August 7

Opening Worship 7:15pm

Opening Hymn: ♫ Let’s Go Together |Then Let Us Sing 138|

words: Laurie Zelman; music: Mark Miller
French translation (v. 1; refrain): Hilary Donaldson and Andrew Donaldson

Hymn: ♫ Could it be that God is Singing? |Then Let Us Sing 117|

words: Becca J. R. Lachman, 2004, rev. 2018; music: Southern Harmony, 1854; arr. Alice Parker, 2008

Communion: ♫ Gagnon Communion Set |Then Let Us Sing 13, 14, 15|

Paroles et musique : David-Roger Gagnon © 2004 David-Roger Gagnon.
Touts droits réservés. Utilisé avec permission.

Music During Communion:

Pain pour la route / Bread for the Journey |More Voices 202|

words: Bruce Harding (2000); David Fines (French, 2005); music: Bruce Harding (2000)
OneLicense # #117953

This is the Body of Christ / Le corps du Christ parmi nous

words and music: John L. Bell; OneLicense # 02781
French translation: Andrew Donaldson © 2025 andrewdonaldson.ca
OneLicense # 302880

Welcome Table |Then Let Us Sing 28|

Words and music: African-American spiritual, alt.; arr. Carl R. Diton, alt. WELCOME TABLE Irregular; Arrangement © 1930 (Renewed) by G. Schirmer, Inc. (ASCAP) (Admin. Wise Music Group).
International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
OneLicense # 111378

Closing Hymn: ♫ The World God Imagines |Then Let Us Sing 126|

words and music: David Kai, 2022
© 2022 David Kai, davidwkai@gmail.com. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
OneLicense # 243998

Friday, August 8

Worship (Knox United Church) 9am

Opening Hymn: Draw a Wider Circle

words: Adam Tice; © 2013 by GIA Publications, Inc. • All Rights Reserved
Music: NOEL NOUVELET (French carol, traditional)

Hymn: ♫ God Calls You Good |Then Let Us Sing 10|

words and music: Paul M. Vasile

Response: I Have Called You |More Voices 161|

words: Daniel Charles Damon (1995); OneLicense #04090; David Fines (French translation)

Anthem: Christ Has Broken Down the Wall

Pastoral Prayer: There Is Room for All / Chacun a sa place |More Voices 62|

words and music: Bruce Harding (2004); Translator (French): David Fines (2006)
© 2004 by Bruce Harding; OneLicense # 127055

Sung Amen: Amen, Amen, It Shall Be So |More Voices 112|

words and music: John L. Bell; © 1997 by WGRG, Iona Community, Scotland,
admin. GIA Publications, Inc. OneLicense #10754

Saturday, August 9

Worship 9:00am

Opening Song: ♫ In All Times Past |Then Let Us Sing 62|

words: Aidan Legault, alt; music: Lim Swee Hong
words © 2021 Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by permission; music © 2024 Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Song: Do You Hear a Prayer?

words: Japanese original by Makihiko Arase; English trans. Andrew Donaldson, (One Licence #24185); music: Hideaki Haginomori; published in Let a Tiny Stone Shout Out: Imagining New Japanese Hymns (2022, The Hymn Society in Japan)

Psalm Refrain: O Lord, Hear My Prayer / Seigneur, entends-moi

© 1982, Les Presses de Taizé, GIA Publications, Inc., agent.; Refrain © 1991 Ateliers et Presses de Taizé Community, France, GIA Publications, Inc. exclusive North American agent.
OneLicense # 00134

Hymn: Dona nobis pacem (Latin, Arabic, Hebrew, English)

words and music: traditional liturgical; as sung by Inshallah community choir, Kitchener, ON in Sing the Circle Wide, 57

In Memoriam 7:00pm

Memorial Song: Prayers of the People: For All who Labour without End

Sunday, August 10

Worship 8:50am

Opening Song: ♫ My Lighthouse |Then Let Us Sing 100|

Words and music: Gareth Gilkeson and Chris Llewellyn
Words and music © 2013 Thankyou Music Ltd (PRS) (admin. worldwide at CapitolCMGPublishing.com excluding the UK & Europe which is admin. at IntegratedRights.com)

Song: If My Heart is Ready

Closing Hymn: Will You Come and Follow Me |Voices United 567|

Monday, August 11

Gathering Songs 8:30am

Worship 9:00am

Opening Hymn: Who comes from God, as Word and Breath? |Voices United 892|

Hymn: ♫ Jukkeseo wangwiye |Then Let Us Sing 41|

Words and music: Ryu Hyung Sun; English trans. Andrew Donaldson; French trans. David Fines; German trans. Eugen Eckert; Spanish trans. Gerardo Oberman

Sung Response: Nunc dimittis / Let Your Servant Now Go in Peace

Hymn: Those Hearts that We Have Treasured |Voices United 494|

Closing Worship (Knox United Church) 7:30pm

Processional Hymn: Summoned by the God Who Made Us

Hymn: ♫ We Gather as Christ’s Body |Then Let Us Sing 155|

words: Jason D. Locke, 2022; music: Gustav Theodor Holst, 1916 (THAXTED)

Response: Lord, You Give the Great Commission |Voices United 512|

Hymn: What Does the Lord Require of You? |Voices United 701|

Offertory Hymn: How Wonderful the Three-in-One

Response: Haleluya

Communion Responses: Waites Communion Set |Then Let Us Sing 19, 20, 21|

Words: Traditional liturgical text
Music: Lisa Waites

Hymn: Until All Are Fed

words and music: Tommy Brown and Bryan McFarland
© 2010 sassafrasongs ASCAP; OneLicense #67760
instrumental arrangement: Andrew Donaldson