The Season of Advent – 57.1

Lighting of the Advent Wreath

• Come, Come Emmanuel GTG 91
• God Is Our Help, Refuge, and Strength GTG 380
• The Lord Is My Light GTG 842
• Bless the Lord GTG 544
• Come Now, O Prince of Peace GTG 103
• He Came Down GTG 137
• Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus (STUTTGART) GTG 83
• Prepare the Way of the Lord GTG 95
• Prepare the Way, O Zion (different stanzas week by week, then all 3 on Advent IV) GTG 106
• People, Look East (refrain only, as an echo/call-and-response) GTG 105
• Muéstranos, Señor/Lord, Let Us See Your Kindness SSS 70
• Restáuranos, oh Dios/Restore Us, O God (refrain only or with stanzas) SSS 72
• Preparen el camino/Make Ready a Highway (refrain only or with stanzas) SSS 76
• Christmas Is Coming Innkeepers and Light Sleepers, Wild Goose Publications

These songs might be used in different ways within a Confession-Pardon liturgy, as part of the Call to Confession, the Prayer of Confession, or as a bridge from Confession to Pardon.

Confession

• Comfort, Comfort Now My People (different stanzas week by week, then all 3 on Advent IV) GTG 87
• Be Still and Know That I Am God GTG 414
• O Come unto the Lord (refrain only or with stanza 2) GTG 416
• Forgive Us, Lord/Perdón, Señor GTG 431
• God Is Our Help, Refuge, and Strength GTG 380
• Listen, God Is Calling GTG 456
• Give Us Light GTG 467
• Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior, stanza 1 UMH 351, AAHH 435
• Over My Head AAHH 169
• I Will Trust in the Lord AAHH 391

Pardon

• Glory to God/Gloria, gloria GTG 583
• Glory, Glory, Glory GTG 584
• Glory to God/Gloria a Dios GTG 585
• In the Lord I’ll Be Ever Thankful GTG 654
• Do Not Be Afraid (different stanzas week by week, then all 3 on Advent IV) GTG 76
• Peace of God Be with You GTG 448
• Dona nobis pacem GTG 752

Anthems for Children’s Choirs in Advent

• “A Waiting Carol,” Helen Kemp, CGA, uni/2 pt, pno, hd, opt rec or fl (E)
• “Come, Come Emmanuel,” Lynn Shaw Bailey and Becki Slagle Mayo, CGA, uni, pno, opt hb or hc (E)
• “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus,” Can’t Wait to Sing, Vicki Hancock Wright, CGA, uni, pno, opt hc, güiro, and fc (E)
• “Gloria in Excelsis,” Dan R. Edwards, CGA, 2 pt, pno, opt perc (MA)
• “Let Every Heart Prepare a Throne,” Mark Patterson, CGA, uni, pno (ME)
• “Mary, Mary,” Michael Burkhardt, CGA, 2 pt, pno, opt hb or hc (ME)
• “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel,” Margaret R. Tucker, CGA, uni/2 pt, org, opt cong, opt ob and hb (M)
• “O Come, O Come, Immanuel,” Natalie Sleeth, CGA, uni/opt desc, pno (E)
• “Prepare a Way for the Lord!” Seven Songs for the Church Year, Michael Bedford, uni, pno (E)
• “Savior of the Nations, Come,” Christmas Songs from Around the World, Michael Burkhardt and Rhonda Grobe, 2 pt, opt Orff inst (E)
• “Sing a Song of Advent,” Hal Hopson, CGA, uni/2 pt, pno, opt fl, hb, cong (ME)

Anthems for Youth Choirs in Advent

• “In the Bleak Midwinter,” Robert Powell, GIA, SAB, pno, vln, vc (ME)
• “Come, Messiah, Come,” Lynn Shaw Bailey and Becki Slagle Mayo, CGA, 2 pt, pno, fl (E)
• “O Magnum Mysterium,” Evan Ramos, BRI, SAB, acap (ME)
• “People, Look East,” John Leavitt, HAL, SAB, pno (M)
• “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus,” Mark Miller, CGA, SAB, pno (ME)
• “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence,” Carlton R. Young, AF, SAB, hb, fc (ME)
• “Creator of the Stars of Night,” Andrew Bruhn, AF, 2 pt, keybd (E)

Piano Music in Advent

• “The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came,” GABRIEL’S MESSAGE, The Essential Collection for Christmas, Larry Shackley, HOPE (MA)
• “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus,” HYFRYDOL, Seasonal Sunday Solos for Piano, HAL (ME)
• “Comfort, Comfort Now My People,” GENEVAN 42, The Essential Collection for Christmas, Larry Shackley, HOPE (A)
• “Good King Wenceslas,” TEMPUS ADEST FLORIDUM, Christmas Expressions, Joel Raney, HOPE (A)
• “The Holly and the Ivy / O Christmas Tree Medley,” Christmas Memories, Book 3, Melody Bober, ALF (M)
• “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence,” PICARDY, Visions of Noel, Vicki Collinsworth, LOR (A)
• “Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending,” HELMSLEY, The Church Pianist’s Library, vol. 23, Terry Osman, LOR (MA)
• “Lo, How a Rose,” ES IST EIN’ ROS’, Carols A to Z, Janet Vogt, LOR (MA)
• “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel / Born That We May Have Life,” Medleys for Blended Worship: Complete Collection, Carol Tornquist, ALF (M)
• “Of the Father’s Love Begotten,” DIVINUM MYSTERIUM, Advent, Mark Hayes, LOR (MA)
• “‘Sleepers, Wake!’ A Voice Astounds Us,” WACHET AUF, Emmanuel Shall Come, Gilbert Martin, LOR (MA)

Vocal Solos in Advent

• “I Am Light,” www.musicnotes.com, India Arie (E)
• “My Lord, What a Mornin’,” The Spirituals of Harry T. Burleigh, H. T. Burleigh, BMP (ME)
• “Ave Maria,” Sing Solo Christmas, René Atkinson, OUP (M)
• “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus,” 10 Hymns and Gospel Songs for Solo Voice, Mark Hayes, ALF (ME)
• “Comfort ye . . . Ev’ry valley shall be exalted,” Messiah, G. F. Handel, NOV, tenor (A)
• “What You Goin’ to Name the Baby?” The Story of the Spirituals, Edward Boatner, BMP (M)
• “Mary’s Soliloquy,” What Child Is This? A Christmas Songbook for Voice and Piano, Cecil Effinger, GSH (M)
• “Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion,” Messiah, G. F. Handel, NOV, sop (A)
• “Willkommen, werther Schatz,” Cantata No. 36, Schwingt freudig euch empor, J. S. Bach, bass, BV (A)
• “Bewundert, o Menschen,” Cantata No. 62, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, J. S. Bach, tenor, BV (A)