Congregational Songs – New Songs for Corporate Worship

Three Great Songs

November 18, 2010

At Grace Community Church, as I’m sure it is in churches across the world, we have songs that have become part of the DNA of our corporate life. Here are three of our favorites that you may not be familiar with:

Wonderful, Merciful Savior
This song by Eric Wyse and Dawn Rodgers practically sings itself. It’s one of those melodies that rises and falls in all the right places, and the Trinitarian verse structure makes it a very versatile song in a worship leader’s repertoire. This is a recording of our church singing it during our first Sunday worship at our new property back in 2005.

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Give Me Jesus
When I was re-introduced to this old spiritual about 8 years ago by Dave Hunt, I thought, “Man, we need to be singing this at Grace.” We’ve been singing it ever since. This recording is from our 2008 Good Friday Service.

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Do Not Fear
I learned this song way back in my college days, and I am always surprised that it’s not more well-known. A beautiful song by Billy Sprague based on God’s promises to His people in Isaiah 43, it has probably the best men’s/women’s parts sung back and forth of any that I’ve heard. This recording is from “Lavished Grace,” our church’s first album celebrating 10 years of ministry (1993-2003).

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