! ! ! ! ! Solo Thoughts February 2015 ! ! A Research Tool for Soloists, Instrumentalists and Music Committees in Christian Science Churches ! ! ! ! Created by Louise Maynard Compiled and Edited by Amy Duncan Susan Lindquist Julia Wade Craig Wagner ! ! ! ! ! ! Solo Thoughts February 2015 Table of Contents ! Preface February 01 February 08 February 15 February 22 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 01 09 17 23 Avoid unnecessary scrolling through endless pages! Use The Navigational Feature on your Adobe Reader: Bookmark Hyperlink Navigation ! ! ! page page page page Leap quickly from week to week and from section to section by using the Bookmark View on your Adobe Reader. This will save you from scrolling back and forth! Just follow these simple instructions: 1. Open this pdf in Adobe Reader, and go to the top nav bar where you see “Adobe Reader” listed at the top far left of your screen. Look to the right of that. ! ! ! ! 2. Click “View” and choose “Navigation Panels” in the drop-down list. 3. Click “Bookmarks”. 4. This will open a column of Bookmarks to the left of your pdf. 5. In the Bookmarks pane, you will be able to click easily to each section of Solo Thoughts. ! In summary, just remember this sequence: View/Navigation Panels/Bookmarks February 1, 2015 - Love Date: February 1, 2015 Subject: Love Solo Categories: 1. 2. 3. 4. Solos: Overall Theme Solos by Bible Lesson Section Solos with Hymn words Solo Settings of Mary Baker Eddy’s Poems and Texts 1. Solos: Overall Theme As the Mother Eagle (1995) Music by Ross D. Harrington Lyrics by Arlene Pourroy Shippable Hard Copy: http://www.churchsolos.com Listen to MP3: http://www.vocal-works.com/sounds/Solo%20bank/110310AG.mp3 Folk quality. Easy. Gentle. Busy accompaniment in parts which forms a wonderful undercurrent to the melody. Block chords in other sections. Comforting words. Truly a lovely solo, musically appropriate to the words. Lyrics: As the mother eagle bears her young on wings, sees the way above the earthly view of things, so God leads and lifts us free, lifts us free from all that harms, for underneath are always the everlasting arms, for underneath are always the everlasting arms; We are all God's children never left alone, He who taught the eagle holds and loves his own, so God leads and lifts us free, lifts us free from all that harms, for underneath are always the everlasting arms, for underneath are always the everlasting arms. When the darkness threatens, the eagle nests her brood, high in flinty rock, above the babbling flood; she guards her children, hid from mortal view, For as the mother eagle, God is keeping you, For as the mother eagle, God is keeping you. God is Love (2005) Music by Mindy Jostyn Lyrics by Mindy Jostyn and Jacob Brackman Instant Digital Sheet Music: http://www.watchfiremusic.com/song.php?smid=56 CD: http://watchfiremusic.com/album.php?dcid=7 Contemporary and with a pop flavor, this moderately difficult solo is rich in emotion and has a lovely flowing accompaniment and excellent words. Lyrics: I've never been to heaven. I don't know where it's found. Some say high above the clouds. Some say all around. I've never seen the King of Kings or stood before the throne. My mind is full of questions but my heart has always known. God is Love, God is Love, More than this I cannot know, Higher than this I cannot go. God is Love, God is Love, If it's all I ever learn in life, It's all I need to know. I've had my days of pleasure, of feasting and of friends. But things I used to treasure, their charm came to an end. When summer has departed, when wintery gales descend, I remember where my heart is, I remember once again. God is Love, God is Love, More than this I cannot know, Higher than this I cannot go. God is Love, God is Love, If it's all I ever learn in life, It's all I need to know. May every living thing that breathes find Solo Thoughts - 1 www.watchfiremusic.com February 1, 2015 - Love comfort from despair. In darkest valleys, storm-tossed seas, God is always there. And She is Love, God is Love, More than this we cannot know, Higher than this we cannot go. God is Love, God is Love, If it's all we ever learn in life, It's all we need to know. God's Love (2012) Music and lyrics by Carolyn Kardinal Instant Digital Sheet Music: http://watchfiremusic.com/song.php?smid=1029 A contemporary solo with a folk/pop flavor, this piece is fairly easy and has a charming melody and words on Love that are rich with feeling. Lyrics: 1.Those who wander in the wilderness of sorrow, Who are lost in the desert of despair, Shall be guided and guarded by angels from above Bringing comfort and hope, for God is Love. God is Love. Then the light of inspiration shines upon them To lead them out of darkness, guilt, and fear. Its rays overspread them like the wings of the dove To bless and reassure them, God is Love. God is Love. REFRAIN: God's Love is deeper than the deepest ocean; Wider than the eye can see; Higher than the stars in heaven; How gracious God's love that surrounds you and me. 2.Soon they reach the promised land of milk and honey, Conscious of God's kingdom within, And they walk in the light of understanding from above When they hear and believe God is Love. God is Love. They are led from sense?s slavery to freedom For they walk as the reflection of Soul. God's light overspreads them like the wings of the dove To bless and reassure them: God is Love. God is Love. REFRAIN. Blest are those who hunger after righteousness; They are filled with the manna of the Word. God’s love supplies every need from above When they listen and obey, for God is Love; God is Love. REFRAIN. Love Song (2013) Music by Kevin Cox Lyrics by Kevin Cox and from Psalms 36 and 42 Instant Digital Sheet Music: http://www.watchfiremusic.com/song.php?smid=1167 This fairly easy solo has a lovely melody and arpeggiated accompaniment. Based on Psalms 36 and 42: 'You are a fountain of cascading light, and in Your Light shall we see light.' Lyrics: There’s a love higher than the heavens There’s a goodness higher than the mountains There’s a faithfulness wider than the skies There’s a fairness deeper than the oceans. I am thirsty for Your love, Day by day I shed only tears I sing songs in the night Asking to be rid of my fears. Your love is like a treasure We long to be under Your wings Fill ourselves with the banquet You spread And drink the water from Your springs. You are a fountain of cascading light And in Your light shall we see light. There’s a power stronger than the sun There’s a mercy wider than the plains There’s a truth that is brighter than the stars, There’s a grace gentler than the rains. I will wait for Your help, Your saving grace that is my praise. Returning again with this song that I raise. Your love is like a treasure We long to be under Your wings Fill ourselves with the banquet You spread And drink the water from Your springs. You are a fountain of cascading light And in Your light shall we see light. Through the Eyes of Love (2012) Music and lyrics by Rebecca Minor Instant Digital Sheet Music: http://watchfiremusic.com/song.php?smid=1040 This is a delightful, moderately difficult contemporary solo version of the Good Samaritan parable, rich with feeling. Lyrics: A man ventures into town, but he's robbed and he's beaten down. More than one person passes him by without offering to lend a hand. 'Till a man with a foreign face takes notice and slows his pace. He casts aside social barriers, and he takes the stranger under his care. And the grateful man, he asks "Why did you save me?" And he answers, "In this world we all share one Father one Mother; each heart like the other. Look through the eyes of Love and you'll only see your brother there. There's power in forgiveness. Solo Thoughts - 2 www.watchfiremusic.com
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