Hymn - "This Is a Day of New Beginnings"

Communion Hymn - "This Is a Day of New Beginnings"
camcorded live 29 March 2009, 5th Sunday in Lent

1) This is a day of new beginnings, time to remember and move on,
Time to believe what love is bringing, laying to rest the pain that's gone.

2) For by the life and death of Jesus, God's mighty spirit, now as then,
Can make for us a world of difference, as faith and hope are born again.

3) Then let us, with the spirit's daring, step from the past and leave behind
Our disappointment, guilt, and grieving, seeking new paths, and sure to find.

4) Christ is alive, and goes before us to show and share what love can do.
This is a day of new beginnings, our God is making all things new.

5) In faith we'll gather 'round the table to taste and share what love can do.
This is a day of new beginnings, our God is making all things new.

Tune: "Beginnings", Carlton R. Young, 1987
Text: Brian Wren, 1978, 1983

The Redeemer Congregation and Choir
The parish choir of the Church of the Redeemer
Wayne Burcham-Gulotta,
Music Director/Organist
Church of the Redeemer, Episcopal
Morristown, NJ, USA

J. W. Steere & Son Organ Co., Opus 701, 1918, 3/49

Ernest M. Skinner bought out Steere in 1920 and Skinner ran Steere as a separate company for about a year. Then they brought it into the fold as a separate Skinner factory. For a time organs being built there had the Skinner name but were essentially Steere organs. Much of the great Skinner at Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA is Steere (1915 major enlargement of 1902 Hutchings). Final expansion to the Skinner instrument at Yale we know today was the 1928-1929 rebuild.

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[1MartinD28]

praise God! thank you

[joenwayne]

@1MartinD28

Thanks for your comments and for viewing.

[obxemt]

This is a fine example of well-done modern church music that is musically lovely and which accompanies words that are theologically meaningful.

[joenwayne]

Thanks for your kind comments and for viewing.

Greetings from NJ.

[joenwayne]

Hi "mkl62",

Thanks for viewing and your comments.

Kind regards,

Wayne

[pipeorgan4ever]

Gorgeous sounds on the pipe organ which you use so creatively.

My 5*'s and thanks.

[joenwayne]

@cegr76

"Too slow" is a very subjective thing.

This was a Communion Hymn, not "off to the races". No one is gasping for breath here - it was just right for us. Sorry it isn't for you.

Thanks for viewing.

[mkl62]

I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. I play the piano and organ. Today (August 2), we sang a hymn composed to a tune, BREAD OF PEACE, by Carlton R. Young. The name of the hymn was In the Singing, written by Shirley Erena Murray. It was the Hymn of the Day. It is #466 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship. Just thought I'd share.

[joenwayne]

Thanks for your comments and for viewing.

Kind regards,

Wayne

Wayne Burcham-Gulotta

Music Director/Organist

Church of the Redeemer, Episcopal

Morristown, NJ 07960 USA

[Chesterbarnes1]

How wonderful to hear and see an organist play hymns so lovely to the ear Joenwayne. Some of the viedo focus are not clear are you aware, please make and adjustment so we can see you at the organ. I watch your fingering, and technique. Please continue to post the services.