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Alleluia Aotearoa: Music Book
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Details and hymns list
163 hymns and songs
Words, music and guitar chords
288pp A5 laminated cover, spiral/wiro binding
Published 1993. (Reprinted 1995, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2018)
Contributors include: Marnie Barrell, Jillian Bray, David Dell, Felicia Edgecombe, Colin Gibson, Guy Jansen, Jenny McLeod, Willow Macky, Douglas Mews, Shirley Murray, Christopher Norton, Ian Render, Cecily Sheehy, Bill Wallace, Radha Wardrop.
- The Lord’s Prayer in 7 Pacific Island languages
- 2 poems by Joy Cowley
- Foreword by The Most Rev Sir Paul Reeves
In sequence: Title, hymnwriter – single name for person who has written both words and music, two names with first name for words and second name for music and, where applicable, a third name for arranger. A few hymns have been set to two tunes.
Abbreviations – ‘Gibson’ for Colin Gibson, ‘Murray’ for Shirley Erena Murray.
- Alleluia Aotearoa, Murray
- All will be well, Julian of Norwich/Betty Wendelborn
- Alofa mai ia, afio mai, William Rudd/Salvationist Publishing arr. Va’alotu Solofa
- And did you see him, little star? Helen Clyde/Gibson
- Aue te tu aroa, Taria Kingstone
- Ave lou ola, John Marriott/Richard Moyle
- Because you live, O Christ, Murray/Roy Tankersley
- Brother, sister, let me serve you, Richard Gillard
- Carol our Christmas, Murray/Gibson
- Celebrate each generation, Murray/David Dell
- Child of blessing, Ronald Cole-Turner/Gibson
- Child of Christmas story, Murray/Richard Madden
- Alleluia Aotearoa! Jillian Bray
- Child of joy and peace, Murray/ (i) Ian Render (ii) Douglas Mews
- Christ is alive, Murray/Jillian Bray
- Christ is our peace, Murray/ Irish traditional melody
- Christ, let us come with you, Murray/Gibson
- Christian in the picture book, Dorothy Neal Ballantyne/Gibson
- Church of the living Christ, Murray/Jillian Bray
- ‘Click, click,’ how the needles fly, Gibson
- Colour me free! Cecily Sheehy, arr. David Dell
- Come into the streets into me, Murray, traditional tune arr. Charles Strange
- Come now, Lord Jesus, Murray/ (i) Douglas Mews (ii) Zulu melody arr. Roy Tankersley
- Come, on this wedding day, Murray/Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Come to a wedding, Murray/Gaelic melody arr. Jillian Bray
- Come to our land, Murray/Gibson
- Come to the celebration, Marnie Barrell/arr. Douglas Mews
- Come to this Christmas singing! Murray/Douglas Mews
- Do this in remembrance of me, Val Cash/arr. Jillian Bray
- E te Ariki, Maori song
- E te Atua, Maori song, arr. Nicola Jansen and Guy Jansen
- E te Iwi, Mona Riini/Hoki Tawa/Kitty Temara
- Eternal Spirit of the living Christ, Frank von Christierson/Gibson
- Alleluia Aotearoa! Gibson
- Even if you’re small, Cecily Sheehy/arr. Douglas Mews
- Every day, Murray/Gibson
- Food is given, Cecily Sheehy
- For all small children, Cecily Sheehy
- For the bread and wine and blessing, Murray/Guy Jansen
- For the man and for the woman, Gibson
- For the music of creation, Murray/Douglas Mews
- From the apple in the garden, Murray/Gibson
- From the waiting comes the sign, Murray/Gibson
- Gentle God, Murray/Jillian Bray
- Give thanks for life, Murray/Douglas Mews
- God gave to man the woman, Felicia Edgecombe
- God is the One whom we seek together, Gibson
- God of all beauty, Marnie Barrell/Breton melody arr. Douglas Mews
- God of all time, Murray/Douglas Mews adapt. Jack Schrader
- God of freedom, God of justice, Murray/Guthrie Foote
- God of nations, Thomas Bracken/John Woods
- God of our every day, Murray/Gibson
- Alleluia Aotearoa! Gibson
- God of the galaxies, Murray/Douglas Mews
- Great and deep the Spirit’s purpose, Marnie Barrell/Gibson
- Great is the Love, Betty Wendelborn, from Mechtild of Magdeburg
- Great ring of light! Gibson
- Hail Mary, full of grace! Marnie Barrell/Douglas Mews
- He came singing love, Gibson
- Here is the place, Murray/Gibson
- Here to the house of God we come, Murray/Gibson
- Here we bring, small or great, Murray/Gibson
- How happy you who work for peace, Murray/Ian Render
- How is Jesus present? Cecily Sheehy
- Ia tatou vivii atu nei, Kelemate Taale
- I know someone who watches over me, Bonnie Low
- I will comfort you, John Weir/Gerard Crotty arr. Jillian Bray
- If I take the wings of the morning, Nigel Eastgate based on Psalm 139
- In the name of Christ we gather, Murray/Gibson
- In the presence of your people, Brent Chambers based on Psalm 22
- In the shaking of God’s mantle, Betty Wendelborn
- In this familiar place, Gibson
- Is there no other way? Gibson
- Is this the end of the world? Cecily Sheehy/arr. Douglas Mews and Jillian Bray
- I’ve got news, Rosemary Russell
- I’ve never seen an elephant, Gibson
- Jesus comes to me as a springtime tree, Joy Cowley/Ian Render
- Jesus, come to our hearts, William Worley/arr. David Dell
- Jesus, I come, Murray/Gerald Knight
- Jesus, I sing your praise, John Franklin
- Jesus, Saviour, Spirit, Sun, Murray/Jillian Bray
- Join Hands in the Spirit, Radha Wardrop/arr. Ian Render
- Just a cup of water, Felicia Edgecombe
- Ke tau fakafeta’I (Lord’s prayer in Tongan), Leo Foliaki/Douglas Mews
- Let justice roll down, Gibson
- Let’s praise the Creator, Murray/traditional Netherlands melody arr. Eduard Kremser
- Lift high the cross, Murray/Sydney Nicholson
- Lift up your hearts to the Lord, Michael Perry/Christopher Norton
- Light of lights beholden, Jenny McLeod
- Lo matou Tama e, Kelemete Taale
- Lord of all love, Gibson
- Alleluia Aotearoa! Colin Daley
- Love to the world, David Bell
- Loving Spirit, Murray/ (i) David Dell (ii) Gibson
- May the mystery of God enfold us, Joy Cowley/Ian Render
- New child of God, Murray/Ian Render
- No te aroa maata noou, Taria Kingstone
- Te Harinui (Not on a snowy night), Willow Macky/arr. Guy Jansen
- Now as we go, Murray/Gibson
- Now to your table spread, Murray/John Ireland
- Now Jesus came among us, Cecily Sheehy
- Now unto him, Olive Wood (from Jude vv. 24-25)/ Norma Wood
- O be joyful in God, Nigel Eastgate (from Psalm 100)
- O Bread of joy, Sr Veronica R.S.M./ Douglas Mews
- O Christ who by a cross, Murray/Alfred Smith
- O God, we bear the imprint of your face, Murray/Orlando Gibbons
- O he is born, Felicia Edgecombe
- O little love who comes again, Murray/ (i) Jillian Bray (ii) Nigel Eastgate
- O the Spirit she moves on the water, Cecily Sheehy/arr. Jenny Bennett
- O threefold God of tender unity, Bill (W L) Wallace/Jillian Bray
- One, two, three, alleluia! Cecily Sheehy/arr. Douglas Mews
- Our Father in heaven, Richard Gillard and John Smith arr. Guy Jansen
- Our life has its seasons, Murray/Gibson
- Out of such sun and air, Gibson
- Purea nei e te hau, Hirini Melbourne
- Rejoice, be glad, Cecily Sheehy arr. Jenny Bennett
- Safe in the hands of God, Michael Perry (from Psalm 27)/Christopher Norton
- Sing a happy alleluia! Murray/Gibson
- Sing green, Murray/Gibson
- Sing of the saints, Marnie Barrell/Gibson
- Alleluia Aotearoa! Guy Jansen
- Sing to celebrate the city! Murray/Gibson
- Small things count, Murray/Jillian Bray
- Some hae meat, Selkirk Grace attr. to Robert Burns/Ronald Dellow
- Spirit of love, Murray/Gibson
- Spirit who broods, Murray/Nigel Eastgate
- Take my gifts, Murray/Gibson
- Tama ngakau marie, trad. Maori hymn
- Te Atua mou o Betela, Taria Kingstone
- Teach us, O loving heart of Christ, Murray/Jillian Bray
- Alleluia Aotearoa! Ian Render
- Tell my people I love them, Leonard Barlotti vv. 4 & 5 Guy Jansen/arr. Ian Harrington and Guy Jansen
- Thank you God, Jillian Bray
- Thanks be to God, a grace for two groups of singers/Cecily Sheehy
- The God of heaven thunders, Michael Perry/Christopher Norton
- The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, benediction/ Ian Render
- The kingdom is within you, Cecily Sheehy
- The Lord bless you and keep you, Numbers 6: 24-26/Dale Garratt
- The majesty of mountains, Michael Perry based on Psalm 104/Christopher Norton
- The spring has come, Murray/Gibson
- The wind blew keen, Gibson
- To matou Metua, Ta Upu Pere
- Touch the earth lightly, Murray/Gibson
- Wake up! Cecily Sheehy/arr. Douglas Mews
- We are a wheel, from Hildegard of Bingen/Betty Wendelborn
- We are an Easter people, Bill Wallace/Alison Carey
- We do not hope to ease our minds, Marnie Barrell (i) Ian Render (ii) Gibson
- We thank you for the gift of life, Marnie Barrell/Lewis Redner
- We wait for you, Murray/Gibson
- Whakatau mai te Atua, Mona Rona Riini, Hoki Tawa, Kitty Temara, Reg Wharekura
- When human voices cannot sing, Murray/Irish traditional melody
- When the storm winds blow, John Weir based on Isaiah 51:16/Gerard Crotty arr. Guy Jansen
- When we lift our pack and go, Murray/Ian Render
- Where is the room? Murray/David Dell
- When mountains rise to open skies, Murray/Vernon Griffiths
- When the road runs out, Gibson
- Who is moving through the silence? John Weir/Ian Render arr. Guy Jansen
- Who is my mother? Murray/Ian Render
- Who is the child that is to be born? Murray/Gibson
- Will you offer me compassion? John Weir/Douglas Mews
- With a hoot and a toot, Gibson
- Yes, as the clay, Cecily Sheehy/ arr. Jenny Bennett
- Alleluia Aotearoa! Cecily Sheehy