Out of the whirlwind
Leigh Newton & David Froemming © 2020 A Black Lives Matter song, inspired by the murder of George Floyd. mp3 file:
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Leigh Newton & David Froemming © 2020 A Black Lives Matter song, inspired by the murder of George Floyd. mp3 file:
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A Holy Week reflection on Ezekiel 37 Words: Craig MitchellMusic: Leigh Newton © 2020 A faster version below recorded early on. Read Craig’s comments on the writing of the song: “Here’s a new song written with Leigh Newton. “I wrote this just prior to Holy Week when Ezekiel 37, the vision of the valley of
(The mercy road) – John 14:15-17 Words and Music: David Froemming & Leigh Newton © 2020 1.If you love me, follow in my footsteps.If you love me, follow in my way.For God will send the Spirit of truth;And I will be revealed in you.This is how we walk on the mercy road. 2. If you
Originally called, ‘Here we are in the world’. Originally written for the Uniting Church of Australia 2000 Assembly. Rewritten in 2017 for the 40th Anniversary of the Uniting Church of Australia. Here we are in the church – melody, lyrics and chords Here we are in the Church, we’re the hands of the one who
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Written for Rev Burton Everist at Grace Church, East Dubuque in the ELCA, Wisconsin USA. Rewritten to Australianise it, but you may not guess what I have changed. Its about celebrating being church and how God acts amongst us. God at work in countless ways.pdf God at work in countless ways, Leigh Newton ©
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This song by David MacGregor, a UCA minister in Brisbane, Qld is quite remarkable. I thought it needed a choir for the chorus so I created a four part harmony as included below. Sing with the angels Full piano arrangement can be found in Resources 2016, Advent, Christmas and Epiphany, Centre for Music, Liturgy and
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Colours of Christmas Leigh Newton © 1983 – Recorded on “Christmas in the Scrub” by Leigh Newton (note the changes from the recording) 1. Yellow is the straw that Jesus lies upon, Silver is the star above the town, Brown’s the shepherds’ feet; They’ve left the dusty sheep To feed upon the green where it’s
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Child at the door Puerto Rican traditional 1. Mother look, a child at the door He is beautiful and fair But he weeps he is so cold He has no clothes to wear 2. When the child had come and stood By the fire ’til he was warm My mother asked what country Did he
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Boomerang of flowers Music: Leigh Newton, Words: Mary Philip © Leigh Newton 1983 – Recorded on “Christmas in the Scrub” by Leigh Newton 1. A child is lying cradled here, Beneath the slender gum; The god of might has left his home, And to Australia come. The kookaburra laughs with glee, The shy koala peeps,
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Christmas where the gum trees grow Music: Val Donlon and trad, Words: Lesley Sabogal Chorus Christmas where the gum trees grow There is no frost and there is no snow Christmas in Australia’s hot Cold and frosty is what it’s not When the bloom of the jacaranda tree is here Christmas time is near. 1.
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