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NEW! We Cannot Help But Sing
$15.00
Laurie Gauger's new hymn, "We Cannot Help But Sing" follows loosely in the tradition of “When in Our Music God Is Glorified." See Laurie's text notes here.
We cannot help but sing, O Lord, your deeds declare, your bounty bless.
In psalm and hymn and sacred song, we praise you with our every breath.
From all the earth our songs arise; in faith and praise your church is one.
All saints and angels harmonize in this, your choir, so sweet and strong.
Our music brims with hope and joy as we proclaim your victories,
Like Mary's bold Magnificat and Miriam's dance at parted sea.
We also sing to beg for grace when guilt and shame weigh down the soul,
Like David in his suffering psalms, we sing: "Forgive us, make us whole."
You gave this gift of music, Lord, this urge to sing what's in the heart.
You call us to create new songs, to honor you with highest art.
Now help us make our melodies when words alone cannot suffice.
In music, truth and beauty meet when you, Lord God, are praised aright.
In ages when your Word is hid, your truth suppressed or taught askew,
May hymns of old make straight the path and tell your timeless truth anew.
And when our health and mem'ries slip, and names and faces flee our mind,
Still may these hymns be in our grip, our lips still sing each hallowed rhyme.
We cannot help but sing, O Lord, your deeds declare, your bounty bless.
In psalm and hymn and sacred song we praise you with our every breath.
And on that day when you appear and give us each more glorious form,
Transform our music too that we may sing for you a perfect song.
Included in your purchase: PDFs of Piano Accompaniment and Guitar Chords and Congregation Bulletin TIFF files in 2 sizes. MP3 file of piano accompaniment only is available upon request.
Purchase of this song includes permission to print and use the music freely within an individual congregation. Purchases may not be transferred to or used in other congregations. If you have questions about this, please contact me.
We cannot help but sing, O Lord, your deeds declare, your bounty bless.
In psalm and hymn and sacred song, we praise you with our every breath.
From all the earth our songs arise; in faith and praise your church is one.
All saints and angels harmonize in this, your choir, so sweet and strong.
Our music brims with hope and joy as we proclaim your victories,
Like Mary's bold Magnificat and Miriam's dance at parted sea.
We also sing to beg for grace when guilt and shame weigh down the soul,
Like David in his suffering psalms, we sing: "Forgive us, make us whole."
You gave this gift of music, Lord, this urge to sing what's in the heart.
You call us to create new songs, to honor you with highest art.
Now help us make our melodies when words alone cannot suffice.
In music, truth and beauty meet when you, Lord God, are praised aright.
In ages when your Word is hid, your truth suppressed or taught askew,
May hymns of old make straight the path and tell your timeless truth anew.
And when our health and mem'ries slip, and names and faces flee our mind,
Still may these hymns be in our grip, our lips still sing each hallowed rhyme.
We cannot help but sing, O Lord, your deeds declare, your bounty bless.
In psalm and hymn and sacred song we praise you with our every breath.
And on that day when you appear and give us each more glorious form,
Transform our music too that we may sing for you a perfect song.
Included in your purchase: PDFs of Piano Accompaniment and Guitar Chords and Congregation Bulletin TIFF files in 2 sizes. MP3 file of piano accompaniment only is available upon request.
Purchase of this song includes permission to print and use the music freely within an individual congregation. Purchases may not be transferred to or used in other congregations. If you have questions about this, please contact me.
NEW! Do Not Fear
$15.00
Throughout Scripture, when God appears and speaks to his people, often the first words he speaks are, "Do not be afraid!" Beth Dauenhauer's hymn echoes these words, seeing God's loving grace as we runs after wayward sinners in the Garden of Eden. In the darkness on Calvary, God proclaims loudly, "Do not be afraid"--for God's grace is "reflected in the dying Savior's face." And as we struggle to live lives of love, we need be afraid, because we have God's grace, which is new every morning.
Sarah's tune for this beautiful comforting hymn builds to and peaks at those wonderful, comforting words: "Do not fear!" The melody highlights the comfort the promised Savior brings through his life, death, and resurrection.
In Eden's garden, once alive with light, my sin exposed, to my eternal shame,
would I have also crept away in fright as evening fell and God called out my name?
But do not fear, God seeks you with his grace,
His love illuminates your Savior's face.
On Calvary, that darkest day of days, the Lamb of God by man his blood was shed.
Would I have also turned away my gaze and scorned the Son
who crushed the serpents head?
But do not fear, God still extends his grace, reflected in the dying Savior's face.
Within your empty tomb I find rebirth; your resurrection life and light renew;
Your death imparts to me the highest worth; you live for me: how shall I live for you?
And do not fear, each day God's grace is new as Jesus turns his shining face to you.
Included in your purchase: PDF of Piano Accompaniment and Guitar Chords and Congregation Bulletin TIFF file (legal size). Please contact me for MP3 file of piano accompaniment only.
Purchase of this song includes permission to copy and use the music freely within an individual congregation. Purchases may not be transferred to or used in other congregations. If you have questions about this, please contact me.
Sarah's tune for this beautiful comforting hymn builds to and peaks at those wonderful, comforting words: "Do not fear!" The melody highlights the comfort the promised Savior brings through his life, death, and resurrection.
In Eden's garden, once alive with light, my sin exposed, to my eternal shame,
would I have also crept away in fright as evening fell and God called out my name?
But do not fear, God seeks you with his grace,
His love illuminates your Savior's face.
On Calvary, that darkest day of days, the Lamb of God by man his blood was shed.
Would I have also turned away my gaze and scorned the Son
who crushed the serpents head?
But do not fear, God still extends his grace, reflected in the dying Savior's face.
Within your empty tomb I find rebirth; your resurrection life and light renew;
Your death imparts to me the highest worth; you live for me: how shall I live for you?
And do not fear, each day God's grace is new as Jesus turns his shining face to you.
Included in your purchase: PDF of Piano Accompaniment and Guitar Chords and Congregation Bulletin TIFF file (legal size). Please contact me for MP3 file of piano accompaniment only.
Purchase of this song includes permission to copy and use the music freely within an individual congregation. Purchases may not be transferred to or used in other congregations. If you have questions about this, please contact me.
NEW! In Stephen's Shadow
$15.00
It has been said before that the blood of martyrs is the seed of the church. Through persecution and trouble, the church continues to experience spiritual (and perhaps even physical) growth as God's Word continues to change hearts and lives. And, the confession of those who have lost their lives because of their Christian faith rings out loud and clear as a powerful testimony to God's unshakeable and enduring promises. Laurie Gauger's new hymn text praises God for promises kept--even as these martyred saints were called to their eternal home.
Sarah's tune for this new hymn combines both a bittersweet melody of remembrance as well as an uplifting song of triumph to commemorate the martyrs and to "see the victory in their death."
In Stephen's shadow they are slain, these martyrs for the Savior,
Cut down by bullet, bomb, or blade, by Satan's burning anger.
But see the vict'ry in their death: refusing to deny him,
They call out Christ in their last breath, and he is there beside them,
In death their dear companion.
No, Death, you cannot silence them! Their ashes tell the story
Of Christ's death in Jerusalem: his love and blood and glory.
No grace can bury saving faith or stop the church from growing.
Upon the cross we keep our gaze. While martyr blood is flowing.
The church's song is soaring!
We trust you, Lord, to shield us now from those who strike with terror
Because your cross has marked our brow, because we call you Savior.
Though churches burn and buildings fall, our hearts will not be shaken,
For you are Christ, the King of all! In you we sleep and waken.
Our souls cannot be taken.
And if the devil, full of hate, would tempt us to deny you,
Lord, make us strong to shout your name, to stand and glorify you!
Oh, make us conquer'rs in the fight. Give us a faith unbending.
Then greet us in the dying light, your wounded hands extending,
And grant us life unending.
We praise you, Christ, for martyred saints who die, your name confessing.
We sing with joy, we sing with pain this hymn of blood and blessing.
For your dear Word they lose thier lives and leave the world that scorns them.
You bless their final sacrifice: with gleaming gold you crown them,
With robes of white adorn them.
Included in your purchase: PDF of Piano Accompaniment and Guitar Chords and Congregation Bulletin TIFF file (legal size). Please contact me for MP3 file of piano accompaniment only.
Purchase of this song includes permission to copy and use the music freely within an individual congregation. Purchases may not be transferred to or used in other congregations. If you have questions about this, please contact me.
Sarah's tune for this new hymn combines both a bittersweet melody of remembrance as well as an uplifting song of triumph to commemorate the martyrs and to "see the victory in their death."
In Stephen's shadow they are slain, these martyrs for the Savior,
Cut down by bullet, bomb, or blade, by Satan's burning anger.
But see the vict'ry in their death: refusing to deny him,
They call out Christ in their last breath, and he is there beside them,
In death their dear companion.
No, Death, you cannot silence them! Their ashes tell the story
Of Christ's death in Jerusalem: his love and blood and glory.
No grace can bury saving faith or stop the church from growing.
Upon the cross we keep our gaze. While martyr blood is flowing.
The church's song is soaring!
We trust you, Lord, to shield us now from those who strike with terror
Because your cross has marked our brow, because we call you Savior.
Though churches burn and buildings fall, our hearts will not be shaken,
For you are Christ, the King of all! In you we sleep and waken.
Our souls cannot be taken.
And if the devil, full of hate, would tempt us to deny you,
Lord, make us strong to shout your name, to stand and glorify you!
Oh, make us conquer'rs in the fight. Give us a faith unbending.
Then greet us in the dying light, your wounded hands extending,
And grant us life unending.
We praise you, Christ, for martyred saints who die, your name confessing.
We sing with joy, we sing with pain this hymn of blood and blessing.
For your dear Word they lose thier lives and leave the world that scorns them.
You bless their final sacrifice: with gleaming gold you crown them,
With robes of white adorn them.
Included in your purchase: PDF of Piano Accompaniment and Guitar Chords and Congregation Bulletin TIFF file (legal size). Please contact me for MP3 file of piano accompaniment only.
Purchase of this song includes permission to copy and use the music freely within an individual congregation. Purchases may not be transferred to or used in other congregations. If you have questions about this, please contact me.
NEW! O God, Our Strength
$15.00
As we celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation, it is only fitting that we continue to proclaim the same message Luther proclaimed: GRACE ALONE - FAITH ALONE - SCRIPTURE ALONE. Beth Dauenhauer's hymn, "O God, Our Strength," triumphantly proclaims the grace God gives through his Word, which works faith in our hearts. It expresses the beautiful confidence that God will protect and preserve his church through trouble and difficulty. And it petitions the Lord to guide us as we proclaim and defend Scripture's holy truth.
Sarah's bold tune for this new hymn text emphasizes the strength God's Word gives us--strength not only for our individual lives of faith, but also for our corporate proclamation of God's timeless truths.
O God our Strength, your Word alone proclaims a grace that justifies,
While servants of a darker throne confound your truth with empty lies.
You are the rock on which we stand, our lifeline through the shifting sand,
Our beacon through the tempest.
O Spirit, make us bold to speak to prodigals beyond your fold,
The lost, the arrogant, the weak, their souls to worldy wisdom sold,
Who live and let their neighbors live, convinced there's nothing to forgive,
And squander their salvation.
The nations rage against you, Lord; And plot against your Chosen One.
Equip us with the Spirit's sword that we may strive beside your Son.
Defend your faithful in each land subjected to the heavy hand
Of spite and persecution.
See how the Lion prowls about in search of souls he may devour.
Preserve our faith lest fear and doubt fall victim to his stealth and power.
Stand with your saints as we defend the truths your holy writers penned
To pierce the heart of darkness.
And we, dear Savior, who are we that you should suffer in our place?
Your love reversed our enmity, our sin could not exceed your grace.
Good works become our acts of praise, whereby we serve you all our days
And persevere to glory.
Included in your purchase: PDFs of Piano Accompaniment and Guitar Chords and Congregation Bulletin TIFF file (legal size). Please contact me for MP3 file of piano accompaniment only.
Purchase of this song includes permission to copy and use the music freely within an individual congregation. Purchases may not be transferred to or used in other congregations. If you have questions about this, please contact me.
Sarah's bold tune for this new hymn text emphasizes the strength God's Word gives us--strength not only for our individual lives of faith, but also for our corporate proclamation of God's timeless truths.
O God our Strength, your Word alone proclaims a grace that justifies,
While servants of a darker throne confound your truth with empty lies.
You are the rock on which we stand, our lifeline through the shifting sand,
Our beacon through the tempest.
O Spirit, make us bold to speak to prodigals beyond your fold,
The lost, the arrogant, the weak, their souls to worldy wisdom sold,
Who live and let their neighbors live, convinced there's nothing to forgive,
And squander their salvation.
The nations rage against you, Lord; And plot against your Chosen One.
Equip us with the Spirit's sword that we may strive beside your Son.
Defend your faithful in each land subjected to the heavy hand
Of spite and persecution.
See how the Lion prowls about in search of souls he may devour.
Preserve our faith lest fear and doubt fall victim to his stealth and power.
Stand with your saints as we defend the truths your holy writers penned
To pierce the heart of darkness.
And we, dear Savior, who are we that you should suffer in our place?
Your love reversed our enmity, our sin could not exceed your grace.
Good works become our acts of praise, whereby we serve you all our days
And persevere to glory.
Included in your purchase: PDFs of Piano Accompaniment and Guitar Chords and Congregation Bulletin TIFF file (legal size). Please contact me for MP3 file of piano accompaniment only.
Purchase of this song includes permission to copy and use the music freely within an individual congregation. Purchases may not be transferred to or used in other congregations. If you have questions about this, please contact me.
NEW! Ring Out the Old, Ring In the New
$15.00
The New Year is a wonderful time to both reflect on the past, and also to look ahead to the future. Laurie Gauger's hymn text "Ring Out the Old, Ring in the New" does both masterfully. Ringing out the old means acknowledging our sinfulness and our unworthiness of God's great blessings. But ringing in the new means praising God for his grace and relying on him for the strength to live a new life, guided by the Holy Spirit.
Sarah's soothing melody to this beautiful new hymn highlights the peace that governs the Christian's life--it's the peace of knowing the forgiveness and eternal life that Christ has won for us.
Selected verses:
Ring out the old, ring in the new! The hour is late; the night is cold.
God give us faith and help us make the new year better than the old.
Ring out the old year's weeping ache for those we love gone to the grave.
Ring in the soothing peace that knows that Christ has come, that they are safe.
Ring out the broken family bonds, hard words and harder mute neglect.
Ring in a hope to reunite to turn, seek peace, forgive forget.
Ring out the old, ring in the new. Give both to Christ, for he alone
Turns old to new, and dark to dawn, and lights the road that takes us home.
Included in your purchase: PDF of Piano Accompaniment and Guitar Chords and Congregation Bulletin TIFF files in 2 sizes. Please contact me for MP3 file of piano accompaniment only.
Purchase of this song includes permission to copy and use the music freely within an individual congregation. Purchases may not be transferred to or used in other congregations. If you have questions about this, please contact me.
Sarah's soothing melody to this beautiful new hymn highlights the peace that governs the Christian's life--it's the peace of knowing the forgiveness and eternal life that Christ has won for us.
Selected verses:
Ring out the old, ring in the new! The hour is late; the night is cold.
God give us faith and help us make the new year better than the old.
Ring out the old year's weeping ache for those we love gone to the grave.
Ring in the soothing peace that knows that Christ has come, that they are safe.
Ring out the broken family bonds, hard words and harder mute neglect.
Ring in a hope to reunite to turn, seek peace, forgive forget.
Ring out the old, ring in the new. Give both to Christ, for he alone
Turns old to new, and dark to dawn, and lights the road that takes us home.
Included in your purchase: PDF of Piano Accompaniment and Guitar Chords and Congregation Bulletin TIFF files in 2 sizes. Please contact me for MP3 file of piano accompaniment only.
Purchase of this song includes permission to copy and use the music freely within an individual congregation. Purchases may not be transferred to or used in other congregations. If you have questions about this, please contact me.
RECORDING PROJECT COMPLETE!
I had the opportunity to do some recording this past month with some very talented
musicians and technicians. The finished product is now available! I am so
grateful for all the time, energy, and financial gifts from so many people that helped
make this project a success. 5 songs were recorded: Do Not Fear, This Broken Bread,
Ring Out the Old, O God Our Strength, and May God the Father of Our Lord.
You can purchase all 5 recordings for only $8!
NEW MUSIC FOR THE CHURCHThank you for visiting this website, where you will find original music composed by Sarah Lambrecht. Her modern and singable tunes are coupled with both new and existing hymn texts to create new music for the church. This site includes audio samples of her music, sheet music downloads, and blog posts about current music projects.
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This year I've been blessed to collaborate with musician Zach Unke, who has
written piano arrangements to several of my new tunes. I appreciate the
fresh sound his arrangements bring to my tunes!
To learn more about Zach and his music, visit his website!
"In Stephen's Shadow" and "Ring Out the Old, Ring In the New" are two of my new hymns for 2017, with texts by Laurie Gauger. Laurie is a gifted writer who has published hymns, devotions, religious curriculum materials, and hundreds of magazine articles. To learn more about Laurie and her work, visit her website!
