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Contents

Copyright and Acknowledgements iv

Introduction v

Part I: Conductor’s Score

The Gathering 1

Gathering song: Come on, all you people 2

I–Celebrating God’s diverse creation 4

Hymn: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty 5

Reading: God has given 6

Anthem: We are a part of all creation 6

II–Afraid to be different? 9

Hymn: When I needed a neighbour 10

Reading: The parable of the good Samaritan 15

Anthem: Jesu, Jesu, fill us with your love 16

Reading: Christ has no body now on earth but yours 22

III–United in Christ 23

Hymn: We worship God in harmony 24

Reading: A song of love 26

Anthem: Change is coming 27

Reading: Romans 12. 3–8 30

Sending out 31

Sending out song: Sent by the Lord am I 31

Hymn: All creatures of our God and King 36

Part II: Singers’ Music

Gathering song: Come on, all you people II:2

Hymn: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty II:3

Anthem: We are a part of all creation II:4

Hymn: When I needed a neighbour II:5

Anthem: Jesu, Jesu, fill us with your love II:8

Hymn: We worship God in harmony II:11

Anthem: Change is coming II:12

Sending out song: Sent by the Lord am I II:14

Hymn: All creatures of our God and King II:17

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Copyright and Acknowledgements

Come on all you peopleby Christopher Norton

© 2008 Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers LtdGod has given

by Colin Fergusonfrom What a world

Granary Press 86 Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 9RT

We are a part of all creationby Marty Haugen

© GIA Publications Inc. Chicago. Used with permission.

O glorious GodMichael Townroe from Harvest for the world

When I needed a neighbourby Sydney Carter

© Stainer & Bell LtdJesu, Jesu fill us with your love

Words and Music Copyright © 1969. Words revd. © 1997 by Hope Publishing Company.

Administered by CopyCare, PO Box 77, Hailsham BN27 3EF, UK. Used by permission.This arrangement © The Royal School of Church Music

We worship God in harmonyWords: © Michael Baughen / admin The Jubilate Group

Music arrangement: © David Peacock / admin The Jubilate Group

A song of love by William Whitson from What a world

Granary Press, 86 Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 9RT

Change is coming by Ken Burton

© 2008 The Royal School of Church Music

Sent by the Lord am ITranslation © Jorge Maldonado

Music arrangement © 2002 The Royal School of Church Music

All creatures of our God and KingWords & Music: © from The English Hymnal by permission of Oxford University Press

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Introduction

The annual Royal School of Church Music Young Voices Festival is an opportunity for young people from schools and churches to join together in song in fabulous venues across the UK. It offers an inspiring musical and spiritual experience for all participants, and a chance to develop vocal and musical skills under expert musical direction.

The festival is a Voice for Life outreach event. The Voice for Life scheme is one of the RSCM’s core educational programmes, which exists to encourage, support and promote singing in schools, churches and the wider community.

This Book and CD-ROM contains everything you and your singers need to participate in the service.

The Book contains:

The Conductor’s score. This contains the entire service, including readings, prayers and full music scores. This part of the book may not be photocopied.

The Singers’ music. You may photocopy these pages to give to your singers.

The Singers’ music is also available on the CD-ROM so you can print this out as a booklet from your computer.

The CD-ROM contains resources that you can print from your computer, and includes:

• Theprayers• Thereadings• Thesingers’musicbooklet• Theorderofservicewhichyoucanprintoffforthecongregation• Trainingnotesforalltheanthems• Warm-upideas• AnintroductorysessiononDiversity,includingaworksheet.

If you are using the All God’s People festival locally, please feel free to treat the service flexibly and incorporate your own creative ideas. You may also like to use individual items in your services, concert programmes or assemblies.

Guidance on how to arrange your own Young Voices Festival can be found on the RSCM website at: www.rscm.com/education/youngVoicesFestival.php

We hope you enjoy All God’s People.

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CONDUCTOR’S SCORE 1

GATHERING

Welcome and opening prayer

Let us worship God,the God who forms the rhythm of our livesthe God who is present at the beginning and endingof each dayeach seasonand each purpose.

all Amen.

Gathering song: Come on all you people by Christopher Nortonsee next page

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© 2008 Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd. Used with permission.

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Gathering song: Come on, all you people (Singers’ music booklet page 2)

Words and music: Christopher Norton

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