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DISABILITY AWARENESS DAY

MUSIC & WORSHIP RESOURCES

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Marcus D. Smith, Guest Lectionary Liturgist
Minister of Music, Ark Church in Baltimore, Maryland

Worship Planning Notes

In preparation for your Disability Awareness service:

• Give your Worship and Arts team adequate planning time to include persons with disabilities in all aspects of your worship experience. This will include time needed to make persons with disabilities feel comfortable working with persons who do not have physical disabilities and vice versa. Also give your team time to teach deaf persons how to sign songs and time to aide and/or teach persons with physical disabilities to perform during with various ministries such as your dance or step ministry. Include parents where needed and even groups outside of your congregation if they can help.
  
  
• Give emphasis to your service on Facebook and Twitter. Be sure to record the service via DVD.
  
  
• Try to use songs and instrumental music that was written and/or recorded by persons with disabilities.
  
  
• Place book titles and other resources in your bulletin and in other areas of the church to aide persons in learning more about the differently-abled and materials to assist parents who have children who are differently-abled.

1. Litany, Responsive Reading, Invocation, or Call to Worship
(a) Responsive Reading

Your Reasonable Service

Romans 12:1-5, 9-18, 21 (NKJV)

Solo 1	I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
Everyone	And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Solo 2	For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.
Everyone	For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.
Solo 1	Let love be without hypocrisy, abhor what is evil, cling to what is good.
Men	Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another,
Solo 2	Not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;
Women	Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer; distributing to the needs of the saints, given to hospitality.
Solo 1	Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
Everyone	Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, But associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.
Solo 2	Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men.
Everyone	If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men. And do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Solo 1	I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

2. Hymns and Congregational Songs
(a) More Love to Thee. By Elizabeth Prentiss and William Doane

(b) Help Us Accept Each Other. By Fred Kaan and Ralph Vaughan Williams

(c) Trust and Obey. By John Sammis and Daniel B. Towner

3. Spirituals or Traditional Songs
(a) I’m Gonna Live So God Can Use Me. African American Spiritual

(b) I Know My Name Is in Glory. Traditional Spiritual

(c) Walk Together Children. Arr. by Moses Hogan

(d) Oh, What He’s Done for Me. Arr. by Jimmie Abbington

4. Gospel Songs for Choirs, Ensembles, or Praise Teams
(a) Use Me. By Ron Kenoly and Dewitt Jones III

(b) I Was Created to Worship. By Steven Ford

(c) Oh Lord We Worship You. By Kevin Davidson

5. Liturgical Dance or Mime Ministry Music
(a) Your Face I Seek. By Myron Williams

(b) Faithful to Believe. By Aaron Lindsay, Adrian Lindsey, and Byron Cage

(c) Heal Our Land. By Jonathan Butler and Labi Siffre

(d) Heal Me. By Chris Watkins and Kyle Kelly

6. Anthems
(a) Make My Life a Blessing. By Pepper Choplin and Joseph Martin

(b) Make Me a Channel of Your Peace. Arr. by Mark Hayes

7. Modern Songs
(a) We Cry Holy. By Norman Hutchins

(b) Focus on You. By Isaiah D. Thomas

(c) Use Me, Lord. By James Cleveland

(d) Koinonia. By V. Michael McKay

8. Offertory Song or Instrumental
(a) What He’s Done for Me. By James Hall

(b) Faithful to Believe. By Byron Cage, Aaron Lindsey, and Adrian Lindsey

(c) We Love You Jesus. By Judith McAllister

9. Song or Instrumental for the Period of Prayer
(a) Unity. Text and Tune by Glorraine Moone. Based on Psalm 113:1

(b) Make Me a Servant. Author Unknown

10. Sermonic Selection
(a) Lord I’m So Grateful. By Fernando G. Allen

(b) Restore the Years. By Donald Lawrence

(c) I Was Made to Worship. By Myron Williams and Aaron Gordon

(d) Make Me a Servant. By Tommy Jones

(e) Love. By Kirk Franklin

(f ) See Us Through. Author Unknown

11. Invitational Song or Instrumental
(a) He’s Been Just That Good. By Jerry Peters and Kirk Whalum

(b) Show Yourself Mighty. By David Frazier

(c) To Worship You I Live. By Israel Houghton and Meleasa Houghton

(d) My Life Is in Your Hands. By Kirk Franklin

(e) Love. By Kirk Franklin

12. Benediction Song or Instrumental
(a) There’s a King in You. By Donald Lawrence

(b) We are One. By Timothy Wright

(c) God Be with You. By Jeremiah E. Rankin and William G. Tomer

(d) Grace, Love, and Fellowship. By Tom Fettke

Cites and Additional Information for Music and Material Listed

1. Litany, Responsive Reading, or Invocation
(a) Your Reasonable Service
Location:

2. Hymns and Congregational Songs
(a) More Love to Thee. By Elizabeth Prentiss and William Doane
Location:

(b) Help Us Accept Each Other. By Fred Kaan and Ralph Vaughan Williams
Location:
(c) Trust and Obey. By John Sammis and Daniel B. Towner
Location:

3. Spirituals or Traditional Songs
(a) I’m Gonna Live So God Can Use Me. African American Spiritual
Location:

(b) I Know My Name Is in Glory. Traditional Spiritual
Location:

(c) Walk Together Children. Arr. by Moses Hogan
Location:

(d) Oh, What He’s Done for Me. Arr. by Jimmie Abbington
Location:

4. Gospel Songs for Choirs, Ensembles, or Praise Teams
(a) Use Me. By Ron Kenoly and Dewitt Jones III
Location:

(b) I Was Created to Worship. By Steven Ford
Location:

(c) Oh Lord We Worship You. By Kevin Davidson
Location:

5. Liturgical Dance or Mime Ministry Music
(a) Your Face I Seek. By Myron Williams
Location:

(b) Faithful to Believe. By Aaron Lindsay, Adrian Lindsey, and Byron Cage
Location:

(c) Heal Our Land. By Jonathan Butler and Labi Siffre
Location:

(d) Heal Me. By Chris Watkins and Kyle Kelly
Location:

6. Anthems
(a) Make My Life a Blessing. By Pepper Choplin and Joseph Martin
Location:

(b) Make Me a Channel of Your Peace. Arr. by Mark Hayes
Location:

7. Modern Songs
(a) We Cry Holy. By Norman Hutchins
Location:

(b) Focus on You. By Isaiah D. Thomas
Location:

(c) Use Me, Lord. By James Cleveland
Location:

(d) Koinonia. By V. Michael McKay
Location:

8. Offertory Song or Instrumental
(a) What He’s Done for Me. By James Hall
Location:

(b) Faithful to Believe. By Byron Cage, Aaron Lindsey, and Adrian Lindsey
Location:

(c) We Love You Jesus. By Judith McAllister
Location:

9. Song or Instrumental for the Period of Prayer
(a) Unity. Text and Tune by Glorraine Moone. Based on Psalm 113:1
Location:

(b) Make Me a Servant. Author Unknown

Make me a servant, humble and kind.
Giving to others, not keeping what’s mine.
You, God of heaven, came wrapped as a babe.
You lived in humility and showed me the way.

Make me a servant, Jesus, like you.
Help me show humility in all that I do.
It’s not about living just to please me.
But it’s about giving as I have received.

10. Sermonic Selection
(a) Lord I’m So Grateful. By Fernando G. Allen
Location:
(b) Restore the Years. By Donald Lawrence
Location:
(c) I Was Made to Worship. By Myron Williams and Aaron Gordon
Location:

(d) Make Me a Servant. By Tommy Jones
Location:

(e) Love. By Kirk Franklin
Location:

(f) See Us Through. Author Unknown
Location:

11. Invitational Song or Instrumental
(a) He’s Been Just That Good. By Jerry Peters and Kirk Whalum
Location:

(b) Show Yourself Mighty. By David Frazier
Location:

(c) To Worship You I Live. By Israel Houghton and Meleasa Houghton
Location:

(d) My Life Is in Your Hands. By Kirk Franklin
Location:

(e) Love. By Kirk Franklin
Location:

12. Benediction Song or Instrumental
(a) There’s a King in You. By Donald Lawrence
Location:

(b) We Are One. By Timothy Wright
Location:

(c) God Be with You. By Jeremiah E. Rankin and William G. Tomer
Location:

(d) Grace, Love, and Fellowship. By Tom Fettke
Location:

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