Worship Resources
HOLY THURSDAY
MUSIC & WORSHIP RESOURCES
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Nolan Williams, Jr., Lectionary Team Liturgist
Worship Planning Notes
Given the thematic focus for today, it would be great for the Holy Thursday worship experience to be connected to a community-service project. Congregants can be encouraged to volunteer time with selected organizations in an effort to connect the focus of Holy Thursday with love-based action.
Audio-visual clips obtained from one or more of these organizations showing your members at work can be shown before and after worship. This project can also be organized in a way that members of the congregation are invited to go on a particular day, perhaps the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter (Resurrection) Sunday.
1. Litany
| Holy Thursday: Preparation for Service |
|
| Worship Leader: | You knew your hour had come. You knew your betrayer. You knew your enemies. You knew that the straw vote would not be in your favor. But you loved unto the end. |
| People: | Thank you for loving us, even unto death. Teach us to love like you love. Teach us to love each other, to love even our enemies, like you loved us. |
| Worship Leader: | You took on the form of a servant, washing the feet of those whom you discipled. You defined humility and servanthood. You are he who was surely sent from God. |
| People: | Thank you for serving for us. Teach us to be servants without fail; to make humility our constant companion and to seek no glory for ourselves. Remind us when we forget. |
| Worship Leader: | On that solemn evening, you surrounded yourself with friends and enemies, persons of faith and persons of ill-will. |
| People: | Help us to be able to always emulate you when we are surrounded by our friends and especially when we are surrounded by our enemies. |
| Worship Leader: | You have established a “new commandment;” help us to live it out in every moment, in every aspect of our lives, in our families, in our churches, in our communities, and throughout the world. |
| People: | On this Holy Day, we gather to remember again the miracle that you performed in our lives. You have brought us into the marvelous light. At great cost to you, you have given us new life and life eternal. Amen. |
2. Hymns or Anthems
(a) O Love That Will Not Let Me Go. By George Matheson. Music (hymn setting) by
Albert Peace
(b) I Am So Glad That Jesus Loves Me. By Philip Bliss
(c) Here Am I. By Nolan Williams, Jr.
(d) Love Lifted Me. By James Rowe. Tune by Howard Smith
(e) Love Divine, All Love Excelling. By Charles Wesley. Music by John Zundel
3. Traditional Songs
(a) Give Me a Clean Heart. By Margaret Douroux
(b) He’s Calling Me. By Dorothy Love Coates
(c) I Know the Lord Has Laid His Hands on Me. Spiritual. Arr. by R. Nathaniel Dett
4. Gospel Songs for Choirs, Ensembles, or Praise Teams
(a) Use Me (If You Can Use Anything, Lord). By Dewitt and Kim Jones 
(b) O Love That Will Not Let Me Go. By Holland Davis
(c) Friend of God. By Israel Houghton
5. Liturgical Dance Music
(a) Love. By Kirk Franklin
(b) Rivers Flow. By Jonathan Dunn
(c) I Wanna Be. By J. Moss
6. Modern Songs
(a) Thirsty. By Jason Nelson
(b) Surgery. By L. Spenser Smith
(c) Drench My Heart. By Jonathan Nelson and Amos Saint-Jean
7. Offertory Songs
(a) I Will Go in Jesus’ Name. By Clay Bogan, III
(b) Jesus Is All. By Fred Hammond
(c) Walk On in Jesus’ Name. By Michael Mathis
8. Song or Instrumental for the Period of Prayer
(a) Sitting at His Feet. By Steven Carey. Arr. by Carol Cymbala
(b) Oh, How He Loves You and Me. By Kurt Kaiser
(c) A Perfect Sacrifice. By V. Michael McKay
9. Sermonic Selection
(a) Use Me. By Walt Whitman
(b) No Greater Love. By Noel Hall, Fred Hammond, and Kim Rutherford
10. Invitational Song
(a) Where He Leads Me I Will Follow. By E. W. Blandy. Tune by John Norris
(b) I Have Decided to Follow Jesus. Indian Folk melody. Tune by Paul B. Smith.
Harmony by Norman Johnson
(c) I Surrender All. By Judson Van De Venter. Tune by Winfield Weeden
11. Benediction Song or Instrumental
(a) We Must Work. By Keith C. Laws
(b) As You Go, Tell the World. Arr. By Valeria Foster
Cites and Additional Information for Music and Material Listed
1. Litany
“Holy Thursday: Preparation for Service.” By the Lectionary Liturgical Team
2. Hymns or Anthems
(a) O Love That Will Not Let Me Go. By George Matheson. Music (hymn setting) by
Albert Peace
Location:
The New National Baptist Hymnal 21st Century Edition. Nashville, TN: Triad Publications, 2005. #268
Hayford, Jack W. Worship His Majesty: How Praising the King of Kings Will Change Your Life.
Ventura, CA: Gospel Light Publications; Rev Exp edition, April 2000. #508
(b) I Am So Glad That Jesus Loves Me. By Philip Bliss
Location:
The New National Baptist Hymnal 21st Century Edition. #456
Worship His Majesty. #456
(c) Here Am I. By Nolan Williams, Jr.
Location:
African American Heritage Hymnal. Chicago, IL: GIA Publications, 2001. #466
(d) Love Lifted Me. By James Rowe. Tune by Howard Smith
Location:
African American Heritage Hymnal. #504
Boyer, Horace Clarence. Lift Every Voice and Sing II: An African American Hymnal. New York, NY: Church Pub., 1993. #198
The New National Baptist Hymnal 21st Century Edition. #141
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. This Far by Faith: An African American Resource for Worship. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress, 1999. #188
(e) Love Divine, All Love Excelling. By Charles Wesley. Music by John Zundel
Location:
African American Heritage Hymnal. #440
The New National Baptist Hymnal 21st Century Edition. #44
Worship His Majesty. #94
3. Traditional Songs
(a) Give Me a Clean Heart. By Margaret Douroux
Location:
Lift Every Voice and Sing II. #124
This Far by Faith. #216
(b) He’s Calling Me. By Dorothy Love Coates
Location:
The Best of Dorothy Love Coates and the Original Harmonettes. Berkeley, CA: Fantasy, Inc., 1991.
(c) I Know the Lord Has Laid His Hands on Me. Spiritual. Arr. By R. Nathaniel Dett
Location:
African American Heritage Hymnal. #360
Lift Every Voice and Sing II. #131
4. Gospel Songs for Choirs, Ensembles, or Praise Teams
(a) Use Me (If You Can Use Anything, Lord). By Dewitt and Kim Jones
Location:
GWMA National Mass Choir Live in Indianapolis. New York, NY: Verity, 1994.
(b) O Love That Will Not Let Me Go. By Holland Davis
Location:
Gaither Vocal Band. Everything Good. Brentwood, TN: EMI, 2004.
(c) Friend of God. By Israel Houghton
Location:
Israel and New Breed. Live from Another Level. New York, NY: Integrity Music, 2004.
5. Liturgical Dance Music
(a) Love. By Kirk Franklin
Location:
God’s Property from Kirk Franklin’s Nu Nation. Inglewood, CA: Gospocentric, 1997.
(b) Rivers Flow. By Jonathan Dunn
Location:
Marvin Sapp. Thirsty. New York, NY: Verity, 2007.
(b) I Wanna Be. By J. Moss
Location:
The J Moss Project. Inglewood, CA: Gospocentric, 2004.
6. Modern Songs
(a) Thirsty. By Jason Nelson
Location:
Sapp, Marvin. Thirsty. New York, NY: Verity, 2007.
(b) Surgery. By L. Spenser Smith
Location:
L. Spenser Smith and Testament. Statement. Middleburg, FL: Emtro Gospel, 2006.
(c) Drench My Heart. By Jonathan Nelson and Amos Saint-Jean
Location:
Nelson, Jonathan. Right Now Praise. New York, NY: Integrity, 2008.
7. Offertory Songs
(a) I Will Go in Jesus’ Name. By Clay Bogan, III
Location:
Hezekiah Walker and the Love Fellowship Crusade Choir
Hezekiah Walker: Live in Atlanta at Morehouse College. New York, NY: Verity, 1994.
(b) Jesus Is All. By Fred Hammond
Location:
Pages of Life: Chapters I & II Live. New York, NY: Verity/Zomba, 1998.
(c) Walk On in Jesus’ Name. By Michael Mathis
Location:
Dorothy Norwood. Hattie B’s Daughter. Jackson, MS: Malaco, 1997.
8. Song or Instrumental for the Period of Prayer
(a) Sitting at His Feet. By Steven Carey. Arr. By Carol Cymbala
Location:
The Brooklyn Tabernacle Singers (Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir). Jesus Be Praised. New York, NY: Sony, 1979.
African American Heritage Hymnal. #670
(b) Oh, How He Loves You and Me. By Kurt Kaiser
Location:
African American Heritage Hymnal. #228
Lift Every Voice and Sing II. #35
This Far by Faith. #82
Worship His Majesty. #523
(c) A Perfect Sacrifice. By V. Michael McKay
Location:
African American Heritage Hymnal. #229
9. Sermonic Selection
(a) Use Me. By Walt Whitman
Location:
Walt Whitman and the Soul Children of Chicago. This Is the Day. Atlanta, GA: Platinum Entertainment, 1990.
(b) No Greater Love. By Noel Hall, Fred Hammond, and Kim Rutherford
Location:
Fred Hammond: Free to Worship. New York, NY: Verity, 2006.
10. Invitational Song
(a) Where He Leads Me I Will Follow. By E. W. Blandy. Tune by John Norris
Location:
African American Heritage Hymnal. #550
Lift Every Voice and Sing II. #144
The New National Baptist Hymnal 21st Century Edition. #168
This Far by Faith. #146
(b) I Have Decided to Follow Jesus. Indian Folk melody. Tune by Paul B. Smith.
Harmony by Norman Johnson
Location:
African American Heritage Hymnal. #400
Lift Every Voice and Sing II. #136
The New National Baptist Hymnal 21st Century Edition. #164
(c) I Surrender All. Text by Judson Van De Venter. Music by Winfield Weeden
Location:
African American Heritage Hymnal. #396
Lift Every Voice and Sing II. #133
The New National Baptist Hymnal 21st Century Edition. #227
This Far by Faith. #235
11. Benediction Song or Instrumental
(a) We Must Work. By Keith C. Laws
Location:
African American Heritage Hymnal. #557
(b) As You Go, Tell the World. Arr. By Valeria Foster
Location:
African American Heritage Hymnal. #633