Resources | | | Congregational Music Sovereign Grace
Songs with Christ-centred lyrics and sing-able and memorable melodies. The music is enjoyable to listen to and sing. This site offers short sample mp3s of all songs plus the option of purchasing each song individually as an mp3. Guitar, Lead and Lyric sheets are offered as free downloads (pdf files). Sovereign Grace CDs are also available from the EMU website (see below).
EMU Music
EMU Music’s mission is to “resource churches with songs of the Word – Biblical, Christ-focused and contemporary”. They have a great track record with songs already being sung in many churches in Australia. The site offers live and studio CDs for purchase as well as music scores for download under the emuplus program. EMU also help to run the TWIST music ministry conference.
Indelible Grace
Indelible Grace hopes “to help the church recover the tradition of putting old hymns to new music for each generation, and to enrich our worship with a huge view of God and His indelible grace”. This excellent site offers a range of good resources including CDs for purchase, online hymnbook, articles on hymns and hymn writers. |
| | | | Church Music Resources Reason Music
An absolutely excellent site with a special focus on resources for smaller churches. Some very practical training resources for song leaders, musicians and pa people including an excellent 90 page booklet for music in smaller churches that is available from the website.
Church Copyright Licence International
A CCLI license is essential for churches in legally reproducing lyrics and sheet music. The CCLI website allows reporting to happen easily online as well as explaining the significance of copyright. They also offer SongSelect, a subscription service that allows you to search and download from a database of popular congregational songs. |
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