At Second City Church, as we prepare to hear the preaching of God’s Word in our Sunday services, there is a reading of an Old Testament passage, a reading from an Epistle, and last a reading from the Gospels. These readings follow the calendar which you can learn more about here We have a tradition of singing before and/or after the Gospel reading, and as is historically done, the song often includes and alleluia. There are obviously many hymns, songs and Psalms (particularly Psalm 1, 119 and other “wisdom’ Psalms) that would work well at this point as a joyful response to the Gospel. Attached here are several that we have been using. Eternal Word provides a setting of the words of Jesus and presented here are 3 different settings of this same text – one is a gospel sounding version, another is a 4-part traditional version and the last could be sung and musically dressed in various ways from folky, to jazzy, etc. This has been a great practice as we sing praise to God for His sure Word to us, and it’s eternal power in shaping our souls. I hope these provide at least some thoughts for you to consider in your worship planning. Feel free to use the attached lead sheets. I hope to post more of these “Gospel reading songs” soon. PEACE.
Lead Me Lord w: Alleluia CHORDS.mus
Lead Me Lord w- Alleluia PIANO.mus
Pageant Music 
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