Choir resources
Choir resources
This page contains the introits and hymns for upcoming services (with links to YouTube videos for each item) and practice resources for future introits, anthems, etc. And underneath the ‘Key Dates’ section is a diagram showing the standard chancel layout for the choir on Sunday mornings.
Key dates
Tryst Church Choir Annual Dinner – Burns Night
The choir’s annual dinner takes place on Thursday 5th February 2026 at the Tryst Golf Club, Burnhead Road, Larbert FK5 4BD. Please aim to arrive for 6:45pm.
Sunday mornings
- 10:10am: For those who can make it, there will be a choir warm-up in the McInnes Room at 10:10am. (The McInnes Room is the ‘Choir Room’ on the left-hand side as you walk through the corridor that leads from the halls to the sanctuary.)
- 10:30am: The start-time for Tryst Church Sunday morning services is currently 10:30am.
Thursday evening choir practices
Weekly choir practices are held on most Thursdays at 7:30pm in Tryst Church, except during May to August and over the Christmas holiday period. Go to the Church Calendar to check the dates of all choir practices.
Music for upcoming services and events, along with practice resources
8th February 2023 – Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
Introit – ‘Singing we gladly worship the Lord together’ (CH4 257). Guatemalan arranged by John Bell.
- Refrain, verse 1 and refrain again.
Congregational hymns
- CH4 181(1) – For the beauty of the earth – https://youtu.be/VGr-C1ZFlTM?si=5H7FkXs-gGFy9UJp
- Hymn – If I were a butterfly – https://youtu.be/F4QZHvZSF9E?si=eMq9L3TB0AjAmo7w
- CH4 180 – Give thanks – https://youtu.be/2inhx3kytGQ?si=amUwuiXWUTE-isWO
- CH4 561 – Blessed Assurance – https://youtu.be/S3TGrRKf4H8?si=-lXmf3wTK_dKuC04
- CH4 182 – Now thank we all our God – https://youtu.be/lmJtef10DWw?si=qgv6WafaQ_CRMSLO&t=48
Note that the words in the above recordings might not be consistent with our hymnaries.
Future services and events
Note that these plans are subject to change.
15th February 2023 – Sixth Sunday after Epiphany (service led by Gregor McKay)
Introit – God brings us comfort (HFTP 92)
- Verse 1 Tenors and Basses
- Verse 3 Sopranos and Altos
- Verse 4 All
OR … Introit or Anthem(?) – ‘Didn’t my Lord deliver Daniel’, by Roger Emerson.
22nd February 2026 (Lent 1)
Introit: O Lord my God (HFTP 223)
- Refrains: All
- Verse 1 Sopranos and Altos
- Verse 3 Tenors and Basses
- Verse 4 All
OR … Introit – ‘O give thanks to the Lord’, by Andrew Moore.
- From ‘Anthems for two mixed voices’, p.54.
1st March 2026 (Lent 2)
Introit: ‘All I once held dear’ (CH4 506)
- Verse 1: Sopranos and Altos; Refrain: All
- Verse 2: Tenors and Basses; Refrain: All
- Verse 3 and Refrain: All
8th March 2026 (Lent 3)
Introit –
- Option 1: Jesus! the name high overall (HFTP 159)
- Option 2: Jesus, stand among us (HFTP 157)
15th March 2026 (Lent 4 / Mothering Sunday)
Definite – Introit or Anthem – ‘Love divine, all loves excelling, by Timothy Blinko.
- From ‘Anthems for two mixed voices’, p.28.
Possible – Introit: Mothering God, you gave me birth (Tune: Norwich) (CH4 117)
- Verse 1: Sopranos and Altos
- Verse 2: Tenors and Basses
- Verse 3: All
22nd March 2026 (Lent 5 / Passion Sunday)
Introit – ‘He came to earth, not to be served’ (CH4 394). By John Pantry.
- Verses 1 and 2.
29th March 2026 (Palm Sunday)
Introit – ‘Ride on, ride on, the time is right’ (CH4 370). By John Bell and Graham Maule.
- Verse 1: Sopranos and altos
- Verse 3: Tenors and basses
- Verse 6: All
Induction service (date unknown)
Gloria, by Antonio Vivaldi
Practice videos for all four parts:
For possible future use
‘‘God of freedom, God of justice’ – CH4 263
- Verse 1:
- First four lines: Tenor / bass solo
- Lines 5 and 6: All
- Verse 3:
- First four lines: Soprano / Alto solo
- Lines 5 and 6: All
Tryst Church Choir Standard Chancel Layout
Below is a diagram showing how the choir layout on the chancel. When there are insufficient members to justify using both sides, the altos will sit in the third row of the right-hand side.
