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
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.
Christmas 2025
Here is our diary of Christmas services and events. There are more details for each service or event further down this page (to which you can jump by clicking on the links).
- Sunday 28th December 2025 at 10:30am – Service of Lessons and Carols – in Tryst Church
Christmas Carol Practice Videos
Go down to the Christmas Period Music section of this page for links to practice videos for the choir Christmas carols.
Music for upcoming services and events, along with practice resources
Sunday 21st December 2025 – Fourth Sunday in Advent – Young Church Nativity Presentation
Introit
No introit this week.
Congregational hymns
- Come on and celebrate (Christmas version). This is based on MP 99, but has some extra verses in the version we’re singing (but not in this recording) – https://youtu.be/kHfGDN6Lrsk?si=Bx9AuM7fqKti_3es
- MP 47 – Away in a manger (first verse sung by Young Church only) – https://youtu.be/Qa7Jj_AZU8U?si=kGPCw9M54PnQpn1a
- Hallelu, Hallelu, Hallelu, Hallelujah – https://youtu.be/8pbNBKK2jA0?si=SJyituLqq_xewAgE
- MP 597 – Silent night (verses 1 and 2 sung by Young Church only) – https://youtu.be/ePmp_fba-tI?si=6ke9mZdtiWPsaDAh
- MP 740 – We three kings of orient are (verse 1 and refrain sung by Young Church only) – https://youtu.be/ePmp_fba-tI?si=6ke9mZdtiWPsaDAh
- MP 796 – You shall go out with joy – https://youtu.be/ivfUKd6AFXw?si=HfKJEMdbAJFUGviM
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.
Sunday 28th December 2025 – First Sunday after Christmas – Service of Lessons and Carols
Introit and choir carols
- Welcome
- Choir Introit – Gaudete
- CH4 315 Once in royal David’s city (verses 1, 2 and 4)
- Prayer
- First Lesson Genesis 3: 8–15; 17-19: God announces in the Garden of Eden the punishment due to Adam and Eve for their rebellion and that the seed of the woman shall bruise the serpent’s head
- CH4 472 Come, Thou long-expected Jesus (verses 1, 3 and 4)
- Second Lesson Genesis 22: 15–18: God promises Abraham that by his descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
- CH4 273 O come, O come, Emmanuel (5 verses & 2 line refrain)
- Third Lesson Isaiah 9:2; 6-7: The Prophet Isaiah fortells the birth of a king to a people living in darkness.
- CH4 279 Make way, make way, for Christ the King (verses 1, 4 and 5)
- Fourth Lesson Isaiah 11: 1–3a; 4a; 6–9: The king is coming and will usher in a reign of justice for the poor and peace for all God’s creation.
- CH4 324 Angels from the Realms of glory (verses 1, 4 and 5)
- Fifth Lesson Luke 1: 26–35; 38: The angel Gabriel announces to Mary that she will give birth to God’s promised Son, whose reign will never end.
- Choir – Sans Day Carol
- Sixth Lesson Luke 2: 1; 3–7: In the midst of a time of oppression and taxes, the Saviour of the world is born.
- CH4 300 The Virgin Mary had a baby boy (3 verses)
- Seventh Lesson Luke 2: 8–16: The shepherds find the Saviour of the world, a baby lying in a manger.
- Choir – Nativity Carol
- Eighth Lesson Matthew 2: 1–12: The wise men follow a star to find the new-born child Jesus, King of the Jews.
- MP 740 We three Kings of orient are (verses 1 and 5)
- Prayer
- Ninth Lesson John 1: 1–14: John unfolds to us the great mystery of the Incarnation planned before the beginning of time.
- CH4 306 O Come, all ye faithful (verses 1-3)
- Benediction
- Choir Extroit – I Saw Three Ships
Christmas Period Music
The following is a list of all the special music we’re using over the Christmas period. For items where there is a hyperlink, click or tap on the link and that will take you to practice videos for the item.
- 100 Carols for Choirs No. 14 Nativity Carol
- 100 Carols for Choirs No. 22 Good King Wenceslas
- 100 Carols for Choirs No. 36 I saw three ships
- 100 Carols for Choirs No. 53 Sans Day carol
- Sergeant – Christ with us
- Sergeant – Christmas or what?
- The Faber Carol Book No. 18 While shepherds watched their flocks
- The Faber Carol Book No. 40 Gaudete
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.
