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. Because there’s now quite a lot of material, there is now a summary Table of Contents below. Just click/tap on any of the items in the Table of Contents and you’ll be taken straight to that section.

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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.)
  • The choir warm-up will start with a prayer led by the Minister. If you’re late for the warm-up, please wait outside the McInnes Room until the warm-up is finished.
• 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.

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Music for upcoming services and events, along with practice resources

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Sunday 27^th September 2026 – Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Introit

MP 1282 – Hear the call of the kingdom, by Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty, and Stuart Townend

(This is one of the New Hymns.)

• Verses 1 and 3

Congregational hymns

1. For a note of the hymns for this week refer to the Tryst Church Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61573916163742# ) on which the Order of Service will be posted a day or so before Sunday. (A note of the hymns might also be circulated by email in advance of Sunday.)

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Future services and events

Note that these plans are subject to change.

Sunday 4^th October 2026 – Nineteenth Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost and Harvest Service

Introit

CH4 230 – ‘Praise God for the harvest of orchard and field’.

• Verses 1 and 5.

Anthem

‘For the beauty of the earth’ by John Rutter

Practice videos

There are two practice videos below: one for sopranos; and one for the lower part (altos, tenors and basses).

Soprano

Lower part (altos, tenors and basses)

Sunday 11^th October 2026 – Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost

Introit

MP 1127 – When I was lost (There is a new song), by Kate and Miles Simmonds.

(This is one of the New Hymns.)

Practice videos

Note: These recordings are deliberately slower than the speed at which we’ll eventually be singing this.

There are five practice videos below: all the parts; soprano; alto; tenors & basses (baritone); and a ‘commercial’ recording to give you an idea of the ‘vibe’.

All parts

Soprano

Alto

Tenors and basses (baritone)

‘Commercial’ recording

Sunday 18^th October 2026 – Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost

Introit

MP 1318 – ‘Jesus, You’re the hope I cling to (Christ in me)’, by Lou Fellingham, Nathan Fellingham, Gary Sadlet and Edward Mote.

(This is one of the New Hymns.)

Practice videos

There are two videos below. First of all just the tune on its own as we will be singing it. And then a copy of the ‘commercial’ performance to give you an idea of the ‘vibe’!

Tune on its own as we’ll be singing it:

‘Commercial’ performance:

Sunday 25^th October 2026 – Twenty-second Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost (and possible BB enrolment service)

Introit

HFTP 238[1] – ‘Praise our God with shouts of joy’.  Words from Psalm 66 by Christopher Idle.  Music by David Peacock.

• General praise item.
• Upbeat unison tune with rhymical accompaniment.
• Performance plan:
  • Verse 1: All
  • Verse 2: altos, tenors and basses
  • Verse 5: sopranos
  • Verse 6: All
• Score: HFTP 238 – Praise our God with shouts of joy.pdf

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[1] HFTP = Hymns for the People

Practice video:

Sunday 1^st November 2026 – Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost

Introit

‘And Jesus said’, by Harry Sergeant.

New composition!

Sunday 8th November 2026 – Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost / Remembrance

Introit

SOGP 25 – ‘Donna nobis pacem in terra’. Music by the Iona Community.

Practice video:

Anthem

‘Lay down your weapons’. By Robbie Smith and Kathleen Glauser.

Practice videos

There are five practice videos: the original recording with all the parts and the accompaniment; soprano; alto; tenor; and bass.

Note: We are currently planning to skip the following sections:

• Skip from Letter D to Letter F (i.e. omit bars 91 to 145)
• Skip from Letter G to bar 187 (i.e. omit bars 163 to 186)

This means that there this a slight ‘jiggle’ in the practice videos where they have been edited to remove these sections.

All the parts with accompaniment

Soprano

Alto

Tenor

Bass

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For possible future use

New Congregational hymns

Click over to this webpage for some of the new congregational hymns we’re looking to introduce over the coming months: New Hymns

Future choir items

Introit or Anthem

‘Love divine, all loves excelling, by Timothy Blinko.

• From ‘Anthems for two mixed voices’, p.28.

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

‘‘God of freedom, God of justice’ – CH4 263

• https://youtu.be/NzxHog711D4?si=iFZognIHTzCmjvio

• 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

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