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. 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.

Music for upcoming services and events, along with practice resources

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

‘In Flander’s Fields’. Music by John Jacobson and Roger Emerson. Words by Dr. John McCrae

Practice video

Congregational hymns

  1. CH4 740 – For all the saints (only 5 verses, omit 3,4,5) – https://youtu.be/21GTTM2TIYA?si=SNzOfSCy0H-PeInP
  2. CH4 702 – Lord, in love and perfect wisdom – https://youtu.be/8rfiYsU2ihY?si=EMgs7-5DjkL3TTvA (sorry, this is played without the words)
  3. MP 428 – Lord for the years – https://youtu.be/MkTrFQLy6js?si=YmGvLeQxk0HWJFA8
  4. CH4 704 – I vow to thee my country – https://youtu.be/bvouc8Qs_MI?si=QUeYmXx-aFkrYaLf
  5. CH4 703 – National Anthem – https://youtu.be/zbsGS18AYyI?si=MMVGcev0CQHuYNiT

Note that the words in the above recordings might not be exactly the same as in the versions we’re using.

* ‘GWA’ is the new Church of Scotland supplementary hymnal, ‘God Welcomes All’

Future services and events

Note that these plans are subject to change.

Sunday 15th November 2026 – Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost

Introit

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

[1] HFTP = Hymns for the People

Practice video:

Saturday 21st November, 10:00-12:00 – Tryst Church Winter Fayre

Choir performing a few seasonal songs (just unison).

Wednesday 2nd December, 14:00-16:00 – Tryst Church Choir at Memories Group

Full choir performing a Christmas programme.

Saturday 5th December, 17:45 for 18:30 – Carols at Airth Community Centre Lights Switch on

Some choir members and Tryst Church members leading community carol singing.

Thursday 10th December, 14:00-15:00 – Carol Service at Airthrey Care Home

Small number of choir members supporting Christmas service.

Wednesday 16th December, 15:00-16:00 – Carols at ASDA

Some choir members and Tryst Church members leading community carol singing.

Sunday 20th December – Fourth Sunday in Advent – Service of lessons and carols (10:30am)

This will take the form of a service of lessons and carols, including specific choir carols.

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

‘And Jesus said’, by Harry Sergeant.

New composition!

‘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
Introit or Anthem

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

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

  • 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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