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A flowing, free-form adaptation of the tune SURSUM CORDA, this work is especially useful as a backdrop for Communion. The work is written as a musical painting of the hymn text "You Are Before Me Lord" by Ian Pitt-Watson; the text is included in the music for illustration.

This quiet, prayerful improvisation on the tune commonly associated with “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence” is well-suited for a meditative moment in a service, such as the prelude to a lessons and carols service.

This work offers a new twist on the traditional Advent tune. The repeating eighth-note chords in the left hand provide the backdrop under the legato melody. At around two and a half minutes in length, this quiet piece works well as a short prelude. This work was performed, by the composer, on American Public Media's Pipedreams.

This lively prelude works well to set a celebratory mood for a worship service or recital. Its syncopations and dissonances provide plenty of energy, while a recurring motif ties the piece together. This work has been performed, by the composer, on American Public Media's Pipedreams.

This piece, just over a minute in length, works well as an offertory or interlude. The composer first improvised this work as an offertory, later deciding to transcribe it. Containing some unique chord progressions, it has unconventional style but maintains a smooth feel overall.

This energetic arrangement works well as a postlude during the Christmas season. As the title says, it is short, clocking in at under a minute without repeats. It is, however, meant to be repeated ad lib, giving the organist the flexibility to stretch it to any desired length.

ST. KEVIN, usually paired with the Easter text Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain, is a tune of jubilant celebration. Raymond Haan's adaptation for organ and optional trumpets works well as a postlude during the Easter season. It is around two minutes in length.

This work also works well as an introduction and interludes to the hymn (sung in G); use the first seventeen measures as the introduction.

Written as a reflection on the text "For God alone my soul in silence waits (Psalm 62:1)," this work by Raymond Haan is a meditation on our reliance in God for our salvation. Starting quietly, the piece builds to a climax in the middle, then retreats to end more softly than the beginning.

The piece is approximately five minutes long; suggested uses include as a prelude or as an instrumental meditation during a worship service.

This arrangement, for brass quartet and organ, works well as the prelude or postlude for a fall worship service. The work is arranged in three parts: verses one and three are written for brass quartet and optional organ (doubling the brass), and the second verse is written for a single trumpet with organ accompaniment.

This arrangement of "Jesus Loves Me" presents the familiar children's hymn in an easily approachable manner. Peaceful and fairly short, it works well during a children's time in a worship service - or to remind adults of the child-like humility required of every believer.