Free Contemporary Hymns

Worshiptogether.com has just made available--free of charge--three contemporary hymns by Keith and Kristyn Getty.  You may need to register on their site to access the free lead sheets and mp3s, but registration is free. 

Keith and Kristyn’s songs works really well in multi-generational congregations who are trying to balance a variety of different musical styles in worship.

The free songs include:

Behold The Lamb (Communion Hymn)
A quiet song for communion written in four verses: preparation, bread, wine and response.

The Power Of The Cross
The hymn takes us from Gethsemene to Calvary, reminding us of what it meant for Christ to suffer.

Hear, O Israel / Come, People Of The Risen King

An up-tempo call to worship which would work well at Easter. 

If playing off of a lead sheet (that is, just the vocal line and chords) doesn't work very well for your worship team or pianist, you can purchase the full accompaniments at GettyMusic.com.  Just go to their website, click on “Store,” and choose your country of origin.  Then click on “Sheet Music” and select “Piano/Vocal” from their list of categories.  (If your congregation likes to sing in harmony, notice that you can also choose a “Hymnal/4-part harmony” version of many of their songs.)  After that, simply click on the song title you’re looking for, and add it to your cart.  You’ll be able to download it right after you pay.

Most Piano/Vocal scores on the Getty website cost just under £2 (that’s about $3 Canadian right now).

An advantage to ordering off the Getty website is that you can transpose the song into any key that works for your worship team or congregation.

You can also purchase a full Piano/Vocal score of these songs right from the WorshipTogether website (see the musicnotes.com link at the right), but it’ll cost you US $5.95.  The music there is also transposable.

WorshipTogether’s free songs are usually only available for about a week, so if you’re interested in any of these songs, you’ll want to move quickly.