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by Don Chapman
Did you know the last Sunday in October is
Reformation Sunday? It was on October 31,
1517, that Martin Luther posted his 95 theses
on the door of the church in Wittenberg.
Growing up Baptist, I had never heard of
"Reformation Sunday" until I worked
at a Presbyterian Church. The day inspired
me to create one of my favorite HymnChart
arrangements: "A Mighty Fortress Is
Our God."
The hymn is in C major, so I suggest opening
your praise set with it, followed by other
praise songs in C like Hillsong's "Hear
Our Praises," Brenton Brown's "Lord
Reign In Me" and Tim Light's "Our
God Reigns" [download Tim's song for
free at WorshipIdeas.com.]
If you don't have a contemporary arrangement,
just do the hymnal version like usual, then
segue directly into the praise songs. However,
a contemporary arrangement certainly helps
worship flow. When I combine hymns with praise
songs, my goal is to transition as smoothly
as possible - I don't want people to even
realize we've moved from a hymn to a praise
chorus!
Here are some other free resources for "A
Mighty Fortress"
>>>Download a free background image
you can use with PowerPoint or any worship
projection software. It's of the beautiful
Bolton Castle - I took it myself during a
recent trip to England:
http://www.worshipideas.com/BoltonCastle.shtml
>>>Verse:
Psalms 46:7 The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
>>Read an article
about Reformation
Sunday:
http://urlcutter.com/reformation
>>Wikipedia on "A
Mighty Fortress"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Mighty_Fortress_is_Our_God
>>A hymn history
on "A Mighty
Fortress"
http://urlcutter.com/AMightyFortress
>>Download a free
hymn sheet with lyrics:
http://www.hymnscript.com/free-art/amf01.pdf
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