Another Missionary Medley

One of the most popular requests I get is for medleys for a missionary farewell or homecoming, and I LOVE it because these songs are always so FUN to write! A while back, I had 2 requests at the same time for the same songs in a medley, but with a very different feel to the arrangement. This first arrangement is very fun and upbeat. It feels a lot like "I hope they call me on a mission" throughout the entire medley, but features some other missionary songs in that fun cowboy style.
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This second arrangement features the same songs but has a very different, more flowy feel to it.

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I Stand All Amazed Arrangements

I recently had a request for an arrangement of one of my favorite hymns, "I Stand All Amazed." I ended up writing a couple of different versions. The first version is a simple arrangement with a simple obligato featured in the third verse. The second version (this is the version featured in the audio sample below) is a simple arrangement of "I Stand All Amazed" featuring an obligato of  "The Lord Is My Shepherd" and "The Lord is My Light." This song would be perfect for an upcoming Easter Sacrament program, but really would work anytime! Hope it brings the spirit into whatever meeting you choose to use it in!

Click play for an audio sample of the version 2 arrangement
(Audio samples are not always compatible with mobile devices, but should work on a PC or laptop)

Click Here for Version 1- I Stand All Amazed with simple obligato

Click here for version 2- I Stand All Amazed/ The Lord Is My Shepherd/ The Lord Is My Light

Thankful

 

Just feeling thankful lately.

Thankful for my crazy kiddos.

Thankful for friends and family.

Thankful for my home.

Thankful for the beautiful place that I am blessed to live.

Thankful that I am so blessed to be able to share music in my life.

Thankful for words from a living prophet.

Thankful for my calling.

Thankful for the gospel.

Thankful to my Father in Heaven.

And I love the songs we sing this time of year to express our gratitude to our Father in Heaven. 

So- I put some of my favorite gratitude songs together in a medley.

Hope you enjoy.!

Thankful Medley

 "All Creatures of Our God and King"

"My Heavenly Father Loves Me"

"For the Beauty of the Earth"

"Because I Have Been Given Much"

Play to listen to a sample of this song.

(This is an electronic sample of this song, so the quality is not great. It sounds much smoother when played on the piano)

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Removing My Pavillion

"In the depths of his anguish in Liberty Jail, the Prophet Joseph Smith cried out: “O God, where art thou? And where is the pavilion that covereth thy hiding place?”¹ Many of us, in moments of personal anguish, feel that God is far from us. The pavilion that seems to intercept divine aid does not cover God but occasionally covers us. God is never hidden, yet sometimes we are, covered by a pavilion of motivations that draw us away from God and make Him seem distant and inaccessible. Our own desires, rather than a feeling of “Thy will be done,”² create the feeling of a pavilion blocking God. God is not unable to see us or communicate with us, but we may be unwilling to listen or submit to His will and His time."

-"Where is the Pavillon?"

Pres. Henry B. Eyring
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The scriptures found in D&C 121, where the Prophet, Joseph Smith cried to the Lord from Liberty Jail have always been my favorite.

1 O God, ^awhere art thou? And where is the pavilion that covereth thy ^bhiding place?

2 ^aHow long shall thy hand be stayed, and thine eye, yea thy pure eye, behold from the eternal heavens the wrongs of thy people and of thy servants, and thine ear be penetrated with their cries?

3 Yea, O Lord, ^ahow long shall they suffer these wrongs and unlawful ^boppressions, before thine heart shall be softened toward them, and thy bowels be moved with ^ccompassion toward them?

4 O Lord God ^aAlmighty, maker of ^bheaven, earth, and seas, and of all things that in them are, and who controllest and subjectest the devil, and the dark and benighted dominion of Sheol—stretch forth thy hand; let thine eye pierce; let thy ^cpavilion be taken up; let thy ^dhiding place no longer be covered; let thine ear be inclined; let thine ^eheart be softened, and thy bowels moved with compassion toward us.

5 Let thine ^aanger be kindled against our enemies; and, in the fury of thine heart, with thy ^bsword ^cavenge us of our wrongs.

6 Remember thy ^asuffering saints, O our God; and thy servants will rejoice in thy name forever.

7 My son, ^apeace be unto thy soul; thine ^badversity and thine afflictions shall be but a ^csmall moment

8 And then, if thou ^aendure it well, God shall exalt thee on high; thou shalt triumph over all thy ^bfoes.

9 Thy ^afriends do stand by thee, and they shall hail thee again with warm hearts and friendly hands.;

We have all experienced moments of anguish and desperation; feeling alone in our despair.

I love how quickly verses 7-9 put my heart at ease. "My son, peace be unto thy soul."

When I heard President Eyring's beautiful talk expounding on the words found in these scriptures, I was so moved! He reminds us that we are NEVER alone. God is always there to hear our prayer. We just need to remember to "remove our pavillion" and submit ourselves completely to His will, in His time.

I just had to write a song about these beautiful inspiring words. I hope you all enjoy!

Preview:

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the audio on this one is a little screwy... my software was not recognizing my "coda." Hope to have it fixed soon!

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I am a child of God- Easy Guitar

When one of my favorite little guys asked me to perform a guitar duet at his upcoming baptism, I was, of course- THRILLED!!! He is one of my favorite kiddos and a seriously talented guitar player. So- this is a fairly simple accompanying guitar arrangement to be played with the melody of

 "I am a Child of God."

 This one's for you, Coop!

Love ya tons- Aunt Kimmy :)

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We'll Bring the World His Truth/ Called to Serve Update

If you liked my original version of We'll Bring the World His Truth/ Called to Serve medley, Check out this new and imrpoved compilation from me and an EXTREMELY talented, Bro. Jason Tonioli. It was recently performed by a group of young men at our stake conference, and it was AMAZING!

You have to check it out!
Also- check out more of Jason Tonioli's music at
http://www.tonioli.com/



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Missionary Medley 2

We'll Bring the World His Truth/ Called to Serve

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(the organ sound in this song represent the voice part)

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Joseph Smith's First Prayer

A few months ago in our ward, we had the priveledge of having the Young Women's General President at the time, Sis. Dalton and her husband come to speak to our youth in sacrament meeting.

It was such a wonderful meeting.

 In preparation for the meeting, our Bishop felt strongly about having the youth prepare a musical number. The song he felt they needed to sing was

"Joseph Smith's First Prayer." We tried several different arrangements of the song, and it just wasn't coming together quite right. The Bishop said he felt the simple and sweet melody of the song sounded the most powerful. So, we stuck with that and just put together an accompinament to go with it.

The youth performed it beautifully and it brought a wonderful spirit to our meeting.

As stated before, this is a straightforward arrangment of the hymn, just with a different piano accompinament. It can be performed in unison, SA, SAT or SATB.

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Missionary Medley

Called to Serve, I Will Be Valiant, I Hope They Call Me On a Mission, We'll Bring the World His Truth

A friend of mine asked me to put this arrangement together for her daughter's mission farewell.

We had a group of young primary girls sing this while wearing "future missionary" tags.

It was so fun to see all the young girls singing their testimonies- so LOUD & PROUD!

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(Please disregard the obnoxious high note at the end- that's what I get for asking my 5 and 7-year-olds to be my recording artists)

Hope you enjoy :)

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