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Gloria Willingham is an
iconic figure in the Nazarene denomination; her mother was Grace
Ramquist and her grandfather was J. B. Chapman. Oh, and her husband,
Elbert, is the son of T. W. Willingham. Gloria was a schoolteacher
before retirement; she raised two daughters; and she is a lifelong
advocate for world missions. Her enthusiasm is contagious, and her
laugh is inspiring...especially considering her long battle with
rheumatoid arthritis. What an honor it was to collaborate with Gloria
on several songs while serving together at Kansas City First Church of
the Nazarene back in the day: she, the missionary president, and I, a
music staff member.
You are looking at one of her theme songs, a response. It could be useful for services
emphasizing missions or, more generally, consecration. Or it could be useful as a choral response to prayer. The demo uses voices only, since this would work well as an a cappella choral piece. (Of course, a real choir would sing much more smoothly than the computer did, almost in a one feel.) I also included chord symbols in case you prefer to accompany it with a rhythm section, in which case the guitar would probably want to use a gentle finger-picking style and the drummer a light ballad cross-stick on three. And then there's always the option of piano and/or organ improvising from the vocal parts.
The purchase price allows you to duplicate as many copies as needed for your choir and/or praise team and instrumentalists (and even the congregation if you want to include the music in a worship bulletin).
It
has been my lifelong passion to provide fresh, yet accessible music
for
the churches and schools with whom I have been associated. Because of
the slowdown caused by Covid-19, I
finally have the time to start posting 45 years' worth of custom
arrangements on Sheet Music Plus. If you are curious about what else is
available, please navigate to my publisher page here on SMP
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where you can
see and hear more published works.
Thanks for your interest! If you
perform any of my material and are able to produce a high-quality mp3 recording or a video, please
send it to me at leathmus@aol.com. If it's something that I can use as a demo on
SMP or Facebook, I'll refund your purchase price and give credit where credit is due!
God bless!
Lyndell Leatherman (ASCAP)
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