November 2, 2025

All Saints Day (Year C)

This week, churches across the world celebrate All Saints Day. Here on Sing For Joy, we hope you'll join us for a program of music that celebrates the saints and ancestors who went before us in the faith.

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Scriptures for this Program

  • (1R) Daniel 7:1-3, 15-18
  • (PS) Psalm 149
  • (2R) Ephesians 1:11-23
  • (G) Luke 6:20-31

For All The Saints (SINE NOMINE)Ralph Vaughan Williams / William How, lyricist / John Ferguson, arranger (2R)
Combined Lutheran Choirs / John Ferguson, accompanist / John Ferguson
(CD) When In Our Music: A Hymn Festival / ASSOCIATION OF LUTHERAN CHURCH MUSICIANS (ALCM) / CS-1
© 1994 Association of Lutheran Church Musicians (ALCM), 810 Freeman Street, Valparaiso, IN, 46383, USA
www.alcm.org

The Souls of the RighteousDavid Cherwien / Richard Richardson, lyricist (2R)
The National Lutheran Choir: Minneapolis, MN / David Cherwien
(CD) Eternity / NATIONAL LUTHERAN CHOIR RECORDINGS /
© 2006 National Lutheran Choir Recordings, 528 Hennepin Avenue, Suite 302, Minneapolis, MN, 55403, USA
www.nlca.com

Children of the Heavenly Father (TRYGGARE KAN INGEN VARA)Swedish Folk Tune / Carolina V. Sandell-Berg, lyricist / Robert Scholz, arranger / Ernst W. Olson, translator (2R)
The St. Olaf Choir: Northfield, MN / Anton Armstrong
(CD) Great Hymns of Faith: Volume I / ST. OLAF RECORDS / E-2294
© 1999 St. Olaf Records, St. Olaf College 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN, 55057, USA
www.stolafrecords.com

Ain'-a That Good News!William L. Dawson / William L. Dawson, lyricist (2R)
The St. Olaf Choir: Northfield, MN / Anton Armstrong
(CD) The Spirituals of William L. Dawson / ST. OLAF RECORDS / E-2159
© 1997 St. Olaf Records, St. Olaf College 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN, 55057, USA
www.stolafrecords.com

There is a Land of Pure DelightBill (Grayston) Ives / Isaac Watts, lyricist (2R)
The Choirs of the Cathedral of St. Philip: Atlanta, GA / Dale Adelmann
(CD) Into the House and Gate of Heaven / GOTHIC / G-49291
© 2014 Gothic, Gothic Records, Inc. P.O. Box 414, Orcas, WA, 98280, USA
www.gothicrecords.com

When the Saints Go Marching InAfrican American Spiritual (2R)
The Golden Gate Quartet
(CD) Platinum Golden Gate Quartet / PARLOPHONE /
© 2009 Parlophone, 43 Brook Green, London, W6 7EF, England
www.parlophonerecords.com/

Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal (INVITATION)American Shape-note Hymn / American Shape-note Hymn, lyricist / Alice Parker, arranger (2R)
West Coast Mennonite Chamber Choir / Tony Funk
(CD) As Evening Shadows Fall / MCC SCS / IKR 010 CD
© 2000 MCC SCS, 103-2776 Bourquin Cres. West, Abbotsford, BC, V2S 6A4, Canada