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Openings

by The Many

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Holy is Your Name Lyrics by Lenora Rand. Music by Hannah Rand. © 2015 Mirasion Music. Verse 1 You have seen me in my sorrow You have heard me in my pain You have known me in my suffering You have loved me in my shame Choir Chorus 1 Holy, holy, holy is your name. Glory, glory, glory to your name. The angels and the heavens sing Of the new day that you bring They sing, “Glory, glory, glory to your name.” Verse 2 You have held me in my questions You have heard me when I pray You have looked on me with favor You have never looked away Chorus 1 Choir Chorus 2 The proud will fall, The poor will see That all hopes not lost, And grace flows free. Chorus 1
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Only Grace 05:03
Only Grace Words by Lenora Rand. Music by Hannah Rand. © 2016 Mirasion Music. ASCAP Things are broken here. Things are shared Things are carried here Hearts bow in prayer Chorus: It is grace, only grace That brings us here, holds us together here. It is grace, only grace That brings us here, holds us all together here. All together here. Things are dying here Things are torn Things are growing here And burdens borne. Chorus Choir: Amazing grace, hear the sound. Here is where hope is found. Chorus
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Lovely Needy People Words by Lenora Rand. Music by Gary Rand. ©2016 Plural Guild Music. Pluralguild.com. Verse 1 Oh you prisoners in your cells All you in private hells Choir: Kyrie eleison All you hungry and ignored Who thirst for something more Choir: Kyrie eleison You who feel lost but are afraid of being found You who are in chains but are afraid to live unbound Choir: Kyrie eleison, kyrie eleison. Chorus For all us lovely needy people Living in this world that’s spinning Round and round and round Round and round and round Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy Choir: Kyrie eleison, kyrie eleison Verse 2 Oh you children ripped and torn Battered, bruised and worn Kyrie eleison All who look hate in the face Locked in hate’s embrace Kyrie eleison You who’ve given up and can’t see anywhere but down You who’ve lost all hope and think it’s nowhere to be found Kyrie eleison, kyrie eleison Chorus Choir Chant There is mercy enough, there is grace enough There is love enough for all of us
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Room for Us All Words by Lenora Rand. Music by Hannah Rand. © 2015 Mirasion Music. Verse 1 They said no room They said move on They turned, turned you away. We’ve been there too Felt that alone been hurt been hurt that way. Choir Chorus: Your light comes shining Into this crying night Bringing hope, bringing healing, Your love revealing. Your light comes shining into this crying night To say it's ok, there's room for all of us here Verse 2 Oh but it’s hard To open the door Not lock, lock love away We’ve been there too Felt too afraid To see, to try another way Choir Bridge: We are on this earth to love
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Find Our Way to Love Words by Lenora Rand. Music by Gary and Hannah Rand. © 2016 Plural Guild Music When I hurt you, I hurt me When I push you, I push me When I curse you, I curse me I weep with you, As you weep with me. When I starve you, I starve me When I bomb you, I bomb me When I kill you, I kill me I die with you, as you die with me Chorus There is no “other” There’s only us On this trembling, tender earth. And all of heaven is here with us When we find our way to love, When we find our way to love. When I hate you, I hate me When I lose you, I lose me When I find you, I find me I live with you, as you live with me. Chorus Coda God so loves the world. God so loves the world. God so loves every one of us So we can find our way to love, So we can find our way to love.

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Music from The Many for OPENINGS, a Ritual of Resistance and Hope first presented at the Wild Goose Festival, July 2016
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These five songs are for people of faith and doubt. They are songs rooted in many voices from gospel to indie, pop to folk. They are songs to sing quietly and songs that will inspire you to get up and dance.

These songs give shape to OPENINGS, a wild, holy rite of resistance to the dominant stories of scarcity, exclusion and violence all around us. It is a sacred celebration and a meal of bread and wine to reconnect with the God whose name is Love, and to reignite the hope calling us to follow the way of Jesus.

One PDF with the entire script and lead sheets for all the songs is included in the download of the album. Please share and sing and bring Openings to your church or performance space.

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released September 29, 2016

The Many are from Chicago, IL USA and include singers, Darren Calhoun, Olivia Harris, Leslie Michelle, Kerry Pritchard, Hannah Rand and everyone else who can join in. The Wild Goose Band was Andrew Clark, Trevor Nicholas, Cindy Stacey, and Julian Stacey.

The Many is a collaboration of the Plural Guild, headed up by Gary and Lenora Rand. pluralguild.com

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Weaving together many musical influences, from folk to gospel to pop to indie, into one unique sound somewhere between them all, The Many deliver songs filled with questions and doubts, pushing toward a faith that’s real and honest, that doesn’t settle for easy anything, always with an eye out for the God who so loves the world. . ... more

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