Doxology

[Maeyken]

We sing the doxology every Sunday after the offering... it goes Offering collection, prayer of thanksgiving, doxology. We don't always use the same tune, or the same words, but the function is still the same. I think alternating the words, tunes, etc., helps to remind us of its importance.

One common tune for the doxology (words posted by caednkat) we have used is tallis' canon. "old hundredth" is the most common tune (to my knowledge), and we use that one too.

Sometimes we sing the last verse of "now thank we all our God" (tune name is: nun danket alle Gott).
All praise and thanks to God
The Father now be given
The Son and Him who reigns
With them in highest heaven
The one eternal God
Who earth and heav'n adore
For thus it was, is now,
And shall be evermore.

Another one we use a lot is the final verse of "Oh for a thousand tongues" (tune: Azmon)
Glory to God and praise and love be ever ever giv'n;
By saints below and saints above the church in earth and heav'n.

Those are the ones I can think of at the moment.

 

[Confessing Lutheran]

I think it's a shame to throw centuries old tradition out the window. Not really saying that this qualifies, but I think it's hypocritical to take out a weekly confession, Lord's Prayer, Nicene Creed, and Eucharist, but not take out the offering.

 

[SarahB622]

Our does it but not very often...so when we do sing it it hasn't lost it meaning. I know sometime if you sing a song a lot it doesn't have meaning any more it just a habit then.

 

[Ife_Abiola]

My Church does. But only once in a While. That Hymn is absolutely Beautiful.

 

[A New Dawn]

It is in our hymnal, but we rarely sing it. We used to sing it frequently many years ago, and I love it, but some friends of mine with a singing group recorded it with a seven-fold Amen, and I love it even better that way.