Through All Of Our Days - SATB Choral Score 4-Part - Digital Sheet Music

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Through All of Our Days -SATB Choral Score

I wrote this contemporary worship hymn in 2022 with Ash Wednesday and the liturgical season of Lent in mind. It is set in a lilting, 3/4 time signature, and it is also easy for early intermediate accompanists to play (it's in the key of F Major). The melodic range and rhythmic patterns make this piece highly accessible for church choirs and small vocal ensembles, but don't mistake simplicity for banality! "Through All Of Our Days" is still a deeply engaging and memorable piece.

This SATB version of the hymn includes some beautiful vocal two-part and four-part harmonies, and the verses have alternating sections of male and female voicings; if you don't have a full SATB choir, you can easily adapt the music for any two vocal parts, and it will still sound beautiful. If you'd prefer the hymn text setting with two-part vocal harmonies, instead of the full choral SATB score, the piano/vocal/guitar version of this hymn (with Sop-Alto harmonies written in) is also available on Sheet Music Plus.

The audio clip listed above gives only the Soprano and Alto parts; I would love to include a full SATB recording in the future, so if your church is performing this piece, please consider recording yourselves and then sending me a copy of the performance at lisa.waites1@gmail.com so that I can post it here. Thank you in advance for considering this request!  

Although I composed this hymn for a particular liturgical season, several congregations and clergy colleagues have also requested it for use during funerals/memorial services, at baptisms, confirmations, and covenanting services. The lyrics make it a highly relevant choice for worship services that include any life "milestones" or transitions.

There is also a video of this hymn currently up on YouTube (with the lyrics already embedded for ease of congregational singing), which you are welcome to use in any non-commercial worship setting. The lyrics are currently available in ten languages, and other additions can be added at your request. If you are planning to use the video in worship, we do ask you to consider either purchasing the music here, on Sheet Music Plus, or making a donation to Servant Song Music & Ministry; this helps us to cover our recording and engraving costs so that we can continue to produce contemporary worship music for the global church.

May God bless you as you faithfully choose new music and creatively work to help your congregants and choir members sing God's praise with passion and excellence each week. To God alone be the glory, now and forever.

The lyrics of "Through All Of Our Days" are listed below, words and music c Lisa Waites, 2022. 

1. We have come from the dust, and to dust we're returning;
We're formed out of starlight, we're creatures of time.
We are made in your image, redeemed by your mercy,
By the pow'r of the Spirit, in Christ's love, we shine!

Chorus: We will dance, we will sing, give you praise, offering 
Our hearts and our bodies, our souls and our minds.
We will laugh, we will cry, we'll live and we'll die,
Beginning to end we're surrounded by grace -
And you love us through all of our days. 

2. We will learn how to live as disciples of Jesus,
We'll pray and we'll study the truth of your Word.
We were born for your glory, baptized as your children,
We will follow the Spirit, and live what we've heard! 

Chorus

3. We have come from the dust, and to dust we're returning;
We're ashes from ashes, frail creatures of time.
Yet we're made in God's image, secure in your blessing,
By the pow'r of the Spirit, we'll forever shine! 

Chorus

Tag ending: Oh, you hold us, sustain us in grace -
                    Yes, you love us through all of o.