Everything: Hymns for Little Hearts – Keith & Kristyn Getty, The Getty Girls and the Getty Hymn Writing Team
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This EP features three songs for children performed by Keith & Kristyn Getty, the Getty Girls, Sandra McCracken, Skye Peterson, Jordan Kauflin and Joni Eareckson Tada. The songs were written by the Getty hymn writing team.

Here are a few comments about each song:

Everything – This song, based on Psalm 150, was written by Kristyn Getty, Skye Peterson, and Sandra McCracken. The joyful song was performed by the Getty Girls, Kristyn Getty, Sandra McCracken and Skye Peterson. The song features acoustic guitar, bass, drums, piano, backing vocals, and guitar.
Key lyric:
Let everything, everything
Let everything that breathes
Let everything that breathes
Come praise the Lord

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• Song of the Week Lyrics ~ Welcome Home by CityAlight

Listen to the Word of the Lord – This song was written by Bryan Fowler, Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty, Jordan Kauflin, and Ben Shive. The song was performed by The Getty Girls, Kristyn Getty and Jordan Kauflin. This song helps mark out the process of what it means to meditate on God’s word – to hear, to believe, to trust, to obey, to walk in it every day. The song features piano, guitar, backing vocals, and strings.
Key lyric:
Listen to the Word of the Lord
Listen to the Word of the Lord
Great and wise, good and kind
Listen to the Word of the Lord

Jesus Calms the Storm (Hymn for Anxious Little Hearts) – This song was written by Matt Boswell, Kristyn Getty, Sandra McCracken, Matt Papa, and Bryan Fowler. The song was performed by the Getty Girls, Kristyn Getty, Sandra McCracken, and Joni Eareckson Tada. This song sings Christ’s message of peace into anxious little hearts. The song features guitar, piano, bass, drums, and backing vocals.
Key lyric:
There’s a rock where I can go
Keeps me safe and this I know
Deep within my troubled soul
Jesus calms the storm

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Christmas – Mac Powell
*** ½ 

Mac Powell was the long-time lead singer for four-time Grammy award winners Third Day, and has one of the best voices in music today. Since Third Day’s disbanding in 2018, he has enjoyed a solo career. He returns with an enjoyable new five-song EP titled Christmas.
Here are a few brief comments about each of the songs on the EP:
Christmas Time Again, My Friend – Powell wrote this song with his daughter and son-in-law. The mid-tempo feel-good song references many Christmas memories (Bing Crosby on the radio, Charlie Brown on my TV, etc. The song features horns, a guitar solo, and backing vocals.
Key lyric:
When I was a child I thought that toys would make my Christmas better
Now that I’m older I realize it’s because we’re all together

I Pray On Christmas – This jazz-flavored song was written by Harry Connick Jr. The song features some piano, guitar, bass, drums, and backing vocals.
Key lyric:
I pray on Christmas
He’ll get me through another day

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas – This jazz-flavored song was written by Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin. The song features guitar, horns, bass, and some excellent piano.
Key lyric:
Here we are as in olden days
Happy golden days of yore
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Gather near to us once more

Jesus Christ Is Born – This upbeat song was written by Powell and originally released in 2021. The song features guitar, drums, bass, and backing vocals.
Key lyric:
Jesus Christ is born
The Savior of the world
Let all of Heaven and Earth rejoice
Jesus Christ is born”

Living Proof – This song was written by Powell and Tony Wood. This song features piano, organ, guitar, drums, bass, and backing vocals.
Key lyric:
Come and see
What our God has done
Come and hear
The angel’s song
Glory in the highest
Every promise
Made true
And there in a manger
Was our living proof

Favorite songs:
Christmas Time Again, My Friend
I Pray on Christmas
Jesus Christ is Born

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Welcome Home by CityAlight

This week’s song of the week is “Welcome Home” by CityAlight, from their new EP Rise My Soul. The song, inspired by Matthew 25:21, was written by Jonny Robinson, Rich Thompson and Sandra McCracken. Watch the performance of the song here.

Verse 1
I know for sure
True life is mine
For Jesus lives
The first to rise
The first to hear
These words of hope:
Well done good servant
And welcome home

Verse 2
How many saints
Have gone before
Their work is done
They weep no more
They heard those words
Before His throne:
Well done good servant
and welcome home

Verse 3
And when my time
On earth is done
And I am called
Into His love
Then He shall say
By grace alone:
Well done good servant
And welcome home

Verse 4
I know for sure
True life is mine
For Jesus lives
The first to rise
He bought for me
These words of hope:
Well done good servant
And welcome home