Rise Up O Flame

Luke 7

Broomstick

Me Salvaste

I Will Wait

Freedom Is Coming

Buzzing Of The Bee

Rest In Your Walls

You Remain



Often in folk music and hymn writing, traditional melodies will take on new life with their new lyrics. Our friend Bill Jolliff, a professor at George Fox University and acclaimed banjo player took the melody of Shady Grove. Another friend of ours, Seth Martin, did some slight variations on Bill’s version when he was travelling through Philadelphia. With one of our worship teams, we adapted it a little bit more including expanding the refrain to four lines with varying melodies. We asked Bill and Seth if it was okay to use this song for worship and on this album. They graciously gave permission and blessing. This song can be sung all together, or with certain people taking the lead as we attempted in this recording.
lyrics
Em 
Make my eyes open eyes, eyes awake to view 
D Em 
The way that stands before me and the work that’s mine to do 
Em 
Make my hands working hands, ready kind and free 
D Em 
With the time and energy and goods you’ve given me 
D Em 
Make it all be a motion of love 
D Em 
Make it all be a motion of love 
D Em 
Make it all be a motion of love 
D Em 
Make my life be a motion of love 
Make my legs soldier’s legs, fit to march or stand 
Strong in solidarity as my times demand 
Make my mind a prophet’s mind, quick to see the sin 
That keeps some folks in poverty and others poor within 

Make my heart a servant’s heart, wounded for your sake 
Yours to use and yours to hold, yours to mend or break 
Make my ears swift to hear the truth that goes unsaid 
Slow to speak, slow to wrath, swift to understand 

Make my face an honest face, a face that hides no lies 
A face that mirrors to all I see the good that meets my eyes 
Make my life a simple life, rooted in one place 
Where yes is yes and no is no, and deals are face to face 

(1/2 time) 
Make my life a freedom song, charged in every ve
credits
from Resist and Restore Spring 2013, track released 07 June 2013 
produce and engineered by Circle of Hope Audio Art 
Written by Bill Jolliff 
Performed by Circle of Hope




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Motion of Love

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Morning Prayer

Who we are 
Circle of Hope Audio Art is a mission team of Circle of Hope (circleofhope.net). We live in Philadelphia and the metro area. Forming this team began in early 2012 when Joseph Mahoney took the reins in attempting something we’ve attempted several times in the past unsuccessfully. Recording a handful of our original worship songs for training leaders and sharing more broadly. 

We are trying out a missional process of recording and distributing worship music as a tool for training, edification, and getting Circle of Hope into new places. We are celebrating all the creativity around us and are responding to a felt need for new worship material that is creative, theologically sound, and not commercial. 

We are facilitating a process for creating quality audio recordings of songs that our church uses for worship as a resource for our Public Meeting Teams as well as other interested people. We want to distribute the recordings in a way that does not succumb to the norms of the music industry – Christian or not – but promotes Kingdom entrepreneurship and good storytelling. 

Why we are trying this experiment 
We have written nearly 100 original songs with over a dozen songwriters and music teams contributing to our worship experiences. We’ve learned a number of ethnic songs that don’t have recordings accessible. We’ve been gifted as humans with imagination, and co-creating with Jesus moves us towards wholeness. We want to respectfully teach the songs to our music leaders. We want to offer our friends outside Philadelphia new music to use for worship. We hope that we make some new friends, new partners for Circle of Hope, and can proliferate more creativity in how we live into God’s big story in the tradition of the church and making something 

How to contribute next time 
This first release is digital-only. We are already working on a second release to be out before the end of the year. So far, we’ve managed to keep everything on a shoestring budget - no one is making money, we’re trying to grow a studio. Members of our team and community individually contributed to rent and the mastering. Our church has graciously allowed our rent to be deferred until we get donations (tax deductable) from people who want to support the mission of this team. You can download, share, post and pay whatever you want. We ask that you don’t commercially use the music without written permission from our team. The songwriters aren’t getting royalties, we’re hoping that we can make more music as a tool for worshipping our First Love for all the people. If our efforts are useful then we are sure we’ll find the financial support to continue. If you would like a receipt for your donation, please email us at the address at the bottom and we’ll happily send you one. 

You can suggest songs for the next album to anyone on the Audio Art Team or through the email. We are starting to put together the tentative list for another 10-15 song release later this year. We’re hoping to engage more people as well as get more from the 40+ musicians (and drummers) on this first attempt. 

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