--- title: Music for Lectionary 20, Sunday, August 16, 2020 description: This music resonates with the lectionary texts for Sunday, August 16, and can be done without a choir or other large ensemble:  --- [![AF-prelude-logo](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Augsburg%20Fortress/AF_Prelude_Blog/AF-prelude-logo.png?width=181&height=52&name=AF-prelude-logo.png "AF-prelude-logo")](http://www.preludemusicplanner.org/) - [LEARN MORE](https://preludemusicplanner.org/) - [BLOG](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org) - [SIGN IN](https://members.preludemusicplanner.org/) # [Prelude Music Blog](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org) # Music for Lectionary 20, Sunday, August 16, 2020 by [Augsburg Fortress](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/author/augsburg-fortress) This music resonates with the lectionary texts for Sunday, August 16, and can be done without a choir or other large ensemble:  - ["For the Least"](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781451462326/For-the-Least?utm_campaign=AF%20Music&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8CQcRkHWuakQZmzRe3ZMA3KgFQpWlXOj42veh-2IQW6MICAzEFw_i02ahUmGCN_gjBwC3q) by Wayne L. Wold (2-part). While the voice leading is simple, Wold has created an anthem that is wonderfully lyrical and carries a message of love and charity. [Listen to a recording.](https://ms.augsburgfortress.org/audio/FortheLeast.mp3?utm_campaign=AF%20Music&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8CQcRkHWuakQZmzRe3ZMA3KgFQpWlXOj42veh-2IQW6MICAzEFw_i02ahUmGCN_gjBwC3q) [View a video.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq_4I0NGBDQ&feature=youtu.be&utm_campaign=AF%20Music&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8CQcRkHWuakQZmzRe3ZMA3KgFQpWlXOj42veh-2IQW6MICAzEFw_i02ahUmGCN_gjBwC3q)  - ["May God Bestow on Us Grace"](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506426006?utm_campaign=AF%20Music&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8CQcRkHWuakQZmzRe3ZMA3KgFQpWlXOj42veh-2IQW6MICAzEFw_i02ahUmGCN_gjBwC3q) by Aaron David Miller (2-part). Aaron David Miller creates another masterful composition with this lyrical setting of a Martin Luther text. [View a sample.](https://ms.augsburgfortress.org/downloads/9781506426006_sample.pdf?utm_campaign=AF%20Music&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8CQcRkHWuakQZmzRe3ZMA3KgFQpWlXOj42veh-2IQW6MICAzEFw_i02ahUmGCN_gjBwC3q) [Listen to a recording.](https://ms.augsburgfortress.org/audio/9781506426006.mp3?utm_campaign=AF%20Music&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8CQcRkHWuakQZmzRe3ZMA3KgFQpWlXOj42veh-2IQW6MICAzEFw_i02ahUmGCN_gjBwC3q) [View a video.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OVwjuGQjGk&feature=youtu.be&utm_campaign=AF%20Music&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8CQcRkHWuakQZmzRe3ZMA3KgFQpWlXOj42veh-2IQW6MICAzEFw_i02ahUmGCN_gjBwC3q)  - "All Things are Possible with God" by Nancy Raabe in [*ChildrenSing in Worship, Volume 2*](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781451424126/ChildrenSing-in-Worship-Volume-2?utm_campaign=AF%20Music&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8CQcRkHWuakQZmzRe3ZMA3KgFQpWlXOj42veh-2IQW6MICAzEFw_i02ahUmGCN_gjBwC3q) (unison). This volume presents another excellent collection of new music for singers aged 8 to 12 years. Written in a variety of styles, this collection of nine songs includes both the complete score with accompaniment for the director and a reproducible melody line version for the young singer. [View the table of contents.](https://ms.augsburgfortress.org/downloads/ChildrenSing%20in%20Worship%20Vol%202.pdf?utm_campaign=AF%20Music&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8CQcRkHWuakQZmzRe3ZMA3KgFQpWlXOj42veh-2IQW6MICAzEFw_i02ahUmGCN_gjBwC3q) - "Healer of Our Every Ill" by Franklin D. Ashdown in [*Augsburg Organ Library: Healing and Funeral*](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781451462616?utm_campaign=AF%20Music&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8CQcRkHWuakQZmzRe3ZMA3KgFQpWlXOj42veh-2IQW6MICAzEFw_i02ahUmGCN_gjBwC3q). Augsburg Organ Library: Healing and Funeral, contains 40 pieces for worship or recitals based on Healing and Funeral hymn tunes. The Augsburg Organ Library is a highly acclaimed multi-volume series that reflects the twentieth century renewal of the organ and its music. [View the table of contents.](https://ms.augsburgfortress.org/downloads/Music/AOL_Healing_and_Funeral_TOC.pdf?utm_campaign=AF%20Music&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8CQcRkHWuakQZmzRe3ZMA3KgFQpWlXOj42veh-2IQW6MICAzEFw_i02ahUmGCN_gjBwC3q)  - "Pán Bůh" from *[Yours Is the Glory: Settings of Global Tunes for Organ](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781451420876?utm_campaign=AF%20Music&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8CQcRkHWuakQZmzRe3ZMA3KgFQpWlXOj42veh-2IQW6MICAzEFw_i02ahUmGCN_gjBwC3q) *by Ronald Roschke. Pastor/musician/composer Ronald Roschke of Colorado has contributed his first volume of organ variation-sets on world tunes, which are perfect pre-service material for times when the respective tunes are sung in worship. [View the table of contents and tune index.](https://ms.augsburgfortress.org/downloads/9781451420876_TableofContentsandTuneIndex.pdf?utm_campaign=AF%20Music&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8CQcRkHWuakQZmzRe3ZMA3KgFQpWlXOj42veh-2IQW6MICAzEFw_i02ahUmGCN_gjBwC3q) - "McKee" from *[Organ Miniatures: Hymn Introductions and Settings](https://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/product/9781506466088/Organ-Miniatures-Hymn-Introductions-and-Settings?utm_campaign=AF%20Music&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8CQcRkHWuakQZmzRe3ZMA3KgFQpWlXOj42veh-2IQW6MICAzEFw_i02ahUmGCN_gjBwC3q) *by Joe Cox. These brief and imaginative hymn settings are useful as introductions, organ stanzas, interludes, ways of extending a hymn after being sung by the assembly, as well as models for further improvisation and composition. [View a sample.](https://ms.augsburgfortress.org/downloads/9781506466088_Sample.pdf?utm_campaign=AF%20Music&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8CQcRkHWuakQZmzRe3ZMA3KgFQpWlXOj42veh-2IQW6MICAzEFw_i02ahUmGCN_gjBwC3q) Posted on Aug 5, 2020 9:00:00 AM Filed Under: [Music Ministry](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/tag/music-ministry), - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ![Augsburg Fortress](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Augsburg%20Fortress/af-logo-gray.png?width=100&height=100&name=af-logo-gray.png) #### Written by [Augsburg Fortress](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/author/augsburg-fortress) Augsburg Fortress develops engaging resources for Lutheran congregations In our ministry as the publishing house of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, we create substantive and innovative materials to support the ministries of faith communities in communicating the good news of God's liberating grace. 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