We have all experienced times of uncertainty, fear, and disorientation. And while so much may feel out of our control, singing is a powerful tool to support and strengthen community as we move through challenging, painful, and traumatic experiences. 

MMC leaders have compiled a list of songs that we hope will be useful to you and your community in these unsettled times. While we are writing in the context of a global pandemic, it's certain we'll need singing to face other local and global challenges.

As you think about what to share with your community, listen to your heart and your community as they name their needs, fears, and hopes. Short, simple melodies can be a powerful balm and many can be treated as pocket/zipper songs, which allow us to add words, names, and feelings specific to our context. 

No matter what you sing or how the songs are shared (in emerging online/virtual spaces or safely in person), may these songs comfort anxious hearts and remind us that we’re together in deeper ways than we ever imagined.

All Shall Be Well - used at St. Lydia's Dinner Church, composer unknown

Be Still - Taizé Community

Be Still and Know that I Am God - Taizé Community

Be Still and Know (canon) - John Bell

Christ/Peace Be with Us - Ruth Cunningham

Da pacem cordium / Give Peace to Every Heart - Taizé Community

Deep Peace - Sarah Thomsen

Do Not Fear - Adele Crawford

Don't Be Afraid, My Love Is Stronger - John Bell

Dwelling In the Present Moment - Laurence Cole

Fear Not the Pain - Rachel Kroh

Finding Home - Annie Zylstra

Hold My Hope - Ana Hernández

Hold On Just a Little While Longer - Gospel Song

How Shall We Come Together? - Maggie Wheeler

I Am Here in the Heart of God - Erin McGaughan, arr. Chanda Rule

In this Circle - Joan McMillan

Love, Take a Walk with Me - Charles Murphy

Prayer for Quiet Confidence - Martha Burford

Sending You Light - Melanie DeMore

Spirit, Still My Body - Charles Murphy

Teach Us to Sit Still - Cricket Cooper

What We Need Is Here - Amy McCreath

Work to Be Done - Sarah Nutting (MaMuse)