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When Christmas Brings More Pain Than Joy: A Blue Christmas song

“Blue Christmas” services, which take place to support people struggling emotionally during the holiday season, are becoming more common. This song was written for such services. Ken Janzen sings and plays the instruments.

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Make of My Heart a Stable, 4 Video Hymns for Advent

4 Advent Video Hymns written for the Worship Design Studio, which created its own separate videos. Recordings and videos by Ken Janzen

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For a Faith: A Hymn of Thanksgiving

An old hymn of mine, recently rewritten slightly. Recorded here by the Orange Coast Unitarian Universalist Choir.

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We Will Go Out in Love! A sending-out worship song

Suitable for progressive/inclusive/justice-focused Christian congregations. Written for The Fountains, a UMC congregation in Arizona.

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Maker of All: A Sung Response to the Lord’s Prayer

Inspired by my March 2023 visit to The Fountains UMC in Arizona; written with a very simple melody and small range to maximize small congregations’ ability to learn and sing the piece.

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Table of Unity, Bread of Community: a Communion hymn

This Communion hymn, commissioned by the First Congregational Church, Branford, CT, is appropriate for progressive/inclusive Christian churches.

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Rooted And Grounded In Love: a worship song

This progressive Christian hymn images Jesus as healer, teacher, and prophet, and invites all people (regardless of their religion) to be healers, teachers, and prophets in our time.

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Making A Difference

Making a difference is a deep motivation for many of us.

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So Great a Cloud of Witnesses: a worship song

Written for the installation of Rev. Mallory Everhart as Co-Pastor at Vista Grande Community Church UCC; the images under the final verse are related to the congregation, inspired by Hebrews 11-12.

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Just Such a Time as This: A Worship Song for Troubled Times

A COVID-19 song about our pain, resilience, and ability to care for each other in impossible times. We were called for just such a time as this.

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In The Breaking of the Bread

A gentle Communion hymn usable with Emmaus text.

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Holy Boldness

Written for the Reconciling Ministries Network; this video centers Pride and inclusive church images.

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God Speaks Today

  Lead vocals by Rev. Kate Penney Howard. Other vocals, instruments, and engineering by Ken Janzen. New hymn text, set to the tune of Ar Hyd Y Nos; a reflection on how the sacred works in the …

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God is Known: An Evolution Sunday/Process Theology Hymn

This was written for an Evolution Sunday service and incorporates ideas from process theology.

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From Our Abundance We Give: a stewardship hymn

Swing version of my stewardship hymn From Our Abundance We Give. Appropriate for inclusive Christian, Unitarian Universalist, and other congregations.

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Everyone Is Worthy

This upbeat sending-out song or closing hymn is based on words adapted from a famous John Wesley quote.

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Do All the Good You Can

This upbeat sending-out song or closing hymn is based on words adapted from a famous John Wesley quote.

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The Church Where Love Lives

Amanda wrote this for an inclusion campaign within the United Methodist Church and also did a Pride version of the video.

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