Arise, Shine
CCLI Song #5444814
Words and Music by Jonathan Snow Carpenter
©2008 Ryne Records

For free lead sheet or chord chart go to http://www.jsnowcarpenter.com/resources
To download this track and others go to http://www.evenstillmusic.com

At the Cross (My Hope Is Found)
CCLI Song #5489635
Words and Music by Ralph Hudson and Jonathan Snow Carpenter
©2008 Ryne Records

Free lead sheet & chord chart at http://www.jsnowcarpenter.com/resources

8/22/10 Worship service at Highland Terrace Baptist Church in Greenville, Texas

At the cross my hope is found
As drops of grace fall all around
My Savior’s blood… He shed for me
At the cross He set me free

Come, Thou Fount
CCLI Song #5446496
Original words and music by Robert Robinson; arr. by Jonathan Snow Carpenter
New words and music by Jonathan Snow Carpenter
©2008 Ryne Records

From worship service on 8/22/10 at Highland Terrace Baptist Church in Greenville, Texas

Free lead sheet at http://www.jsnowcarpenter.com/resources

Come, Thou Fount… bring us peace!
Come, Thou long-expected Jesus, set us free!
Emmanuel! God of Israel…
Hope of all the earth, Lord of the universe,
We find our rest in Thee!

Here’s another Advent song from Christmas 2008… For free chord charts/lead sheets go to www.jsnowcarpenter.com/resources

Unto All of Us
Words and Music by Jonathan Snow Carpenter
CCLI Song #5444821
©2008 Ryne Records

We are the ones who have fallen
We are the ones who have failed
We are the ones who are desperate to be rescued from ourselves

We are the ones who are broken
Battered and bruised from our lives
We are the ones who need mercy from a holy sacrifice

Unto all of us… the saints and the sinners
To all of us… the losers and winners
To all of us… Jesus has come for
All of us… for all of us… for all of us… for all of us

We are the ones He has chosen
We are the ones He has called
We are the ones who proclaim the truth that Jesus Christ is Lord

We are the ones who sing praises
And lift our hands high to the King
We are the ones who have nothing yet we give Him everything

Unto all of us… the saints and the sinners
To all of us… the losers and winners
To all of us… Jesus has come for
All of us… for all of us

We are the sheep that the Shepherd longs to claim
We are the children this Child has come to save

Unto all of us… the saints and the sinners
To all of us… the losers and winners
To all of us… Jesus has come for
All of us…

Unto all of us… the saints and the sinners
To all of us… the losers and winners
To all of us… Jesus has come for
All of us… for all of us… for all of us… for all of us

Here is one from the Christmas before last… I wrote a new song for each week of Advent.  As always, click here for free chord charts/lead sheets for the song!

Emmanuel (God Is With Us)
Words and Music by Jonathan Snow Carpenter
CCLI Song #5444797
©2008 Ryne Records

Verse 1

Son of God and Son of Man
Pure and holy, spotless Lamb
Great fulfillment of God’s plan

The Redeemer of the Earth
Lord of all the universe
There before the world began

Chorus
Emmanuel… God is with us
Emmanuel… lived among us
Emmanuel… come to set Your people free
Emmanuel… God is gracious
Emmanuel… never changes
Emmanuel… Son of God and Prince of Peace…
Such a wondrous mystery

Verse 2

Mighty God that knows no end
Savior from the death of sin
Wonderful Counselor and friend

Bridge

And all our praise… to You we raise…
You are Lord… Messiah
Oh, righteous Son… Oh, Three in One
Our conquering King

Words and Music by Jonathan Snow Carpenter
Beginning words of verse by G. A. Young
CCLI Song #5674677
©2009 Ryne Records

Click on the Resources page to download a free chord chart for this song!

VERSE
Some through the waters,
Some through the flood,
Some through the fire,
But all through the blood

Some through the shadows,
Some through the night,
Some through the darkness,
But all through Your light

PRECHORUS
Come save us now,
Come save us now,
Don’t let us drown,
Our love screams out

CHORUS
It’s the sound of angel songs
It’s the sound of hope
It’s the sound of everything, everything I know
It’s the sound of love

So… I just updated my site with lead sheets, chord charts, and lyric sheets (at least one of these for each song) for over fifty of my songs… just click the Resources tab and check out what all is there!  If you are looking for something that I have not included, just let me know what you’re wanting and I will try to make it happen quickly.  Stay tuned as I will begin adding YouTube videos for many of these in the future.  If you are using any of these in your church(es), I’d love to hear about it!  Thanks, all!

So… I received my very first CCLI (Christian Copyright Licensing International) royalty check yesterday… wasn’t very much money, but I was super excited.  CCLI is basically an administrator of copyright licenses for churches… the church pays a fee based upon a scale of attendance to be able to use lyrics by projection or printing or whatever else… then CCLI takes a sampling of churches to find out what songs are being used and then disperses the church fee monies to the songwriters based on this sampling (same concept as ASCAP, BMI, & SESAC… just for churches).  However, CCLI functions a bit like any government organization (imagine one of your least favorite experiences with an incredibly slow process… DMV, perhaps?) in that nothing is done quickly or efficiently… or at least not to the “non-label” & “non-publisher” songwriters out there like myself.  It literally took me a whole year from the time I requested a contract to sign with them to the point when I was actually included in their system.  CCLI has a great service that I use weekly as a worship leader called SongSelect… it basically includes a ton of songs and their respective lyric sheets, sometimes chord charts, and lead sheets.  If your name is Chris Tomlin or Matt Redman or any of the “bigger name” worship songwriters, you automatically get to include all of these things with your songs… making them much easier to attain and learn for your typical worship band and praise team.  BUT if you are not a “big name” you don’t get to include these materials (lyrics, chord charts, lead sheets) unless you have been paid in 2 consecutive pay periods.  The pay periods work in six month increments (last one ended at the end of March… yes, it took 4 1/2 months to receive payment) and you only get paid if other churches are using your music in their services and are reporting the use… even then, the church would have to be in a reporting period (my church hasn’t been in one for the past two years)… so you can see that everything has to line up just right for a new songwriter that has little opportunity for sharing outside of his/her own church to even have his/her materials made available in SongSelect.  So, I currently have 55 songs listed with CCLI(and 4 being processed… remember that nothing is done quickly , but no lyrics or charts available… Thus, I am excited because I could potentially receive payment in a second consecutive pay period and I believe that would change things pretty dramatically.  Just so you know.  :)

That’s my girl!!

Sometimes we become keenly aware that God’s plan is being done in spite of us… & sometimes bad things happen to us in order for this to happen.
We needed the refreshment of having my friends Brian & Amy Miears lead us in worship this morning… So God gave me strep throat to accomplish His plan this week… and I count it all joy that I have been sick for His glory.
Bad things happen, but it’s not all bad! My new favorite song is called “Beautiful Things” by Gungor (we sang it in worship two weeks ago and will be singing it again this coming Sunday)… It has these lines that I think say everything: “You make beautiful things… You make beautiful things out of the dust. You make beautiful things… You make beautiful things out of us.”