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  • "Featured" 26
  • Advent 1
  • Christmas 5
  • Communal Worship 73
  • Communion 3
  • Compassion 2
  • Easter 2
  • Gospel 3
  • Grief 6
  • Hip Hop 10
  • Hymn Rewrites 6
  • Justice 56
  • Liturgical 3
  • Modern Hymns 3
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  • Singer-Songwriter 16
  • World 3
Mothers And Shepherds
Mothers And Shepherds

A Christmas song that forces hope, disaster and pursuit to meet on a painful, yet dauntingly beautiful path that exposes how much we’ve always needed a savior.

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Christmas, AdventCommon HymnalDecember 5, 2025Brittney Spencer, Gilbert Nanlohy, Connor Wheaton, Gustaf Emil Sydhage
Fall In Love With Christmas Again
Fall In Love With Christmas Again

Last year we released "Mothers And Shepherds", which has the gravitas of a Christmas classic. This year we wanted to switch it up with a lighthearted bop.

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ChristmasCommon HymnalNovember 7, 2025Terrell Wilson, Vincent Charlow, Tony Shepperd, Raul Ferrando, Jenny Gajicki
God Will Prevail
God Will Prevail

In this season of difficult circumstances, unjust situations, and overwhelming disappointments our hope is summed up in this song: God Will Prevail.

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Communal Worship, GospelCommon HymnalSeptember 13, 2025Phillip Joubert, JonCarlos Velez, Nabil Ince, Jalen Seawright, Gabriella Velez, Jacqueline Harris
Baila
Baila

Resistance is not just struggle—it is also song. It is dancing in the ruins, laughing in the face of despair, and choosing joy as an act of defiance.

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Communal WorshipCommon HymnalSeptember 4, 2025JonCarlos Velez, Gabriella Velez, Joel Lopez
A Time
A Time

In the same way that “The Kingdom Is Yours” massaged out the ideas in the Beatitudes, so this song explores Ecclesiastes 3.

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Communal WorshipCommon HymnalAugust 7, 2025Phillip Joubert, Mark Alan Schoolmeesters, Terrell Wilson
Before We Put Our Trust In Human Kings  / Exalted
Before We Put Our Trust In Human Kings / Exalted

Just as “The Kingdom Is Yours” massaged out the ideas in the Beatitudes, so this song explores The Lord's Prayer.

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Communal WorshipCommon HymnalJune 12, 2025David Gate, Nabil Ince, Ben Hardesty, Jenny Gajicki, Gabriella Velez
With You
With You

It is both the familiarity and unfamiliarity of God that makes him holy.

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Communal WorshipCommon HymnalMay 15, 2025Jenny Gajicki, Ben Hardesty, James Paek
Do You Feel It, Too?
Do You Feel It, Too?

Like in the psalms, this song asks God: “Do you feel it, too?”

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Grief, CompassionCommon HymnalApril 16, 2025Justin Sinclair, Vincent Charlow
Be Love
Be Love

We were asked to write this song for The King Center’s Be Love initiative.

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JusticeCommon HymnalJanuary 16, 2025Jalen Seawright, Royce Lovett, Vincent Charlow, Nabil Ince, Ben Hardesty, Michael Walter, Tommy Sims, James Paek
God Of Color
God Of Color

A full-throttled and unapologetic celebration of the melanated savior.

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JusticeCommon HymnalJanuary 15, 2025Jalen Seawright, Gustaf Emil Sydhage, Otis Moss III, JonCarlos Velez, Royce Lovett, Otis Moss
When Will We Overcome?
When Will We Overcome?

“History has shown us that courage can be contagious.” (Michelle Obama)

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Singer-Songwriter, JusticeCommon HymnalNovember 6, 2024Nabil Ince, Quincy Cochran, David Gate
Stars and Stripes
Stars and Stripes

Our response to Christian Nationalism.

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JusticeCommon HymnalOctober 18, 2024Ben Hardesty, Olivia Mogul, Sharon Irving
Show Us What's Real
Show Us What's Real

When the smoke and mirrors fade away, only what is real will remain.

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Communal Worship, Singer-SongwriterCommon HymnalOctober 4, 2024Phillip Joubert, Justin Sinclair, Gustaf Emil Sydhage
Irie (Sound Mind)
Irie (Sound Mind)

Irie, the Jamaican greeting, is a place where love, peace and a sound mind become more than words and ideas, but the safe house of being and knowing.

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Communal WorshipCommon HymnalAugust 16, 2024Vincent Charlow, Royce Lovett, David Gate
Yahweh Holy
Yahweh Holy

A worship song by Homecoming, a project dedicated to telling stories of faith from the Asian-American Community.

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Communal WorshipCommon HymnalJuly 19, 2024James Paek, Shawn Halim, May Angeles
Jubilee
Jubilee

Anticipating a day when every valley is raised up and every mountain brought low and we stand side by side on a level playing field.

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JusticeCommon HymnalJune 27, 2024Vincent Charlow, JonCarlos Velez, David Gate
Not Gonna Worry
Not Gonna Worry

The song we sing when we let go and let the Chief Scriptwriter write our story.

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Communal Worship, WorldCommon HymnalMay 3, 2024Vincent Charlow, James Paek, Nabil Ince, Karanja Mbugua
Rise Up
Rise Up

In our screen-numbed, sleepwalking culture, every once in a while we need a wake up call to push us from apathy back into action.

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Communal Worship, JusticeCommon HymnalApril 18, 2024
Deep Currents
Deep Currents

A five movement audiovisual art piece by Seaux Chill celebrating the past, present, and future of Black Indianapolis.

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JusticeCommon HymnalApril 16, 2024Nabil Ince
Kama Si We
Kama Si We

Kama Si We is what happens when Kenyan faith and culture collide.

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Communal Worship, WorldCommon HymnalApril 12, 2024Karanja Mbugua, Bien Aime Aluso, Aaron Rimbui, Jackline Muchemi
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