The postlude following a service makes creation resound with praise and allows the congregation to leave the church proclaiming God’s greatness. As the signal for the congregation to disperse, it should be a stirring exclamation point to the service that connects the worship experience to the secular world to which the crowd of people is about to return.
What makes a perfect postlude? Mark Hayes answers this question with his new collection, Perfect Postludes: Hymns and Spirituals to Close the Service, which contains the following ten selections:
- Jesus Shall Reign
- I’m Gonna Sing When the Spirit Says Sing
- Joyful Day
- Christ the Lord Is Risen Today
- O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing
- I Want Jesus to Walk with Me
- To God Be the Glory
- Noble March
- Lead On, O King Eternal
- They’ll Know We Are Christians
Here Hayes himself describes his collection and what makes it so useful for today’s church pianist: Continue reading ‘Mark Hayes: Perfect Postludes’
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