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Appears in 9 hymnals First Line: O God to whom shall we go? Refrain First Line: Halle halle, hallelujah! Lyrics: Refrain: Halle, halle, hallelujah! Halle, halle, hallelujah! Halle, halle, hallelujah! Hallelujah! Halelujah! Ordinary time verses: 1. Oh, God to whom shall we go? You alone have the words of life. Let your words be our prayer and our song we sing: Hallelujah, hallelujah. [Refrain] 2. My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord. When I call them, they follow me. I will lead them to rest by the restful streams: Hallelujah, hallelujah. [Refrain] 3. I am the light of the world says the Lord. Walk in the light of life. All who follow my words shall have life indeed: Hallelujah, hallelujah. [Refrain] Easter verse: 4. Now Christ is raised up from death, he will never die again. All who follow his way shall have life in him: Hallelujah, hallelujah. [Refain] Gather Comprehensive, 2nd Edition, 2004

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HALLE, HALLE

Meter: Irregular Appears in 56 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John L. Bell; Marty Haugen Tune Sources: Caribbean melody Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 55345 53216 64566 Used With Text: Halle, Halle Hallelujah!

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Halle, Halle, Hallelujah!

Author: Marty Haugen, b. 1950 Hymnal: Sing! A New Creation #44 (2002) First Line: O God, to whom shall we go? Refrain First Line: Halle, halle, hallelujah Topics: Praise and Adoration Scripture: John 3 Languages: English Tune Title: [O God, to whom shall we go?]

Alleluia

Hymnal: RitualSong #396 (1996) First Line: Oh God to whom shall we go? Refrain First Line: Halle, halle, hallelujah Lyrics: Refrain: Halle, halle, hallelujah! Halle, halle, hallelujah! Halle, halle, hallelujah! Halle, halle, hallelujah! 1 Oh God to whom shall we go? You alone have the words of life. Let your words be our prayer and the song we sing: Hallelujah, hallelujah. [Refrain] 2 My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord. When I call them, they follow me. I will lead them to rest by the restful streams: Hallelujah, hallelujah. [Refrain] 3 I am the light of the world says the Lord. Walk in the light of life. All who follow my words shall have life indeed: Hallelujah, hallelujah. [Refrain] 4 Now Christ is raised up from death, he will never die again. All who follow his way shall have life in him: Hallelujah, hallelujah. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Oh God to whom shall we go]

Gospel Acclamation

Hymnal: RitualSong (2nd ed.) #418 (2016) First Line: Oh God, to whom shall we go? Refrain First Line: Halle, halle, hallelujah Lyrics: Refrain: Halle, halle, hallelujah! Halle, halle, hallelujah! Halle, halle, hallelujah! Hallelujah! Halle, hallelujah! 1 Oh God, to whom shall we go? You alone have the words of life. Let your words be our prayer and the song we sing: Hallelujah, hallelujah. [Refrain] 2 "My sheep hear my voice," says the Lord. "When I call them, they follow me. I will lead them to rest by the restful streams." Hallelujah, hallelujah. [Refrain] 3 "I am the light of the world," says the Lord. "Walk in the light of life. All who follow my words shall have life indeed." Hallelujah, hallelujah. [Refrain] 4 Now Christ is raised up from death, he will never die again. All who follow his way shall have life in him: Hallelujah, hallelujah. [Refrain] Topics: Service Music Languages: English Tune Title: [Oh God to whom shall we go]

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Marty Haugen

b. 1950 Person Name: Marty Haugen, b. 1950 Author of "Halle, Halle, Hallelujah!" in Sing! A New Creation Marty Haugen (b. 1950), is a prolific liturgical composer with many songs included in hymnals across the liturgical spectrum of North American hymnals and beyond, with many songs translated into different languages. He was raised in the American Lutheran Church, received a BA in psychology from Luther College, yet found his first position as a church musician in a Roman Catholic parish at a time when the Roman Catholic Church was undergoing profound liturgical and musical changes after Vatican II. Finding a vocation in that parish to provide accessible songs for worship, he continued to compose and to study, receiving an MA in pastoral studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul Minnesota. A number of liturgical settings were prepared for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and more than 400 of his compositions are available from several publishers, especially GIA Publications, who also produced some 30 recordings of his songs. He is composer-in-residence at Mayflower Community Congregational Church in Minneapolis and continues to compose and travel to speak and teach at worship events around the world. Emily Brink

John L. Bell

b. 1949 Person Name: John Bell, b. 1949 Arranger of "[O God, to whom shall we go?]" in Sing! A New Creation John Bell (b. 1949) was born in the Scottish town of Kilmarnock in Ayrshire, intending to be a music teacher when he felt the call to the ministry. But in frustration with his classes, he did volunteer work in a deprived neighborhood in London for a time and also served for two years as an associate pastor at the English Reformed Church in Amsterdam. After graduating he worked for five years as a youth pastor for the Church of Scotland, serving a large region that included about 500 churches. He then took a similar position with the Iona Community, and with his colleague Graham Maule, began to broaden the youth ministry to focus on renewal of the church’s worship. His approach soon turned to composing songs within the identifiable traditions of hymnody that began to address concerns missing from the current Scottish hymnal: "I discovered that seldom did our hymns represent the plight of poor people to God. There was nothing that dealt with unemployment, nothing that dealt with living in a multicultural society and feeling disenfranchised. There was nothing about child abuse…,that reflected concern for the developing world, nothing that helped see ourselves as brothers and sisters to those who are suffering from poverty or persecution." [from an interview in Reformed Worship (March 1993)] That concern not only led to writing many songs, but increasingly to introducing them internationally in many conferences, while also gathering songs from around the world. He was convener for the fourth edition of the Church of Scotland’s Church Hymnary (2005), a very different collection from the previous 1973 edition. His books, The Singing Thing and The Singing Thing Too, as well as the many collections of songs and worship resources produced by John Bell—some together with other members of the Iona Community’s “Wild Goose Resource Group,” —are available in North America from GIA Publications. Emily Brink