Music

The Elm Ridge congregation encompasses a wide range of musical preferences, and consequently we enjoy a variety of musical styles in our worship. Hymns and songs are generally taken from "Hymns and Psalms" (H&P) and "Complete Mission Praise" (CMP) although other sources are also used.

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Hymns & songs with music for the coming Sunday are made available here so that people may familiarise themseves with them before the service. However, occasionally the tune used on Sunday will vary from the tune below.
For copyright reasons, it is not possible to broadcast more recently composed music on this site, but versions of such music can often be found on www.youtube.com and an external link may be shown.

Service	Hymn	Tune (click below)
9am	CMP My God how wonderful you are	Westminster
	CMP 545 Open our eyes Lord	Open our eyes Lord
	CMP 613 Spirit of the living God	Celtic version
	CMP 25 All to Jesus I surrender	I surrender all
	CMP 624 Take my life and let it be	Nottingham
10.45am	CMP 870 Jesus is the name we honour	Jesus is the name we honour (youtube)
	CMP 375 Jesus, name above all names	Jesus, name above all names (youtube)
	CMP 436 Lord, make me a mountain	not yet available
	CMP 545 Open our eyes Lord	Open our eyes Lord (youtube)
	CMP 624 Take my life and let it be	Nottingham
	CMP 189 God is working his purpose out	Benson
6pm	CMP 50 Be still for the presence of the Lord	Be still (youtube)
	CMP 750 What kind of love is this	not yet available
	CMP 619 Such love	Such love (Youtube)
	CMP 449 Love divine	Blaenwern

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The Elm Ridge Choir usually provides music at the 6 pm service, but also at 10.45 am on some Sundays. At Christmas and at other times, the choir stages a concert featuring various choral works. Extra singers are welcomed for these concerts.
The Choir rehearses on Friday evenings at 6.30. New members are welcome. Contact Sue Earle (via the church office)

The Elm Ridge Worship Group The Elm Ridge Worship Group (singers and instrumentalists) regularly provides music in a variety of styles for services and other events in church and further afield. Rehearsals are on Wednesday evenings at 6.15. New members are always welcome. Contact Elizabeth Sleightholme (leader) or Louise Macdougall (contact details available from the church office)

The Croft Organ The organ (click for current specification) was built in 1936 by Abbott and Smith, Organbuilders, Leeds. It was given to Elm Ridge Methodist Church by Duterau Croft of Blackwell, in memory of his late wife, Sarah Louise, and was dedicated on September 2nd 1936. The organ was rebuilt in 1986 by Vincent Organ Co., Sunderland, with new direct electric action and unit chests. This enabled expansion of the original specification of ten stops (by addition and extension) to fifteen in very limited available space. In 1998, a (very loud) trumpet stop replaced the Abbott and Smith Horn which had become unreliable. The zinc front pipes, originally unpainted, have been painted gold. The organ is maintained by Vincent Organ Co., Sunderland. Although an unremarkable instrument, it remains reliable and is effective in leading congregational singing and accompanying the Elm Ridge Choir. The organ is used at most services, and is played by a rota of organists from Elm Ridge.