David Brackenbury

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Take my life and let it be (updated)

David Brackenbury

This was written for a "Whole life worship" Challenge as part of the 2018-19 12 Song Challenge.

1 year ago

This is our God (He is the champion)

David Brackenbury

This was written for a "Olympic Songs" Challenge as part of the 2024 12 Song Challenge. This is not the most up to date version of the song, so I need to re-record.

English Singer/Songwriter Almighty Power Strength Congregational Celebrational Contemporary

1 year ago

Who is this (Worship Him, Emmanuel)

David Brackenbury

This song came out of the 12 Song Challenge run by RESOUNDWorship over late 2018 into 2019. The challenge was to write a song for the Christmas period, and this one was intended to be broadly a performance / video piece rather than a congregational song, although could be used as the latter.

7 years ago

Your grace is enough for me

David Brackenbury

This was written for a "2 Corinthians Songs" Challenge as part of the 2022/23 12 Song Challenge.

2 Corinthians 12:9-10 English Singer/Songwriter Grace Strength Congregational Reflectional Contemporary

1 year ago

Watching and waiting

David Brackenbury

This was written for an "Epiphany Songs" Challenge as part of the 2020 12 Song Challenge. There is a similar song which is written from the perspective of Simeon. This is also available on my page.

English Singer/Songwriter Incarnation Life Of Jesus Prophetic Congregational Meditational Contemporary

1 year ago

May the Lord bless you

David Brackenbury

This was written for a "Taize Songs" Challenge as part of the 2021/22 12 Song Challenge.

Numbers 6:24-26 English Singer/Songwriter Blessing Grace Peace Congregational Reflectional Meditational Contemporary

1 year ago

Come join in the song (lockdown version)

David Brackenbury, Matt Osgood

This was written for a "Co-writes" Challenge as part of the 2021/22 12 Song Challenge. I went on to develop this further for my family of churches which is a diverse family of churches across the nations. See the Regions Beyond version on my page.

English Singer/Songwriter Fellowship Praise The Church Worship Congregational Contemporary

1 year ago

We are the body of Christ (We need you)

David Brackenbury

This was written for a "Body Songs" Challenge as part of the 2024 12 Song Challenge.

English Singer/Songwriter Community Service The Church Congregational

1 year ago

With your breath (I will be still)

David Brackenbury

About a month before the RESOUNDWorship Worship Songwriting Retreat takes place, you receive an email from the leader who encourages you to write something new to bring along with you to share with your critique group. I think the encouragement is to arrive “with your latest, not your greatest”. I had managed to do this the first time I went but life felt so busy and hectic in 2018 that I didn’t manage to get round to it. When I arrived at the retreat I had been allocated the best room in the place, wide open balcony, amazing views – everything was set for songwriting brilliance – but it never came! I went there with a real sense that I needed to hang around in Psalm 46 for a bit – the sense of being still. I thought about all the stories in the Bible where through the power of God’s voice, touch, whisper, shout amazing things had happened – but how so often we can miss it because life is full of noise, busyness and chaos. I’d also arrived with a tune that I couldn’t find words to fit – and that felt like an added pressure that I needed to write some lyrics to that, and also find a tune that would build a song around being still. The teaching and sharing in the first few days were amazing – and it felt like God was using the time to help me unwind and quieten myself. I had come from a really hectic and challenging time at work, and that couldn’t just be switched off. I remember waking up on the Tuesday morning – the day of the concert where we all get chance to play one of our new songs to the rest of the retreaters – and I suddenly realised that the tune I had arrived with fitted with the words I had been thinking over. I headed down for breakfast in a really excited state, headed back up to my room and wrote a verse and chorus to take to a 1:1 critique and then straight into my group session. That afternoon saw an additional verse and bridge added – and when I shared again later that afternoon – my group encouraged me to lay back on the timing and allow the song to breathe. I played it that night, with one of the group joining me – and this song was born. A really useful reminder to me, and hopefully to you, that the God that we serve is really, really powerful – and that power works through us if we find the place to quieten ourselves and let him speak.

7 years ago

And rest

David Brackenbury

This was written for a "Songs of rest" Challenge as part of the 2022/23 12 Song Challenge.

Matthew 11:28-30 English Singer/Songwriter Grace Life Peace Quietness Rest Wholeness Congregational Reflectional Encounter Traditional Invitational

1 year ago

Hull, UK

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