God's Dwelling Place

James Chepponis set Alan Hommerding's text for a church dedication in a refrain-verse style, ensuring ease of participation for the congregation. The optional instrumentation provided is flexible, making this an ideal entrance piece for more ordinary occasions as well. The triple meter of the verses for choir and/or soloist contrast with the robust duple meter of the refrain, whose words remind us that a church is more than a place of prayer; it is "a doorway open to the world." Insrumental parts include two C instruments, brass quartet (two trumpets in C or B-flat, two trombones (or horn in F substitute for Trombone 1)), timpani.