Hello! And welcome to the Church Music Festival.

Tonight you'll hear sacred music and testimonies from different countries.

This concert features five countries from the Africa Central Area;

a multicultural choir from Northern Utah; institute choirs from Orem, Salt Lake, and Logan; and many more talented musicians. Some of these beautiful songs have been chosen from the annual Church music submission. And now enjoy the concert!

[PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ I need thee ev’ry hour, ♪

♪ Most gracious Lord. ♪

♪ No tender voice like thine ♪ ♪ Can peace afford. ♪

♪ I need thee, oh, I need thee; ♪

♪ Ev’ry hour I need thee! ♪

♪ Oh, bless me now, my Savior; ♪

♪ I come to thee! ♪

[PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ I need thee ev’ry hour; ♪

♪ Stay thou nearby. ♪

♪ Temptations lose their pow’r ♪

♪ When thou art nigh. ♪

♪ I need thee, oh, I need thee; ♪

♪ Ev’ry hour I need thee! ♪

♪ Oh, bless me now, my Savior; ♪

♪ I come to thee! ♪

[PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ I need thee ev’ry hour; ♪

♪ in joy or pain. ♪

♪ Come quickly and abide, ♪

♪ Or life is vain. ♪

♪ I need thee, oh, I need thee; ♪

♪ Ev’ry hour I need thee! ♪

♪ Oh, bless me now, my Savior; ♪

♪ I come to thee! ♪

[PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ I need thee ev’ry hour, ♪

♪ Most holy One. ♪

♪ Oh, make me thine indeed, ♪

♪ Thou blessed Son! ♪

♪ I need thee, oh, I need thee; ♪

♪ Ev’ry hour I need thee! ♪

♪ Oh, bless me now, my Savior; ♪ ♪ I come to thee! ♪

♪ I need thee! I need thee! I need thee! ♪

♪ I need thee! I need thee! I need thee! ♪

♪ I need thee ev’ry ♪

♪ hour. ♪

[PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]

[PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ The Lord is my light; then why should I fear? ♪

♪ By day and by night his presence is near. ♪

♪ He is my salvation from sorrow and sin; ♪

♪ This blessed assurance the Spirit doth bring. ♪

♪ The Lord is my light; tho clouds may arise, ♪

♪ Faith, stronger than sight, looks up thru the skies ♪

♪ Where Jesus forever in glory doth reign. ♪

♪ Then how can I ever in darkness remain? ♪

♪ The Lord, my light. ♪ ♪ He is my joy and my song. ♪ ♪ By day and by night ♪

♪ He leads, he leads me along. ♪

[PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ The Lord is my light; the Lord is my strength. ♪

♪ I know in his might I’ll conquer at length. ♪

♪ My weakness in mercy he covers with pow’r, ♪

♪ And, walking by faith, I am blest ev’ry hour. ♪ ♪ The Lord, my light. ♪

♪ The Lord is my light, my all and in all. ♪

♪ There is in his sight no darkness at all. ♪

♪ He is my Redeemer, my Savior, and King. ♪

♪ With Saints and with angels his praises ♪ ♪ I’ll sing, I’ll sing, I’ll sing, I’ll sing. ♪

♪ The Lord is my light; ♪

♪ He is my joy and my song. ♪

♪ By day and by night ♪

♪ His presence is near, then why should I fear. ♪

♪ The Lord, the Lord, is my light, ♪ ♪ my light, my light! ♪

[ORGAN MUSIC PLAYING] “Come, Ye Children of the Lord”

[REVERENT GUITAR MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ Come Thou fount of every blessing ♪

♪ Tune my heart to sing Thy grace ♪

♪ Streams of mercy never ceasing ♪

♪ Call for songs of loudest praise ♪

♪ Teach me some melodious sonnet ♪

♪ Sung by flaming tongues above ♪

♪ Praise the mount, I’m fixed upon it ♪

♪ Mount of Thy redeeming love ♪

♪ Here I raise my Ebenezer ♪

♪ Here by Thy great help I’ve come ♪

♪ And I hope by Thy good pleasure ♪

♪ Safely to arrive at home ♪

♪ Jesus sought me when a stranger ♪

♪ Wandering from the fold of God ♪

♪ He to rescue me from danger ♪

♪ Interposed His precious blood ♪

[REVERENT GUITAR MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ Oh, to grace how great a debtor ♪

♪ Daily I’m constrained to be ♪

♪ Let Thy goodness like a fetter ♪

♪ Bind my wandering heart to Thee ♪

♪ Prone to wander, Lord I feel it ♪

♪ Prone to leave the God I love ♪

♪ Here’s my heart, oh take and seal it ♪

♪ Seal it for Thy courts above ♪

[PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ Master, the tempest is raging! ♪ ♪ The billows are tossing high! ♪

♪ The sky is o’ershadowed with blackness ♪ ♪ No shelter or help is nigh. ♪

[PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ Carest thou not that we perish? ♪

♪ How canst thou lie asleep ♪

♪ When each moment so madly is threat’ning ♪ ♪ A grave in the angry deep? ♪

♪ The winds and the waves shall obey thy will: ♪

♪ Peace, be still. ♪

♪ Whether the wrath of the storm-tossed sea ♪

♪ Or demons or men or whatever it be, ♪ ♪ No waters can swallow the ship where lies ♪

♪ The Master of ocean and earth and skies. ♪

♪ They all will sweetly obey thy will: ♪

♪ Peace, be still; Peace, be still. ♪ ♪ They all will sweetly obey thy will: ♪

♪ Peace, peace! ♪

♪ Master, in anguish of spirit I bow in my grief today. ♪

♪ The depths of my sad heart are troubled, ♪ ♪ Oh, waken and save, I pray! (Waken I pray!) ♪

♪ Torrents of sin and of anguish ♪

♪ Sweep o’er my sinking soul, ♪

♪ And I perish! I perish! dear Master. ♪ ♪ Oh, hasten and take control! ♪

♪ The winds and the waves shall obey thy will: ♪

♪ Peace, be still. ♪

♪ Whether the wrath of the storm-tossed sea ♪

♪ Or demons or men or whatever it be, ♪

♪ No waters can swallow the ship where lies ♪ ♪ The Master of ocean and earth and skies. ♪

♪ Master, the terror is over. ♪

♪ The elements rage no more. ♪

♪ With joy I shall make the blest harbor ♪

♪ And rest on the blissful shore. ♪

♪ They all shall sweetly obey thy will: ♪

♪ Peace, be still: ♪

♪ They all shall sweetly obey thy will: ♪

♪ Peace, Peace, ♪

♪ be still. ♪

♪ Be still. ♪

[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ The Spirit of God like a fire is burning! ♪

♪ The latter-day glory begins to come forth; ♪

♪ The visions and blessings of old are returning, ♪ ♪ And angels are coming to visit the earth. ♪

♪ We’ll sing and we’ll shout with the armies of heaven, ♪ ♪ Hosanna, hosanna to God and the Lamb! ♪ ♪ Let glory to them in the highest be given, ♪ ♪ Henceforth and forever, Amen and amen! ♪

♪ The Lord is extending the Saints’ understanding, ♪

♪ Restoring their judges and all as at first. ♪

♪ The knowledge and power of God are expanding; ♪

♪ The veil o’er the earth is beginning to burst. ♪

♪ We’ll sing and we’ll shout with the armies of heaven, ♪ ♪ Hosanna, hosanna to God and the Lamb! ♪ ♪ Let glory to them in the highest be given, ♪ ♪ Henceforth and forever, Amen and amen! ♪

[UPBEAT GUTAR MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ How blessed the day when the lamb and the lion ♪ ♪ Shall lie down together without any ire, ♪

♪ And Ephraim be crowned with his blessing in Zion, ♪ ♪ As Jesus descends with his chariot of fire! ♪

♪ We’ll sing and we’ll shout with the armies of heaven, ♪

♪ Hosanna, hosanna to God and the Lamb! ♪

♪ Let glory to them in the highest be given, ♪ ♪ Henceforth and forever, Amen and amen! ♪

♪ Henceforth and forever, Amen and amen! ♪

Hymn number 85 from the Church hymnbook. “How Firm a Foundation. That’s the title. There’s a line that says, “Fear not, I am with thee, Oh, be not dismayed. For I am thy God, and I will give thee aid.”

And each time that song comes to my mind,

irrespective of the horrible situation I'm in, I am filled with that assurance that God is with me.

[SINGING IN SWAHILI]

We were asked by the Africa Central Area Presidency if we would help them to flood their area with music.

One way that we've been doing that is to help the local members to initiate a pilot program where they would do music training.

While we’ve been in this area,

we’ve participated in music training with the members, with the missionaries,

and also in a musical fireside.

In addition to coming with the intent of training members in Africa things about music, we wanted to learn from them. At church headquarters

we’re currently working on a hymn book revision and a Children’s Songbook revision.

And we want to ensure that the new product, the new sacred music collection, not only delivers music to members throughout the world, but draws from the world. We wanted to understand what members are singing.

What I hope will come out of this program is members who are both musically inclined or not to appreciate that hymns is a major part of

worship and that we have members that can competently conduct music and play music and accompany music so that we have rich music and music services or worship services

that will enhance our meetings.

I hope that that is what we can achieve.

In my family we love singing.

One of the things that really helped us after receiving the restored gospel of Jesus Christ to remain on the covenant path was the fact that we learn to sing

the hymns of Zion.

You know, the music plays a key role in our—in strengthening

our faith in Jesus Christ, inspiring us as a family, uniting us as a family.

As we used to sing in our family almost daily, particularly during family home evenings.

As we met with members in a devotional,

we found out that there are hymns from the local tradition that we’re not including in our hymn book currently. So we learned from them. We got titles, we got tunes, we even went to a local bookstore and came home with a hymn book, wanting to learn more about what the Kenyan people are

singing so that we can take that knowledge and it can influence the hymn book that goes to the entire world.

[SINGING IN PORTUGUESE]

[PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ I’m gonna live so God can use me ♪ ♪ Anytime and anywhere. ♪

♪ I’m gonna live so God can use me ♪

♪ Anytime and anywhere. ♪

♪ I’m gonna pray so God can use me... ♪

♪ Anytime and anywhere. ♪

♪ I’m gonna pray so God can use me... ♪

♪ Anytime and anywhere. ♪

♪ I’m gonna work so God can use me... ♪

♪ Anytime and anywhere. ♪

♪ I’m gonna work so God can use me... ♪

♪ Anytime and anywhere. ♪

[GUITAR MUSIC PLAYING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[SINGING IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES]

♪ God our strength will be; press forward ever, ♪

♪ Called to serve our King. ♪

♪ ♪

[SINGING IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES]

♪ press forward ever, Called to serve our King. ♪

♪ ♪

[SINGING IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES]

[SINGING IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES]

[PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ ♪

♪ When upon life’s billows you are tempest-tossed, ♪ ♪ When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost, ♪

♪ Count your many blessings; name them one by one, ♪ ♪ And it will surprise you what the Lord has done. ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Are you ever burdened with a load of care? ♪ ♪ Does the cross seem heavy you are called to bear? ♪

♪ Count your many blessings; ev’ry doubt will fly, ♪ ♪ And you will be singing as the days go by. ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Count your blessings; Name them one by one. ♪ ♪ Count your blessings; See what God hath done. ♪

♪ Count your blessings; Name them one by one. ♪

♪ Count your many blessings; See what God hath done. ♪

♪ ♪

♪ When you look at others with their lands and gold, ♪ ♪ Think that Christ has promised you his wealth untold. ♪

♪ Count your many blessings; money cannot buy ♪ ♪ Your reward in heaven nor your home on high. ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Count your blessings; Name them one by one. ♪ ♪ Count your blessings; See what God hath done. ♪

♪ Count your blessings; Name them one by one. ♪

♪ Count your many blessings; See what God hath done. ♪

♪ ♪

♪ So amid the conflict, whether great or small, ♪

♪ Do not be discouraged; God is over all. ♪

♪ Count your many blessings; angels will attend, ♪

♪ Help and comfort give your journey’s end. ♪

♪ Count your blessings; Name them one by one. ♪

♪ Count your blessings; See what God hath done. ♪

♪ Count your blessings; Name them one by one. ♪

♪ Count your many blessings; ♪ ♪ Count your many blessings; See what God hath done. ♪

♪ See what God ♪ ♪ hath done. ♪

♪ This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine. ♪

♪ This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine. ♪

♪ This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine. ♪

♪ Let it shine, let it shine, ♪ ♪ let it shine. ♪

♪ Shine, oh shine, Let it shine! Shine, oh shine, Let it shine! ♪

♪ Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine. ♪

♪ Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine. ♪

♪ Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine. ♪

♪ Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine. ♪

♪ Shine, oh shine, Let it shine! Shine, oh shine, Let it shine! ♪

♪ Oh, let it Shine, oh shine, shine! ♪

♪ Oh, in my heart, I’m gonna let it shine. ♪

♪ Oh, in my heart, I’m gonna let it shine. ♪

♪ Oh, in my heart, I’m gonna let it shine, ♪ ♪ Let it shine, let it shine, shine, oh, shine ♪ ♪ Let it shine! Shine, oh, shine! Let it shine! ♪ ♪ Oh, let it shine! ♪ ♪ All across the land; I’m gonna let it shine. ♪

♪ All across the land, I’m gonna let it shine, ♪ ♪ All across the land, I’m gonna let it shine, ♪

♪ Let it shine, let it shine, ♪ ♪ let it shine! ♪

♪ Oh, let it shine! ♪

[APPLAUSE]

[BAGPIPE MUSIC PLAYING]

[BAGPIPE AND ORGAN MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ Amazing grace! How sweet the sound ♪

♪ That saved a wretch like me! ♪

♪ I once was lost, but now am found, ♪

♪ Was blind but now I see. ♪

♪ The Lord has promised good to me, ♪

♪ His word my hope secures; ♪

♪ He will my shield and portion be, ♪

♪ As long as life endures. ♪

[ORGAN MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail, ♪

♪ And mortal life shall cease; ♪

♪ I shall possess, within the veil, ♪

♪ A life of joy and peace. ♪

[ORGAN AND DRUM MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ When we’ve been there ten thousand years, ♪

♪ Bright shining as the sun; ♪

♪ We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise ♪

♪ Thank when we first begun, ♪

♪ We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise ♪

♪ Than when we first begun, ♪

♪ begun, begun, ♪

♪ Begun, ♪

♪ begun, ♪

♪ begun. ♪

[APPLAUSE]