The Small Church Music website was founded in the year 2006 by Clyde McLennan (1941-2022) an ordained Baptist Pastor. For 35 years, he served in smaller churches across New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. On some occasions he was also the church musician.
As a church organist, Clyde recognized it was often hard to find suitable musicians to accompany congregational singing, particularly in small churches, home groups, aged care facilities. etc. So he used his talents as a computer programmer and musician to create the Small Church Music website.
During retirement, Clyde recorded almost 15,000 hymns and songs that could be downloaded free to accompany congregational singing. He received requests to record hymns from across the globe and emails of support for this ministry from tiny churches to soldiers in war zones, and people isolating during COVID lockdowns.
TMJ Software worked with Clyde and hosted this website for him for several years prior to his passing. Clyde asked me to continue it in his absence. Clyde’s focus was to provide these recordings at no cost and that will continue as it always has. However, there will be two changes over the near to midterm.
To better manage access to the site, a requirement to create an account on the site will be implemented. Once this is done, you’ll be able to log-in on the site and download freely as you always have.
The second change will be a redesign and restructure of the site. Since the site has many pages this won’t happen all at once but will be implement over time.
(The cone tips. Rings fly everywhere—boing, boing, boing. One ring lands on a stuffed bunny’s ear. The cone rolls toward the dog’s water bowl. Baby’s mouth is a perfect little ‘O’ of surprise.) Sound Effects: BOING! RATTLE-CLATTER! SPLOOSH? Baby (thinking): "Whoa. Gravity is a TRAITOR."
(Close-up on baby. A huge, gummy, delighted smile. Baby is now wearing the cone upside-down on their head like a party hat. One ring is on their wrist like a bracelet. They’re holding the green ring up to their eye like a telescope, looking at the reader.) Baby (loudly): "DAH!" Caption: "New game invented: Everything is a hat. Victory is mine." Baby Play Comic
(A cozy living room. A cheerful baby with a few tufts of hair sits on a soft rug, surrounded by colorful, chunky plastic rings and a central cone—a classic stacking toy.) Baby (thinking): "Hmm. The tall red thing looks lonely. Needs... MORE." Action: Baby grabs a blue ring and triumphantly SLAMS it onto the cone. (The cone tips
(Baby’s face is a mask of intense concentration. One hand holds the cone steady. The other hand hovers, holding a green ring. Three rings are already stacked crookedly.) Sound Effect: GRUNT Baby (thinking): "Balance... is... for... BORING people." Action: The tower wobbles dangerously. The cone rolls toward the dog’s water bowl
Here’s a short, sweet “Baby Play Comic” story told in four panels. You can imagine it as a simple, four-panel comic strip. The Great Stack Attack
(The cone tips. Rings fly everywhere—boing, boing, boing. One ring lands on a stuffed bunny’s ear. The cone rolls toward the dog’s water bowl. Baby’s mouth is a perfect little ‘O’ of surprise.) Sound Effects: BOING! RATTLE-CLATTER! SPLOOSH? Baby (thinking): "Whoa. Gravity is a TRAITOR."
(Close-up on baby. A huge, gummy, delighted smile. Baby is now wearing the cone upside-down on their head like a party hat. One ring is on their wrist like a bracelet. They’re holding the green ring up to their eye like a telescope, looking at the reader.) Baby (loudly): "DAH!" Caption: "New game invented: Everything is a hat. Victory is mine."
(A cozy living room. A cheerful baby with a few tufts of hair sits on a soft rug, surrounded by colorful, chunky plastic rings and a central cone—a classic stacking toy.) Baby (thinking): "Hmm. The tall red thing looks lonely. Needs... MORE." Action: Baby grabs a blue ring and triumphantly SLAMS it onto the cone.
(Baby’s face is a mask of intense concentration. One hand holds the cone steady. The other hand hovers, holding a green ring. Three rings are already stacked crookedly.) Sound Effect: GRUNT Baby (thinking): "Balance... is... for... BORING people." Action: The tower wobbles dangerously.
Here’s a short, sweet “Baby Play Comic” story told in four panels. You can imagine it as a simple, four-panel comic strip. The Great Stack Attack