Monday Songs
Praising God as a Family in the Ordinary
Equipping Families for Everyday Worship
The Center for Worship and the Arts partnered with Anchor Hymns to host a songwriting retreat in Nashville, gathering gifted musicians and songwriters around a single vision: creating a worship album for the daily lives of children and families.
Drawing on the beautiful liturgies of Douglas McKelvey’s Every Moment Holy, these songs seek to give us words of prayer and praise to mark the ordinary events of family life. The first resource from this project, the worship album, will interweave scripture and prayer into melodies that are simple enough for children yet deep enough to nurture entire families in faith. They are designed to help us notice God’s presence at the breakfast table, in the carpool lane, on the way to soccer practice, and in all the moments in between.
Phase 1: Songwriting
In July of 2025, the Center for Worship and the Arts hosted a songwriting retreat in Nashville, where the Anchor Hymns songwriting team drafted the first round of songs. The following October, these songwriters continued their work in Birmingham as they gathered at Samford University to expand this collection of musical resources.
Here is a list of those working on the project:
- Wilder Atkins
- Stefan Cashwell
- Ashley Cleveland
- Caroline Cobb
- Zan Fiskum
- Otto Gross
- Jason Houtsma
- Sarah Kroger
- Taylor Leonhardt
- Douglas McKelvey
- Cole McSween
- Jasmine Mullen
- Mark Nicholas
- Andrew Osenga
- Sadie Osenga
- Melanie Penn
- Mikey Rogers
- Jess Russ
- Kirk Sauers
- Mark Alan Schoolmeesters
- Abby Siler
- Tim Timmons
- Ricky Vazquez
- Dee Wilson
Phase 2: Recording
The Center for Worship and the Arts and Anchor Hymns will soon select songs from the collection to refine and record live on Samford’s campus, with the album set to be captured in January/February 2026. More information coming soon!
Phase 3: Resource Suite Design
More information coming soon!
