Evolution of 1980's Worship - A Cappella Medley

A Cappella Arrangement by David Wesley

The 1980's is a decade marked by the rise of many gifted songwriters for the Church - many of whom are still active and celebrated today. This medley of 25 songs is the soundtrack of my childhood - though it did take my own church (and hymnbook publishers) a few years to catch on to these soon-to-be classics. I hope you enjoy remembering what the songwriters of the 1980's had to say to and about our great God and Saviour.

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Song List:
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00:00 Create In Me a Clean Heart
00:29 In Moments Like These
00:53 King of Kings
01:04 I Will Call Upon The Lord
01:18 All Hail King Jesus
01:37 El Shaddai
01:56 There is a Redeemer
02:16 Change My Heart O God
02:34 People Need The Lord
02:53 Holy Ground
03:12 Come Into the Holy of Holies
03:31 As The Deer
03:47 Thy Word
03:57 He is Exalted
04:21 Victory Chant
04:34 My Life is In You
04:46 Blessed Be The Name of The Lord
05:04 Shine Jesus Shine
05:21 I Stand in Awe
05:42 Holy and Anointed One
06:04 Celebrate Jesus
06:14 Awesome God
06:27 God Is The Strength Of My Heart
06:44 Faithful One
07:01 Lord I Lift Your Name on High
07:41 Outro

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[SpecialAngelArtDolls]

I was a 90s kid (1990), so there were a very few of these I don't recall ever hearing, but most of these songs brought back floods of memories... listening to the choir sing in the first church I can remember attending as a toddler and thinking that was the most beautiful sound I'd ever heard... riding in my dad's truck and later my mom's van with my younger siblings, singing "He Is Exalted" on full volume... Being in a children's choir when I was maybe six years old and learning "King of Kings and Lord of Lords" as our very first round... singing with my parents in church... singing along with so, so many of these songs on the radio... becoming a Christian in 2006 and playing and singing some of these with my beloved Bible study group... visiting some friends' youth group at their church... So many wonderful recollections. Sometimes I heard these songs over and over to the point that they seemed to lose their meaning, were endlessly stuck in my head, and I would groan over whichever one was currently being overplayed. But today I happy cried listening to this beautiful medley. Thank you for the incredibly long and hard work you do. It really does touch lives and hearts. I've loved every medley, just never been brave enough to comment.

[qienna]

Man, now I'm wishing you could do a Keith Green medley. His music changed so many people.

[MagdalenaLilla]

This will be on repeat for a very long time! So many favorites!! To God be the Glory!

[magicalfruitstudios]

I knew most of these songs, because my church mostly played these.

[SleepingSpinet]

Another 90’s kid here- I had no idea most of the songs at church from that era were actually from the 80’s! So many great church & camp memories- more modern worship songs should be rounds! :) Shine Jesus Shine was my favorite worship song as a child (that and Cares Chorus). Thank you for this amazing medley!!

[bunnybachman]

The ones I remember most and bring tears to my eyes are the ones I learned in my home church in my hometown. It was in the early 90's for me. I Exhalt Thee, Lord I Lift Your Name On High, People Need The Lord, I Will Call Upon The Lord, All Hail King Jesus, El Shaddai, There Is A Redeemer, As The Deer, Awesome God. Thank you so much!

[the_duke_is_luke]

Being born in ‘97, my childhood church was still using these in the early/mid 2000’s. In particular I remembered “I Will Call Upon the Lord, ” “Thy Word is a Lamp onto My Feet, ” “Shine, Jesus, Shine, ” “Our God is an Awesome God” and “Lord I Lift Your Name on High” really brought back those Sunday mornings in church!

[karaleone]

I was born in ‘85, so these and the 1990s medleys made my childhood!! Love it!!❤

[lorelei]

I became a Christian in college and graduated in 1990. These songs take me back to that special time as a baby Christian. They shaped my life and love for the LORD. Thank you for all your hard work

[ChickenPermission]

Wow. So I just discovered that the song Holy and Anointed One was the song my dad would sing to me as a kid when I had trouble sleeping. We’d sit in the rocking chair and he’d sing it. I never knew the name of it and here it was! Thanks for a great medley!

[Deejonamoo]

I grew up in a community and church that was sort of an anachronism in that we got a hold of every thing from technology to worship trends at least a decade later than others did so we thought these were “new-fangled traditions” in the early 2000’s. Watching this video was the first time I knew they were from the 80’s. I spent half my childhood thinking modern music (or at least what was modern back then) was a gateway to sin if not sin itself. I still love the old hymns but this stuff represents my awakening as a young believer, when my faith came alive and distinguished itself from mere family traditions.

[mta]

Saved by God's grace in 1989 and all these songs were in full rotation! Praise God! Thank you David for this wonderful collection!

[marleneamata]

That’s the soundtrack of my teen years in the Baptist church youth group! Let’s bring some of those songs back in our current worship sets 🎶❤️

[PVJ]

Best worship songs and can be easily learnt and sung. Beautifully done.

[hollycompton]

I was a child of the 80's, but I didn't know any of these songs till my teen years in the 90's. I knew almost every song, and that music changed my life in amazing ways. Thank you so much for doing this. I cannot tell you how much it blessed me.

[HigherGroundMT]

I wasn’t even alive in the 80’s, but there are several of these that we still sing in my church 40 years later!

[chuchulainn]

That one guy holding up the signs. I hope we hear more of him. His voice is just... so powerful!

[carolmccurdy]

I didn’t realize how many great songs were written in the 80’s! I knew all of these songs and loved singing along. Thank you once again for another great video.

[thecomforterhascome]

PLEASE DO A 90’s MEDLEY!!! 😂 Thank you so much for this video

[Ransomed]

Song of my past…still speaking truth today with a great to take! Thanks!