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Singing Church: May 2013
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013. In this recent piece on NPR,. Brian Eno (Roxy Music and U2 producer) makes a case for the importance of a capella. Singing. He observes that it has "civilizational benefits". When you sing with a group of people, you learn how to subsume yourself into a group consciousness because. He thinks this is so important that he states,. We also sang of other people's wars ( The Battle Hymn of the Republic. We observed the sacred and academic year; I particularly remember the advent hymns...
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Singing Church: Unplugged - the new experiment
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Monday, May 2, 2011. Unplugged - the new experiment. Its the first Sunday after Easter and we have just had our first service unplugged! Mary Kettering and Alli Squires. I realize this needs a little explanation:. Classically trained choral conductor with a similarly eclectic church music background (from early music in the Church of the Advent's choir in Boston to modern chant at. Inspired by John Bell's book on Congregational Singing. Red Team plays music for congregations to sing: this is Church Music.
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Singing Church: September 2013
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Sunday, September 22, 2013. Report from the Field: Redeemer Pres, Jackson, MS. This is the second in a series of blog posts I am writing for the Project on Lived Theology. They are reports and reflections on my two-week lived theology road trip from New Orleans to Memphis. . To read the first post “New Orleans and CCDA”, click here. I crossed the Pontchartrain and drove on up to Jackson, Mississippi, in time to go to Redeemer Presbyterian Church. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Singing Church: "I feel like singing and they need to come help me!"
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Monday, December 15, 2014. I feel like singing and they need to come help me! By Shae Reel- Johnson. My friend Shae, who I know from my days in the University of Mississippi Gospel Choir, recently made this post to Facebook. Her daughter is in hospital and is going through a tough time. I wrote to Shae and asked if I could share this on the blog. She wrote back:. Yes sir you most certainly can! Those are my miracle babies! They have always been able to sing praises to God tho! View my complete profile.
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Singing Church: February 2014
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014. Getty's tips on Congregational Singing. Contemporary Hymn writer Keith Getty offers some advice on congregational singing in a blog post Five Ways to Improve Congregational Singing. He has just returned from a tour that involved meetings with pastors and worship leaders. Reflecting on this he makes the observation that I myself have made and that never fails to amaze me:. He then offers his five suggestions. Check them out for yourself. He concludes with this suggestion:.
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Singing Church: Hymns & Friends
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Saturday, March 15, 2014. Church musician and fellow traveller Wendell Kimbrough has posted his new album Hymns and Friends. Over on bandcamp - you can stream the whole thing and even pre-order your own copy. Wendell is the musician at the Church of the Advent. In Washington D.C. I love what he says about the hymns he has recorded:. I have heard 20-something young professionals and retired grandparents sing these songs with equal love and enthusiasm. Now that's what I am talking about! Worship in the City.
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Singing Church: February 2013
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Monday, February 4, 2013. Singing makes atheist "church" work. I was interested to read this article in the British newspaper The Guardian about an atheist church service in London. Atheists want community and something to do on a Sunday morning. After experiencing the service, a couple of curious atheists from High Wycombe told the reporter:. Some of the things I thought really wouldn't work, like the singing, were really good. Normally I hate singing.". And what did they sing together?
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Singing Church: Christmas: Singing the Story Together (and free album download)
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Thursday, December 11, 2014. Christmas: Singing the Story Together (and free album download). Last week I had the pleasure of leading the singing and preaching at the Well. My reason was to place the focus firmly on the singing. AU's Miller chapel has wonderful acoustics for singing and that's what I wanted. I rehearsed all the musicians once (but not all at the same time! And we set off! I have a few observations from the evening:. It is hard to think of Christmas without singing. Folks intuitively know...
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Singing Church: Getty's tips on Congregational Singing
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014. Getty's tips on Congregational Singing. Contemporary Hymn writer Keith Getty offers some advice on congregational singing in a blog post Five Ways to Improve Congregational Singing. He has just returned from a tour that involved meetings with pastors and worship leaders. Reflecting on this he makes the observation that I myself have made and that never fails to amaze me:. He then offers his five suggestions. Check them out for yourself. He concludes with this suggestion:.
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Singing Church: Hallelujah
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Thursday, May 8, 2014. My friend Katharine Mitchell sent this my way. Enjoy. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Teaches in the Religion Department at Ashland University and leads worship at Ashland First United Methodist Church. View my complete profile. Enter your email address:. Links, Blogs and Different Takes. Worship in the City. Greg Scheer's Music Blog. Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. You Call That Church Music? David's Hymn Blog (hymnology and history). Views from the Choir Loft.
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