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Seven Streams: Negotiating The Widening River Of Congregational Song, Emily R. Brink
Seven Streams: Negotiating The Widening River Of Congregational Song, Emily R. Brink
Symposium on Worship Archive
We’ll explore both Glory to God (Presbyterian) and Lift Up Your Hearts (Christian Reformed Church in North America and Reformed Church in America), both published in 2013, for how they included many newer streams of congregational song that have joined the traditional hymn. Have you noticed that few contemporary "hymnals" today even use the word "hymn" or "hymnal" in their titles? "Hymns" don’t acknowledge the many different streams that have joined the main river of congregational song, including choruses, responses, spirituals, contemporary songs of all types, and global songs. How do congregations, let alone hymnals, respond to all that diversity? …
Psalmody For Holy Week, Martin Tel
Psalmody For Holy Week, Martin Tel
Symposium on Worship Archive
The gospel writers relied heavily on the Psalms to tell the story of Christ’s suffering and crucifixion. Using the Psalter resource Psalms for All Seasons, we will explore different ways that the congregation can engage the Psalms in Holy Week services.
Singing The Creeds, Miranda Dodson
Singing The Creeds, Miranda Dodson
Symposium on Worship Archive
Together we will discuss the Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene Creed and examine a few musical versions of each. Creeds, by nature were not written to be sung and therefore lack essential musical elements, which make the singing creeds word-for-word not only impractical, but nearly impossible! However, the aim of this workshop is to explore combining the powerful proclamations of creeds with the soul-stirring unity of song to enrich congregational and personal worship.
Accompanying In The Gospel Style With Organ And Piano, Michael Gittens
Accompanying In The Gospel Style With Organ And Piano, Michael Gittens
Symposium on Worship Archive
When organists and pianists accompany hymns together they often limit themselves to the notes they find on the page. The effect can be that everything sounds the same. In this session, church musician Michael Gittens will demonstrate techniques for creating clear, rhythmic and inspiring accompaniments in the gospel style, playing to the strengths of each instrument.
Psalm-Surfing, Graham Kendrick
Psalm-Surfing, Graham Kendrick
Symposium on Worship Archive
Can we engage in sung worship together without knowing the songs, without a song-list or chord charts, using 100% God-inspired words, while being responsive to the Holy Spirit and creatively and musically adventurous all at the same time? I say yes! Come and see if you agree.
Singing The Story: Hymns For Holy Week, David Cherwien, Awet Andemicael
Singing The Story: Hymns For Holy Week, David Cherwien, Awet Andemicael
Symposium on Worship Archive
Congregational singing invites us to not just think about the events of Holy Week, but to become participants in unfolding drama of Christ’s passion and resurrection. Through song we explore what it means to be united with Christ in his dying and rising (Rom. 6:4). Come ready to sing the story of the events that unfold from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday, with songs from Lift Up Your Hearts (Faith Alive Christian Resources, 2013), and to prepare your hearts for your own shaping of Holy Week services this coming spring.
Becoming Instruments Of God: Singing And Worship, Awet Andemicael
Becoming Instruments Of God: Singing And Worship, Awet Andemicael
Symposium on Worship Archive
How can we, as musicians and lay and ordained ministers, cultivate our bodies as active instruments of God? In this workshop, participants will engage in guided spiritual-musical exercises to explore how the imagination, breath, vocal tone, and words—offered to God—can facilitate embodied individual and communal experiences of prayer, praise, and worship. Participants will also discuss how spiritual-musical formation such as this can enhance their effectiveness in music leadership roles in congregational settings.
Moving Worship: What Is Liturgical Dance?, Julia Start Fletcher
Moving Worship: What Is Liturgical Dance?, Julia Start Fletcher
Symposium on Worship Archive
Christian liturgy consists of a holy conversation between God and the gathered community. Dance, movement, and gesture may seem silent—but they powerfully shape our experience of this conversation. Come ready to explore how dance, movement, and gesture can be used in many different elements of the worship dialogue, both through leadership of trained dancers and in people in the pews.
Psalms For All Seasons As A Resource For Choirs, Martin Tel
Psalms For All Seasons As A Resource For Choirs, Martin Tel
Symposium on Worship Archive
The choir is an excellent conduit for bringing psalmody back into the heart of worshiping communities. Members of the Princeton Seminary Choir will demonstrate how musical settings from the psalter Psalms for All Seasons can be augmented by the choir or presented as choral anthems. Particular attention will be given to resourcing the smaller church ensemble or intergenerational choirs.
The Power Of Spirituals, Eileen Guenther
The Power Of Spirituals, Eileen Guenther
Symposium on Worship Archive
Spirituals come out of a particular time and place, a truly painful part of history. Yet that context of pain and suffering gave us "sorrow songs," and also gave us songs of hope and liberation. The music comes directly out of the slaves’ experiences and enabled them to "sing what they could not say." This is music that speaks to and for us today, music of tremendous emotional power, that connects us with the strength of the human spirit and the power of faith of those enslaved, just as it connects us with each other in our common humanity and …