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Posted on 06/27/2009 9:05:43 PM PDT by tenger
For us, modern contemporary music, but that includes some hymns with modern arrangements.
Psalm 150
1 Praise the LORD.
Praise God in his sanctuary;
praise him in his mighty heavens.
2 Praise him for his acts of power;
praise him for his surpassing greatness.
3 Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,
praise him with the harp and lyre,
4 praise him with tambourine and dancing,
praise him with the strings and flute,
5 praise him with the clash of cymbals,
praise him with resounding cymbals.
6 Let everything that has breath praise the LORD.
Praise the LORD.
We do half and half on Sunday morning. On Sunday nights and Wednesday nights—we do traditional hymns. Once a month, on a Saturday night, we have a “contemporary praise service” for those who are inclined.
I, of course, ever conservative still prefer the old hymns.
Psalm 150:3-4: "praise him with tambourine and dancing, praise him with the strings and flute, praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals."
Our worship team sings mostly Contemporary Christian songs. In many of them, they even mention Jesus’s name.
Amen. Aint no rock and roll instruments in that verse!!!
None. I just mumble very softly; hoping to avoid difficult octave changes, hoping nobody hears me, and hoping nobody notices that I’m just mumbling and waiting for the song to end, so I can sit down and read my bulletin.
Is the worship team able to fill the stands with many worship fans? Are there any worship cheerleaders? Does the worship team have any worship coaches?
I infinitely prefer a worship service where the congregation joins together in song, praise and prayer which corporately builds and supports the exposition of God's Word as the pinnacle of the service. Then, as a congregation, they are equipped to throughout the week to worship God by ministering to the needs of each other and their communities.
But that's just me.
I find very moving: A Mighty Fortress is our Lord and Amazing Grace and I am Catholic./Just Asking - seoul62......
God shall alone the refuge be,
And comfort of my mind;
Too wise to be mistaken, He,
Too good to be unkind.
In all his holy, sovereign will,
He is, I daily find.
Too wise to be mistaken, still
Too good to be unkind.
When I the tempter’s rage endure,
‘Tis God supports my mind;
Too wise to be mistaken, sure,
Too good to be unkind.
When sore afflictions on me lie,
He is (though I am blind)
Too wise to be mistaken, yea,
Too good to be unkind.
What though I can’t his goings see,
Nor all his footsteps find?
Too wise to be mistaken, He,
Too good to be unkind.
Samuel Medley, A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship (William Gadsby)
This is a "general" hymn and can be sung to several different melodies including "Amazing Grace" and "O For a Thousand Tongues."
We sing every word but the Profession of Faith at Communion time, and the homily. Every “Amen!” Every “Lord have mercy!” Father chants the Gospel, and a cantor chants the Epistle.
My Catholic Church sings mostly older songs.
Who could not like Isaac Wyatts, Wesley or Fannie J Crosby?
What religion are you? I have never heard of these folks and I have been Catholic my entire 40 years on Earth.
Every drum kit I've seen has cymbals, and every guitar I've seen has strings.
Isn't that called....."fishing"?
I was raised Baptist, however, as an adult have been Presbyterian and in a Bible church. In all of those churches we sang hymns written by the three mentioned.
Sorry, I misspelled Watts’ name. It should have been Isaac Watts not Wyatts.
A Mighty Fortress is Our God - that sort of thing.
My Grandfather was Presbyterian as well as a good majority of my family on my father’s side. How did I end up Catholic? My Grandmother was Catholic and back in the older days, I believe that that fathers would defer to the mothers religion for the kids. My Grandmother on my Mothers side was Baptist...now how did I end up Catholic??? Well for some reason my Grandmother allowed the kids to grow up Catholic as my Grandfather on my mother’s side was Catholic. It is quite a story but true. So we have both of your religions covered in my family.
A song I’m sure you are familiar with, “Joy to the World”, was written by Isaac Watts.
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