Singing the Psalms
Tomorrow is the first Sunday of the month. And that means that we'll have a Psalm/Hymn Sing after church. And that's nice.
This is a time when attendees (don't have to be a member of our church) have a chance to sing Psalms and hymns together, to learn parts to at least one, to sing a piece that one or more of them have prepared, to recite passages of scripture they've prepared, etc. It's a neat time.
We've only sung the Psalms since attending this church (or rather, the church from which this one was planted) about 2.5 years ago. I can remember someone I used to know who was a church organist and had attended college for church music: she knew many of the Psalms because of all the music she'd had to learn--sometimes, without even knowing they were Psalms!
So now, our family is learning many of the Psalms because we actually sing them at church. And why not? I mean, the book of Psalms is, basically, a hymnal, right? And the music on so many of them is lovely--especially when we learn the parts, under the able and much-appreciated direction of TJ. Singing the Psalms is so worshipful, and adds greatly to our worship services. The act of worship has come to mean so much to me, and I so look forward to the service each Sunday.
A practical bonus: Our pianist has recently begun to turn over the playing responsibilities for the one special Psalm/hymn of the month--the one we learn parts on for that month--to some of the younger folks in the church, thus giving them more experience in playing in different situations.
Mary Susan
This is a time when attendees (don't have to be a member of our church) have a chance to sing Psalms and hymns together, to learn parts to at least one, to sing a piece that one or more of them have prepared, to recite passages of scripture they've prepared, etc. It's a neat time.
We've only sung the Psalms since attending this church (or rather, the church from which this one was planted) about 2.5 years ago. I can remember someone I used to know who was a church organist and had attended college for church music: she knew many of the Psalms because of all the music she'd had to learn--sometimes, without even knowing they were Psalms!
So now, our family is learning many of the Psalms because we actually sing them at church. And why not? I mean, the book of Psalms is, basically, a hymnal, right? And the music on so many of them is lovely--especially when we learn the parts, under the able and much-appreciated direction of TJ. Singing the Psalms is so worshipful, and adds greatly to our worship services. The act of worship has come to mean so much to me, and I so look forward to the service each Sunday.
A practical bonus: Our pianist has recently begun to turn over the playing responsibilities for the one special Psalm/hymn of the month--the one we learn parts on for that month--to some of the younger folks in the church, thus giving them more experience in playing in different situations.
Mary Susan
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