You may not remember me but we met in bham back in April at PW book signing, my baby threw up on you I remember sharing w Kevin about my husband being an avid musician and playing in
the church praise band at our church (we live in montg) and how much a part of worship the music was.
He also plays in our Townhead
Church praise band.
Your post made me chuckle a few times and there is certainly some truth in it, particularly from the production - line style artists (I'm generally thinking the big
church praise bands) who seem to produce so much stuff that it's become incredibly generic.
Not exact matches
The
church needs to stop with the
praise bands and flag waving.
praise music — buttressed by output from Calvary Chapel's stepdaughter, the Vineyard International Fellowship, and any number of
praise - oriented companies spawned by evangelical music publishers; by the wildly popular imported oeuvre of Australia's HillSongs
Church; and by the work of British
praise tunesmiths such as Graham Kendrick, Chris Eaton and the
band Delirious — have now conquered thousands of American congregations.
What do
praise bands and
church orchestras and multi-rank pipe organs and grand pianos and choir robes and music folders and the search and purchase of new music and multi-line PA systems and multi-screen video systems and live broadcasts and rehearsal time and
church bulletins and advertising have to do with living and sharing the Good News?
Too many congregations seem to perceive their only options to be either doing
church way it was done in the 1950s or throwing all that out and bringing in
praise bands and big screens and proclaiming that «contemporary worship» has arrived.
What do
praise bands and
church orchestras and bell choirs and octaves of tuned bells and multi-rank pipe organs and grand pianos and synthesizers and adult choirs and children choirs and choir auditions and choir robes and music folders and the search and review and selection analysis and purchase of new music and multi-line PA systems and multi-screen video systems and live broadcasts and recorded broadcasts and hours of rehearsal time and
church bulletins and
church bulletin art work and
church bulletin paper and designer fonts and newsletters and mailing lists and advertising and advertising placement and multi-media web sites and visits by unique IP addresses and the use of and the presence on new media have to do with living and sharing the Good News?
I love my
church band and
praise team!
I sing in my
church's
praise band and we actually changed some of our song line - up to sing songs that beg God to come and cover the entire earth and bring peace.
My hubby plays in our
praise band at
church and with his buddies Please consider Illinois, it's perfect right in the middle between Chicago and St. Louis!