The Sunday Sample, Episode 102: "Watch and Learn"
Season 1, Episode 102, Sep 27, 2019, 05:00 PM
Something different this week. I spent Saturday and Sunday last weekend at our UK/Ireland annual conference in central London. I was privileged to participate in leading worship on Saturday evening, but on Sunday I was a humble congregant! I enjoyed being able to sing along with everyone else and not having any responsibility for a change.
I loved many things about the atmosphere, the content and the attitude with which the musical aspects of the worship were conducted. I took some video of the final song led by my old friend Morris Ximinis. He is a leader of worship I respect and who leads me into the joy of God like few other people can.
I have no comments this week, simply an offer and a couple of questions. I’m going to show you a clip of the final song, "I want to see Jesus lifted high”, led by Morris. Then I’d like to ask you what you see in this clip which you would consider to be healthy, admirable, worthy of imitation and the reason why the congregation responded with such enthusiasm.
Now, if you’re listening to the podcast, you’re not going to see the visuals, but I think you’ll get something even from the audio. I would recommend, however, that you pop over to the youtube channel to watch at least that part of today’s recording.
So, to summarise with two questions:
- What practicals do you see which you believe led to the song’s effectiveness?
- What principles apply to where you are, given that your congregation’s corporate worship setting might be significantly different to what you see on the video or hear on the audio?
Please add your comments on this week’s topic. We learn best when we learn in community.
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“Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.” (Psalms 100:2 NIV11)
God bless, Malcolm
PS: You might also be interested in my book: "An elephant's swimming pool", a devotional look at the Gospel of John
PS: You might also be interested in my book: "An elephant's swimming pool", a devotional look at the Gospel of John
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