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| Issue #90 - Why Bev Called It Quits |
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Jeff Barker
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Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. Praise him upon the lou...
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Music |
| Issue #84 - Choosing and Using Choral Music |
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Carl L. Stam
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Choosing the right choral music has got to be the single most challenging task I have faced in the 35 years I have directed church choirs. I dread the idea of buying sixty copies of something that wil...
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| Issue #84 - The Day I Got Lost in the Music |
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James Calvin Schaap
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I remember my very first attack of goosebumps. I was thirteen, maybe, one raspy voice in a middle-school choir festival a half century ago in a small town in Wisconsin, dozens of kids drawn from regio...
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| Issue #84 - A Morning Weather Hymn |
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Calvin G. Seerveld
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It is peculiarly human to sing, and to sing together. It is a heartening exercise when done communally on a theme you believe in, as the protest marchers for civil rights understood in the ’60s...
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Worship |
| Issue #83 - Singing Through the Christian Year |
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Gail Hall
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Our church follows the seasons of the Christian year and the lectionary Scripture passages, changing banners and colors accordingly. When we planned a service called “Singing Through the Christi...
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| Issue #76 - Unity in Harmony: Planning an Intergenerational Choir |
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John Sutton
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Remember family gatherings for the holidays, the festival of food planned for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinners? Everyone is invited to bring something to the table. Even ordinary dish...
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Q&A |
| Issue #45 - On Mutual Greetings, Expressing Brokenness in Worship, and Church Choirs |
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Harry Boonstra
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Once more in this issue, we have selected (some Q&A's from the final section of Authentic Worship in a Changing Culture, a report to the Christian Reformed Church (CRC) synod in June 199...
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Perspectives |
| Issue #31 - Wednesday Afternoon Miracle: Imagine a choir in which many of the members have never been to church |
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Marlene Koster
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Miracles happen on Wednesday afternoons at Bethany Church of Muskegon, Michigan. All a visitor might see is a room full of children, faces of every color, voices raised in laughter...
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Perspectives |
| Issue #21 - Join Our Family Choir: No experience needed, all ages welcome |
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Richard L. Van Oss
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"A new and exciting musical opportunity awaits you," the announcement promised. "Come sing with me Family Choir—a group that demands no weekly rehearsals, provides no...
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Perspectives |
| Issue #8 - Planning Praise for the Parish |
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Wilma Vander Baan
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In Into His Presence James De Jong describes worship as a dialogue in which God's people receive God's greeting, pardon, instruction, and blessing, as well as respond in confession, thanksgi...
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