The following seminar was given on October 15, at the Stonebrook Music Ministry Workshop in Ames, IA. Ray Damaso talks about working together under pastoral authority and in humility in order to experience God’s grace in your music ministry.
Session 4: Experiencing God’s Grace in Ministry from Stonebrook Church on Vimeo.
December 28, 2011
The following seminar was given on October 15, at the Stonebrook Music Ministry Workshop in Ames, IA. Brad Meyer shares thoughts on what the content of our songs should be.
Session 3: What Shall We Sing About? from Stonebrook Church on Vimeo.
December 28, 2011
The following seminar was given on October 15, at the Stonebrook Music Ministry Workshop in Ames, IA. Dave Bovenmyer and Brad Meyer discuss the history of music ministry at Stonebrook Church, and what we’ve learned along the way. Panel moderated by Matt Heerema
Session 2: History of Stonebrook Church Music from Stonebrook Church on Vimeo.
December 14, 2011
Good post by Mark Altrogge (who has written several of the songs we use on Sunday morning) on how we should pick songs to sing in church.
His points: briefly:
- Are doctrinally sound (Is it biblically accurate? Years ago, we sang a song about blowing a trumpet and victory and when I looked up the passage in the Bible it was about God’s judgment on his people)
- Are significant (“Joy is the flag flown from the castle of my heart when the king is in residence there” – wave your handkerchief above your head as you sing – it’s probably true but is it significant?)
- Have creative lyrics (Come on now, we can do better than “You saved my soul and made me whole”), yet “literarily apt and thoughtful” (One man I know once said, “God is so good – he’s like a greasy piece of fried chicken” – creative, but the metaphor doesn’t work too well)
- Have good music (Raise your hand if you want boring music and melodies)
- Have music that’s appropriate for the lyrics (Does a snarling death-growl vocal fit lyrics declaring the holiness and majesty of God? Maybe it could to some, but if possible we should seek to appeal to a wide audience). We should seek music and melodies that highlight the lyrics.
December 7, 2011
This boy was created by God to be blind and autistic, and to sing this powerful prayer to Him in order to break all of our hearts and encourage us to a renewed passion to know and see God as He truly is.
There are days I am very thankful for YouTube. This is one of them.
As Jesus passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. – John 9:1-3
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