Thursday, October 18, 2007

Coming Of Age

On Sunday, Pastor sat me down to talk about a new musical approach he wants to implement in 2008.

One Sunday a month, we would have a liturgical music service with hymns, where I would be involved as pianist.

In recent months, the trend has been towards Hillsong/Planet Shakers-type music, which is not everyone's cuppa. Pastor wants to restore some balance by doing several things:
  • Ensure that members who actually know how to sing hymns get to enjoy them.
  • Help younger members learn to sing hymns and appreciate traditional music.
  • Give the regular musos (musicians) a break.
  • Give the regular worship team a break and other people a chance to lead.

Pastor was particularly concerned that some people thought they had passed their "use-by" dates as the service was getting increasingly dominated by youths and loud music.

I guess what this means is that CA and I have come of age. Middle age, that is. Nya ha ha ha....

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