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Music is Monday Lunch Group Theme for most of February

The Monday Lunch Group sessions for February 6, 13, and 20 will be on singing as worship. These sessions will meet for the most part in the fellowship hall so we can make use of the TV screen and audio system. The primary resource will be YouTube because of the amazing extent and variety of video content available now via YouTube. The kinds of video we will view include ...
  • Singing of Psalms. (This was almost certainly a common practice of Jesus and his followers.)
  • Early church singing, including Greek and Eastern Orthodox music.
  • Latin chants and other Catholic music that provides the roots of our TaizĂ© worship.
  • An in-depth look at uses of Martin Luther's "A Mighty Fortress is Our God" (the signature hymn of the Reformation)
  • A couple of hymns (one from the 18th century and one from the 19th century) with an eye on how they have spread around the world and now provide a common musical heritage for a wide variety of cultures.
  • Pentecostal Worship (an American phenomenon which became popular in the early 20th century and remains widespread today, although in a somewhat different form from that of 100 years ago)
  • Praise Singing (common in today's charismatic churches)
During the series we'll do a little bit of singing ourselves (mostly during our meditation at the beginning of each session), but primarily we'll be watching and talking about the great variety of musical experience that makes up the Christian tradition.