tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22004751.post115089818413935335..comments2023-10-25T03:02:40.851-05:00Comments on Proclaiming Softly: New HymnalLoieJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083454353846306345noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22004751.post-1151443333445587672006-06-27T16:22:00.000-05:002006-06-27T16:22:00.000-05:00Your comment about dirges is what bothers me most ...Your comment about dirges is what bothers me most about some music selections in worship. I just don't think the Lord wants to be worshipped with a dirge every Sunday and I have been in churches where EVERY Sunday is filled with wrote prayers in dirgelike settings. I have in fact been to some funerals in which there is more joy expressed during the service than on some Sunday mornings at a "normal" service. I am not saying there is no place for reverence and quiet or stately procession or whatever but that is not the norm in many churches I have attended. I have often wondered if people believe we have a living God or not. I understand that many smaller and/or rural churches do not have the ability to have a full worship band etc and the organist has been there for umpteen years and may well be offended not to play every song, but there are ways to introduce newer songs or at least more upbeat arrangements for some of the others. I have also wondered why the 1800's seems to be the chosen century for much of the church music being used in many churches.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22004751.post-1151239706619752602006-06-25T07:48:00.000-05:002006-06-25T07:48:00.000-05:00What is amazingly wonderful is that the pianist ha...What is amazingly wonderful is that the pianist has taught the blue book liturgy and some of the songs to the Sunday School kids for years and they love it. When we have a time for choosing hymns during special services, the youth always beat the adults to the punch with hymn numbers from the blue book.LoieJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083454353846306345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22004751.post-1151239029410842142006-06-25T07:37:00.000-05:002006-06-25T07:37:00.000-05:00PS - Thanks for your wise words and beautiful pict...PS - Thanks for your wise words and beautiful pictures on your blog.<BR/>I have also taken a look at the new hymnal materials, and it's good material. For us, it's a question of timing. We have not had the blue book - With One Voice - for very long (about five years), and many of them were given as memorials. Also, we are in the midst of a building expansion, so new hymnals are not high on our list of (financial) priorities. I think we'll wait awhile before we buy new hymnals. That's fine for me. My former congregation did not even have With One Voice, so I feel as if I have barely begun to explore it.<BR/>Blessings.ELemonholmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03831747124961264719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22004751.post-1150932682666162912006-06-21T18:31:00.000-05:002006-06-21T18:31:00.000-05:00I should add that the new LCMS hymnal also contain...I should add that the new LCMS hymnal also contains at least one new-old liturgy, a revision of the liturgy of <I>The Lutheran Hymnal</I> (1941). We have been using it for a while from materials made available in advance of the hymnal. Now I'm used to it and like it, but at first it seemed very strange.Genevieve Netzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004780820713448880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22004751.post-1150932381909818432006-06-21T18:26:00.000-05:002006-06-21T18:26:00.000-05:00The LCMS is also coming out with a new hymnal and ...The LCMS is also coming out with a new hymnal and I'm on the New Hymnal Committee at my church. It will probably be an interesting experience.<BR/><BR/>Here's a hymnal I really like: the <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0767321839/104-3933026-1495955?v=glance&n=283155" REL="nofollow">1991 Baptist Hymnal</A>. It includes many hymns I know from my years as a Lutheran as well as many from the "born again" churches I grew up in. It's the best of both worlds for me. :) <BR/><BR/>I doubt if I'll get my church talked into buying that one instead of the new LCMS one, though.Genevieve Netzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004780820713448880noreply@blogger.com