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Glad Obedience : Why And What We Sing
$22.00The Christian practice of hymn singing, says renowned biblical scholar Walter Brueggemann, is a countercultural act. It marks the Christian community as different from an unforgiving and often ungrateful culture. It is also, he adds, an “absurd enterprise” in the midst of the hyper-busy, market-driven society that surrounds us. In this helpful and engaging volume, Brueggemann discusses both why we sing and what we sing. The first part of the book examines the Psalms and what they can teach us about the reasons that corporate song is a part of the Christian tradition. The second part looks at fifteen popular hymns, including classic and contemporary ones such as “Blest Be the Ties That Binds,” “God’s Eye Is on the Sparrow,” “Once to Every Man and Nation,” “Someone Asked the Question,” and “We Are Marching in the Light of God,” and the reasons why they have caught our imagination.
“To know why we sing,” Brueggemann writes, “may bring us to a deeper delight in our singing and a strengthened resolve to sing without calculation before the God ‘who is enthroned on the praises of Israel’ (Ps. 22:3).
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Honest Worship : From False Self To True Praise
$17.00Introduction: Falling On My Face
Part I: Worship On The Cutting Edge
1. Smoke Machines And Laser Lights
2. Golden Dreams, Golden Calves
3. The Consumer-Driven Life
4. The Culture Of NarcissismPart II: Pride And Humility
5. Pride On The Platform
6. The Nature Of Identity
7. Worship From The True Self
8. Soul WorshipPart III: Rediscovering Worship
9. The Church Gathered
10. The Rhythm Of Worship
11. The Other Six Days Of The Week
12. Compassion And Justice
13. The Deep End Of The PoolEpilogue: Still Falling
Acknowledgments
Discussion Guide
NotesAdditional Info
When asked by his son why some churches have smoke machines, worship pastor Manuel Luz found himself responding, “Well, technically, you need smoke machines to see the lasers.” But when you take down the smoke screen, what do you have left? Where do we encounter the Holy in the midst of all this? Where can we worship with our full selves-heart, soul, mind, and body-in Spirit and truth?Drawing from his own experience leading worship in a large congregation and feeling the pull of performance, Manuel Luz guides us on a journey through worship that takes us far beyond style and deep into our own souls. He calls us back to an honest worship that moves past facades and pulls us inward toward the true self that God is forming within each of us. Each chapter ends with a spiritual practice designed to help us set aside pretense and enter into the very presence of God.Add to cart2 in stock
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1 Year Book Of Hymns
$16.99Experience daily the timeless truths contained in the many celebrated songs of the Christian faith. Each day’s devotional includes the text of a classic hymn or song, the inside story about the author or origin of the song, and a related Scripture passage. Be refreshed and strengthened each day by the mighty words that have uplifted God’s people through the ages.
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Passion
$16.95Marcus Hummon is the Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter husband of author and 2016 CNN Hero Award winner Becca Stevens. With a grant from Christ Church Cathedral in Nashville, he has created a cantata based on narratives from the gospels – and a five-session book that gives some of the musical history of each piece as well as reflections on its theological significance written by Stevens. The Passion book may be used in conjunction with the CD or MP3, sold separately, which includes twelve cuts, with six of those being songs and six being scripture readings. The musical score is also available for separate purchase. Book, score, full CD/MP3, and individual tracks may be used individually or together, providing flexible programming options. Churches could choose to study the text during the Sundays in Lent or at weeknight Lenten evening programs, with the choir performing the piece on Palm Sunday or during Holy Week. The book and/or CD or MP3 are also perfect for personal devotional use.
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Michael Jackson Speaks From Heaven
$16.2317 Chapters
Additional Info
Did you know that it is possible to visit heaven and see who is living up there? Do you know that if you have a great relationship with Jesus, and if God has a purpose for it, that people who are living in heaven can come down to earth and visit you and spend time with you? One day, while Matthew watched a documentary called “This Is It” by Michael Jackson, Michael appeared to him. He proceeded to sing the songs on the film and dance in the room with Matthew. Soon, through multiple visits, Matthew grew to know Michael fairly well. In April 2016, Michael got Matthew out of bed and with the help of God’s Spirit, did a three-hour interview with Matthew. It was a divine revelation of heaven and more. Why don’t you read this message and spend some time to see what Michael has to say about: What heaven is like What he is doing up there What Jesus is really like The keys to a happy life and What true love looks like. Jesus wants you to read this message, and Michael wants to speak to you, so what are you waiting for?”Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Song That I Am
$42.78The Song That I Am: On the Mystery of Music is a short but full-to-the-brim essay on the decisive role that great music (whether Bach, Tavener, or Gregorian chant) ought to play in the spiritual life. With admirable restraint Elisabeth-Paule Labat shares her interior experience of music and thus continually opens up fresh vistas through worlds of sound and spirit. With her uncanny gift of language, Labat precisely describes soundings and yearnings of the soul that many of us glimpse fleetingly. Because “only the lover sings” (St. Augustine), her final illumination is that the experience of profound music ought to transform us into the beauty that we hear.
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101 More Hymn Stories
$19.99SKU (ISBN): 9780825442834ISBN10: 0825442834Kenneth OsbeckBinding: Trade PaperPublished: October 2013Publisher: Kregel Publications
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Music For Your Heart
$15.99Have you ever had a song stuck in your head for days? Whether it’s a favorite tune or a song whose title or lyrics we can’t remember, something about it impacts us and holds our attention. Why? How did the song come to be? Why was it written? And what does the song really mean? In Music for Your Heart, bestselling and award-winning author Ace Collins takes you behind the scenes of your favorite songs to show how the lyrics and music began. Through insider stories, artist bios, and inspiration from Scripture, Collins weaves stirring reflections on the biblical truths displayed in our adored and popular classics. Whether the featured song is a holiday carol, children’s worship tune, or love song, each short chapter will inspire curious music enthusiasts as well as those seeking a book for a devotional meditation. Digging deep into the words and history of the music, these uplifting and informative reflections will warm the heart-like the songs themselves. [show interior spread in catalog] Songs include: Jesus Loves Me You Are My Sunshine Teddy Bear White Christmas Amazing Grace California Dreamin’ Blue Moon Jingle Bells You Raise Me Up Deep and Wide I Will Always Love You Moon River
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A Cappella Music in the Public Worship of the Church
$10.57This book employs a methodology that I have found helpful in dealing with other topics. This procedure is to assemble the New Testament texts on the topic and interpret them, then check this interpretation against usage in early Christian literature outside the New Testament, and finally to examine the doctrinal considerations to determine if the interpretation rests on solid biblical theology. Rather than gathering quotations from secondary literature, my approach is to read the source documents in the original and present the texts in their context. At the time of first edition of the book, mine was the fullest collection of historical statements on early church music readily available. Other studies since that time are largely supportive of the historical facts presented in my work, even if the authors do not consider the evidence normative for today. My conclusion is that the practice of unaccompanied congregational singing rests on good biblical, historical and doctrinal grounds.
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Announcing The Feast
$39.95How does the entrance song of the Mass function within the Roman Rite? What can it express theologically? What should Roman Catholics sing at the beginning of Mass? In this groundbreaking study, Jason McFarland answers these and other important questions by exploring the history and theology of the entrance song of Mass.
After a careful history of the entrance song, he investigates its place in church documents. He proposes several models of the entrance song for liturgical celebration today. Finally, he offers a skillful theological analysis of the entrance song genre, focusing on the song for the Holy Thursday Evening Mass-arguably the most important entrance song of the entire liturgical year.
Announcing the Feast provides the most comprehensive treatment of the Roman Rite entrance song to date. It is unique in that it bridges the disciplines of liturgical studies, musicology, and theological method.
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All Things Necessary
$38.60A very successful music leader resource that has served the church well for nearly 20 years – now completely updated, revised and retitled.
Formerly A Guide to the Practice of Church Music by Marion J. HatchettA Guide to the Practice of Church Music was first published by Church Hymnal Corporation in 1989. It was an essential resource for church musicians using The Hymnal 1982. It also became part of the core materials for the Leadership Program for Musicians, which began in the Episcopal Church (along with the ELCA) in 1991.
In keeping with the original work, this new book – developed by career church musician Marti Rideout – provides comprehensive information about the resources available to the Episcopal church musician; promotes a contemporary philosophy of music in the church; captures the specific intent of music in the Episcopal Church, and supplies detailed instruction for planning music for liturgies from the Book of Common Prayer and the Book of Occasional Services.
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You Cant Keep A Good Tune Down
$14.49Warbling sopranos, bellowing basses, someone in the back row at least a line ahead of everyone else, fusty robes, intransigent organists and temperamental clergy – welcome to the world of the local church choir. There is no better observer of the volatile relations between the clergy, the choir, the organist and the congregation than Reg Frary who has seen it all in over seventy years’ first hand experience of sitting in the choir stalls Sunday by Sunday and at weddings, funerals, carol services, festivals and other occasions.
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Music And Vital Congregations
$21.95A guide for clergy to develop a church music program
Addresses key issues in the musical life of the parish
Outlines how vital music leads to a vital parish
Provides the rationale for using a variety of music in the parishAdd to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Music To His Ears
$18.73Music to His Ears is an inspirational study using as a foundation the biblical scriptures Psalms 100:2 and Exodus 28:35. The premise is taken from the instruction to come before the presence of God with singing. Emphasis is placed on music and its significance to The Most Holy God. Discussion is given to the connection of music and receiving answer to prayer. Biblical passages are visited that address more than thirty specific categories (i.e. healing, finances, depression, etc.) referencing music. Beginning with the origin of music and the fall of Lucifer, the crux is established by paralleling Old Testament Tabernacle rituals to receiving entrance into the Most Holy Place through musical worship. In addition, the worth of musical choirs, orchestras, leadership and organizational requirement, mastery, expertise and levels of hierarchy is addressed. Finally, musical form and structure are included with recognition given to the “Great Musical Masters,” of the Bible.
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Message In The Music
$23.99Few things influence Christians’ understanding of the faith more than the songs they sing in worship. Woods and Walrath help worship leaders plan authentic, scripturally sound, and relevant by exploring the content of dozens of praise songs.
Helps pastors, worship leaders, and worship teams more carefully assess the quality of the music they choose for worship.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Sing Gods Glory (Expanded)
$24.00Revised Expanded Edition
Over 12,500 copies sold
This tabulated guide enables clergy and worship leaders to choose hymns that relate to the day’s Bible readings for each Sunday, major holy days and festivals throughout the Christian year. Three cycles are offered for years A, B and C of the lectionary. Listings are included from all the main hymn books in popular use. New in this volume are: “”CH4″”, “”The Irish Presbyterian Hymn Book””, and “”New English Praise””. Other books featured are “”Common Praise””, “”Hymns Old & New””, “”Complete Mission Praise”” and other leading denominational hymnbooks.A range of choices is offered for opening, gradual, offertory and closing hymns. All selections are labelled to show whether they relate to the Old Testament, Psalm, Epistle or Gospel reading. For every occasion between twenty and thirty hymns are suggested, making for more integrated and enhanced acts of worship.
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Music And Theology
$15.99This volume explores the major concerns and questions regarding music as it intersects with theology – past and present. Saliers, a senior scholar in this field, addresses in a clear and concise style the scope and contours of these issues as they relate to theological inquiry and application. He sketches the nature and significance of the subject, the history of reflection, the current lines of inquiry, and his own contribution to the discussion. He then opens the broader lines of discussion in suggestive, evocative, and programmatic ways.
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Art Of Worship (Reprinted)
$24.70Provides in-depth instruction to every aspect of contemporary worship leadership-from assembling the team to choosing the music to conducting rehearsals.
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Preaching To The Choir
$26.60Sirota delves deeply into the reasons church musicians do their jobs in the face of poor pay and limited opportunities for advancement, offering the reader a pastoral understanding with-out avoiding the challenging questions every sacred musician must consider. She has an uncanny ability to name that which lies at the heart of the sacred artist’s craft.
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Pickin Up The Pieces
$17.00When a young Richie Furay moved to New York hoping to make it big in folk music, God wasn’t one of his concerns. But destiny was.
Later, when he started Buffalo Springfield with Neil Young and Stephen Stills, it seemed Furay’s destiny had finally arrived. Although the band recorded only three albums, it remains a touchstone of sixties rock music-with all five band members now enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Furay remained a musical pioneer, forming Poco and recording some of the first-and best-country rock music of the sixties and seventies. His work was a major influence on the Eagles and innumerable other bands. But he still had not found his destiny.
It wasn’t until his marriage almost disintegrated that Furay confronted his need for God. After co-founding two legendary bands and recording with a rock super-group, Richie Furay finally found his destiny. The long journey took him from sold-out arena concerts to the pulpit of a Colorado church, from rock royalty to the Rock of Ages.
Destiny is often found in the places where we’re not looking. As you follow the twists and turns in Richie Furay’s inspiring journey, you’ll gain fresh insight into your own.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Thriving As An Artist In The Church
$24.99A practical guide full of wisdom, encouragement, and pastoral guidance from the author of The Heart of the Artist (100,000 copies sold) It’s not easy being an artist in the church. In this sequel to The Heart of the Artist, Rory Noland encourages and equips Christian artists musicians, painters, actors, dancers, sound and lighting technicians not only to persevere in ministry, but also to thrive in a church setting. Combining scriptural principles with the author’s twenty-five years of experience, this book offers proven advice to help artists deal with the conflicts and issues that threaten to sabotage both art and ministry. Readers learn how to: Sustain passion amidst the rigors of weekly services Cope with rejection and failure Develop key relational skills *Cultivate confidence Resolve artistic differences Fall in love with their church and stay there An excellent resource for both individuals and arts ministry teams, the book includes slice-of-church-life scenarios, group discussion questions, and personal action steps. Drawing on a variety of artistic examples, it features literary quotes, four-color reproductions of fine art masterpieces, and devotional reflections that help artists experience as well as understand what it means to thrive in ministry.
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Then Sings My Soul Book 2
$19.99Rob Morgan’s unmistakable talent for storytelling continues to help reacquaint people with the hymns of the faithful. With Then Sings My Soul, his goal was to keep traditional hymns vital and meaningful to all generations. Over 300,000 copies have been sold, and it’s still going strong!
In Then Sings My Soul Book 2, don’t look for a recounting of boring stories. These devotional-style stories brim with emotion and drama about the people whose faith led them to write the hymns, and about the people whose lives were changed by them. Designed to be personally reflective, these stories speak to your soul and add depth and meaning as you worship God through the beauty of song.
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Songs Of The Isles
$25.00Many people know of the Carmina Gadelica, the collection of Gaelic songs, prayers and blessings from the Hebrides, yet few have access to its five volumes published in Scotland between 1900 and 1952.
Here, an attractive selection is made for the contemporary reader and freshly translated to reflect the particular Christian experience of the people who composed them: Celtic Christians in the 7th to 9th centuries who worshipped the Trinitarian God, had a devotion to the Virgin Mary, the Archangels and the Saints, and a love of the Bible, especially the Psalms. Some 130 poems and prayers are included, arranged in eleven sections including The Power of Heaven, Home and Family and Soul Journey. An extended introduction opens up the world that produced these extraordinary and beautiful prayers and blessings.
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How Sweet The Sound
$25.99IVP Print On Demand Title
Rediscover the profound insights of Christian hymnody with this exploration of the messages of twenty-five hymns of the Christian faith.
You will never sing these hymns the same way again. With careful exposition and thoughtful reflection, the author shows how biblical truths are encapsulated in a hymn’s lyrics, stanza by stanza or even in a single line of a single verse.Some of these hymns are: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God; Holy, Holy, Holy; Great Is Thy Faithfulness; O Come, O Come, Emmanuel; Amazing Grace; Fairest Lord Jesus. Softcover, 190 pages.
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Earth And All Stars
$24.91All ages will enjoy this collection of songs by the author of Earth and All Stars and Love, Love, Love! Herb Brokering, a treasure among hymn writers of our time, has selected 170 of the best of his hymn and song texts for this volume. Includes over forty “Songs to Children’s Rhymes” set to melodies known by young and old. These songs are easy to learn and fun to sing at home, in learning settings, in worship, and wherever God’s people join their voices. Developed with the assistance of Wheat Ridge Ministries.
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Enriching Our Music 1
$24.38Freedom Mass – Kate Alm
Music For The Eucharist – David Hurd
Music For The Holy Eucharist Rite II – Peter Crisafulli
Missa Appalachia – Jonathan Dimmock
Mass – Susan Calvin Fletcher
Service Music For St. Mary’s – Randall Giles
The St. Mary Mass – Carl MaultsBy
Red Lake Mass – Monte Mason
Missa Oecumenica – Arr. Richard Proulx
Mass For St. Philip’s – William Bradley Roberts
Mass In The Lydian Mode – Richard R. Webster
Light Of The World – Crisafulli, Emblom, And Mason
A Song To The Lamb – McLeod
We Praise You, O God – John Karl Hirten
Canticles A-K – Crisafulli, Dimmock, Emblom, Haywood, Hernandez, Hirten, Kennedy, Mason, Near, Reynolds, Roberts, And Sitton.Additional Info
This is the first of two collections from the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music of additional service music for the church with eleven settings for the eucharist and two settings each of Canticles A-K from Enriching Our Worship 1.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Gather Into One Print On Demand Title
$33.99One of the benefits of the multicultural nature of Christianity has been the introduction of the Western church to worship music from around the world. However, while many songs from other parts of the world are now available in Western hymnal collections, little has been written to help church musicians and ministers understand, appreciate, and use these songs in worship. “Gather into One” fills this void.
In this volume C. Michael Hawn explores the work of five of the most influential global church musicians found in North American hymnals: Pablo Sosa (Argentina), I-to Loh (Taiwan), David Dargie (South Africa), Patrick Matsikenyiri (Zimbabwe), and John Bell (Scotland). Hawn discusses the biographical background of each of these composers and elucidates the meaning of their music within their respective cultures. Having studied global song himself on site throughout the world, Hawn sees this music as a valuable gift from other cultures to our own sung prayers that can broaden the ways we pray and sing together in corporate worship. His extensive research leads to some intriguing proposals, with Hawn encouraging diverse expressions of worship, endorsing the church musician as a worship “enlivener,” and making a case for “polyrhythmic worship” in our churches.
A unique resource, “Gather into One” demonstrates the spiritual riches to be gained through multicultural worship and makes a concrete contribution toward realizing the worldwide unity of the Christian church.
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Future Of Protestant Worship
$25.00Over the past several years churches have engaged in an ongoing debate between two different styles of worship, loosely categorized as traditional and contemporary. Here, professor and longtime pastor Ronald Byars argues that many of the differences between the two styles are superficial–and that ultimately both styles embrace the same anthropocentric worldview that grew out of the Enlightenment. Authentic worship, he challenges, is theocentric, not anthropocentric, and therefore worship can and must be both responsive to contemporary culture and grounded in history and tradition. The answer to the debate is not found in pleasing congregants but in exploring worship that is biblical, that honors our communion with the saints, and that takes seriously the ways that our culture is reshaping us. Byars concludes with a narrative description of a Protestant worship service that is both authentic and postmodern.
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Music In Ancient Israel Palestine
$37.50Preface
Illustrations
Abbreviations
TablesINTRODUCTION
Geographical, Chronological, And Cultural Parameters
Sources
Musical Instruments In The Bible
Meaning
Classification
The Instruments
‘ Aseberoim
halil
hasosera
kinnor
mena’an’im
mesiltayim, Selselim
nebel, Nebel ‘asor
pa’ Amon
qeren Hayyobel
opar And operot Hayyobelim
top
‘ugab
Instruments In Daniel
Collective Expressions – Typological Terminology
Terminology In The Psalms And Unresolved Questions
Instruments In The New TestamentTHE STONE AGE
(12th Millennium-3200 B.C.)
Natufians (ca. 12,000-8000 B.C.)
Syncretism Of Work, Cult, Adornment, And Sound
The Chalcolithic Period (ca. 4000-3200 B.C.)
Music In The Dumuzi Cult
The Appearance Of The HarpTHE BRONZE AGE
(3200-1200 B.C.)
Dance With Lyres And Drums
The Lute
Egyptian-Canaanite Music – Gods And Musicians
Music In The Symposium
Clay Rattles: Mass Music – Mass Cults – Mass Culture
The Priests’ Bronze Cymbals
The Megiddo FluteTHE IRON AGE
(1200-587 B.C.)
Female Drummers In The Israelite-Judean Kingdom And Surroundings
From The Sacred Female Double-Reed Blowers To Male Double-Reed Players
Lyres In Solo And Ensemble Performance
Pottery Drawings
Seals
Musicians And Dancers Of The Philistine And Phoenician Coast
Conch Trumpets
The Mystery Of Absence, Or An Argumentum Ex Silentio?
The Babylonian-Persian Period (587-333 B.C.): An InterludeTHE HELLENISTIC-ROMAN PERIOD
(Fourth Century B.C.-Fourth Century A.D.)
Apotropaic Bells
Idumean Hunting And Mourning Music And The Jewish Temple Trumpets
The Nabatean-Safaitic Culture
Instruments Of Avant-Garde Professionals And Conventional Folk-Musicians
The Cult Of Dionysus
Musical Instruments In Samaritan Areas
Musical Instruments As Symbols Of Cult, State, And Identity
The Shofar: Tool Of Sound And Ritual, Symbol Of Faith And National Identity
Bibliography
Index Of Subjects And Names
Index Of Scripture ReferencesAdditional Info
PRINT ON DEMAND TITLEThis book contains the first study of the musical culture of ancient Israel/Palestine based primarily on the archaeological record. Noted musicologist Joachim Braun explores the music of the Holy Land region of the Middle East, tracing its form and development from its beginning in the Stone Age to the fourth century A.D.
This is not a study of “music in the Bible” or music in “biblical times” but a unique, in-depth investigation of the historical periods and cultures that influenced the music of the region and its people. Braun combines significant archaeological findings – musical instruments, terra cotta and metal figures, etched stone illustrations, mosaics – with evidence drawn from written (mainly biblical) texts and anthropological, sociological, and linguistic sources.
The portrait Braun assembles of this past musical world is both fascinating and innovative, suggesting a reconsideration of many views long accepted by tradition. Enhanced with numerous illustrations and photographs that bring the archaeological evidence to life, this exceptional work will be a valued resource for scholars, students, and general readers interested in the history of music, biblical studies, Jewish studies, and the cultures of the ancient Near East.
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Inspiration For The Choir
$16.18In the rush to prepare for weekly rehearsals, does it sometimes seem as if your choir isn’t always focused on why they are there? Inspiration For The Choir offers 40 attention-getting devotions that are a wonderful way to precede the warm-up and start the rehearsal on an inspirational note. Each includes a brief story expounding on a musical or seasonal topic and concludes with a short prayer. This collection is a great way to increase your choir’s commitment to God. After all, the choir is just a part of the overall proclamation of the gospel! You’ll laugh at the humorous anecdotes … while deepening your faith.
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Fire For The Choir
$18.68One of the eternal challenges facing church choir directors is how to recruit new members, and then, how to keep them interested and retain them. No matter how large or small the congregation, it is the energy and commitment of a music program’s participants that ultimately determines how successful it is.
While there are plenty of books about the musical techniques of choir directing, there are precious few that deal with the organizational nuts-and-bolts and the people skills required for a smoothly functioning music program. Ellis Dillard Thompson, a veteran choir director and music educator, shares his tried and proven methods for getting choir members excited — to keep them serving and loving it! He focuses on the role of a church musician as a spiritual leader, and stresses that the road to true success involves basing a music program on spiritual values that uplift, inspire, and motivate participants. And as a bonus, Thompson includes three original choral responses that you can copy and use.
This is an excellent guide that is designed for anyone who participates in music ministry: choir directors, choir members, organists, pastors, music committee members, and worship committee members.
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Choosing Contemporary Music
$54.16A one-volume reference work designed to aid worship planners in the selection of contemporary song. Organized by the three- year lectionary cycle, this book also contains integrated scriptural, seasonal, and topical indexes. Song collections indexed include With One Voice; This Far by Faith; Worship & Praise; The Celebration Hymnal; Gather Comprehensive; Glory & Praise; Maranatha! Music Praise; Renew!; Spirit Calls, Rejoice!; and Worship Songs of the Vineyard.
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My Only Comfort
$27.99Bach was the pre-eminent composer of the Reformation. In case you’ve forgotten his deep theological and scriptural roots, Stapert quotes the texts and translates them, then skillfully interprets and illustrates how the music conveys their meaning.
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Enriching Our Music 2
$24.38Opening Acclamation (2)
Hymn Of Praise (7)
Glory To God (2)
Lord, Have Mercy (10)
Holy God (3)
Gospel Acclamation (3)
Peace Chant (1)
Eucharistic Prayer 1 (1)
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord (10)
Memorial Acclamation (2)
Lord’s Prayer (4)
Fraction Anthem (8)
Communion (4)
Morning Prayer (2)
Evening Prayer (3)
Canticles L-S (9)Additional Info
This second volume of canticles and settings for the Eucharist contains music for the remaining canticles (L through S) found in Enriching Our Worship 1 (Canticles A through K found in Enriching Our Music 1) and more compositions for the Eucharist by a wide variety of composers. The varied styles will satisfy many tastes and worship needs.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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With Ever Joyful Hearts
$61.26SKU (ISBN): 9780898693218ISBN10: 0898693217Editor: J. Neil AlexanderBinding: Trade PaperPublisher: Church Publishing Inc. Print On Demand Product
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Magnetic Music Ministry
$21.99SKU (ISBN): 9780687007318ISBN10: 0687007313Bill Owens | Editor: Herb MillerBinding: Trade PaperEffective ChurchPublisher: Abingdon Press Print On Demand Product
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Songs In The Desert
$15.58Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Desert Of Broken Relationships
Chapter 2. The Desert Of Deception
Chapter 3. The Desert Of Isolation
Chapter 4. The Desert Of Shattered Dreams
Chapter 5. The Desert Of Materialism
Chapter 6. The Desert Of Anger
Chapter 7. The Desert Of Playing The Victim
Chapter 8. The Desert Of Pride
Chapter 9. The Desert Of Emptiness
Chapter 10. The Desert Of Hopelessness
Chapter 11. The Desert Of Freedom
Chapter 12. Out Of The DesertAdditional Info
Throughout the struggles of life and in times of great love and joy, many people are affected emotionally by music. The Bible and popular music are the subjects of this book, which tries to make sense out of life’s complexities–work, relationships, family, politics, and religion–through the contemporary music of today.Music touches us at our deepest emotional level. It comforts our sorrows, reminds us of old memories and specific times in the past, and makes us smile or cry. As humans, we encounter numerous temptations, go through many dark experiences, and want answers to life’s dilemmas. Currie describes these experiences as “deserts”–places and times when we feel alone, scared, and hopeless. He then offers his thoughts and experiences through music as a companion and comfort in our time of need.
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Musical Offering
$9.93This companion volume to Gloria: Letters From Hymnwriters provides:
a brief commentary for each season of the church year
imaginative letters from the writers of traditional hymns
suggested hymns by the writer of each letter to be sung by choir and congregation
original descants for several hymns, including “Hark The Herald Angels Sing” and “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God.”Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Turn Your Radio On
$19.99Turn Your Radio On tells the fascinating stories behind gospel music’s most unforgettable songs, including “Amazing Grace,” “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” “He Touched Me,” “I’ll Fly Away,” “Were You There?” and many more. These are the songs that have shaped our faith and brought us joy. You’ll find out: What famous song traces back to a sailor’s desperate prayer, What Bill Gaither tune was recorded by Elvis Presley in 1969 — and won a Grammy, What song was born during a carriage ride through Washington, D.C., at the onset of the Civil War. Turn Your Radio On is an inspiring journey through the songs that are part of the roots of our faith today.
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Unbroken Circle : A Quotable History Of The Grand OLE Opry
$15.99Unbroken Circle: a Quotable history of the Grand Ole Opry, edited by Randall Bedwell, is a tribute to this most homegrown of American institutions. Filled with quotations from Opry stars — from Uncle Dave Macon to Patsy Cline, Hank Williams to Roy Acuff and Minnie Pearl — it is a loving, respectful tribute to the stars and the show that have made country music the music of the people.
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Rehearsing The Soul
$14.99The church choir prepares musically and vocally at each of its 52 weekly rehearsals. It is the purpose of this book to assist in choir members’ spiritual preparation, as focus is aimed away from notes and rythms and temporarily toward matters of faith and life. These thoughtful, easy-to-use devotions are ideal for use during choir rehearsal, before a choir program, or as food for personal meditation. Written by a life-long participant in the music of the church, each devotion is geared toward church choir members and their particular faith-walk. Each week’s devotional reflection begins with a Scripture or hymn passage and concludes with a brief prayer.
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52 Arrival Activities For Childrens Choirs
$15.99A collection of reproducible activities designed for use by children’s choir directors in the pre-rehearsal time when chilren are coming into choir rehearsal. Includes paper-and-pencil activities such as music word searches, music mazes, “find the picture,” musical symbols matching games, and other similar activities.
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Choir Members Companion
$5.99The Choir Member’sCompanion is designed for use by individual choir members in a local church adult choir. The book is intended for purchase by the choir director to be given to choir members as gifts or as a way for choir members to better understand musical symbols, terminology, and symbols used in choral music. The Choir Member’sCompanion is designed for use by individual choir members in a local church adult choir. The book is intended for purchase by the choir director to be given to choir members as gifts or as a way for choir members to better understand musical symbols, terminology, and symbols used in choral music. CONTENTS: 1. Introduction to Choir Membership 2. Basic Music Reading Skills 3. Musical Road Map 4. Basic Vocal Techniques 5. Sight-reading New Music 6. How to Mark Your Music 7. Preparation for Worship 8. Preparation for Other Performances 9. Glossary of Musical Terms and Symbols
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Contemporary Worship Music
$20.99240 Pages
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Is contemporary worship music shallow and self-centered? Does it “dumb down” worship, as some critics claim? This noted professor of apologetics and systematic theology answers these and other objections with a clear defense of contemporary worship music. He exposes careless and divisive criticisms and demonstrates the music’s biblical strengths and benefits in worship.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Great Christian Hymn Writers
$17.99Consider the worshipful lyrics of “Holy, Holy, Holy”; the comforting assurance of “His Eye Is On the Sparrow”; the trusting submission of “Have Thine Own Way, Lord”; the bold declaration made by “O for a Thousand Tongues.” They are some of our greatest hymns-and some of the most powerful words in Christendom. Lyrics that help us grasp the reality of faith, set to beautiful music that speaks to our hearts.
The stories behind the hymns are powerful as well. In this book the authors have detailed the intriguing and often tragic circumstances from which many of our best-loved hymns came. They are stories about the private struggles and personal triumphs these men and women hymn writers experienced-stories that give their already-meaningful songs added significance.
Great Christian Hymn Writers is a wonderful resource for worship services, devotional talks, and home schools, as well as!for use in your private devotions. And it’s worthwhile reading for anyone who’s interested in learning where these hymns came from and how it is that they continue to affect us so much,
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Church Musician (Reprinted)
$28.31Originally published in 1988, this practical resource has become a basix text in the study of church music, as well as a handbook for the current challendges of contmeporary culture, musical and worship styles, and integrity to the gospel.
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J S Bach And Scripture Glosses From The Calov Bible Commentary
$19.95SKU (ISBN): 9780570013297ISBN10: 0570013291Robin LeaverBinding: Cloth TextPublished: December 1996Publisher: Concordia Publishing House Print On Demand Product
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White Soul : Country Music The Church And Working Americans
$23.99White Soul examines the social, political and religious foundations of country music as the soul music of the white, working-class Americans. Country music gives voice to an economically battered subculture of hard-living and hard-working people who find self-expression in the music of honky-tonks and heartaches. It celebrates the “wild side of life” as a form of populist anarchism and escapist festivity. This unusual medley of sociology, theology, and country music history is also a compelling critique of the elitism of “good taste” in the dominant culture. Tex Sample challenges the church to reach out to working-class people, who have often been ignored and demeaned by churches held captive to the tastes and lifestyles of the upper middle class.
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Handbell Helper : Guide For Beginning Directors And Choirs
$15.99A how-to book for the church musician desiring further training,”Handbell Helper” offers basic, practical help to church music direcors. -Offers basic information which assumes no prior handbell knowledge -Provides examples for concepts presented -Written in an easy to read and easy to understand style and format -Helps eliminate some of the intimidation of beginning a bell choir -Gives new directors a higher level of confidence in working with a handbell group -Gives music directors something to give to potential handbell choir leaders MARTHA LYNN THOMPSON is Director of Music at St. James United Methodist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. She is one of the preeminent authorities on handbells
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How Does Your Choir Grow
$14.99HOW DOES YOUR CHOIR GROW? by David F. Donathan Once a church musician has the basics under control, attention often turns toward the next step. “How Does Your Choir Grow?” covers all the bases with special attention to recruiting and maintaining choir members–a key task of every choir director. Shows how to recruit, organize, maintain, publicize choir, and have fun, fellowship, and spiritual growth.
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