The soundtrack for our spiritual journeys
Our souls need music to glorify God
This week’s announcements
Church is the only place left where we all sing.
We live in a world that sees music in terms of performance.
Church is a place where we understand music as part of worship.
It doesn’t matter if you’re a ‘good’ singer - it doesn’t matter if you know the tune or even the words. Singing is part of worship.
If you lift your voice in song you are doing more than communicating with God, you are offering God praise - and lament, and rejoicing. You are pouring out your heart and soul.
Just try to sing a hymn at church - or anywhere! - and not feel something.
Singing has Biblical roots:
be filled with the Spirit, as you sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts, giving thanks to God the Father at all times and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 5:18-20
And not just singing, of course - music of all types. Music itself comes from our human response to God’s glory and power, and we use it to express our deepest feelings at times of celebration and mourning, solemnity and joy.
Praise him with trumpet sound;
praise him with lute and harp!
Praise him with tambourine and dance;
praise him with strings and pipe!
Praise him with clanging cymbals;
praise him with loud clashing cymbals!
Let everything that breathes praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord!
Psalm 150:3-6
St. Paul’s is ‘small but mighty’ in many ways, and one of them is music. We sing and play our hearts out. Literally.
On All Saints Sunday, the music was particularly beautiful. So I asked St. Paul’s members to share their thoughts about it - and about how it connects them to the love of God.
This is what they said:
I love the song ‘Take and Eat’, that the choir often sings. So I went and downloaded it on Spotify, and I was disappointed with it because it wasn’t nearly as pretty as at St. Paul’s.
It is the soundtrack for our spiritual journeys.
Music is my soul. Because of the lyrics and the music, that’s where I feel it most . It makes me think. There are many lessons and stories there that hit home. Without the church music and music outside of church, I would feel lost.
When I sing, I can feel the emotions in my body and soul. There’s a deeper connection with the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost when I sing it.
I love my church and the music. I also love listening to Contemporary Christian music. Either one leads me closer to God. ♥️🙏
We are blessed to have a beautiful and dedicated choir!
St. Paul’s loves to sing and does so with spirit!
Liturgical Music: the music is to serve the liturgy and not the other way around. When I hear the congregation, the choir singing at St. Paul’s, I can hear, and even feel, that you all get the connection! That is very powerful and very inspiring! It is not something that one experiences in every church, regardless of size.
Solo Deo Gloria!
We have a wonderful choir and music director.
Music brings, and brought me, to “church”. But more than that, music connects me to something greater than life itself and “...passes all understanding... “.
Music warms my heart while the lyrics connect me to His word.
Our small choir definitely is mighty with all the voices and although I’m not in the choir I enjoy singing along and when the music hits you it hits you and it definitely hits me at St Paul’s Church. It gives me the warm and tinglies.
Music puts the soul to the words and Andy puts his soul into the music.
Singing hymns is a form of praying to God. It unites us all with one voice.
If you’re not already participating in beautiful music at church, come join St. Paul’s for worship and feel your soul strengthening.
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