tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13941312.post114032055671527628..comments2023-10-08T03:22:15.571-05:00Comments on Tidbits and Treasures: There Is Still Hope!Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15762588867431355249noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13941312.post-1140468184851200252006-02-20T14:43:00.000-06:002006-02-20T14:43:00.000-06:00Thanks, Stephen. I certainly agree those that do n...Thanks, Stephen. I certainly agree those that do not sing hymns are missing a few blessings. And, it's keeping the young people from getting to know the hymns or have an appreciation for something substantial, when they are older. <BR/><BR/>I was sitting in church last night, during a great service - set off by the songs sang, which were different - more meaningful. And, across my mind ran thisBarbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15762588867431355249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13941312.post-1140465773526547752006-02-20T14:02:00.000-06:002006-02-20T14:02:00.000-06:00Bravo for your post, Barbara. Back in the 1970's ...Bravo for your post, Barbara. Back in the 1970's I was one of the first pastors I knew of who started singing choruses "off the wall," but we still used a few old hymns too. In recent years I have left church disappointed so many times because not one familiar hymn was sung. <BR/><BR/>Today's "contemporary" churches are cheating themselves by forsaking the old hymns. I hope more will begin J. Stephen Connhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00944756120065605666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13941312.post-1140412448907031972006-02-19T23:14:00.000-06:002006-02-19T23:14:00.000-06:00Oh, I agree, Carol. But, what I'm saying is that ...Oh, I agree, Carol. But, what I'm saying is that there should be healthy mix of songs - not just decide there will be nothing but Praise & Worship songs.<BR/><BR/>When we sang, we sang both hymns and choruses, and often had to make changes. Nothing wrong with praise & worship - but it's those songs that make me feel as though I'm going into a club that bothers me. And, sometimes they are SO loudBarbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15762588867431355249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13941312.post-1140409884360197672006-02-19T22:31:00.000-06:002006-02-19T22:31:00.000-06:00Barbara, my band plays a lot of hymns. And we do ...Barbara, my band plays a lot of hymns. And we do praise songs, too. Pslam 40 tells us to sing a new song. And we do. We also do the old stuff...sometimes in new ways.<BR/><BR/>One thing to remember - the hymns in our hymnal were once the topic of controversy in churches. As were organs. As was harmony. If you take a hard look at the history of church music, none of the changes came Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08808409121932480786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13941312.post-1140390588661018252006-02-19T17:09:00.000-06:002006-02-19T17:09:00.000-06:00Anonymous, I identify with every word you've said....Anonymous, I identify with every word you've said. I have also complained, and tried to make them understand that there are others out there that love hymns, and why can't we have a balance of the two? That's why I thought it was so promising to see these churches that are contemporary moving towards hymns again. <BR/><BR/>They do pick out songs 'they like', and incorporate them into the Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15762588867431355249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13941312.post-1140376487800116042006-02-19T13:14:00.000-06:002006-02-19T13:14:00.000-06:00I identify with you, Barbara. I am feeling cross a...I identify with you, Barbara. I am feeling cross about the "worship music" in my evangelical Bible church. <BR/><BR/>I came late to evangelicalism from a dead mainline church in the mid-west. In the early 80s the scripture songs were, for the most part, at least tuneful. I can think of "You Are My Hiding Place" as an example. Now, it seems that the music is discordant and unharmonic. <BR/><BRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13941312.post-1140327197090052702006-02-18T23:33:00.000-06:002006-02-18T23:33:00.000-06:00No, I'm not 'trapped'...I love church and worship ...No, I'm not 'trapped'...I love church and worship time. But, I think there is a place for both hymns and worship songs in a church. When you completely do away with hymns just to appeal to the young, something is wrong. You are leaving out the rest of the congregation. <BR/><BR/>I do have to disagree with one thing though - how can you worship towards GOD in Church - with secular music? In that Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15762588867431355249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13941312.post-1140324438556918662006-02-18T22:47:00.000-06:002006-02-18T22:47:00.000-06:00I am a music and worship leader with over 25 years...I am a music and worship leader with over 25 years experience in this area within the local church. Like you, I have seen just about everything.<BR/><BR/>I don't think you are old and set in your ways. But I do think you are a bit trapped in what you THINK "church" is SUPPOSED to look like, or be. That is natural.<BR/><BR/>I understand a love for a particular type of song in worship. But Dan McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09523180205289209777noreply@blogger.com