Tuesday 27 September 2011

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Anybody notice the missing info on the previous post? No details of when in October - it is Saturday 29th.

Sunday 25 September 2011

Singing the Faith day

Just thought anyone reading this blog who lives reasonably near to Walsall Might be interested in a Singing the Faith day we have coming up in October.

The day will take place at Bentley Methodist Church, Margaret Road, Bentley, Walsall, WS2 0HB and will run from 10a.m. to 4 p.m. for a cost of just £2.
The day will be led by Rev Paul Wood and Rev Ian Worsfold who are members of the music resource group.
Tea and coffee will be provided but people attending will need to bring a packed lunch.

The event is open to local preachers, ministers,  church musicians, worship leaders and anyone who is keen on engaging with the new book in an interactive session.

Tuesday 20 September 2011

Singing the Faith

I have now had my music copy of Singing the Faith since Friday last week and have been working through it and have mixed feelings. It is good to have a copy of it at last – wish it had been out in June as originally planned. It is a pity that take up does not seem to have been very good and I know this is for a variety of reasons that may be very sound and well argued by those who are not supporting the new book. I probably agree with some of the thoughts.

But lets come down to the actual book and some observations I have made in respect of it – they are not in any particular order.

The book is a fair size and appears to sit on the organ music stand quite well – time will tell.

The print is reasonably clear and for me a good size.

There is some inconsistency as some hymns have guitar chords and others do not – I think it would have been helpful to have chords on all the hymns and I am sure it could have been done reasonably easily. When the worship group lead worship leads at our church this would be helpful to our guitarists who read chords rather than music.

Some hymns songs go over three or more pages which means a page turn and while this may not have been something easily solved it does mean it may be necessary to photocopy music to assist musicians.

I was disappointed that words were separate to the music – often we lead worship from a keyboard at the front of the church and there is an expectation that we will sing and play – not always easy when the hymn is not so well known and the music and words are not together – I have seen books where the words are all within the music and hoped this might happen with Singing the Faith.

While I realise this all seems quite negative they are early observations on Singing the Faith which may well change to some degree as I use the book and get more used to it.

Watch for further updates.

Saturday 17 September 2011

It's here

Yes folks after what seems like ages my music edition of Singing the Faith has arrived - had a skim through and some of the new stuff looks interesting