If you know me at all, you know that I am a nerd. I used to subscribe to Star Wars Insider and I once got Middle English grammar books for Christmas--and was excited about it.
So it should come as no surprise that I literally had a giggle fit today as I was typing the lyrics to next Sunday's closing hymn and realized just how brilliantly it fit the service. And how wonderfully everything seems to be aligning with a theme that develops over the course of the service and culminates at the end. Seriously, June 6 is gonna be a great service at HCUMC, at least I hope so. I will have a much more detailed post Sunday evening, both about the morning's service and the new worship thing we're starting that night. Heyo!
Speaking of being a dork, Val gave me a volume of Feasting on the Word, a very cool lectionary commentary edited by Barbara Brown Taylor, as a gift. It's pwetty! And I really ought to start collecting commentaries. My dad has a ton, of course, but there's always new stuff coming out.
Music practice went pretty well tonight. We were really short on singers, but we'll have more come Sunday morning. Art, the drummer, is back in town, so this was my first time playing with him and Jeana. It was pretty cool. I still need to figure out exactly what I want to do as far as helping lead worship, how much I want to try to add musically, etc. I know that as an intern at a very loving congregation I have a lot of license to try new stuff (which is lovely), but I'm trying to balance that with not taking over--especially because goodness knows I couldn't if I tried! But this "blended" worship service is a learning process for everyone involved, and it's cool to be a part of it.
There's a lot more I could write about, but it'll keep, and some of it will be far more interesting once it actually happens. Sunday morning: preaching, music, etc.; Sunday evening: new worship service thingy; Tuesday night: first Psalms class. Aaaaand I'm going to the beach between now and then. :) Woohoo!
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Field Notes #10: Geeking Out Over Worship Planning
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If you know me at all, you know that I am a nerd. I used to subscribe to Star Wars Insider and I once got Middle English grammar books for Christmas--and was excited about it.
So it should come as no surprise that I literally had a giggle fit today as I was typing the lyrics to next Sunday's closing hymn and realized just how brilliantly it fit the service. And how wonderfully everything seems to be aligning with a theme that develops over the course of the service and culminates at the end. Seriously, June 6 is gonna be a great service at HCUMC, at least I hope so. I will have a much more detailed post Sunday evening, both about the morning's service and the new worship thing we're starting that night. Heyo!
Speaking of being a dork, Val gave me a volume of Feasting on the Word, a very cool lectionary commentary edited by Barbara Brown Taylor, as a gift. It's pwetty! And I really ought to start collecting commentaries. My dad has a ton, of course, but there's always new stuff coming out.
Music practice went pretty well tonight. We were really short on singers, but we'll have more come Sunday morning. Art, the drummer, is back in town, so this was my first time playing with him and Jeana. It was pretty cool. I still need to figure out exactly what I want to do as far as helping lead worship, how much I want to try to add musically, etc. I know that as an intern at a very loving congregation I have a lot of license to try new stuff (which is lovely), but I'm trying to balance that with not taking over--especially because goodness knows I couldn't if I tried! But this "blended" worship service is a learning process for everyone involved, and it's cool to be a part of it.
There's a lot more I could write about, but it'll keep, and some of it will be far more interesting once it actually happens. Sunday morning: preaching, music, etc.; Sunday evening: new worship service thingy; Tuesday night: first Psalms class. Aaaaand I'm going to the beach between now and then. :) Woohoo!
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