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Safe to sing at church yet? Depends who you ask
May 26, 2021
Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service
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WASHINGTON (RNS) On Pentecost Sunday, some members of Southwood Lutheran Church in Lincoln, Nebraska, sang hymns without masks for the first time in more than a year.
They vocalized “Multilingual Grace” in four languages after music director Denise Makinson taught them how to express thanks in Spanish, Arabic, Swahili and Korean.
“I do have to say it was quite emotional yesterday to hear the congregation singing all the hymns,” Makinson said in an interview on May 24. “It was definitely something I missed.”
(RNS) A mix of musical expression is likely to continue as congregations navigate the ‘new normal’ of the continuing pandemic with some people fully vaccinated and some not.
by 19 May 2021 YOUTUBE
The deputy director of the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM), Canon Sal McDougall, chaired the RSCM/Church Times webinar on Tuesday
The deputy director of the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM), Canon Sal McDougall, chaired the RSCM/Church Times webinar on Tuesday
ONE of the more positive outcomes of the lockdowns has been the virtual event, enabling attendance at a wide variety of lectures, conferences, and other gatherings, irrespective of location.
One such was a whole-day live webinar on Tuesday organised jointly by the Royal School of Church Music and the
Church Times “Lift up your Voices, Lift up your Hearts” described as a “reboot webinar” covering “hot topics for musicians, ministers and laity”, with online delegates from Britain and overseas, including Montreux, Switzerland, and Sydney, Australia.
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Patrick Matsikenyiri, a United Methodist hymn writer and teacher, died on January 15 from complications related to COVID-19. He was 83.
Born in Zimbabwe, Matsikenyiri was known around the world for his song leading and his teaching on African music. He gained international recognition in the 1980s through his work planning the worship music for World Council of Churches events. He was an early advocate of including indigenous music in congregational singing.
He spent nine years teaching at the UMC-affiliated Africa University in Zimbabwe. There he developed a four-year music education program the first such program in the country.