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CHAING MAI, THAILAND (March 2, 2007) \u2013 Four days of worship services have begun in memory of Amnuay Srisuwan, 55, who made a profound impact on the worship of the Thailand Covenant Church (TCC) before he died February 28 following a battle with cancer.
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\n\u201cIn Thailand, the believers hold worship services for four nights and then have the burial or cremation service the following day,\u201d says Evangelical Covenant Church missionary Randy Bevis. \u201cEach night there will be different pastors preaching and music sung.\u201d Srisuwan will be cremated Monday.<\/p>\n

\"AmnuayMembers of TCC congregations are traveling from across the country to participate in the services, Bevis says. Musicians include some of Amnuay\u2019s many students who will perform songs he has written for the church.<\/p>\n

Amnuay served as music director at the Center for Faith and Culture in Udon Thani, where he worked with missionaries Jim and Joan Gustafson for 13 years before moving to Chaing Mai.<\/p>\n

Amnuay, his wife, Anan (accompanying photo), and several other national Covenanters then started the Center for Church Enablement in Northern Thailand. One of the center\u2019s main focuses was to produce worship music using traditional northern Thai musical forms that would touch the hearts of the northern Thai\u00a0 people, contextualizing the gospel.<\/p>\n

Through the Center, Amnuay taught hundreds of students to play traditional Thai instruments while also sharing Christ\u2019s love with the students, baptizing many of them. \u201cSome of the most skilled youth would regularly travel around to churches to perform and introduce the music to churches of all backgrounds,\u201d Bevis says.<\/p>\n

Western music translates poorly into the local culture, so Amnuay wrote numerous songs using traditional music forms, Bevis says. More than 30 of the songs were recorded locally. To learn more about the challenges of adapting Western music into the Thai culture, please visit the Center for Church Enablement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will really miss Amnuay,\u201d Bevis says, \u201cthe way he reached out to the youth he worked with, his soft-spoken ways, and concern for others. The good news is that
\nAmnuay prepared others to take his place. One of those young people, who Amnuay took in and raised like a son, will assume a leadership role. \u201cHe is still young and will have some big shoes to fill, but he certainly has the gifting,\u201d Bevis notes. Amnuay\u2019s 28-year-old son, Niew, also will help the church move forward, Bevis adds.<\/p>\n

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