{"id":1306,"date":"2009-06-30T14:03:35","date_gmt":"2009-06-30T20:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc\/?p=1306"},"modified":"2009-06-29T14:19:26","modified_gmt":"2009-06-29T20:19:26","slug":"finding-our-voice-in-worship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc\/2009\/06\/finding-our-voice-in-worship\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding our Voice in Worship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks for the replies regarding songs that reflect our Covenant identity and values. It seems this theme is striking a &#8220;chord&#8221; in the Covenant community. It is my hope that forums like this will be one small part of helping to further develop a corporate culture where Covenant identity is increasingly being sung as part of the worship life of our local churches.<\/p>\n<p>One way I think we could celebrate our Covenant identity in worship is by having indigenous songs <em>(songs written within the Covenant church)<\/em> being submitted for consideration by local church as potential &#8220;theme songs&#8221; for our larger denomination-wide events.\u00a0 While there would no doubt be some sort of selection process involved, (perhaps involving the Worship Commission) it would allow at least one new &#8220;Covenant&#8221; song to come to the forefront at each major Denominational event. Participants would leave knowing the song, and possibly eager to share it in their home churches.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? What are the greatest challenges you think an idea like this would face? Would you be interested in sharing more Covenant-culture affirming music with your congregations? <em>(Assuming the song quality is high.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Rooting for you,<\/p>\n<p>Andrew<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=1306&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks for the replies regarding songs that reflect our Covenant identity and values. It seems this theme is striking a &#8220;chord&#8221; in the Covenant community. 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