Singing Sunday!

Why do we sing in worship?  If we are really present with each other in worship, what might happen?

Ann Lamott answers these questions for me, so much better than I could myself:

Singing is breath that is larger than yourself, so it joins you with space, with community, with other realms and our deepest inside places.  You are joining your strand to everyone else's, weaving something with the whole, and this extends the community outward into a force bigger than itself. 

Joins us to God and to each other……extends us outward…

There are many references to singing in the Bible.  Matthew 26 and Mark 14 both mention that before leaving the Passover Meal that we now call The Last Supper, Jesus and the disciples sung a hymn.  The poetry in the Psalms was meant to be sung. 

St. Augustine is reported to have said, "Who sings, prays twice." 

Our songs are heard by God, so let us lift them up to the Lord!

We're going to do this on Sunday in a special “Singing Sunday”.  Thank you to everyone who responded to the invitation to suggest songs that you want to sing.  We got a lot of responses.

Unfortunately we won’t be able to sing them all this Sunday, but we will sing many of them.  The others will be sung in upcoming services.

This week we’re going to soak ourselves in song and the scriptures that inspired them.  We’re going to make a joyful noise unto the Lord, and I hope you can join us.