I am a member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Bamberg, SC. I consider Trinity to be a very traditional church. We sing hymns of praise that are extremely old and what most people think of when you think of church songs. Within our church, we do not clap or sway when we sing. We simply stand up, open the hymnal, and sing. I know some people think this is boring, but I like it. I do feel that sometimes the songs can be a bit boring, especially since we do not clap or sway, but when we sing a favorite, you can really feel the emotion. It seems to me like the church sings louder and when a sense of pride. Sometimes on special occasions we will have someone play an instrument like the flute or drums, but not very often.
From my description I guess it sounds like our church is boring, but it really isn't. When we sing, we are singing hymns of praise. We are singing the stories of the Bible or the thanks and appreciation we have. We are opening our hearts through song.
When I do think of music, I do mostly think of my religion. We sing songs that sound nice and have a good rhythm. There are few songs that I do not enjoy listening to. I really enjoy feeling the warmth of the congregation as we are praising God together. Everyone stays together and the sound is magical ( unless the organist gets carried away ). Hearing the music and experiencing it does follow me through my life. Often when I leave church I am happier and carry the tunes in my head for days.
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I feel the same way about the music in my church as you do in yours. There is not clapping,dancing, or flag twirling but it is special in its one way. I think religious music is beautiful because it is sung all together at mass as a big family. I thought it was only the Catholics with our "boring" music.
ReplyDeleteI grew up with a similar style of music in church. I sometimes get church envy when I see other churches that have more instruments or dancing. I just have to remember that my church experience was rich in other ways. Like you said, you can feel the emotion when the church members really love a song! That's a special experience just like dancing or clapping.
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