Music Architect

M. Cherry Constance

Description

Guidance for Leaders Seeking a Richer Way to Employ Worship MusicWorship expert Constance Cherry offers comprehensive guidance to Christian leaders seeking a deeper, richer way to employ worship music in engaging ways for twenty-first-century worshipers. Following Cherry's successful book The Worship Architect, this work helps Christian leaders think theologically and act pastorally about worship music in their churches. It addresses larger issues beyond the surface struggles of musical styles and provides tools to critically evaluate worship songs. The book is applicable to all Christian traditions and worship styles and is well suited to both the classroom and the local church. Each chapter concludes with suggested practical exercises, recommended reading, and basic vocabulary terms.

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie
• Christian worship

Informations

• Publié par: Baker Publishing Group
• Date de parution: 19 juillet 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781493404575
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

Extrait

Cover
Other Books by Constance M. Cherry
The Worship Architect: A Blueprint for Designing Culturally Relevant and Biblically Faithful Services
The Special Service Worship Architect: Blueprints for Weddings, Funerals, Baptisms, Holy Communion, and Other Occasions
Title Page
Copyright Page
© 2016 by Constance M. Cherry
Published by Baker Academic
a division of Baker Publishing Group
P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287
www.bakeracademic.com
Ebook edition created 2016
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—for example, electronic, photocopy, recording—without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
ISBN 978-1-4934-0457-5
Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations labeled KJV are from the King James Version of the Bible.
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Scripture quotations labeled NLT are from the Holy Bible , New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Endorsements
“The twenty-first century is the post–worship war era. It is an era where an unsettling divide shaped by the desire for tradition or the pressing need for relevance reveals itself through Christian worship expressions. Oftentimes, this tension manifests itself in the choice of music used for corporate worship. Without a doubt, music making has a significant role in realizing Christian worship, a role comparable to ritual actions and the art of rhetoric in earlier eras. To that end, Constance Cherry in The Music Architect has strategically and helpfully unpacked the purpose, functions, and implications of music making in the context of worship in our day. Shaped by Cherry’s overarching concern for leadership formation in enabling congregational singing, this book offers much guidance to those who are preparing to serve or are already serving in the fields of worship and sacred music. It is a timely gift for all of us who are in the forefront of nurturing God’s people in song.”
— Lim Swee Hong ( 林瑞峰 ) , Deer Park Assistant Professor of Sacred Music and Director, Master of Sacred Music Program, Emmanuel College of Victoria University in the University of Toronto
“Constance Cherry has given the church and its leaders a gift: a book that the church needs. She has successfully repositioned discussions of the church’s music to be theologically grounded, liturgically functional, spiritually formative, and congregationally conceived. Along the way she provides practical insights for choosing songs, engaging congregants, establishing flow, and creating vision. Cherry’s contribution to congregational song provides the church a foundational source that it has been missing. Her work has resituated the discussion of congregational music by offering music leaders, worship leaders, pastors, congregants, and scholars a new place to restart this much-needed conversation. This book is a must-read for all who are involved in music and worship ministry. It will shape the thoughts and practices of the next generation.”
— Randall Bradley , Ben H. Williams Professor of Church Music, director of the Church Music Program, and director of the Center for Christian Music Studies, Baylor School of Music
“I can’t think of anyone more qualified to teach and write about the connection between worship and music than Constance Cherry. The Music Architect is a must-read for anyone wanting to think and minister on a deeper level. Her thoughts on being a pastoral musician as well as her insights on spiritual formation in worship are truly trailblazing.”
— Rory Noland , director, Heart of the Artist M inistries
Dedication
In memory of Ann Baas, who unknowingly influenced me toward a lifetime of music ministry in the church.
Thank you.
Contents
Cover i
Other Books by Constance M. Cherry ii
Title Page iii
Copyright Page iv
Endorsements v
Dedication vi
Acknowledgments ix
Prelude xi
1. Becoming a Pastoral Musician 1
2. Pouring the Footing: God-Focused Song 17
3. Laying the Foundations: Music’s Role in Worship 37
4. Selecting Songs for the Movements of Worship: Creating Logical Flow 71
5. Evaluating Worship Music: Creating a Canon of Song 97
Interlude: Introduction to Shorter and Longer Song Forms 117
6. Maximizing Shorter Song Forms 121
7. Maximizing Longer Song Forms 151
8. Discovering the Congregation’s Worship Voice: An Alternative Vision for Musical Style 175
9. Leading Congregational Song: Practical Guidance from the Trenches 191
10. Participating in Song as the Body of Christ: Helping Worshipers to Engage through Singing 215
11. Forming Disciples through Song: Worship as Spiritual Formation 235
12. Pursuing Spiritual Leadership through Excellence 253
Postlude 265
Appendix A: Assessing Your Canon of Song 266
Appendix B: Antiphon for Congregational Use 267
Index 269
Back Cover 273
Acknowledgments
The writing of any book requires many long hours alone at one’s desk, usually in a quiet room. This was the case for me, as evenings and weekends I sat in my home office, concentrating on this manuscript. Yet a strange thing happened in my solitude. Week after week I found myself reflecting often on many individuals from my past who unknowingly played a significant role in starting or keeping me on the path of music ministry in the local church. Their faces have flashed before me more than once as the chapters unfolded. Some spoke encouragement into my life when I was a young child, others when I was a teenager, collegian, or young adult in ministry. And on it goes. I marveled as I recalled each one and was struck again by how instrumental they were at certain points in time. I was not alone at my desk after all. I had my own personal great cloud of witnesses.
It strikes me as appropriate to acknowledge their virtual role in the writing of this book, for even though their influence spans my lifetime, each one has ultimately contributed greatly to this endeavor of the moment. I owe them a great deal of thanks, for I would not be in a position to undertake this project without the contribution each made in their own way. Most of these folks would not consider themselves to have been significant, but they were. I therefore wish to acknowledge a few of them, though this roll call of saints is only representative (there have been many more). They include Ann Baas, children’s Sunday school superintendent of the First United Brethren Church of Lansing, Michigan; Bishop Ray Seilhamer, pastor of College Park United Brethren Church in Huntington, Indiana; Dr. E. Dewitt Baker, president of Huntington College; Hugh T. McElrath, hymnology professor; Carlos Harrow and Charlie Walker, two church custodians (church custodians are very wise people); Joanne Neikirk, encourager; Mary Kirk, organist extraordinaire and friend; Dorothy Wells, daring layperson who was obedient to the voice of God; Bonnie Pollock and Alberta Duncan, church secretaries (and as wise as custodians); and Daisy Vollrath, woman of hospitality and prayer. Only God knows the critical roles you have played at junctures in my life. Thank you for helping me to run with perseverance the race marked out for me.
Certain of my need for the prayers of others while undertaking this venture, I am grateful that a group of ten people, representing various ages, places, ethnicities, and vocations, agreed to lift me daily before God as members of a prayer circle. Thank you so very much. Though I did not hear your prayers, I felt them. Thanks also go to my dad, the Rev. Dr. Harold Cherry, who maintains a vital prayer ministry for his family and many others. I am aware that a number of my colleagues at Indiana Wesleyan University have prayed for me throughout this project as well. It has meant so much. If this book makes any contribution to the kingdom’s work, it is because of those who have prayed for it.
I express sincere thanks to Indiana Wesleyan University, its academic support for the writing of this book through the Hinds Fellowship Award, and my exceptional colleagues within the School of Theology and Ministry who express interest in and support for my ongoing work. I especially thank Elaine Bernius and Chris Bounds, who generously served as consultants in their respective fields of biblical studies and theology.
This book has emerged (as have the other books) as my attempt to fulfill a curricular need for the classroom and ultimately for the church. The delightful students at IWU, as well as those at The Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies, inspire me. Their probing questions and insights shape my perspectives and challenge my thinking. Their influence is represented in the pages of the book. Thank you.
Special thanks to Kelly Bixler for her superb work in formatting and editing.
I very much appreciate the support and friendship of Bob Hosack at Baker Publishing for yet another opportunity for publication. Thanks to all of the fine people at Baker for seeing this project through from beginning to end. I am honored to work with you.
I conclude with gratitude to God, the source and subject of the Christian’s song. Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere.
Prelude
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