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CONTENTS:
1 Encouraging Musical / Artistic Indigenous Expressions
of Worship in Local Christian Ethnic Fellowships
2. SCRIPTURE SONGWRITING WORKSHOP for Local Christian
Ethnic Musicians & Poets - APPLICATION FORM
3. INTERESTED IN UTILIZING ETHNIC MUSIC / ETHNOMUSICOLOGY
IN CHURCH PLANTING / MISSIONS? - see info on local ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
4. INTERESTED IN UTILIZING YOUR RECORDING / PRODUCING
/ ARRANGING / SOUND ENGINEERING SKILLS to encourage the develop of indigenous
Christian music / worship songs?
5. Encouraging Multicultural Expressions
of Christian Worship Through Music & the Arts - Resources
CONTENTS
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ENCOURAGING MUSICAL / ARTISTIC INGIENOUS
EXPRESSIONS OF WORSHIP IN LOCAL ETHNIC CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIPS
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-- Grace Wiebe
As we consider the degree to which the encouragement and development
of indigenous musical/artistic expressions of worship encourages the
growth of the newly emerging church plants in cross-cultural situations
overseas, we must not neglect the need to also look closer to home for
similar ways to aid/encourage the development of indigenous expressions
of worship in the variety of local ethnic churches in our cities --
for example, in Vancouver, BC, Canada, we have Farsi-speaking fellowships,
Arabic ones, Spanish, Chinese, Punjabi, Hindi and Laotian, to name a
few.
If we encourage these churches as we are doing/desire to do with overseas
church plants, imagine the renewal of worship which can take place in
their midst which in turn can and will likely also impact their people
around the globe as they grow in their desire to see their own people
worshipping Jesus!
What are some ways that we can encourage them?
POTENTIAL OPTIONS TO CONSIDER:
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1) IF THEY’RE ALREADY USING THEIR OWN CULTURE’S REDEEMED WORSHIP FORMS:
* Spend time in their fellowships and gain an appreciation for their
music/art and expressions of worship - this would show support and you
could learn a lot from them, their culture, etc. It would also help
to build relationships and unity.
* Join in and learn to play one of their traditional instruments or
learn one of their artistic skills
* If able to do so and if their music isn’t yet written in musical script,
write down their music so they can put it into book form and pass it
on amongst their own people, or encourage their people to write it down
if they know how to write their own music. In order to multiply what
you hope to see happening, you might want to teach some of the appropriate
people how to read and write their own music, if that hasn’t been done
and becomes a felt need.
* Record their music so that they can pass it on amongst their own people
and so it can help to build their repertoire of music and be a blessing
to others from their background.
* Encourage their musicians to teach and pass on their skills to other
believers in their own culture so that their heart music will not be
discouraged or lost. They may already be doing this, but to have an
outsider affirm the value of passing along their redeemed heart music
will be an encouragement to them.
* Encourage their musicians and artists to teach other believers, those
not from their
culture who are interested in their music, to learn to play their instruments
or learn their art. Give the ‘insiders’ and the ‘outsiders’ opportunity
to bless other believers with their artistic gifts and give them opportunity
to take their arts into the street, as appropriate, as well, in order
to draw people to Jesus.
* Encourage multi-cultural worship times with local ethnic fellowships
* Coordinate, along with local ethnic believers, International Music/Arts
Festivals that operate on biblical principles and present godly values
to a hurting, searching world. This in turn can open up opportunities
to minister to those that come, as the Holy Spirit leads.
* Invite local ethnic musicians and artists to fully participate in
local retreats that are geared towards developing God’s artists and
musicians to be released into their roles in the Great Commission.
2) IF THEY’RE NOT ALREADY USING THEIR OWN CULTURE’S REDEEMED WORSHIP
FORMS:
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* Encourage their leaders and musicians/artists to develop their own
cultural expressions of worship according to how they perceive what
Scripture teaches on the subject of worship/praise, the role of biblical
artists and musicians in Scripture, the role of artists and musicians
in the Great Commission, etc.
* Encourage them to study biblical principles of reclaiming/redeeming
aspects of culture that are redeemable. Not all aspects of culture CAN
be redeemed.
These are just a few ideas to prayerfully consider in your local situations.
We need your input on this subject. Please do send us (GCWAC@DiscipleTheNations.org)
ideas that you have and especially examples of how God has led you in
encouraging ethnic musicians and artists in their expressions of worship
to God.
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SCRIPTURE SONGWRITING WORKSHOPS for Local
Ethnic Christian Musicians & Poets - invitation letter
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A P P L I C A T I O N F O R M below....
If you would like to apply and you're from the Greater Vancouver/Lower
Mainland, BC, region, please cut and paste the following application
form into your email and email to us (or snail mail to GCWAC, 194 /
6832 King George Hwy, Surrey, BC, V3W 4Z9 Canada Email: info@DiscipleTheNations.org
Thank you.
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SCRIPTURE SONGWRITING WORKSHOP
For Local
ETHNIC CHRISTIAN MUSICIANS & POETS
--- APPLICATION FORM ---
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NAME OF INTERESTED PERSON:-----------------------------------------------------------------------
(First name first and last name last)
APPLYING AS PARTICIPANT:______________________OBSERVER:______________
FULL MAILING ADDRESS:_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
PHONE:________________________________FAX:____________________________
EMAIL:_________________________________AGE: __20-25__25-40__40+
URL (if you have one):_____________________________________________________
LOCAL CHURCH or MINISTRY AFFILIATED WITH:___________________________________
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A BELIEVER? (approximate)______________________
1. 1. Are you a singer, musician, composer, poet, worship leader, etc.?
If so, which of the above? If you play an instrument or instruments,
which do you play? Which do you play well? _______________________________________________________________________
Please state your experience and training if applicable: _________________________________________________
2. Are you familiar with the cultural traditional musics or poetic styles
of your people? Please explain:
_______________________________________________________________________
3. Have you sung or composed music in your culture's traditional musical
styles before? If so, please explain:
__________________________________________________
4. Which ethnic group are you representing?_______________________________
From which country are you?________________________________________________
5. Are you aware of other ethnic musicians with a heart of worship to
Jesus Christ that we should contact about this workshop? If so, please
give us their name, address, fax no., phone no., email address, etc.
Thank you. __________________________________________________
6. Do you know of any existing Scripture/worship song cassettes or CDs
available that make use of your people's traditional musical styles?
If so, we would be grateful if you would send us the name of the tape/CD,
who it's by, some information about it and about the musicians, and
contact information so that we can order copies, etc. (and if you have
an extra copy, perhaps you can send us a copy so we know what is available
and can help to promote them internationally:
______________________________________________________________________
7. Do you know of any good articles, books or other resources to aid
us in further research about the traditional musics of your people?:
__________________________________________________
8. Are you or have you been involved in ministry before which utilizes
your musical or poetic gifts through music? If so, please explain:
_________________________________________________
9. Does your church fellowship currently use songs from your cultural
traditional musical
styles? Yes____ No___ Some____ If so, please give details:___________________________________________________________________
Also, please state the response of your church - Is it positive?___
negative? ___ mixed?___
__________________________________________________________________________
10. Do you have a traditional instrument or extra instruments that you
could bring to the workshop to help with the songwriting for your ethnic
group? If so, which instruments could you bring, and how many of each?
_________________________________________________
11. Do you know of folks that craft the traditional instruments of your
country that live locally or in your homeland? If so, we would be interested
in contacting them about some future possibilities which could also
help to encourage the development of ethnic Scripture/worship songs:
__________________________________________________
12. What do you sense God putting on your heart regarding your role
in the Great Commission locally or overseas with regard to your gifts
as a musician, etc.?
_________________________________________________
13. Would you be interested in connecting further to discuss additional
ways that we may be able to help facilitate you in this?
_________________________________________________
14. Would you be interested in potentially becoming involved in helping
us to develop the area of encouraging the development of ethnic Scripture/worship
songs locally or overseas in the future? If so, in what ways might that
be?
__________________________________________________
15. Other comments?:
__________________________________________________
PLEASE PRAY:
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That God will draw those that He wants to have involved as participants
and observers, and that He will accomplish His purposes during this
time in ways that will help to build up and extend His Kingdom locally
and overseas. Please pray for all the remaining preparations and that
this event will help to encourage the local ethnic Christian community
and the Body of Christ at large. Thank you!
LOCATION:
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For further info on location, contact: info@DiscipleTheNations.org,
Surrey, BC
DATES:
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Mon. Feb. 4 - Fri. Feb 8, 2002
TIME:
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7 – 10:00 p.m.
COST:
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Registration Fee for PARTICIPANTS who are taking the workshop: $25 (CDN)
per person (including snacks).
Non-refundable $10 partial registration fee is payable to FRIENDS by
cheque or Money Order along with your Application Form. Please mail
to: Great Commission Worship & Arts Focus, Box 194 / 6832 King George
Hwy. Surrey, BC V3W 4Z9, Canada.
The balance of the registration fee may be paid at Registration on the
first day of the workshop.
POTENTIAL SCHOLARSHIPS:
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If you will be a PARTICIPANT in the workshop and if you are in need
of a potential scholarship for this, please explain. Some may be available.
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
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Application must be received by January 20, 2002. (Deadline has been
extended - pls contact info@DiscipleTheNations.org if you are still
interested).
We plan on letting you know between January 25-30 whether your application
has been accepted.
THANK YOU!!! for your time and help in this matter, and hopefully we
will hear from you soon and see you at the workshop or connect with
you further in the future!
So all nations may worship Jesus,
Great Commission Worship & Arts Center
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For Registrar:
Date:_____________
Paid in full: Paid by: cheque__cash__money order__
Non-refundable $10:
Balance
CONTENTS
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RECORDING INDIGENOUS / ETHNIC MUSIC
LOCALLY OR OVERSEAS - interested? - upcoming mtg to discuss on Feb
9
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For local/regional Christian recording engineers / producers / arrangers,
etc.:
We could like to present something to you for your prayerful consideration.
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Most of you are either involved in doing sound, recording worship/Christian
music, desktop recording, or interested in the aspect of somehow seeing
this developed in your sphere/s.
For the past number of years, we as the Great Commission Worship & Arts
Center (Surrey), Ethnic Worship & Arts Focus (Surrey) and the International
Worship & Arts Network have been in the process of developing an
arm of the network which focuses on raising up a team/network of teams
(internationally) of Christian musicians/recording engineers, producers,
etc. to assist church planting teams in helping to encourage the development
of indigenous music/worship music in their respective regions of the
globe - and especially among unreached peoples who do not have access
to the Gospel in many cases.
This is done by:
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1) teams going overseas to help set up a desktop recording studio (in
conjunction with a church planting team already stationed there), to
teach the locals and the church planting teams how to use the studio,
and to help them record their first CD.
2) giving email consultation, help, advice etc. and providing resources
through our web sites and in other ways to assist church planters with
this process and with getting the equipment they need.
3) helping to potentially raise some financial support or needed equipment
to see these desktop recording studios set up and effectively utilized.
4) seeing a prayer base raised up for these strategic and vital endeavours
Having these CDs recorded and produced is beneficial in many ways, but
a couple of the MAJOR benefits are:
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1) it provides a wonderful way to encourage, build up and help unite
the emerging body of believers of that particular people group - not
only in that region but potentially in any region where they exist around
the globe (including in multicultural cities like ours) as we help to
distribute their music through our international connections
2) the CDs can become a witnessing tool among the same people group
- whether overseas or here locally in our multicultural cities
3) the worship music is being sought out by Christian and TV programs/stations
beaming into these countries. Because of our contact with them, we can
connect the resources with the opportunities/ministries in order to
provide a wider audience for the recorded music.
Again, there are also other benefits, but this is just to name a few.
A GROWING REQUEST FROM CHURCH PLANTERS
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A growing request among church planting teams in various nations is
the request for this type of team to assist them in these types of developments.
There is already a team from the US in existence focusing on doing this
(see more below where the HEART
SOUNDS INTERNATIONAL ministry is described), and we have had a growing
burden to see a similar team developed here locally in the Lower Mainland,
which we envision being networked/partnered with HEART
SOUNDS INTERNATIONAL. The Director of
HEART SOUNDS INT'L and I have worked together for many years already
and share almost identical vision.
This local team could potentially assist ethnic musicians/churches in
our city and potentially across Canada in developing desktop recording
facilities or partnering with existing churches/ministries that have
desktop recording facilities, in order to help assist local ethnic believing
communities in the development of the recording of indigenous Christian
music/worship songs.
SOME POSSIBLE EXAMPLES OF WHAT COULD BE DONE
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One way, for example, might be for a church who has a recording studio
to provide opportunity to record ethnic music/worship songs and potentially
provide discounted rates if that is a need in that particular situation.
Another way might be to train local ethnic musicians/engineers/producers/arrangers,
etc. in these types of skills.
Perhaps as it would develop, the team could develop, together, a training
course for recording teams to be sent out nationally or even internationally.
This team could also provide counsel/advice via email through contacts
through HEART SOUNDS INTERNATIONAL,
or help to provide prayer or financial support or help provide equipment
for these kinds of needs locally or overseas through HEART
SOUNDS INTERNATIONAL.
This team could also potentially send some of its people to go on short
term overseas trips (perhaps networked through HEART
SOUNDS INTERNATIONAL) to assist church planters that we are in contact
with in these kinds of ways.
NETWORKING/PARTNERING WITH HEART SOUNDS INTERNATIONAL
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Because we have many years of missions experience, we could provide
some helpful orientation and cross cultural information to help prepare
a team or teams to go overseas for special projects as appropriate.
Because of our contacts, we could provide many potential opportunities
for you.
Because of our networks, we could also connect you with many others
around the globe whom God is raising up with similar vision, etc.
We want to serve in whatever way we can in the role God has us in to
see God do what He is doing/wanting to do and to network/partner with
people, churches, Christian educators, missions and ministries around
the globe to assist in the development of these types of opportunities
in order to strengthen the Body to become whole-hearted worshippers
of Jesus Christ and to see the many unreached peoples reached with the
Gospel - locally, nationally and internationally.
ARE YOU INTERESTED?
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If this type of opportunity is of interest to you and you would like
to hear more and meet others locally who may be interested in prayerfully
considering such an option, please do let me know by FEB. 5.
If you are interested, Paul N., one of our missionary ethnomusicologists
(who can also give you some helpful input on this since he has been
involved in one form of recording indigenous worship music in various
nations) is going to be here from Dallas, TX in late Jan., early Feb.,
and so we would like to take this opportunity to invite you to join
with us and any of you who are interested.
GETTING CONNECTED FACE TO FACE
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Date: Sat., Feb 9, 2002
Time: 11:30 a.m. to about 1:30??
Location: for info on location, contact: info@DiscipleTheNations.org
Lunches are about $6 or so
WHAT WOULD THIS MEETING INCLUDE?
* more of an intro to the subject and some stories of what has happened
around the world (I also have a video of an example of what HEART SOUNDS
INT'L has done and which you may borrow)
* discussion about what could potentially be done - various options
to consider
* discussion about potential ways that we could work together
* discussion about a potential local team developing and some potential
next steps for that
* pray together about this
* etc.
Minutes of meeting and contact info of other interested parties would
be sent to you so we could keep connected on this and take it to the
next step.
PLEASE let us know of others who you think might be interested and send
me their contact info or send them this info and ask them to contact
me if they are interested in being part of such a meeting. (I need to
find out how large a room we will need to meet in).
Thank you so much for your prayerful consideration in this regard and
we will look forward to seeing you there!
PLEASE CONTACT US BY Feb. 5 to let me know if you are planning on attending
our lunch meeting in Surrey. MANY THANKS!!
see below...
Many blessings and may God do FAR MORE than you have asked or imagined!
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Following is from the Dec-01 edition of the free monthly Ethnic Worship
& Arts Focus e-newsletter which you can subscribe to if you aren't already
subscribed to it. If you'd like more info on the newsletter before subscribing,
let us know and we will send that to you.
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HEART SOUNDS INTERNATIONAL
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Encouraging the Development of Indigenous Worship Songs through Recording
From: www.heart-sounds.org
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"Heart Sounds International
is about "releasing worship among all peoples"
Who we are:
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Heart Sounds International (HSI) is a fellowship of trained worship
musicians and recording engineers committed to seeing God release the
"heart worship" of people groups and churches. We accomplish this through:
* Teaching in biblical principles of worship
* Training local musicians to apply their God-given compositional abilities
to write their own indigenous worship songs
* Recording local believers using state-of-the-art digital recording
equipment
* Installing recording facilities for local Christian musicians to continue
their own worship recording projects
Where we go:
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HSI teams work predominantly in the non-western world. We are particularly
committed to helping believers in the more restricted places of Asia,
Africa and the Middle East.
What we do:
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HSI leadership form teams of worship musicians and recording engineers
to take 10-12 day "mission trips" to help in teaching, training, recording
or installing of facilities.
How we are funded:
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Each musician on the team donates his time, covers his/her own travel
costs and when possible contributes equipment to the projects. HSI leadership
seek donations of funds and equipment for the various training or recording
events.
HSI projects are linked to many mission agencies and churches. The projects
are sponsored by Operation Mobilization and coordinated by Frank Fortunato,
OM International Music Director. Contact: fort@usa.om.org
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ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
Regarding
The Utilization of Ethnic Music/Ethnomusicology
In Church Planting/Missions
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PURPOSE:
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To provide an opportunity to hear about and interact with/discuss ways
that the aspect of the utilization of ethnic music/ethnomusicology is
and can be a vital part of church planting/missions, AND to provide
resources as well as an opportunity to network and potentially partner
together locally or internationally in this regard.
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DATE: Tues. Feb 5, 2002
TIME: 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (those who wish to stay a little longer
to network are welcome to do so)
LOCATION:
(for more info on location, contact: info@DiscipleTheNations.org)
WHO'S INVITED?
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Although this discussion is meant primarily for church planters, missionaries,
missions leaders and other Christian leaders/educators, as long as we
have room, any Christians interested in the subject above is welcome.
LUNCH:
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Please bring your own lunch - perhaps a bag lunch? There are tables
to sit around.
COST:
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This is a free service we are pleased to provide for you.
DEADLINE TO REGISTER:
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Sun. - Feb. 3, 2002
HOW & WHERE TO REGISTER:
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Email: info@DiscipleTheNations.org
and let us know how many are coming, why you'd like to come, and if
you're with a church/school or ministry - which one. Thank you!
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT:
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· An introduction by Paul about the subject, giving some examples of
what is happening around the globe.
· Resource sheet providing some key ministries and resources focusing
on the utilization of music and the arts/media and ethnomusicology in
church planting/missions. Resource handout sheet will be provided free
of charge.
· Opportunity to ask questions and interact with Paul and others that
are attending the discussion.
· Opportunity to network and begin to discuss ways that local ministries/missions/missions
educators interested in working together in these ways can potentially
partner together.
DISCUSSION FACILITATOR:
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Discussion will be facilitated by Paul Neeley, a professor at Dallas
Baptist University (TX) and a missionary ethnomusicologist with 15 years
of field experience and teaching in this kind of ministry. His focus
has been in Africa but that is expanding to other continents as well.
For information see HERE:
. Paul and his wife and family are with a mission agency called ARTISTS
IN CHRISTIAN TESTIMONY, and worked with Wycliffe Bible Translators for
many years.
WHAT TO BRING:
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· Come with your questions and/or experience
· Bring a notepad if you wish to take notes
We look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible in order for
you to register.
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