Blessings of Worthy Music
A new psalm describes blessings of singing worthy music.
Let not my mouth turn to stone that my heart follows after. Open, yea open my eyes of faith that my voice will sing praise to thee O Lord. Let me not be afraid. Turn to the Lord and hear his voice.
Those of tender age be strong and follow the good instruction of thy mother in the midst of ridicule. Let thy mother give words to encourage and not tear apart thy confidence. Let thy father be a holy example and acknowledge your straight path.
In all things turn to the Lord and hear his voice, His spirit will direct. The truth of thy soul is found in God. When naysayers, even those of thy family have lost their way, Turn to the Lord and hear his voice, His spirit will direct and comfort thee. Sing praise to the Lord.
President Nelson said, “We should carefully choose what we see and hear. Don’t allow music into your lives that will show the exit door to the holy spirit. . . Be wise! Fill your minds with worthy sights and sounds. Cultivate your precious gift of the Holy Ghost (see fireside talk by Russell Nelson 4 May 2008).
Make sure to participate in “Carry On” the stake music festival Saturday, September 17th, 6:30-9. See poster below.
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My Calling
Using Music With ‘Come Follow Me’ Studies
What ever your calling in music service, teaching, or at home, here are some ideas to help you use music as you sing, study, and teach from ‘Come Follow Me’ this month:
- Sing a Song at home or in class (often hymns or children’s songs are recommended with the lessons).
- Choose related hymns for Sacrament Meeting
- Listen to music that may relate to the topic of the week. This month’s topics are:
- THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM – #277 As I Search the Holy Scriptures, “Kindness Begins With Me” p145
- GOD IS MY SALVATION – #5 High on the Mountain Top, “Isaiah Says”
- A MARVELOUS WORK AND A WONDER – “On a Golden Springtime” p88, #9 Come, Rejoice
- COMFORT YE MY PEOPLE – #85 How Firm a Foundation , Soulful ‘Comfort Ye’
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What’s New
• “Chapel Music Hour” – Come enjoy an hour of meditative music in the chapel of the Coal Mountain Stake Center on the following Sunday Evenings of Oct 9, Nov 13, Dec 11. 7-8 Come and go as time allows. Community invited. If you are interested in playing the organ or piano for this hour, please contact coalstakemusic@gmail.com
• Updates on the NEW Hymnbook. Gleanings from Ryan Egget, the church’s new “Music Manager” who spoke at the BYU Organ Workshop: 1. The challenge of the 10 top hymns requested to be removed are also the same top hymns requested to be retained 2. Updates being made on some hymn texts 3. Global reach of the new hymnal with regional hymns included for your area 4. New hymns will be introduced before the hymnbook is printed 5. Priorities of praise, doctrine, and enjoyment of singing for the new hymnal to be used at home and at church.
Watch Ryan Egget speak about the power of hymns in this Ukraine Mission Devotional 9 June 2020, 10 min.
• Pre-Mission Organ Workshop – Planning on going on a mission? Learn the basics to play 3 hymns for a worship service. Brannon building. Sign up recommended but not essential at coalstakemusic@gmail.com Type “Mission Organ” in the subject line.
• 8 Lessons for Organists on YouTube – ‘The New Ward Organist’ by BYU’s organ staff to help you adapt from piano to organ. FREE. “Music can make a difference in Sacrament Meeting” – Don Cook.
• He Sent His Son – new arrangement for piano & SATB or Unison from sacredsongs.com This would be nice in Sacrament Meeting. FREE.
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Up and Coming
• Come to a fun, casual night of music Saturday, Sep 17th 6:30 – 9:00 Stake Center at the Music Festival “Carry On”. ALL AGES! BRING FRIENDS! REFRESHMENTS! Poster below:
• “John Williams Turns 90” Concert (think Stars Wars, Superman, Indiana Jones movie music) by Alpharetta Symphony, Friday 16 Sept 8PM. Alpharetta United Methodist Church. Click here for ticket info.
• Pre-Mission Organ Workshop – Planning on going on a mission? Learn the basics to play 3 hymns for a worship service. For those who can play piano. Sunday 9 Oct 6-7 at the Stake building. Sign up recommended but not essential at coalstakemusic@gmail.com . Type “Mission Organ” in the subject line with your name in the email.
• Choir for Stake Conference – Will include a group to sign the music in ASL as well as a singing choir. Rehearsals will be Oct 16, 23, 30, at 6:30-8PM. Please contact coalstakemusic@gmail.com or Ginger Dean if you would like to participate. Music will be given out early as well as videos with ASL signing. Link to ‘For the Beauty of the Earth” by Sally DeFord. Link to “Choose the Right” arr. Bailey.
• Christmas Carol ‘Candlelight’ Sing Along. SAVE THE DATE 4th of Dec 6:00 – 7:30
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Hymn Highlight
#299 Children of Our Heavenly Father
This tender testimony of God’s love for his children was written by Caroline ‘Lina’ Sandell-Berg set to a Swedish folk tune. The child of a Lutheran pastor, Lina wrote this song early in her life (b 1832). She went on to write 2000 hymns.
J. Irving Erickson notes in his companion to the Covenant Hymnal (1973):
“An old tradition in Fräderyd…relates that she wrote ‘Tryggare kan ingen vara’ while seated on the branch of a large ash tree that stood in the parsonage yard. From that spot on warm summer evenings she could listen to the content twitter of the birds as they hid in their nests among the green leaves, and from there she could watch the stars as they began to appear. Her impressions fortified the biblical concepts of the security of God’s children.”
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