INSTRUMENTS IN THE HANDS OF THE MASTER MUSICIAN

Praise and Worship, a phrase which means a lot to church services today, has taken a very important slot at weddings, conferences, conventions, meetings etc. Praise and worship, is nothing but singing praises to God with simple words and music, as compared to Hymns which have a more complicated language and are mostly played in a classical style. A lot of people over the last couple of years have started connecting to praise and worship with music more easily. This form of worship has touched their soul straight away.

This trend has caught on in a lot of new age churches, but has some resistance in the older traditional churches. It has been attracting a lot of people, both young and old, the larger ratio comprising of the younger generation. It was in the year 2000, when the then Pastor, Rev. Selwyn, observing the trend of Praise and Worship catching on, approached me to start chorus singing. He wanted to bring about a variation in the Sunday worship.I brought my guitar and started singing all alone. Initially, it did go off well, as many people who had seen this form of worship in other places were very pleased that it had begun at our church too. They would meet me and give me their requests.

As time went by, on the other hand, a few members felt that the service was getting longer because of this new addition. So Rev. Selwyn asked me if I could start it at 8.45 am and finish before the service commenced at 9.00am. Then, it so happened that there were only the Goodwill’s School Hostel girls who were present at that time. The others who liked chorus singing couldn’t make it earlier. Personally, I have always believed that chorus singing should not be done as a filler, but should and must be given proper reverence. Unfortunately, it gradually stopped.

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