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Choosing Our Song…It’s Not So Simple: Serving the Singing Congregation in the 21st Century

Choosing Our Song…It’s Not So Simple: Serving the Singing Congregation in the 21st Century

by giasoundboard | Feb 7, 2022 | Channels, Ministerial Considerations, Musical Leadership, Repertoire

Written by Brian Hehn, this article first appeared in “The Congregation Sings/La Congregación Canta,” a part of the Worship Works series. Find the full resource on our website.  As any worship planner knows, the songs and hymns we sing in today’s church...
We Are What We Sing: The Formational Power of Congregational Song

We Are What We Sing: The Formational Power of Congregational Song

by giasoundboard | Jan 22, 2021 | Catechesis and Formation, Channels, Ministerial Considerations, Musical Leadership, Repertoire, Spirituality

As pastoral musicians, we are like curators of a vast and varied treasury of congregational song. That treasury includes texts and tunes from across centuries of the Church’s life that express the full range of Christian experience and represent diverse cultural and...
Proclaiming and Leading the Psalms of Lent and Holy Week

Proclaiming and Leading the Psalms of Lent and Holy Week

by giasoundboard | Jan 5, 2021 | Cantors, Catechesis and Formation, Channels, Musical Leadership, Spirituality

The season of Lent calls us to transformation through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving as we prepare ourselves to celebrate the passion, death, and resurrection of Christ. As leaders of prayer, cantors play an important role in helping faith communities enter more...

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