Posted on 05/09/2007 8:49:52 AM PDT by Alex Murphy
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Sunrise Christian Church’s worship team decided last Sunday to change directions a bit and avoid all known Matt Redman songs in worship.
"We realized that most of the stuff we sing was written by him, so we wanted to change up the spirit of things," says the worship leader. "You can’t let one songwriter dominate your song selection."
They successfully avoided better-known Redman songs like "The Heart of Worship" and the nearly ubiquitous "Blessed Be Your Name." They also vetoed "Wonderful Maker" and "Once Again," as team members shrewdly recalled that these songs, too, might have been written by the prolific Christian Brit.
Then things went off course. To end worship time, the band segued into "Let Everything That Has Breath" and "Better is One Day."
"I didn’t know those were Matt Redman songs," said the guitarist sheepishly later.
The band further erred by playing "I Will Offer Up My Life" and "Let My Words Be Few" while the offering was taken.
After the service, a somber mood engulfed them in the green room.
"It’s impossible to completely avoid Matt Redman songs during any extended time of worship," said the band leader dejectedly. "People may as well give in."
The pianist said she felt "Redman-handled by the whole experience."
"It’s humbling to realize that without Matt Redman, I wouldn’t have a worship music vocabulary," she said.
In separate news, a remote tribe was discovered in the mountains of New Guinea, and despite their complete isolation from the modern world, the tribe was already familiar with the gospel of Jesus Christ and with several Matt Redman songs which the tribespeople say angelic beings taught them. Missionaries gave the tribe Bibles, a crank-powered CD player and a Matt Redman’s greatest hits CD.
And this is news? humor? It appears to be neither.
For Catholics you can substitute the name “Willard Jabusch” for “Matt Redman.”
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Why? They are great songs. Did he do something “awful” that would cause them not to sign his songs? I don’t get it.
That is downright funny.
When I think “great song,” I think “Amazing Grace” or “Abide With Me” or “Rock of Ages.” They have a vocabulary, a tune, and inspiration.
Matt Redman’s drivel has none of the above.
Fixed that for you. (Frankly, both Jabusch and Haugen drive me up the wall...)
Maybe but my question is what did he do that would cause this church to avoid his songs?
While his music does absolutely nothing for me, he's actually a very pleasant, self-effacing individual who is quite orthodox in his theology.
(2) Not every congregation wants easy listening music to dominate its services.
The article is from a joke site. It’s satire.
Glurge. That is the perfect way to describe it.
Yes, but aren't they fun to sway too?
OoooH stupid me.
Don’t feel bad . . . many of us have been taken in by Lark. They are quite good at what they do. :)
7-11 Songs. Yuck!
OH NO! We've actually sang one of his songs in our church...but not for a couple of years.
CC&E
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