Worship with The Beatles
Categories : Church, Worship, music |
Beatles’ words of wisdom spoken at Messiah church | The News-Press: North Fort Myers
As a big Beatles fan, and a member of our church worship team, this is an idea that naturally has a big appeal to me.
Parishioners at Messiah Lutheran Church will take a trip back to the time when the British band grabbed international attention for uptempo tunes with memorable lyrics. The church is inviting the community to its second “Worship With the Beatles” at 5 p.m. Saturday.
Parishioners will sing Beatles hits including “Eight Days a Week,” “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away” and “Let It Be.”
The church first brought the rock icons into worship services in February as part of its “exploring worship” series, which allows the church to experiment with different types of music.
This year, the church also tried gospel and big band music for the special program, which began in January.
Not sure if this is a bit too tacky or gimmicky, but I do like the “exploring worship” idea, mixing it up a little in the worship services with different styles of music. I love the music we do at our church but I do think it’s a good thing to try new and different approaches on a regular basis, to keep things interesting and unpredictable. I’m sure there’s a lot of different, and valid, views on this but my personal preference is for things to not get too repetitive or comfortable - that’s when it’s easy to get into a rut or just go through the motions of worship. But then again some people are blessed by a familiar liturgy so it’s not a one-size-fits-all thing.
I wonder what other Beatles’ songs you could use. How about “Hey Jude,” “Lady Madonna,” or “Here Comes the Sun.” Anyone else got any suggestions??
[HT : Haydn Nelson]
