Thursday, December 30, 2010
New Year's Service of Prayer in Taizé Style
Join us Friday, December 31 at 6:30pm for this unique experience!
Taize’ is a town in Belgium where a non-denominational Christian community has developed a style of worship that emphasizes sung prayers which are melodic and repetitive rather than hymn-like or chanted.
During the past 50 years, Christians around the world have found peace and community in this kind of worship. In the United States, many Christian churches use Taize’ prayer, including some WELS churches and the WELS National Worship Conference.
It is possible for music and words to coexist or reside independently in the human mind. Taize’ prayer discovers and uses that. You may find that once your lips have repeated a simple line of words and music several times, that you can also harbor simultaneous yet independent thoughts. Use the sung words to join with the gathered community here and use your private thoughts to communicate with God. Perhaps your mind can find a kernel in the sung words upon which your mind can pray or mediate.
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GJ - Cutting edge!
Missouri promotes it, so Taize must be good.
Lenski - "Resist the beginnings." The somewhat more liberal ELCA leaders were asked in olden times to police what was going on. One replied, "I cannot be the keeper of a thousand doors." Later, the same leader lamented what developed after his easy-going reign was over.
Don't worry, WELSians - Church and Change is the doorkeeper. The SP is the figurehead, in place to keep the base happy.
