Michael Hawn: Ecumenical Global Song

Listen to or view Michael Hawn’s presentation on Ecumenical Global Song from the seminar, “You Are What You Sing: Faith Formation Through Congregational Song” held June 16-17, 2014 at IWS.

Use the embedded player to listen on this page, or click the session title to open it on a separate page. Then, if you prefer, you may right-click on the track to download and save it for later.

AUDIO: Stream 7: Ecumenical Global Song (40:21)

VIDEO: Stream 7: Ecumenical Global Song (9:16) video excerpt

Overview: The twenty-first century church is the recipient of songs from the world church—signs that the overseas mission efforts of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries have borne much fruit. The former mission fields are sending their songs back to the church in the West. More than two-thirds of Christians now live outside North America and Europe. They have been singing our songs for nearly two centuries and now we have the opportunity to reciprocate by singing the songs of the world church.

Resources:
Gather Into One: Praying and Singing Globally
Halle, Halle: We Sing Around the World
One Bread, One Body: Exploring Cultural Diversity in Worship

Michael Hawn reflects on the June 2014 worship seminar experience:

The seminar I led in June 2014 on congregational song at IWS was a pure delight. One rarely encounters a group that is so open to learn and thirsty for any information that one can offer. The discourse of the seminar discussion was on a high level offering the opportunity to learn from each other as well as from the professor–just as it should be. I am rarely given this much time to share these ideas and process them in such depth. Thanks for this opportunity IWS alums and friends.

About the author

Alumni Director, Practicum Professor, and DWS graduate.

Archives

Categories