The sun shone for us, as we enjoyed our picnic in the park.
It was a great worship and praise celebration time on Pentecost Sunday
afternoon and we were very pleased to be joined by friends from our
neighbouring St Wilfred's Church. We sang songs of praise accompanied by
Calverley Methodist Church's monthly Thursday worship team "Let's Praise Band".
Beforehand we had asked our Calverley Junior Church if they
would like to pick a hymn or a song for us all to sing together in the park.
They chose "The Happy Song" by Pharrell Williams. Our Let's Praise
Band didn't feel too confident to actually play the "Happy Song", so
we decided to play it from the CD. This song has recently been in the charts. I don't know why, but not
many of us Methodists had ever heard it before!!! If you don't know the
"Happy Song", it's quite a fast tune with a very catchy chorus,
singing over and over the words "I'm happy". There were actions too;
we were miming dancing, swimming, washing and more! What was amazing was the
effect this song had on passers-by, even children who had been playing on
the swings etc - came to join us, singing and dancing together! Maybe because
it was a familiar pop song, young people (who I later found out sang this pop
song in school as a "wake up and get moving" song) and a lot of
non-church folks came to join us!
It really was amazing!! Maybe, just maybe...we at church need to wake up and
take notice and really look at singing more modern songs/hymns in church
especially for our young people. It was an amazing witness singing and dancing,
worshipping and praising God in the park. It really was "All Age
Worship" at its best!
Kim
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