communication hub
God is calling and UCC Medfield is answering the call. Your Board and Staff love being on this journey with you!
As we go, we will foster a healthy cycle of communication. We want to hear your experiences, receive your feedback, and set a clear vision for the direction of our church. Think of this page as a communication hub. The thoughts and blog posts below are an effort to listen and to offer observations.
some thoughts on worship:
I wonder why… some singers use microphones and some don’t?
When the amplified instruments are playing, the voices leading those songs wouldn’t be heard above the instruments without mics. In order to lead the congregation in singing, the voices need to be heard.
I WONDER WHY… THE SONGS ARE CHOSEN THE WAY THEY ARE?
When Heidi selects music, she is primarily looking for music whose words best support the theme of our worship service, while being sensitive to reaching a congregation whose ages span generations and planning around our musicians’ schedules.
I WONDER WHY… SOME SONGS ARE PRINTED IN THE BULLETIN AND SOME ARE ONLY PROJECTED?
Heidi tries to put as much as makes sense into the bulletin. Contemporary worship songs are different from hymns in that the form is usually much longer and sometimes the melody is so rhythmic that it is very difficult to notate them in the bulletin. We’ve found that often the chorus works well in the bulletin, so we include that. When a song is not in the bulletin, it is certainly acceptable to listen to it the first time around and try to get some of it the second (or third or fourth) time around. This is how people learned the ancient worship songs of our faith!
I WONDER WHAT… GOD THINKS OF OUR WORSHIP?
Are we a community of believers who puts praising God above all else when we come together, and showing our children and newcomers in our midst what it means to pour out praise with thankful hearts? We know we are!
I WONDER IF… WE CAN HAVE MORE PERIODS OF SILENCE DURING WORSHIP?
This has been requested by a number of you and so we are actively working to incorporate more silence.
I WONDER WHY… THE PASTORS ARE SITTING IN THE FRONT PEW AND ARE NO LONGER WEARING ROBES?
