16th April End of a marathon sing song

 Today marked the end of what has been a marathon sing song across my five churches. 

Not a physical sing song that  might gain us a place in the Guinness book of world  records, but rather the conclusion of several  discussion groups that have met each week to look at the Lent based  circuit  booklet  entitled 'Singing out our soul'.

For the 40 days of Lent, each day a member of the staff team has written about a favourite hymn or worship song that has been  important in their faith journey. Then on the Sundays there  has been a creative  challenge  for people  to get their teeth into. 

This might have been linking hymn to the 12 Discipleship Pathways, writing a hymn of their  own, or creating a picture representing the words/theme of a particular song.

Attending up to 5 different groups each week has had its challenges but also great rewards as people spoke movingly about how hymns, songs and music have been important on their  own faith journey.

During each session  as well as reflecting on what had been  written, we have listened to snippets from each one that was chosen, some old  familiar favourites, some new discoveries and if I am honest some that I had to endure and never wish to hear or sing again!

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