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MARCH, 2010

Music Notes
  “To be included in the music Hymns & Politics
New worship and volumes,” Smith added, “are Hitler's storm troopers sang the tune
song collections traditional hymns, praise and AU S T R I A w i t h i t s o w n a n t h e m ,
planned for 2011 worship songs and choruses, "Deutschland ber alles." Hymnal editor
Taizé chants, worship music from Carlton Young relates attending a ceremony
various racial-ethnic and global in 1983 to grant an honorary degree at
communities, and even some Emory University in Atlanta, to Elie Wiesel,
hymns from older generations survivor of Hitler's death camps and famed
that warrant a revival. Also Nazi hunter. Wiesel delivered a paper on
included in its own volume will "Remembering the Holocaust." "Glorious
be non-musical worship Things of Thee Are Spoken" (UMH #731)
resources (prayers, litanies and with its AUSTRIA tune was selected for
other liturgical acts of worship) singing at the occasion, resulting in a
By Barbara Dunlap-Berg* intended for pastors and worship puzzled and pained expression on Wiesel's
Jan. 23, 2010 leaders as they plan worship.” face. The selection demonstrates that
Although work on a new The song collection will include music, including hymns with political
denominational hymnal was up to 180 hymns and songs in a associations, "may hurt as well as heal."
suspended in May 2009, the wide variety of styles. The A s e co n d h y m n w i t h Na z i p o l i t i c a l
United Methodist Publishing worship resources collection will associations is UMH 442, "Weary of All
Ho u s e a n d t h e Un i t e d include service music, prayers, Trumpeting." In the 1930s when the Nazis
Me t h o d i s t Board of liturgies and spoken acts of invaded Austria, they forced people to
Discipleship are developing a worship. Neither collection will attend political rallies in outdoor sports
shorter resource—“Worship & duplicate material contained in stadiums; and at these rallies, the people
S o n g ” — to b e p u b l i s h e d i n The United Methodist Hymnal would sing fiercely nationalistic and pro-
February 2011. (1989), The United Methodist Nazi songs. At the time, Hugo Distler
Book of Worship (1992) or “The
“The forthcoming ‘Worship & taught music and church music and was an
Faith We Sing” (2000).
Song’ collection,” said Gary Alan established composer. For 10 years the
Smith, general editor, “will offer Re v i s i o n o f T h e Un i t e d Nazis forced him to compose and arrange
the best of the newest worship Methodist Hymnal requires a music for their cause, including songs for
r e s o u r c e s t o T h e Un i t e d vote of the General Conference. these large political gatherings. This hymn
Methodist Church and beyond.” Supplementary resources such as tune, TRUMPETS, is one of those pro-
the new worship and song Nazi tunes, first used at the dedication of a
The new collection will include
collection augment the official large sports stadium. Distler committed
separate volumes for singing and
hymnal and do not require suicide in 1942 in Berlin at the age of 34.
worship.
formal denominational approval.
LITURGICAL TERMS DEFINED
"Gradual" comes from the Latin "gradus," which means "step." two periods of the Christian Year. Following the great festal
It refers to the act of taking the Bible down the steps from the seasons of Christmas and Easter is a period called "Season
chancel to the main floor. This centuries-old practice is meant after . . . . "The term "Ordinary Time" does not mean boring,
to act out the belief that the gospel is meant to be among the nothing new, or featureless. Laurence Hull Stookey explains
people as Jesus was among the people during his earthly that the term "ordinary" as used in the Christian calendar
ministry. It also is meant to symbolize the belief that the Bible
We invite you to join comesthefrom the way the Sundays outside Advent-Christmas
belongs to the people; all the people. d i a l o g u e . and Lent-Easter
S h a re yo u r are numbered with ordinal numbers (first,
second, third) instead of cardinal numbers (one, two, three).
comments.
The term "Ordinary Time" is one of the optional terms The In Ordinary Time, the Sundays are designated as First
United Methodist Book of Worship (see page 224) gives to Sunday after Pentecost, Second…, Third…and so on.
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versions. The music collection
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Tennessee Journal of Law &
Policy
The Executive Editorial Board
of the TJLP issued an invitation
to Devin Lyon to join the
TJLP as a staff writer and
research assistant. He achieved
this honor after his candidacy
process analysis of law cases
w e r e a p p r o v e d . Tw o 1 L
students comprised of a class of
150 were selected from UT to
achieve this honor.
March Anthems
March 7 (Celebration of Holy
Communion)
Communion Prayer (Pote)
How Great the Love (Beall)
WOMEN’S ENSEMBLE
March 14 (begin Daylight Savings’
Time)
God Is My Rock (Horman)
March 21
Draw the Circle Wide (Miller) 6TH GRADE
ENSEMBLE & CHANCEL CHOIR

The Julliard String Quartet March 28 (Palm/PassionSunday)

ETSU Ma r t h a Culp Now Let the Ancient Hymn Resound (arr. Leaf)
Winchell’s Sports’ Reports Happy Land (arr. Wagner)
Auditorium, March 24, 8:00
Taylor Winchell, son of Brian
COLONIAL RINGERS
PM. The quartet (founded in
and Sheila (Front Porch Singer,
1946) is internationally
Bell Ringer) has done it again,
renowned and admired for
but this time in basketball
performances characterized by
instead of football. Taylor was Remember When
clarity of structure, beauty of
one of two Sullivan Central
sound, purity of line and an
players tagged as instrumental
extraordinar y unanimity of
in Central’s defeat of Sullivan
purpose. Featuring music by
South late last month. Taylor
Mendelssohn, Davidovsky &
racked up 17 points in the game.
Schumann. Admission: $25
lower level; $15 balcony.
Write On!
E l i z a b e t h Ke l s o ( S N L !
Children’s Music) was once
again one of the featured
writer’s in the weekly “Write
On!” edition of the Kingsport
Times-News. Elizabeth is a 3rd
G r a d e r a t Ro c k S p r i n g s Mu s i c a l Q u o t e f o r t h e
Elementary. Month
“I have no pleasure in any man
New Life who despises music. It is no Who is that lovely
Congratulations to Jane (Alto, invention of ours: it is a gift of wedded couple, one
Bell R i n g e r, Wo m e n’s God. I place it next to theology.
Ensemble) and Roy Adams. Satan hates music: he knows of whom plays
Grandbaby Jacob Roy Evans how it drives the evil spirit out guitar on the Front
was born on Friday, January 29 - of us.” Porch?
7 lb. 5 oz. –Martin Luther

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