Prayer: May the music we make matter more as we praise you. Amen
Reading: Psalm 150 (Click to read text) Stop and GROW: After reading the text, discuss/ponder the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Book of Faith questions, which are part of Camp Mount Luther's GROW Time with campers. QUESTION 1: What scares, confuses, challenges, or doesn’t make sense to me in this text? QUESTION 2: What delights me in this text or is my favorite part of the story? QUESTION 3: What stories or memories does this text stir in me? QUESTION 4: What is God up to in this text? Reflection: Music is a big part of the camp experience. Songs before and after every meal. Songs during worship. Songs at campfire. Songs randomly through the day as they have gotten stuck in your head. I work in a music school where we have a saying, "Music Matters. Making Music Matters More." I heard a story about the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. In the weeks leading up to the wall coming down, the citizens of Leipzig, Germany gathered for peaceful candlelight protests on Monday evenings around St. Nikolai church. As they gathered they would sing and over two months their numbers grew from a little more than a thousand people to more than three hundred thousand, over half the citizens of the city. They sang until their song shook the powers of their nation and changed the world. Some time after the fall, a journalist asked one of the commanders of the East German secret police why they hadn't crushed these protests like they had so many others. He replied, "We had no contingency plans for song." No wonder music is such an important part of being at Camp. Who can say the have not been changed after Psalm 150 (extended edition), Kum Ba Ya (funky fresh version) or a rousing rendition of Green Grow the Rushes. It really does make a difference. Our music matters more as we join together in both worship and fun. -- Ruth Gates
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