Religion Chat thread number 1

[nickelbabyjesus]

I wanted to put some random thoughts and stuff regarding church, without it having to be a debate or a specific topic (and not prayers, either)

It's basically, a "what happened at church (or in my musical/spiritual life) this week" thread.
Please join me!

I'll start:

We had Midnight Mass (on Christmas Eve, would you believe!), and it was half past 11, everyone was sitting and ready for the service to start - I waved the organist to give me my notes: he was just about to plat them when:
" TAXI FOR suchandsuch " came blaring out of our speaker system.
There's a Wetherspoon's over the road and looks like the DJ's mike was on the same frequency as our radio mikes.
So, all the congregation started giggling and we had to wait 5 minutes until everyone was calm and collected enough to carry on.

eh?

oh! it's not the bloody tune , it's the words! the words were french
here

oh! I see

right am back with a pile of books mostly ancient books - but one or two modern ones - got a coffee, DS1 is sorting milk from the shop and scrambled eggs on toast for dinner - lets see what I've got

ooops - not a good start - first one I've checked is too old - published in 1872

okay, don't take too long, though, cos i've got to go home (WI tonight)

see, this is where the internet isn't so great - you've got to be able to check contemporary resources - most internets and new books would say "yes, this is the updated version of events"

oh bugger 1920, no date - but appear to be around 1900, lets try "Hymns and Their Tunes"

how odd we must look to the outside world...

i'm glad i found you, baroque!

oh god it's getting worse 1852 haha

Redemption Hymnal 1951 didn't have it in.....

no date - but anceint looking

another 2 old - and now onto the last hope - a much much newer book about the story of Christian Music - I don't hold out much hope......it covers from Gregorian Chant to Black Gospel

i'll have a look in mine, too - i've got a couple of A&Ms at home and congregational praise.

None of the buggers have it in they're either too general (factual books about hymns/music) or they're too old.

hmm, we have the first SoF at church - i will text DH.

Right original (I think?) SoF has the

Be at the start of each verse.

It's also got both Byrne and Hull down as the Translations/versions.

i've asked him to look in AMR as well.

start of each line even - will copy it out later over a glass of wine

Will have a nosey at church as well - we're got an assortment of odd (older) hymn books in the cupboard at church.

songs and hymns of fellowship has Be, so my version
year 1987

oh, we looked at the same book!

AMR has not got Slane at all.

right, going home - I'll check all others i've got at hone.

see you tomorrow!

Hehe - yes but mine was the 1989 reprint so not quite the same

cya tomorrow

I didn't expect that to kill the thread - everyone is allowed to post when i'm not here!

Just to update - Congregational Praise (dunno what year, but old ) has not got Be at the beginning of every line. so it's the same as yours (although I think Congregational Praise is a methodist book?)

Nickel

I guess then if that old one has got the one without the "Be" we can probably say t's not the Orange Book faffing around with it per se - but rather - well I guess some churches have always done it like that.

yes you can safely say that - I reckon it's a denomination thing rather than a "style" thing.

I'm sitting here with loads of hymn books trying to compile a list of hymns for lent - the Hideous book, as we know, leaves so much out, and changes words too (you were fasting in the wild? tempted still yet unbeguiled - unbeguiled???? it means tempted so he's tempted but not tempted??? )
undefiled is obviously too harsh a word to use. (makes you wonder why they're christains if they can't take a bit of blood....)

My idea was to make a mini-book of hymns for lent, that included modern and old hymns, but all with the proper words. I'll probably give up, because I already have to miss out palm sunday and Mothering Sunday because of there being too many, and i'll have to put in suitable eucharist hymns too - my idea was supposed to be that it replaced the Hideous book for the whole 6 weeks...

I am PMSL @

"makes you wonder why they're christains if they can't take a bit of blood...."

well, it's true!

and now we can prove it - how about this for a bit of communion?

(fancy having at 1 o'clock!)

haha - I know the is fabulous isn't it - and I'm loving your communion