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Hey there I just wanted to send you a quick hello (although I'm never quick, I will try). Before I begin rattling on about the school of music, I wanted to share with ya'll a recap video of the medical ship outreaches to PNG. It was made by a few of my friends here and its brilliant. Check it out! We spent last week learning about song writing. Our friend, Mike Murray, is an amazing musician and has been on numerous tours and has heaps of experience in the music industry. He shared with us his process and techniques on song writing and also gave us a better understanding of what it means to write kingdom valued songs. He gave us the verse, Phil 4:8. "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things." We are called to portray God's characteristics, even if we write music that doesn't use God's name or have Christian vocabulary. If we think on these things, then we are sharing God. A few of my friends on the school share about it in our recap video of the week. By the end of the week, each one of us had at least three songs under our belt! This week we dove into the Word. Two of our staff taught on the topics of Ethnomusicology - the study of music in different ethnic groups- and Music Evangelism. Ethnomusicology is a big word that I had never heard of before and was blown away by the impact of it. I just never thought about how our worship music would sound ridiculous to, say, a Christian man from India. We were told a story about a woman who gave this man a disc of Hillsong worship music. When she asked him later what he thought about it, he responded, "how could anyone worship to this!?" Music speaks to everyone so differently. With Music Evangelism, we talked about what kind of evangelist to be. God calls us to preach the Good News, but He also calls us to help the poor and needy. Its not one or the other. Its both! We also look into the different types of generations; Gen X or Gen Y and what makes them tick. How can we communicate with our audience if we don't understand them. Also, we talked about how to share the gospel. What is it? How do you explain it to someone who knows nothing about God? How do you explain it to someone that knows lots, but doesn't except it? Why should they listen? Why is it important? And lastly, this week, we heard from Jonathan Spainhour about the gospel and social injustice. I wish I could sit with you and tell you all the details that he shared with us about understanding the gospel and what it is that we actually believe in, live for and die for! Jesus spent his whole life living in love for others in such a selfless and humble way. He was the greatest example of a man of Justice! He was the best! Not only did he share with everyone the Good News, but he helped the poor and needy in every way He could! So Good. My prayer this week was that I am so thankful and blessed and Honored to be chosen to use what God has given me for His Kingdom. The best quote of the week, from Jonathan, would have to be "Am I working to build up a Kingdom for myself or am I working to build up a Kingdom for my God?" I made a promise to God that I would stop being selfish and give up my right to have rights. And if I fail, then God have mercy. Prayer Points
Bless you! Janna | YWAM Medical Ship to PNG Update Week 1 Update Week 2 Update Week 3 Update Week 4 Update |
