Exloring Life Eternal

On Friday, December 8, there will be a carol service at one of the churches for foreigners in the country we love. This is a time when people from many nationalities gather together for a time of singing traditional songs from their home countries. For many it is the only time in the year when they will enter a church building.

Pray that they will hear the message of Christmas and consider its place in their lives.

CONSULTATION ABSTRACTS AVAILABLE ONLINE
The Global Consultation on Music and Missions (GCoMM) is offering an amazing palette of choices at its July 11-15 event. Registrants will select from over 50 seminars, panels, plenary sessions, and media presentations. Experienced leaders from more than 20 organizations will present seminars within the following tracks: Foundations, Media and Related Arts, Contextualization and Case Studies, Methodology, and Overcoming Obstacles. Break-out sessions by geography and interest for networking.

Speaker info & seminar abstracts available online:
http://www.gcommhome.org

MONGOLIA - GOD CREATED OUR MELODIES
from: SIM International (http://www.sim.org) - Spring 2006

Mongolia's young church is praising God using authentic Mongolian
music - thanks largely to two of its earliest members. Purevdorj
and his wife Amartungalag have written 25 Christian songs, compiled
three albums of contemporary Mongolian Christian music, and will
soon release the third album of their own music. Purevdorj has
also translated more than 120 praise songs into Mongolian from
English and Korean.

All over Mongolia, in small house churches and in large city churches, believers are singing their songs. "When people use our music to worship God, that is, of course, the greatest joy,"
said Purevdorj.

But they especially want to compose songs that sound Mongolian. "We are Mongolians, so we have Mongolian melodies inside us. God created them, so he would like to hear them," said Purevdorj. Adds Amartungalag, "We want to write songs with a Mongolian harmonic."

Both of them hold music education degrees and are professors at Union Bible Training Centre in Ulaanbaatar. He teaches contextualized theology and biblical ministry, while she teaches worship and song leading. They started the Christian Songwriters Fellowship of Mongolia to encourage others working in worship ministries. They also organize annual concerts of Mongolian Christian musicians and release compact discs of the performances. Last year, they focused much of their attention on writing songs for Sunday schools, and they are working on a Mongolian songbook.

"Without becoming Christians, we wouldn't imagine our lives as happy," Purevdorj said.

A related story on how the two came to Christ:
http://www.sim.org/categorylist.asp?fun=6&sid=1250

Pray that more Mongolian praise songs will be created to help
the people of Mongolia enjoy and praise God.

Source with photos:
http://www.sim.org/categorylist.asp?fun=6&sid=1257

Here are a couple of Christian Singers who sing the Gospel I commend for you to check out:

Mo Leverett not only sings about Life in Christ, but practices it. If you are interested in supporting the work of recovery after Katrina, check out this site & consider purchasing some CD's. Mo is vitally involved in sharing the love of Christ with the whole person of those he serves. Please visit:

http://www.justiceroad.com/
Genre - blues, soulish, country, rock-a-billy type folk music, often with New Orleans artists in the band.
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Bekki Smith & her husband Jeff are committed to Jesus. She desires to prepare the way of the Lord through song & he preaches it. She is not a country singer because of her love for the Lord:

http://www.bekkismith.com/
Genre - country-western, southern pop type solo music.