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Integrating Hymns Into Contemporary Worship Services, Part One: An Interview With Sojourn Worship Leader Lorie King
I recently sat down with Sojourn Worship Leader Lorie King to record the audio interview below — a discussion about how to integrate hymns into contemporary worship services.
Lorie came to Sojourn eight years ago as a seminary student working on her Masters of Arts in Worship, to work with Worship Arts Pastor Mike Cosper on the goal of integrating hymns into our worship gatherings while Sojourn was still in its infancy as an inner-city church plant.
Part One of this short interview deals with a discussion of Sojourn’s early years and the question of why a young church like this would want to do old hymns.
On Tuesday we’ll present Part Two, answering several questions, including:
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Was there any resistance in the “young punk church” when you started incorporating hymns?
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Do you have to have, as a congregation, a certain amount of biblical literacy or background to benefit from the depth of theology or understand the biblical allusions found in hymns?
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What advice would you have for any churches that are used to only doing modern praise choruses, but want to integrate old hymns into their services?
Lorie has long since finished her Masters and continues to serve Sojourn, as a worship leader, community group leader, communications editor, Women’s group leader, event planner and more.
Check out Part One of our interview here:
