Global Praise: Singing the Church Together

Global Praise gathers, receives, and shares the songs of the people called Methodists and other Christians around the world.

The Global Praise ministry includes:

• Learning, Listening, & Gathering – through participation in global events and consultations, the collection of recorded and printed resources, immersion experiences in local settings, and through dialogue with musicians and pastors from around the world.
• Sharing , Teaching, & Leading – through workshop leadership/sponsorship, leadership in worship experiences, and consultations.
• Resources – publication of print, web-based, and recorded resources to engage God's people in multicultural worship.

Featured Resources from Global Praise

• Advent and Christmas Find resources, including annual lighting liturgies and songbooks, for celebrating Christmas and the preceding four Sundays in Advent.

• Sing the World Round: Human Relations Day and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Background, resources, and music.

• Black History Month Ideas for worship, stories, and suggested songbooks from Global Praise.

• Lent and Easter Locate music resources for the Lenten season.

• Congregational Song Consult an alphabetical guide to best tips and practices for teaching songs to your congregation.

• Raising Awareness Through Global Song Song and performance suggestions from several different countries for congregational singing.

Featured Stories

Steal Away to Jesus

CD and Songbook: Spirituals--songs of personal and collective pilgrimage

Advent Wreath Lighting Devotion 2009

Advent devotions for 4 Sundays in Advent and Christmas Eve

Raising Awareness Through Global Song

Song suggestions from Global Praise for several different countries with lessons for congregational singing.

Spirituals

CD: 12 songs from the African-American experience in the United States

Advent Wreath Lighting Liturgy 2011

Advent and Christmas devotions for 2011 with information about advent wreaths and a Senegalese hymn.

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