PROMOTING
INDIGENOUS WORSHIP WITH MISSION RECORDING STUDIOS
by Frank Fortunato
Songs
to the Creator Program (First Nations)
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RECORDING INDIGENOUS / ETHNIC MUSIC LOCALLY OR OVERSEAS - Interested?
- Upcoming Meeting to Discuss this on Feb 9, 2002 in Surrey, BC,
Canada
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Great Commission Worship & Arts Center
194 / 6832 King George Hwy
Surrey, BC V3W 4Z9
January 12, 2002
Hi folks!
Happy New Year!..
Most of you are either involved in recording worship/Christian
music, desktop recording, or interested in the aspect of somehow
seeing this developed in your sphere/s.
For the past number of years, we as the Great Commission Worship
& Arts Center (Surrey), Ethnic Worship & Arts Focus (Surrey)
and the International Worship & Arts Network (www.worship-arts-network.com)
have been in the process of developing an arm of the network which
focuses on raising up a team/network of teams (internationally)
of Christian musicians/recording engineers, producers, etc. to
assist church planting teams in helping to encourage the development
of indigenous music/worship music in their respective regions
of the globe - and especially among unreached peoples who do not
have access to the Gospel in many cases.
This is done by:
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1) teams going overseas to help set up a desktop recording studio
(in conjunction with a church planting team already stationed
there), to teach the locals and the church planting teams how
to use the studio, and to help them record their first CD.
2) giving email consultation, help, advice etc. and providing
resources through our web sites and in other ways to assist church
planters with this process and with getting the equipment they
need.
3) helping to potentially raise some financial support or needed
equipment to see these desktop recording studios set up and effectively
utilized.
4) seeing a prayer base raised up for these strategic and vital
endeavours
Having these CDs recorded and produced is beneficial in many ways,
but a couple of the MAJOR benefits are:
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1) it provides a wonderful way to encourage, build up and help
unite the emerging body of believers of that particular people
group - not only in that region but potentially in any region
where they exist around the globe (including in multicultural
cities like ours) as we help to distribute their music through
our international connections
2) the CDs can become a witnessing tool among the same people
group - whether overseas or here locally in our multicultural
cities
3) the worship music is being sought out by Christian and TV programs/stations
beaming into these countries - many of which are not allowed to
have official missionaries. Because of our contact with them,
we can connect the resources with the opportunities/ministries
in order to provide a wider audience for the recorded music.
Again, there are also other benefits, but this is just to name
a few.
A GROWING REQUEST FROM CHURCH PLANTERS
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A growing request among church planting teams in many countries
is the request for this type of team to assist them in these types
of developments.
There is already a team from the US in existence focusing on doing
this (see more below where the HEART SOUNDS INTERNATIONAL ministry
is described), and I have had a growing burden to see a similar
team developed here locally in the Lower Mainland in BC which
I envision being networked/partnered with HEART SOUNDS INTERNATIONAL.
The Director of HEART SOUNDS INT'L and I have worked together
for many years already and share almost identical vision.
This local team could potentially assist ethnic musicians/churches
in our city and potentially across Canada in developing desktop
recording facilities or partnering with existing churches/ministries
that have desktop recording facilities, in order to help assist
local ethnic believing communities in the development of the recording
of indigenous Christian music/worship songs.
SOME POSSIBLE EXAMPLES OF WHAT COULD BE DONE
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One way, for example, might be for a church who has a recording
studio to provide opportunity to record ethnic music/worship songs
and potentially provide discounted rates if that is a need in
that particular situation.
Another way might be to train local ethnic musicians/engineers/producers/arrangers,
etc. in these types of skills.
Perhaps as it would develop, the team could develop, together,
a training course for recording teams to be sent out nationally
or even internationally.
This team could also provide counsel/advice via email through
contacts through HEART SOUNDS INTERNATIONAL, or help to provide
prayer or financial support or help provide equipment for these
kinds of needs locally or overseas through HEART SOUNDS INTERNATIONAL.
This team could also potentially send some of its people to go
on short term overseas trips (perhaps networked through HEART
SOUNDS INTERNATIONAL) to assist church planters that we are in
contact with in these kinds of ways.
NETWORKING/PARTNERING WITH HEART SOUNDS INTERNATIONAL
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Because we have many years of missions experience, we could provide
some helpful orientation and cross cultural information to help
prepare a team or teams to go overseas for special projects as
appropriate.
Because of our contacts, we could provide many potential opportunities
for you.
Because of our networks, we could also connect you with many others
around the globe whom God is raising up with similar vision, etc.
We want to serve in whatever way we can in the role God has us
in to see God do what He is doing/wanting to do and to network/partner
with people, churches, Christian educators, missions and ministries
around the globe to assist in the development of these types of
opportunities in order to strengthen the Body to become whole-hearted
worshippers of Jesus Christ and to see the many unreached peoples
reached with the Gospel - locally, nationally and internationally.
ARE YOU INTERESTED?
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If this type of opportunity is of interest to you and you would
like to hear more and meet others locally who may be interested
in prayerfully considering such an option, please do let me know
by FEB. 5.
If you are interested, Paul Neeley, one of our missionary ethnomusicologists
(who can also give you some helpful input on this since he has
been involved in one form of recording indigenous worship music
in various nations) is going to be here from Dallas, TX in late
Jan., early Feb., and so I would like to take this opportunity
to invite you to join with us and any of you who are interested.
GETTING CONNECTED FACE TO FACE
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Date: Sat., Feb 9, 2002
Time: 11:30 a.m. to about 1:30??
Location: contact ___for location and directions.
WHAT WOULD THIS MEETING INCLUDE?
* more of an intro to the subject and some stories of what has
happened around the world (I also have a video of an example of
what HEART SOUNDS INT'L has done and which you may borrow)
* discussion about what could potentially be done - various options
to consider
* discussion about potential ways that we could work together
* discussion about a potential local team developing and some
potential next steps for that
* pray together about this
* etc.
Minutes of meeting and contact info of other interested parties
would be sent to you so we could keep connected on this and take
it to the next step.
PLEASE let me know of others who you think might be interested
and send me their contact info or send them this info and ask
them to contact me if they are interested in being part of such
a meeting. (I need to find out how large a room we will need to
meet in).
Sorry this is so long....thank you soo much for your prayerful
consideration in this regard and we will look forward to seeing
you there!
PLEASE CONTACT ME BY Feb. 5 to let me know if you are planning
on attending our lunch meeting in Surrey. MANY THANKS!!
see below...
Many blessings and may God do FAR MORE than you have asked or
imagined!
Great Commission Worship
& Arts Center
Following is from the Dec-01 edition of the free monthly Ethnic
Worship & Arts Focus e-newsletter which you can subscribe
to if you aren't already subscribed to it. If you'd like more
info on the newsletter before subscribing, let me know and I will
send that to you.
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HEART SOUNDS INTERNATIONAL -
Encouraging the Development of Indigenous Worship Songs through
Recording
From: www.heart-sounds.org
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(Editor's Note) - As you have been seeing in past editions of
the newsletter, the aspect of indigenous worship development that
God seems to be moving forward with increasing impetus these days
is the realm of recording worship songs in the traditional/cultural
styles of many unreached peoples. This helps to encourage the
Body in that community locally or wherever they are globally,
and can also be a witness to non-believers in their midst. HEART
SOUNDS INTERNATIONAL is a new ministry arm of Operation Mobilization
and closely affiliated with the International Worship & Arts
Network to help to move these things forward as Frank Fortunato
and his team connect with many others that share similar heart
and vision with the needs on the field and the needs on Christian
radio/TV beaming into unreached nations, etc. I'm personally THRILLED!!
to see this happening, as it's been growing on our hearts for
quite a number of years! May God greatly bless and use this ministry
for His glory! Please prayerfully consider supporting this ministry
if God leads you in this way! Thank you!
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"Heart Sounds International is about "releasing worship among
all peoples"
Heart
Sounds International (HSI) exists to facilitate culturally-appropriate
Christ-centered worship utilizing media, music, and related arts
primarily in places where Christ-followers are restricted, persecuted,
or unknown. We do this by:
· developing relationships (teaching, training, mentoring,
mobilizing, and partnering) with both Western and non-Western
Christ-followers
· facilitating the production of media resources
Lots of LINKS re Resources re Recording Ethnic Worship Songs,
etc.
http://www.skyfamily.com/gracew/index73.html
Recording Indigenous Worship Songs - stories
http://www.skybusiness.com/rield/index91.html
Ethnic Worship Music
http://www.skyfamily.com/gracew/index64.html
Ethnic Music Index - International Worship & Arts Network
http://www.worship-arts-network.com/ethnic-music-index.html
