Blythe Research Paper

Although the general song structure was the same, the songs themselves were played in a much more reflective way and some had a bigger rock and performance feel to them. There was a general performance feel around the music, and a lot of those in the congregation seemed to get quite into it. When interviewing members, they all talked very highly of the music at the church and seemed to agree that it had very big influence on their perception of the church service. While at the smaller churches there was an agreement that while the music can be important it was by no means the most important part of the

Looking for a bit of history while in town? Just north on Broadway is housed some of the most intricate items from Blythe’s past.

Milton Reid was New Hope Baptist Church’s first full time pastor. Before Rev. Reid came to New Hope’s the pastor only served on the second and fourth Sunday. Our communion was held on the second Sunday. Rev. Reid changed the communion to the first Sunday and rearranged the choir. He gave the Senior Choir the first and third Sunday and the Junior Choir the second and fourth Sunday. My mother made robes for the choir and even embroidered names in them to prevent any mix-ups. She also ordered sheet music for us from the Theodore Presser Company in Chicago, Illinois. At the time there were no available places in the area to purchase sheet music. These things were done by the “Grace of God” and at no expense to the church. We had rehearsal every Monday night. The memories are pleasant even though for many years during the winter months there was no automatic heat. I would go to the church ahead of time to make a fire. Most of the time my father would help me, and sometime I was on my own. I would make sure the fire would burn before going back home then return later for rehearsal if it was not warm when the choir members came in they would gather around the potbellied stove and I was up front on the piano with my coat on. By the time the church really got good and warm, it was time to

When I considered a building that reminded me of classical architecture, the first one to come to mind was the First Bank of the United States in Philadelphia, PA, the oldest bank building in the United States. Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury, proposed the idea of a national bank and Samuel Blodget Jr. was the architect behind the design. Blodget wanted the building to be reminiscent of an Ancient Greek style. The bank was chartered for twenty years and construction on the bank took approximately two years from 1795-1797. At the time, the First Bank of the United States was designed to be significantly larger than the other building around so that it would manifest a message of strength and power. The First Bank of

On Sunday, April 23rd, 2017 I and a friend from class attended a worship service at River Valley Christian Fellowship.

"To be a Church of servant-leaders where the love of God is preached, taught and demonstrated; where the boundaries of God's love are extended to those outside the Christian faith." 1John4:8

As one reads Blythe’s (1999) work the step-by-step process with which the author analyzed his data is unclear. As first blush, one would imagine that Blythe took scrupulous field notes, taking care to write down detailed descriptions as he made his observations, conducted interviews, and reviewed any oral histories which may have been provided to him by the subjects themselves. One imagines a stenographer of sorts, who captures every detail to be revealed to the reader with every turn of the page. As the subjects of the study reveal themselves in their histories, Blythe would have coded the insights, opinions and ideas of his subjects as well as his own observations using, “a word or a short phrase” (Concordia, n.d., para.1). Blythe would have then examined his field notes thoroughly in order to identify trends

I am a part of the Wesleyan Singers at North Carolina Wesleyan College. Our group performs Christian culture music and it was my first time I ever sang for church. I had a wonderful privilege to learn about Christian culture after I became a part of this group. This small group consists of fifteen people and I am one of the two tenors. Every year we have been doing lots of performance inside college but singing in a church, in front of large number of spiritual people was my first time. we performed at Wilson, North Carolina. It was at the Wesleyan Singers Director’s church named First United Methodist Church. There were lots of people but none of them were teenagers, we could only see old spiritual people and a very few children. This was my first time ever being inside a church and being a part of the choir that was going to perform felt like a great privilege.

There was a podium in the center where they stood to perform their sermons. Behind the pastors was a choir consisting of ten females and a ten year-old boy on the drums. The drummer was extremely talented. The choir performed gospel soul music. This was different compared to the slow Arabic hymns that are played at my catholic church. Both the choir and congregation were involved with the music. Everyone was singing and clapping, it was like being at a party. The music made the service a lot of fun.

As the churches in their hometown came together, they witnessed the birth of TrueCity, a movement uniting churches in the region as they met, prayed and helped non-profits in their

Religion has had a great impact on our world. It has shaped our thinking and culture. This summer, I had the opportunity to visit St. John the Baptist Catholic Church and Immanuel’s Church, both located in Silver Spring. Immanuel’s Church is an interdenominational church that believes in incorporating different cultures and practices from various denominations. Like Immanuel’s, St. John’s is culturally diverse. Although Immanuel’s is protestant, both churches believe in one God, that he is the Creator and that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

So the challenge for churches is how to pull together seven to 10 leaders with a shared passion for connecting people to Jesus in the same community. Once again the relational models for starting new churches meet the need.

Through this experience my deeply ingrained desire to participate in multi-lingual worship that was first manifested in the Ethnomusicology concert was reinforced. The heart for the gospel showed through the Hispanic service was awe-inspiring and for the first time really exposed me to what the global church looks like. Never before had I experienced such a diverse display of public worship outside of my own culture. Though it might seem obvious to some, I had never before considered the sign language of other languages in the

There is a need today for believers who are willing to stand up and defend Christ without wavering. There are so many beliefs, religions, and worldviews contending for people’s allegiance. It takes knowing Christ, the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, and God’s word to defend the gospel. Christians must be ready to proclaim the message with persistency no matter if the times are favorable or unfavorable. Believers must ready to correct, rebuke, and encourage with great patience in teaching (2 Tim. 4:2). As Christians, you cannot look at others and their ulterior motives; you must be willing to share Christ according to his word.

In what would be the most startling moment of His early ministry, Jesus stood up in His home synagogue in Nazareth and read these words prophesied by Isaiah and recorded in the Gospel of Luke: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and … set at liberty them that are bruised.”1