I've been asked if I wanted to sing a song during the morning services at my church in September. The nice thing is that I could choose any song that I want to sing. That's pretty exciting. I was told that the pastor will be in Corinthians at about that time but I don't necessarily have to choose a song that's entwined with his sermon; just something that I'm passionate about singing.
Songs that came in mind were by Ginny Owens. I've always liked her songs, mostly her old ones cause I haven't heard much of her new ones, but her singing range is something I could sing and she kinda has a blues feel in some of her songs so that's what attracted me to her. I added some Ginny Owens songs in my playlist below if you want to listen.
Another song that came in mind was a spanish song. I don't know how well that will go down with the music pastor but I'm sure it will be fine. The spanish spoken is actually very easy to understand cause it's repeated a lot. And it's not like a simple translation can't be put up on the screen. It's called "Con Mis Manos". I fell in love with this song when I first heard it at Urbana 2006. I've sang it a couple of times in college when I helped sang on the worship team. It's a very short song but sounds very beautiful. Whatever song I pick, the worship band may or may not play, but if there was a song the band could play, this one would be great if they did.
I'm sure if I sing this song, some people will come up to me after wards and start speaking spanish. I really need to get on the ball with that in general cause my spanish is still not good.
If you happen to be reading this and a song pops into your head that would probably be a nice song to sing, please let me know. I need all the help I could get. And if not, prayer would be nice too :)
Girl I LOVE Ginny Owens! I think that's a great choice. :) I love the old hymns and this group called Page CXVI that remakes a bunch of awesome ones, you can check them out here- http://pagecxvi.com/
ReplyDeletelead me to the cross is a good one! =D hee. but ginny owens is cool. i also really like francesca battistelli. check her one when you get a chance!
ReplyDeletegood luck, roommie!
by the by, i changed my URL, but i think it should still come up for you!
thanks guys for your comments. I'm still deciding but the Ginny Owens song "If you want me to" stands out right now. We'll see.
ReplyDeleteNICOLE! i just discovered that you have a blog!! Anyways, i read your post about choosing a song. I love "If you want me to" by Ginny Owens! That son really challenged me throughout high school. Did you end up singing it? Hope you're well!
ReplyDeleteHey Joanna,
ReplyDeleteI did. I posted a video too. and yeah, i didn't know you had a blog too until I looked at someone else's.