About six weeks ago, I dropped by the office of Chris Macedo, our Music & Worship Pastor.
I was working on a message for the Crescendo series, this one from Psalm 150. Here’s the text of Psalm 150 in the NIV:
1 Praise the LORD.
Praise God in his sanctuary;
praise him in his mighty heavens.
2 Praise him for his acts of power;
praise him for his surpassing greatness.
3 Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,
praise him with the harp and lyre,
4 praise him with tambourine and dancing,
praise him with the strings and flute,
5 praise him with the clash of cymbals,
praise him with resounding cymbals.
6 Let everything that has breath praise the LORD.
Praise the LORD.
So anyway, I asked Chris, “can we DO that Psalm instead of read it? Can you make all those instruments work as part of the Scripture reading?” I was envisioning a musical rendering of the Psalm.
Chris said yes.
And he then took the raw material of that idea and produced something remarkable, something far beyond what I could expect or envision.
He and his team composed music, arranged lighting, and edited video to create a multi-sensory experience of Psalm 150.
Here’s what it looked like this past Sunday:
As we said afterwards, “WOW.”
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This is a great beginning to the day. First, Praise Him, second, see the gifts given to his people, third, have them share their gifts and fourth, give those gifts back to HIM.
Thank you for posting.
I hate that we had to miss this! Thanks for sharing the video!
Thanks…and a moving proclamation indeed! Wish I had been there.
Hey Talbot and Chris, I am so bummed that I wasn’t at church that day because I have now listened and re-listened to that piece and have it posted on my FB page. I have a friend (artist/musician/writer) who is not a Christian who absolutely loved it (and he’s very picky) and wanted to know if the people in the audience could see all the images that are flashed across in the YouTube version. I don’t think they can but can they?
Yes, Charlotte, the images were on the screens during the presentation of the Psalm. It added a lot to it.
Thanks!