Songs & Decor

Singing

Contextual talks have been given and papers written reflecting on the purpose of songs and singing. In January 1967 The Image periodical published Volume I and Volume II Songs of the Spirit Movement with a context in Volume I. Joseph Mathews talked about “The Purpose and Categories of Songs”: June 19, 1973.

For many years each Summer Research Assembly compiled a songbook. Various other songbooks were created over the years.

• 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974,1976 GRA, 1976 Council, 1977, 1979 GRA, 1979 Council,1980 Symposium, 1980 and 1980-81, 1983,  2017

• The Singing of the Historical Religious;  Wedge Blade Songbook

• Consult Songbook

• Canadian Town Meeting Songbook, December 1975

• Drama of Humaness Songbook 

• Singing in Resurgence;  Singing of Hope, Singing of Those Who Care

• Memorial Songbook for Jean Long, 2019

• Songs, Songs, Songs – Some 470 songs compiled from various songbooks over the years by the Philbrook family.

• ICA Related Songs

• Local Church Experiment Songs

• Spirit Journey Retreat 2007, songs and rituals compiled by John and Lynda Cock

• The Global Songbook 1983-1984

• Two major collections of songs compiled from various sources:  485 songs and 788 songs.