Singing Redemption (November)

Art work by Edward Steel

2 - 29 November. 

Open the Resource Pack PDF for all the information on the weekly subthemes and the daily prompts and Bible readings which shape our Daily Worship and live streams. Each month we have a Connect Bible study PDF that accompanies the theme.

 A song as old as the universe

Redemption — that solace we can come home to, that place we can belong, regardless of who we are or what we’ve done — is not something we can earn or buy. Rather it is something sung to us. A song as old as the universe, a cosmic lullaby that tells us that all will be well and all manner of things will be well. Just as infants begin to recognise songs long before they can grasp the meaning of words — so the work of our redemption was begun long before we could grasp it.

This month we explore the power of song to both teach us about and immerse us in our redemption — the central story of our faith — that we are found, recognised, and named and that we belong with God and one another. Through lyric, rhythm, melody, harmony, percussion, timing, and phrasing songs don’t only tell us that we are redeemed, they show us how it feels to be redeemed.

Redemption is an ongoing story we learn to live into that zigzags across the spectrum of human emotion. Songs and poetry are often uniquely able to offer us insights into what it means and what it feels like to live as a person who is being continually redeemed.

Weekly Overview 

• Live and unplugged! — Songwriting as a way of sharing authentic experience 

• Praise be! — Communal worship as a way of restoring, challenging and shaping

• Punk prophecy! — Songwriting that give us a glimpse of another world

• Vagabond Hymns! — A concept album of the hymns of a wandering, wondering people

Through lyric, rhythm and harmony...they show us how it feels to be redeemed.

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Each month we create a series of discussion questions adapt our monthly themes for small Connect Groups or personal Bible study. 

You can find out more in our Connect Bible Study section for this month.

We also have a PDF of the question booklet.

If you would like to order printed booklets of this month's theme to use in your own study groups these can be purchased from Sanctus Media on their store. (Note there is a discount for ordering 8 booklets together.)

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