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John Bostock is an ISM Registered Private Teacher |
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With a Master's degree in Music and Liturgy I can provide advice and support to clergy, PCCs and other lay people leading to an increased understanding of the synergy between music and liturgy in Common Worship. |
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Click here to view a reference from the Archdeacon of York |
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The term 'Common' implies 'community worship' and thus is often misunderstood in present-day churches: this means that we need to move away from the 19th and 20th century ideas of personal religious individuality and exclusiveness, and welcome the idea of togetherness in worship. In this way, people of all ages can meet, not as individuals but as 'communities', especially in the local environment for both the Eucharist and Daily Offices, using wide-ranging texts and music in a range of traditional and contemporary cultural styles. As a consequence, the Church will grow in all ways, bringing together the past and present, the ancient and modern. |
My aim is to help individual churches to unite all members of a congregation, whether young or old, on a broad Anglican style of worship in a Eucharist that is rich in both liturgy and music and as meaningful as possible in their use. There may well be initial problems in establishing such a situation but with careful guided discussion and understanding, the flexibility, diversity and experimentation that Common Worship offers, through its musical and liturgical elements, can enhance your worship. I can assist you in unlocking the enormous amount of seasonal and thematic resources available through musical settings, hymns, songs, psalms, instrumental and organ music, as well as the many 'alternative' prayers available. |
The musical possibilities are endless, and with the organist or pianist specifically in mind, I should be very happy to explain how the different periods of musical history, giving us countless works are very accessible, and thus create seasonal and thematic preludes and postludes, without the need to resort to major recital repertoire. It is with this in mind that I am happy to assist churches of all denominations by offering reduced rate lessons on the piano, keyboard and organ to anyone who would like to help their church explore more options with music and liturgy.
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