Posted on January 2, 2020 by Dr. Will Whittaker
I was recently reading a dialogue in a Facebook group I’m a part of that basically said that folks under 35 only want to sing worship music in church like Passion/Bethel/Hillsong, to name a few, while folks over 65 only wanted to sing traditional… Continue Reading “Generation X: Tolerant of All Types of Church Music?”
Category: TagsTags: Builder Generation, church music, church music styles, community, Gen-X, generational, generations, intergenerational, intergenerational relationships, intergenerational worship, invest, investing in next generations, modern worship, multi-generational, multigen, multigenerational, music, music ministry, musical style, next gen, next generations, older generations, popular music, reachingnextgen, relationships, Silent Generation, value, worship, worship music, worship style, young adults, younger generations
Posted on March 21, 2019 by Dr. Will Whittaker
Over the last few years, I’ve had people contact me and ask questions about serving an intergenerational church and leading an intergenerational music ministry. I’ve really enjoyed discussing how we do what we do here. One of the more difficult questions that is asked… Continue Reading “Bringing the Church Back Together- Part 1- Biblical Foundations”
Posted on November 12, 2018 by Dr. Will Whittaker
The other day I was rereading an article written by Michael Hawn “Singing Across the Generations: is there Hope?”1 and I came across this statement on page 20, “congregations that are virtually all African American or Latino most often worship together as multigenerational families.” He… Continue Reading “Minority-Dominate Congregations are More Likely to be Intergenerational.”
Category: TagsTags: African-American, Anglo, Anglo-American, black gospel, choir, choirs in worship, church choir, church music, churches, community, congregation, congregational, congregations, ethnic, ethnicity, Hispanic, intergenerational, intergenerational choir, intergenerational relationships, intergenerational worship, Latin America, latin american music, Latino, liturgy, minority, minority-dominated, multi-ethnic, multicultural, musical style, participation in church choir, praise, relationships, value, worship
“Intergenerational Worship” is worship in which people of every age are understood to be equally important.
Howard Vanderwell