| FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MUSIC AT FBC: |
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What style of music do you use in worship? |
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Our fellowship is diverse and our music reflects that. |
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So, what style of music do you use? |
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Choirs, ensembles, and soloists sing a wide variety of musical styles. As a body, we sing traditional hymns and contemporary choruses in every service. |
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What instruments accompany the singing? |
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All kinds - guitars, drums, piano, pipe organ, other instruments, and we often sing a cappella as well. |
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So, your music is blended? |
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Some would call it that, we call it fused. |
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What's the difference between blended and fused? |
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Blended is often multiple musical styles homogenized so that they all sound the same - hymns like choruses, choruses like hymns. We try to fuse the styles so their unique sound is heard, as they flow seamlessly into a varied, yet unified, meaningful whole. |
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Do you use hymnals to sing the hymns? |
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There are hymnals in the pews and hymn numbers appear in the projection and printed order of service for those who want to use the hymnals. But, words are projected for everything we sing. |
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Do you ever have concerts or special programs? |
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Yes we do - our graded choirs, ensembles, and bell groups present concerts each Sunday night of December. (Check out THE CHRISTMAS LAMB if you haven't already!) They also lead us in celebrating Holy Week during the special services of the Easter season. Our student and college ministries lead in evening worship alternating months during the school year. |
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Who's your target in the worship music you use? |
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God. It's all about Him. We come to worship Him in obedience - trusting His promise to meet our needs; but expecting Him to stretch and lead all of us to experience a God bigger than any of our individual preferences in music style. After all, it is - all about Him. |
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