Music for Palm Sunday – Sunday 28 March 2010
March 25, 2010 by Rob Westwood-Payne
Filed under News, Random Jottings, worship meetings
This Sunday the Church celebrates Palm Sunday, a joyful recollection of Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem at the start of Holy Week and the events leading up to his death and resurrection.
Cradley Heath Songsters will join in the celebrations by singing two lively songs, Creation Sings by David T Clydesdale and High Above the Earth by Twila LaBar and Maurice Carter.
For over ten years, the music of David T Clydesdale has been synonymous with excellence in church music. With multiple Dove-award winning anthems, collections and musicals that have shaped the sound of church music today, David’s talents have been used worldwide to communicate the gospel of Jesus Christ. This song reminds of the words Jesus spoke on Palm Sunday when the Pharisees rebuked his disciples for singing and praising God: “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out” (Luke 19: 37-40). It is not just we humans who praise and worship God: creation worships him in its own way too. Imagine man and nature coming together to sing a song of praise.
Twila LaBar is a prolific songwriter with success in the Christian music industry, (Avalon, Point of Grace, Charles Billingsley, Dottie Peoples, Babbie Mason, The Talley Trio, The Hoskins Family and many more). This song invites us to join with creation and exalt the name the Lord, praising him as the one who reigns high above the earth.
Why not join us for our meetings this Sunday at 10:30am and 6:00pm at The Salvation Army, Meredith Street, Cradley Heath B64 5EP?
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Rob Westwood-Payne grew up in The Salvation Army at Norwich Citadel. He left Norwich to study at the University of Warwick and became fully involved in the music centre there culminating in his conducting Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue to a full house in Symphony Hall in Birmingham. He also transferred to The Salvation Army at Coventry City, where he became Songster Leader at the age of 21. He was made Songster Leader at Cradley Heath in April 1998 shortly before marrying Gail in the following October. He is a former leader of the West Midlands Divisional Youth Chorus and is currently Programme Director at the West Midlands Divisional Summer School for The Salvation Army. He is an Associate Solicitor in the Licensing Team of a national practice based in the south west.