[Choir] THREE birthdays!!

[Stephen Finner]

I disagree that it is "more appropriate" given that we have sung about
Jesus's bloody hands while on the cross (Ave Verrum Corpus"  .  We also
make reference to "God" is lots of other things we sing, and I invite you
to go through our two hymnals and you will see many times that word is used
in hymns we program all the time.  I think your statement is a very
dogmatic arms folded 'not me!!!" and probably will start an interesting
discussion here.  I would be happy as would Donia, I am sure, lead a
discussion about text because it is important.   When discussing text in
worship and related activities ("God Danced" is not a worship song, the
three most important variables are context , context and context, and did I
mention context?   ����

And not only do we UU's sing the word "God" often, but also  (GASP)
"Lord".   ����

The relation between what we believe and what we sing as individuals  (and
not just UU's but many other faiths) is very nuanced and varied.  I
certainly don't believe in an interventionist deity and I qualify as an
agnostic or even an atheist ( and  survey research shows many people are
atheists about some things and not others) and I am very comfortable
singing the word "God" , depending of course on context (there's that word
again). ��

 I like to refer to the Goddess of my Misunderstanding and can easily hold
that in my mind while singing "God" or even the L word.   So you will hear
me sing "God" often and I will pray to the Goddess of my misunderstanding
that you don't put me on the church lawn in stocks with a sign saying
"Believes in God"����



Stephen L. Finner, Ph.D.
finnerstephen at gmail.com
(802) 598-4317 (cell)    (802) 461-2528 (home-wifi)
27 Highland Avenue,  Apartment 3
Barre, Vermont 05641

Director of Music, UU Congregation of  Washington VT (summer congregation)
Minister of Music Emeritus, St. Johnsbury Vermont UU Congregation
(he, him, his)
"There must always remain in everyone's life some room for the singing of
angels"   Rev. Dr. Howard Thurman
"May you know the joy of living sometimes comes with pain lived through"
Steve Finner (1998)
"Nothing stays the same after we find the God within"  Sr. Joan Chittister
O.S.B.
And just in case you were wondering "Faith without works is dead" James 2:26


On Fri, Jun 3, 2022 at 1:56 PM Lani Seifert <lani.seifert at gmail.com> wrote:

> Not everyone believes in god, Stephen, so the Happy Birthday song is more
> appropriate to* all beliefs.*
> Lani
>
> On Fri, Jun 3, 2022 at 1:54 PM Stephen Finner via Choir <
> choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:
>
>> Or better yet, God Danced The Day You Were Born, by Andrew Lawrence of
>> Toronto
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhAaOeypmsU
>>
>> By the way, the traditional happy birthday song was written by two
>> schoolteacher sisters, Patty (lyrics) and Mildred (tune) Hill in the 1890's
>> for kindergarten students and the original lyrics were "Good morning to
>> you" 3x,  "Good morning dear students, good morning to you". Contrary to
>> false belief it is in the public domain (as is "God Danced...").
>>
>>
>> Stephen L. Finner, Ph.D.
>> finnerstephen at gmail.com
>> (802) 598-4317 (cell)    (802) 461-2528 (home-wifi)
>> 27 Highland Avenue,  Apartment 3
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>> Barre, Vermont 05641
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>>
>> Director of Music, UU Congregation of  Washington VT (summer congregation)
>> Minister of Music Emeritus, St. Johnsbury Vermont UU Congregation
>> (he, him, his)
>> "There must always remain in everyone's life some room for the singing of
>> angels"   Rev. Dr. Howard Thurman
>> "May you know the joy of living sometimes comes with pain lived through"
>> Steve Finner (1998)
>> "Nothing stays the same after we find the God within"  Sr. Joan
>> Chittister O.S.B.
>> And just in case you were wondering "Faith without works is dead" James
>> 2:26
>>
>>
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>> On Fri, Jun 3, 2022 at 12:28 PM Vamarie via Choir <
>> choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Lucky us -- looks like we could sing "Happy Birthday" three times
>>> tomorrow! Three Gemini ladies who each bring so much talent to our plucky
>>> little choir have birthdays this weekend: June 4th is Tamara's big day, and
>>> then Heather and Liz shared June 5th for their birth! So much to celebrate
>>> at our social tomorrow!
>>>
>>> Happy birthday Tamara, Liz and Heather!!
>>>
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