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		<title>Keith Getty to Speak at Congregational Singing Seminar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am pleased to announce that Dr. Paul Clark and I are co-hosting a seminar at Grace Community Church on Saturday, February 11, 2012 entitled &#8220;Congregational Singing: Planning and Leading Congregational Worship from a Pastoral Heart.&#8221; We had breakfast with Keith Getty this morning, now a Nashville resident, to confirm his involvement with the seminar. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://congregationalsongs.com/2012/01/keith-getty-to-speak-at-congregational-singing-seminar/</link>
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		<title>Whate&#8217;er My God Ordains Is Right</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine sent me this text, saying her church had just sung this hymn and though the music was not very engaging, the words were extremely powerful and would I write a new melody? I read through the text and saw what she was talking about. What a faith-filled hymn! Written by Samuel [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://congregationalsongs.com/2012/01/whateer-my-god-ordains-is-right/</link>
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		<title>The Worship Leader&#8217;s Wife</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was a packed house. I was sitting at the piano after having just finished a song during our Christmas Eve service a couple weeks ago. Our pastor, Scott, had begun his short message. This evening, there was no childcare because the Christmas Eve service is a more informal, kid-friendly gathering. I looked toward where [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://congregationalsongs.com/2012/01/the-worship-leaders-wife/</link>
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		<title>A Worthy Read for Worship Leaders as We Approach Christmas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Read this great article calling us to be centered on the gospel (and the expression of those who have been transformed by it) as we prepare for the Christmas season in our congregational gatherings.]]></description>
		<link>http://congregationalsongs.com/2011/12/a-worthy-read-for-worship-leaders-as-we-approach-christmas/</link>
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		<title>Why Hymns Matter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a great, concise interview with the Gettys on why hymns matter. So fun to have these two in Nashville. Click here to read. Thanks to Andrea Frankenfeld for passing it along.]]></description>
		<link>http://congregationalsongs.com/2011/11/why-hymns-matter/</link>
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		<title>New Songwriters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am so thankful to have been a part of what God is doing in India. I spent three days last week teaching Indian believers who are quite good musicians how to write songs that are congregational. They were the most receptive, eager bunch I&#8217;ve ever taught. We walked through the steps: Gather together, pray [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://congregationalsongs.com/2011/10/new-songwriters/</link>
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		<title>Many Nations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[10 minutes ago, I was singing songs with some of the guys who are here for the workshop. About halfway through &#8220;How He Loves,&#8221; I realized what I was doing. The tears began to well up, because I was practicing for that place that my soul longs to be. I was singing praises with three [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://congregationalsongs.com/2011/10/many-nations/</link>
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		<title>Like-Mindedness in Chattanooga</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning, my phone alarm buzzed at 4:30am. I met Paul Clark at 5:30am in a Home Depot parking lot where I threw my stuff into the back of his ride and headed to Chattanooga to make an 8:30am Worship Leader Roundtable put on by the Tennessee Baptist Convention. Having to be somewhere in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://congregationalsongs.com/2011/10/like-mindedness-in-chattanooga/</link>
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		<title>Songwriting Workshop in South Asia!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On October 17th, I will be leaving on a jet plane (3 planes actually, for a total &#8220;in the air&#8221; time of something around 20 hours) for South Asia. It will not be really fun to be leaving my girls for a little over a week, but I am very excited for what I&#8217;m getting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://congregationalsongs.com/2011/09/songwriting-workshop-in-south-asia/</link>
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		<title>Moved by Authenticity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Kelly and I drove down to Dunlap, TN for the wedding of a close friend of hers. They have known each other for 20 years. We arrived at her parents&#8217; house, where the events were to be held in the back yard. The barn now sported a stage where the bluegrass band and square [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://congregationalsongs.com/2011/09/moved-by-authenticity/</link>
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