Anthem of Thanksgiving | Shiloh Baptist Church Senior Choir

[romey2cutej27]

As an aspiring Organist and pianist, it is impressive to see church choirs such as Shiloh singing a variety of music. I think as musicians and choir directors we need to do a better job teaching a variety of music, rather than doing what is popular. I give the entire music dept. a job well done.!!

[hammondman94]

But some of this suff we call the "Spirit" is not the "Holy Spirit". So try not to belittle others for there form of worship or music. I've seen people shout off of "Let Mt. Zion Rejoice" as if it was a hot gospel. I'm not going to bash you for your quiet more reserve form of worship and in return you should bash other for there more expressive and emotional style.

[WelshSaddler]

Indeed, the anthem is "Glorious is thy name O mighty Lord". This particular setting is to music by Mozart, and I sang it (base) when the school choir won a local competition in 1961 !!! Lovely to sing, easy to add enthusiasm with such a lyrical setting.

[blackmaestro]

Could it be that people in these churches still aint singing and living the word of God. This is the music we need Shiloh-yall keep doing what your doing.People need to be reflect and stop being entertained and jumpin around like their at a rap concert church is supposed to be sacred.

[americanbaptist]

BlackMaestro, as I was reading your posts I found myself thinking, "The Brother is on it." Shiloh does have a gospel choir, but it hasn't gone off (yet); our Director of Music is versatile and confident with classical literature. If I had my druthers, though, we'd have all Senior Choir all the time. We need to get back to DISCIPLINE, which is what positioned Dexter Avenue Baptist Church and other like her to call Dr. King, who led us into a more authentic Christian practice.

[V334432]

Thank you!!!

[oldsoul9]

AMEN AMEN

[hammondman94]

@blackmaestro As a fellow director of music, I will have to say that we need to have well rounded music in our churches. We have put the hymns and anthems totally out the church. I teach my choir all genres and we do all of them well. Now I think we get into something when we criticize how one expresses him or herselves in church. What works for you, may not work for others. Also remember that we are an emotional people by nature. It's in our blood.

[hammondman94]

@blackmaestro So lets not bash belittle those of us who shout and express ourselves differently in church. Personally I think after all God has brought us through, we have something to shout about. I have seen some of the most "dignified" persons of our race in the city go balistic at a ballgame but BASH someone for being expressive in worship. How dare you, when the Psalms explains how to worship. Now don't get me wrong, I believe in order.

[blackmaestro]

I'm sorry but rejoice doesn't mean jump up and down foaming at the mouth screaming and yelling like a banshea does it??? Im in my early 20's and this is the type of music I grew up on and this is the type of music I program as a church music director today. People say get we gotta get the young people in here-so that means rip out the pipe organ, get a drumset-synthesizer, give everybody a mic and let em scream and run cross the church...then they wonder why they're churches are still empty

[americanbaptist]

The Word says that all things shall be done decently and in order. Why, then, is it OK for the loud and uncouth to trash the dignified congregants, but not for the dignified congregants to tell the free-for-all crowd to sit down and shut up so that we can actually HEAR the word? I'm also sick of the removal of congregational hymns from our services. I like a Hymn of Consecration prior to the preaching -- not a choir show that gets the preacher screaming before he's even introduced his text.

[blackmaestro]

Well praise the Lord, its good to know that good churchmusic still has a future. If I had my way we'd be singing hymns, spirituals, anthems, and gregorian chant from the 5th century with some slow grinding pipe organ music. That slow grinding organ helped get me saved. Make em listen to that organ and put the fear of God down in em!

[baptistorganist]

What type of baptist church is this. I am baptist and we sing like way more contemporery than this. I was just curious? DO you all rejoice in the spirit there.

[americanbaptist]

We are an American Baptist- and a Progressive National Baptist-affiliated congregation. Our Senior Minister is only the sixth in 145 years. It is a stable, historic. In this clip, the congregation IS "rejoic[ing] in the spirit." The mere fact that nobody is making noise doesn't mean that we are not filled up. We do have a contemporary young adult ensemble as well as a loud gospel choir (a video of which is posted if you search for Gillfield Baptist).

[americanbaptist]

P.S. There is still a place for the reverent, dignified worship style -- the kind that created an environment for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and his flock to act with revolutionary effectiveness in Montgomery, Ala., in the 1950s. If Dexter had not been deliberately contemplative in their corporal approach to God, I suggest in an upcoming issue of the review Books & Culture, then they would not have led as they did, starting with their decisions on whom to call as their pastors.

[baptistorganist]

Oh i am sorry I didn't mean it in the way that the church was dead. I know that we all worship in different ways. I know every church is in to the sanctified aspect. I am so use to the sanctified baptist. I have seen some A.M.E. churches like this so I just thought your church was in that category. Waht is the difference between American Baptist, and Missionary.

also are you kind of with the lutherans. Sorry about all the questions

[americanbaptist]

No offense taken. With Baptist churches, whether American, Missionary, etc., one never knows what style he or she will walk into -- from the highly liturgical and formal (e.g., First Baptist D.C., Myers Park Baptist Charlotte) -- to the happy-clappy contemporary (e.g., New Birth Missionary Baptist near Atlanta, Saddleback near Los Angeles). Theological approaches also run the gamut, ranging from Puritanical-Congregationalist to Calvinistic-Presbyterian. Treatises explain these distictions.

[americanbaptist]

Actually, this selection has been erroneously attributed for years to Mozart when, in fact, it was composed by the Viennese composer of light opera Wenzel Müller (1768-1835).

[V334432]

let all nation bow before thee...and declare thy wondous works! I love this, it's one of my favorite anthems. I first sang this when I was 15yrs old in church. Our Sanctuary chior still belts this one out and gets the church happy.

[betazoida]

PLease talk the whoever in charge of video recordings at Shiloh to put the full video online. Full video of the choral singings, the Sr. Choirs, the contemporary style choirs. The little clips are good, and they are a beginning. Thank you for doing that.

Diversity in music is a must. and Shiloh has it. Don't lose it, Shiloh.

[americanbaptist]

I agree. Shiloh deserves a video representation reflective of the church's best. My feeble efforts should give way to higher quality.

[alphadubois]

Mozart, Glorious is thy name. We sing this anthem in the A.M.E. Zion Church rather often.