Join renowned lectionary singer Natalie Sims at Singing Our Faith.
Natalie is a member of the Brunswick Uniting Church Congregation and describes herself as a “a small l liberal, small o orthodox, small p progressive, big C Christian laywoman who started voluntarily suggesting songs for her congregation (Brunswick Uniting Church) each week.
From that seemingly small task, Natalie built her Lectionary Song website, which she puts together on a voluntary basis.
“I grew up on a steady diet of Methodist hymn-singing and Scripture in Song,” Natalie writes on her site. “As a teenager I led a youth group and we did the whole Praise and Worship band thing and tried to be like Hillsong. We also had an a capella sextet that sang some pretty awesome African American Gospel. In my 20s, I grew to love Taize, Iona and African song (thanks World Council of Churches), then lived in the USA for 3 years and grew to love American hymnody, Sacred Harp singing, and cantored Psalms. Congregationally, I like songs that are beautiful, that are intelligent, and that are inclusive. I believe a song doesn’t have to be new to fit these criteria. I love songs written by people in my worship community, but I also think it’s important to sing songs from other traditions and other countries.”
Image courtesy Brunswick Uniting Church.