by Jennifer Budziak | May 14, 2019 | Blog, Blog: Ministering through Music (Budziak), Music Directors, Planning
When my daughter was born in early May about 14 years ago, I remember a brief moment of feeling a little luxurious that I suddenly, for the first time in decades, found myself not at church on that first Saturday in May. (It was a very small feeling of luxury; on that...
by Jennifer Budziak | Apr 18, 2019 | Blog, Blog: Ministering through Music (Budziak), Music Directors
(I have posted this every year on Facebook for probably a decade, and I figured, this year I have a blog! So what better place? We all need a little levity, this week of all weeks…) The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: Tell the whole community...
by Jennifer Budziak | Mar 21, 2019 | Blog: Ministering through Music (Budziak), GIA Resources, Music Directors, Pastoral Ministry, Podcast
https://singamen.giamusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Podcast-16-Kate-Williams-Draft-3.mp3Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Android | RSSToday we have a conversation with Kate Williams, who compiled and edited the beautiful new resource Of Womb and Tomb: Prayer...
by Jennifer Budziak | Mar 7, 2019 | Blog, Blog: Ministering through Music (Budziak), Music, Music Directors
I only got to work with Joe Flummerfelt once, for one incredible 45-minute segment of one rehearsal on one ordinary day. He was visiting my teacher, who had been a student of his, at Northwestern University, and Dr. Nally had asked him to conduct a rehearsal of...
by Jennifer Budziak | Mar 1, 2019 | Blog, Blog: Ministering through Music (Budziak), Music Directors
An interesting question came up last week on the Facebook “NPM Family” group (a lot of interesting questions come up on there—it’s a good place to be!). There was a lot of really thoughtful discussion on the topic, and it’s clear that it’s a topic many of us have...
by Jennifer Budziak | Feb 15, 2019 | Blog: Ministering through Music (Budziak), Multicultural Worship, Music, Music Directors, Podcast
https://singamen.giamusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Black-History-Month-smaller-Final.mp3Podcast: Play in new windowSubscribe: Android | RSSFebruary is Black History Month, so it seemed appropriate to devote a podcast to some of the wonderful and Spirit-filled...