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Encourage Young Musicians

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In talking with Alice Adams the other day it got me thinking about my own musical journey and how special it is to both worship everyday and also to play for others. Alice shared with me how much they they are benefiting from the Worship Guitar Class program.

What caught my attention was when she mentioned that her kids play once a month with a Christian bluegrass group. I remembered that as a young player I used to play once a month at hootenannies. These were casual musical evenings in private homes.

Some of you are Pastors or lead Home Groups. Keep your eyes open for opportunities to invite younger musicians to lead worship. If you are a worship leaders, why not ask less experienced players to join you?
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Be Thou My Vision

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Be Thou My Vision Arrangements‘Be Thou My Vision’ is a beautiful worship song that has been enjoyed by Christians for centuries. The original melody is from Ireland in the 4th century. A woman in the Newsletter list, from Hawaii, wanted to learn to play it. I’ve made four arrangements of ‘Be Thou My Vision’ ranging from very easy to advanced.

The first arrangement is with three chords and can be played by a new guitarist. Each arrangment adds new chords and more elaborate strumming or finger picking. It’s the newest addition to the Online Streaming Videos. You can find the arrangements available with the other Online Streaming Videos. There is also an option to purchase the arrangements on DVD.

‘Be Thou My Vision’ is towards the bottom of the Streaming Videos page.