Singing the Psalms
Inviting all who love and teach God's Word, and all creative people: worship teams, songwriters, poets and artists. This workshop is an opportunity to delve deeply into the psalms, to creatively internalise and experience them, and to then create worship, art, teaching, and performances directly from the Scriptures for your context, using your own language and art forms.
Based on the “Psalms that Sing” 10-step process of poetically translating the Psalms into audio, text and performance. Go to www.psalmsthatsing.org for more details.
Minimum: 8 people
Workshop Content
During a standard 1-day workshop, participants will delve deeply into 1 or 2 psalms with expert teaching and creative activities. Your availability and the timing/layout of the workshop will determine how many psalms you work through.
Inspired by the "Psalms that Sing" 10-step translation process, we will work through the following 6 steps.
During the workshop, there is also an option for participants to be introduced to the “Psalms that Sing” project through amazing testimonies and psalm performance videos.
Workshop Requirements
- A minimum of 8 participants, preferably including members of church leadership and/or worship team(s).
- Wycliffe asks for R50 per person for workshops in Joburg and Pretoria to cover costs, including resources and art equipment for the workshop.
- Any drinks or food that is offered during the workshop to be provided by the church.
- Venue with tables and seating available, projection capabilities. as well as an open space for performances. It would aid the workshops to have access to a sound-desk, microphones, and connections for instruments.
