Worshipping like the Pilgrims, music and worship links

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• Worshipping like the Pilgrims -- “Paul Jehle and Mary Huffman say Protestant worship services in America are still influenced by the form of the Pilgrims’ worship. But sometimes the substance of what the Pilgrims were trying to do gets lost.”
• William Billings -- “A leather tanner by trade, Billings began teaching a singing class in Stoughton, Massachusetts, which would later become the Stoughton Musical Society (America’s oldest music society and first singing school).”
• Sing the Scripture -- “I started singing scriptures originally to connect more with my students and add more variation to the school day as a teacher.”
• Shaped-Note Singing -- “One of the oldest and most traditional kinds of sacred music in America, shaped-note singing has deep roots in the Blue Ridge Mountains.”
• Scripture Song Book -- “Contained in the pages of this book are Scriptures that have been put to music. Most of the Scriptures are sung word for word.”
• ‘Sacred Harp’ Singing Treats Every Human Voice as Holy -- “In the rural American South, these non-denominational sing-alongs are part of a long musical tradition.”
• New Book Released by Singer/Songwriter Janene Dubbeld -- “I was born on a fatherless Father’s Day…and they took me home in a little cardboard box with no name on it.”
• Larry Gordon, creator of community choruses in Vermont, dies -- “Generation after generation of teenagers went through his (music) camps and were transformed by the experience of singing together.”
• In 1996: Sixty-Sixth State Gospel Singing Convention Takes “Shape” in Dothan -- “Stanley Smith of Ozark remembers attending his first Alabama State Gospel Music Convention in 1978 at the age of 17, ‘My jaw dropped.’”
• How to Use the Metrical Index in Your Hymnal -- “But then, there’s that Metrical Index - some sort of code with numbers and dots and letters that makes you feel like you’re reading a computer manual.”
• Helen Hall Was a Regular on ‘Big D Jamboree’ -- “In her later years, Helen frequently sang at First Baptist Church in Fairfield, Texas, in Freestone County. She died of lung cancer in Oakwood, Texas, September 24, 2006.”
• God Leads Us Along -- “Around 1942, hymn writer and publisher Haldor Lillenas decided to track down George Young’s widow and find out more.”
• Flashback: Neil Young Writes ‘After the Gold Rush’ for a Lost Dean Stockwell Movie -- “Young read the screenplay and decided to create a soundtrack for it.”
• Baylor’s Black Gospel Archive and Listening Center now open to the public -- “The new archive and listening center features storage space for thousands of physical items, including LPs, 45rpm discs and cassettes, as well as researcher computer stations and a custom work desk.”
• 10 Best Thanksgiving Songs -- “(an opinion) Along with this time of year we bring out special songs of thanksgiving that we have been singing for years and years.”