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Table of Contents

Foreword

Scott Wesley Brown

Prelude

Frank Fortunato (in Adobe Acrobat PDF format)

God as Maestro

1 God Will Make a Way
Carol Brinneman
Africa

2 A Singing Lesson for the Nadëb
Rodolfo and Beatrice Senn with Carol Brinneman
Brazil, Nadeb

3 A Church Planted through Songs in the Night
Don McCurry
Kyrgyzstan

Overture: Opening Hearts

4 Music Opens the Heart’s Door
Don McCurry
Pakistan, Punjabi Psalms recorded by HSI

5 What Happened After Grandma Danced
Paul DeNeui
Thailand, Isaan

6 Once Again They Dance by the Light of the Moon
Aretta Loving
Burkina Faso, Bissa

7 “How About That! That’s Our Song.”
Pat Ham
Brazil, Apinaye

8 Chanting the Gospel of John:
An Experimental Approach
Sue Hall and Richard Shawyer
West Africa

Solos: The Power of Music in One Life

9 Two Blind Men
Don McCurry
Pakistan, Qawwali song

10 Love in Siberia:A Musician Friend for Life
Robin Harris
Siberia, Sakha/Yakut

11 A New Song and a New Mom
Dave and Kay Henry
Siberia, Yakut/Sakha

12 The Night of the Tiger
Bruce Olson
Colombia, Montilone

13 “Teach Us the Songs of Heaven”: An African
Evangelist Encourages Indigenous Hymnody
James R. Krabill
Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia

Symphony
Movement 1:Workshop as Musical Catalyst

14 Abraham Goes Senufo:
Communicating the Scriptures through Song
Roberta R. King
Côte d’Ivoire

15 User-Friendly Hymns for the Achoday
Paul Neeley
Ghana, Achoday

16 Musical Midwives
Sue Hall and Paul Neeley
Ghana, Vagla

17 Praising the High King of Heaven
Paul Neeley and Sue Hall
Ghana, Dagomba

18 Green Shoots in a Spiritual Desert
Sue Hall
Senegal, Wolof

19 Pirouetting toward Faith
Colin and Dot Suggett and Mary Hendershott
Burkina Faso, Turka

Go here for mp3 song files and photos from the music workshop.

20 Spirit-Converted Songs:
Lullaby, Prayer, and Folk Dance
Ron Binder
Panama, Wounaan

21 Singing Literacy Classes
Carol Brinneman with Mark Hepner
Papua New Guinea, Bargam

22 Poetic Reflections on Scripture:
Dawn in Northeast India
Michael T. Heneise
Northeast India

Movement 2: Suffering, Persecution, Healing

23 Dinka Worship:
Keeping Strong in the Midst of Persecution
Frank Fortunato
Sudan, Dinka 1

Go here for mp3 song files and photos from the music workshop.

24 “God Looks Back on Us”:
Healing Songs for a Suffering Nation
Karen Campbell
Sudan, Dinka 2

25 “We Sang Ourselves Free”:
Music Lessons from Estonia
Steven Pierson
Estonia

26 Ascending the Heights:
Glory to God in the Himalayas
Frank Fortunato and Ken Davidson
Northeast India

27 Touched by Jesus: The Dalit Music Seminar
(Author Unknown)
Northeast India

Movement 3: Church Strengthening

28 Body, Soul, and Spirit: Malian Evangelicals
Worship to the Beat of Their Hearts
Phil Anderson
Mali, Bambara

29 “From Now On, Give Us is Bread”
Julie Taylor
Tanzania, Burunge

30 Singing a New Song: How Music Came
to the Guaraní
Jeanette Windle
Bolivia, Guarani

31 Now We Can Speak to God—in Song
Jack Popjes
Brazil, Canela

32 Music Worth Celebrating
James Ziersch
Kenya, Marakwet/Endo

33 Let’s Worship—in Ejagham!
(Author Unknown)
Cameroon, Ejagham

34 “Now There’s Something Interesting in Church”
Leticia Dzokotoe
Ghana, Bassari

Movement 4: Culture Affirmation

35 Cresting a Musical Wave
Frank Fortunato and Paul Neeley
Mongolia

36 Artistic Expression Offered as Worship:
God at Work in Mongolia
Frank Fortunato with Paul and Linda Neeley
Mongolia

37 The Batak Heresy:
The Struggle to Achieve Meaningful Worship
Catherine Hodges
Indonesia, Batak

38 Light in a Forgotten –stan
Von Newcomb
Central Asia

39 Ute Grandma Sings for God and Her People
Nola Shoemaker
Colorado, USA

40 “Semi-Tribal” Songs Unite Generations
Glenn Stallsmith
Philippines, Matigsalug

41 Authentic Alamblak Worship
Neil Coulter
Papua New Guinea, Alamblak

Encore: Reflection and Response

42 Music Ministry, Take Two:
What I’d Do Differently
Rolly Walter
Bolivia

43 Catalytic Composers Spark God’s Praise
Paul Neeley
Togo, Ife 1

44 Music, Drama, and Storying:
Exciting Foundations for Church Planting
Tom Ferguson
Togo, Ife 2

Ife - Isaiah the Prophet (agbadza style).mp3
Ife - Jesus Raises Lazarus (gudugba style).mp3

45 Artists Hold Keys to Unreached People Groups
John Oswald
Asia

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