{"id":596,"date":"2011-08-18T15:32:11","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T15:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/?p=596"},"modified":"2015-04-22T09:37:57","modified_gmt":"2015-04-22T13:37:57","slug":"modern-hymn-writers-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/18\/modern-hymn-writers-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Modern Hymn Writers &#8211; Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are a few song writers that stand out in our services. I&#8217;d like to introduce you to a few of them over time, hoping that we might connect more with the content of our worship by understanding the creative process of the people who craft it.<\/p>\n<p>Consider <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stuarttownend.co.uk\/bio\">Stuart Townend<\/a>. He is the author of many popular sacred songs, several of which are a part of our regular rotation of worship music. He grew up in the Church of England, teaching himself the guitar as a teenager, around the same time that he gave his life to God. For the last twenty years, Townend has made an incredible impact on the church. If you have a moment, check out the video provided below. I&#8217;m always amazed by how &#8220;human&#8221; some of the most influential people in the church tend to be.<\/p>\n<p>This week, we will sing two of his songs. &#8220;In Christ Alone&#8221; and &#8220;How Deep the Father&#8217;s Love For Us&#8221;. How Deep is a beautiful modern hymn that meditates on God&#8217;s sacrifice in giving up his son. In this 3-minute video, Townend describes what went in to this timeless worship song.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BdVQNyQmdM4\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"345\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/18\/modern-hymn-writers-part-1\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"25\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"arial\" action=\"recommend\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a few song writers that stand out in our services. I&#8217;d like to introduce you to a few of them over time, hoping that we might connect more with the content of our worship by understanding the creative process of the people who craft it.<\/p>\n<p>Consider <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stuarttownend.co.uk\/bio\">Stuart Townend<\/a>. He is the author [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-worship"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1FrAa-9C","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":605,"href":"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596\/revisions\/605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}