Mennonite Church Canada is putting together a virtual choir for Gathering 2022, and you are invited to join.
The choir will record “Greater Things Than These,” a song that Winnipeg pastor and songwriter Phil Campbell-Enns composed for the event.
The song starts with a reflection on Jesus’ birth before meditating on the notion that Canadian Mennonites worship on land that was stolen from Indigenous peoples. The song invites healing and includes a refrain sung from God’s perspective: “Come and see how my love can bring you peace / Come and see how my truth can set you free / Follow me, there is still more to reveal / I will do greater things than these; come and see.”
Anyone wishing to participate in the virtual choir can download the music and the instructions for how to submit a recording here. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, March 1.
Gathering 2022 will take place in Edmonton from July 29 to Aug. 1.
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—Updated Feb. 17, 2022
A virtual choir sings as part a launch event for the Voices Together hymnal in 2020. Mennonite Church Canada is inviting Canadian Mennonites to join a virtual choir for Gathering 2022. (YouTube photo)
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