Last Sunday, 20th July, for the first time in Singapore, the popular gameshow Don't Forget The Lyrics was played in Singapore at Yio Chu Kang Chapel Capernaum Room, by the YCKC youths! Everyone was divided into 5 groups and each group sent a representative per round to play to 5 categories of Christian melodies: Hymns, Sunday School, Retro, Greatest Hits, & Songs You Can Jump To.
The energy was rocketing; voices were soaring; the tension was high... We belched out tunes that ranged from popular contemporary songs like Chris Tomlin's How Great is Our God to all-time favourites like One Way, reminiscence-inducing Jesus Loves Me This I Know to power-packed hymns like How Great Thou Art and even uber-retro songs like Jehovah Jireh.
Everyone from recent graduates of Sunday school, to old folks like Wayne had their bit of fun recalling lyrics and singing (often out of key) to the amazing band consisting of Amy, John, Nick, Ern and Kevin that played every single song live! Marcus, being the game master, carried the whole show with his electric energy and sugary (for lack of better word, needed an 's' word) singing.
All in all, everyone had a good time playing along, singing along to the tunes and remembering lyrics to the very songs that we sing almost every Sunday. One important thing I took away from that Sunday's activity was how all of us Christians were a family in Christ, and even simple things like Praise & Worship songs are but some of the common threads that bind us together.
In a superficial way, it forms a part of our identity. On a deeper level, I am reminded how we are a family in Christ, worshiping God in unity through songs (amongst other ways) because of our single faith in Him, because we have been blessed and chosen by Him to be His children, to so freely go to church on Sundays to sing songs of praise and worship to our Lord.
And when the session ended, I felt gleeful and warm; it felt like we just had a family bonding time - in the form of a gameshow. And I know that the cheer, smiles and joy that resounded in each one of us was also pleasing to God, because in our doing (perhaps unknowingly), we had glorified God for His grace to us, in choosing us, sustaining us, and blessing us as a family so richly.
All glory to God!
Ronald
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