Music Sermon Series: Spirituals

Music Sermon Series: Divine Frequency: When Music Becomes Prayer

Series Dates: January 11 – February 15, 2026

Series Overview: What if the divine speaks not just in whispers, but in melodies? What if the Spirit moves not only through silence, but through rhythm, harmony, and song? This transformative six-week journey explores how music becomes a sacred language—from the defiant hope of spirituals born in bondage to the raw honesty of Bruce Springsteen's heartland hymns. Each Sunday, we'll immerse ourselves in a different musical tradition, discovering how bluegrass harmonies mirror heavenly community, how jazz improvisation teaches us about grace, and how protest songs become prayers for justice. Come ready to worship with your whole body—mind, heart, and soul—as we tune our lives to the frequency of the divine.

This week: "Wade in the Water: Songs of Secret Liberation" Spirituals

There's something sacred about bluegrass—that "high lonesome sound" that cuts straight to the soul. Born in Appalachian hollers where life was hard and hope was harder to find, bluegrass teaches us about finding the sacred in struggle. Like Jesus stepping into the muddy waters of the Jordan, bluegrass spirituality isn't afraid to get baptized by life's hardships. In that moment when the heavens opened and God's voice broke through like a clear mountain melody declaring "This is my beloved," we learn that divine approval often comes not when we're perfect, but when we're willing to wade into the mess of human experience where harmony emerges from hardship.

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