Experience of Music and Religion

Back home, at church, youth group did lots of singing of contemporary Christian music. When we had our youth group service, we actually had some of the members of our youth group form a band and they would lead us through praising on Sunday morning before the sermon started. Then when the sermon’s over, we do a little bit more of praising and the pastor prays for us, and that would be the end of youth group service that day. I wasn’t part of the youth group band but I know that they had practice every week twice a week, and had one more rehearsal right before the service had to start. The music sounded almost like pop but you could tell that they were Christian music because the lyrics were based on either the bible or our own experiences of being a Christian. Occasionally, we would volunteer in places and have a concert, or go out and compete for Christian Contemporary Band competitions.