{"id":11310,"date":"2025-10-02T20:38:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T10:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/?p=11310"},"modified":"2025-10-02T21:02:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T11:02:05","slug":"sing-a-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/?p=11310","title":{"rendered":"Sing a song"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kids-1.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kids-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kids-1.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kids-1-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At Leighmoor Uniting church<strong>, <\/strong>Moorabbin,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We asked congregation members to nominate their favourite hymns. Leading up to the service last Sunday about 36 suggestions were reduced to 16 and sung usually two or three verses each. The favorites were mainly from \u201cTogether In Song\u201d as well as one called \u201cHe Lives\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ground swell of pleasure after the service culminated in handshakes and hugs all around with the fervent desire expressed that a repeat should not be too far away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Reflection:- <\/em><\/strong><em>&nbsp;A search of the Bible reveals many references to the value of singing for example, Psalm 33 v6 \u201cI will sing to the Lord, for he has been good to me\u201d; Psalm 33 V1 \u201cSing joyfully to the Lord, you righteous, it is fitting for the upright to praise him\u201d; Isaiah 12 V5 \u201cSing to the Lord, for he has done glorious things\u201d. It is also well known among Parkinson sufferers, the benefits of singing.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Geoff Serpell<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Leighmoor Uniting church, Moorabbin, We asked congregation members to nominate their favourite hymns. Leading up to the service last Sunday about 36 suggestions were reduced to 16 and sung usually two or three verses each. The favorites were mainly from \u201cTogether In Song\u201d as well as one called \u201cHe Lives\u201d. The ground swell of pleasure after the service culminated in handshakes and hugs all around with the fervent desire expressed that a repeat should not be too far away. Reflection:- &nbsp;A search of the Bible reveals many references to the value of singing for example, Psalm 33 v6 \u201cI will sing to the Lord, for he has been good to me\u201d; Psalm 33 V1 \u201cSing joyfully to the Lord, you righteous, it is fitting for the upright to praise him\u201d; Isaiah 12 V5 \u201cSing to the Lord, for he has done glorious things\u201d. It is also well known among Parkinson sufferers, the benefits of singing. Geoff Serpell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":6014,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pew-stories"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kids-1.jpeg",320,240,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kids-1.jpeg",320,240,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kids-1.jpeg",320,240,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kids-1-150x150.jpeg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kids-1-300x225.jpeg",300,225,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kids-1.jpeg",320,240,false],"news_plugin_small":["https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kids-1.jpeg",320,240,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kids-1.jpeg",320,240,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kids-1.jpeg",320,240,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Geoff Serpell","author_link":"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/author\/geoff"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/?cat=76\" rel=\"category\">Pew stories<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"At Leighmoor Uniting church, Moorabbin, We asked congregation members to nominate their favourite hymns. 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