Unbroken, Revisited
I previously posted about meeting Pastor John Komanya and some of the ministries his church community supports. (Unbroken, Unmoved.) Yesterday, we drove outside Dar es Salaam to worship with that church community — at the Cathedral of Joy.
Much of the experience was unfamiliar … but love is love and Love is Love, so we felt completely at home under a colorful multi-tarped tent in Kabahi, Tanzania, on stage — boys to one side, S and I next to Pastor John — singing, worshiping, and praying in both English and Swahili.
(Two pictures are pasted at the bottom of this post. One of lunch after the service, and another of a giant group shot before we returned home.)
The Cathedral of Joy community is praying for big things to happen in 2013: more families to support, people to be Saved, new church buildings, music and production studios, vehicles, more land, and so on. That kind of big thing praying and thinking and expecting is not unfamiliar to us … but I did learn something about the faith that fuels that praying, thinking, and expecting.
There were two singers who led the band and the congregation in worship at the Cathedral of Joy. Instead of singing each new song in a pre-arranged key, the singers would simply start singing … and the band would FOLLOW, taking a few seconds to find the key they should play.
That sort of worship leading gives people like us heart palpitations … but it was also refreshing. Each song was truly from the heart. The Heart, perhaps. And the congregation — with all its big plans for 2013 — followed.
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Here’s a wonderful clip of the two singers leading the congregation in song after the power generator stopped working temporarily. Who needs electricity ….
This is fabulous.
Fabulous!!