{"id":126727,"date":"2026-04-06T07:18:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T07:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/?p=126727"},"modified":"2026-04-06T07:18:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T07:18:24","slug":"music-as-a-unifying-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/music-as-a-unifying-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Music as a unifying force\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-purple-eyebrow\">Perspectives \u2014 India<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What I have received from\u00a0participating\u00a0in the international ensemble\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I thank God for the gift of music in our life. I see it totally as grace of God that I could be the part of&nbsp;the Mennonite World Conference&nbsp;international&nbsp;ensemble&nbsp;for&nbsp;Assembly 2022 in Indonesia.&nbsp;I had dreamed&nbsp;of&nbsp;that since&nbsp;I attended Assembly in 2003 at Zimbabwe.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking part in music at the global MWC Assemblies,&nbsp;I learned songs in different languages.&nbsp;My first impression was that it seems strange to pronounce the words of the songs.&nbsp;The words in other languages&nbsp;sometimes have&nbsp;similarities in my&nbsp;language,&nbsp;but it gives a very funny meaning!&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As&nbsp;I&nbsp;became used to sing those songs in different languages,&nbsp;I&nbsp;enjoyed it a lot.&nbsp;Learning&nbsp;those songs became my favourite thing to do.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A big global family&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Singing&nbsp;songs in different languages,&nbsp;I&nbsp;feel&nbsp;that&nbsp;I&nbsp;am a part of brothers&nbsp;and sisters&nbsp;whose&nbsp;language&nbsp;I&nbsp;am singing.&nbsp;I&nbsp;feel&nbsp;united with them, their style of music and their culture.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Singing songs of different languages with Assembly choir with brothers and sisters from different continents, also gives&nbsp;me&nbsp;a&nbsp;picture of heaven.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Songs like,&nbsp;\u201cDalam&nbsp;Yesu\/In Jesus we are one family\u201d&nbsp;or&nbsp;\u201cYou\u2019re not alone,\u201d&nbsp;help me to consider the reality that&nbsp;I&nbsp;am part of a big global family.&nbsp;I&nbsp;have many brothers and sisters standing with&nbsp;me&nbsp;in every situation&nbsp;I&nbsp;go through.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Song like&nbsp;\u201cTrue evangelical faith\u201d&nbsp;is most memorable for me because it always reminds me to examine my faith and encourages me to live a life as a true follower of Christ.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Singing those songs&nbsp;has&nbsp;also united my family.&nbsp;When&nbsp;I&nbsp;used&nbsp;to practice singing songs for Assembly,&nbsp;especially&nbsp;songs&nbsp;of other languages,&nbsp;my&nbsp;young&nbsp;daughters&nbsp;jumped to sing those songs with me.&nbsp;Compared&nbsp;to them,&nbsp;I&nbsp;was slow learner to catch the pronunciation. We&nbsp;as a family spent&nbsp;many hours learning those songs together unitedly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Building respect and curiosity&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>What&nbsp;I learned at Assembly&nbsp;has come&nbsp;to the church&nbsp;I&nbsp;served. I have&nbsp;taught many different languages songs, like&nbsp;\u201c<em>Som\u2019Landela<\/em>,\u201d&nbsp;\u201cWe want&nbsp;peace,\u201d&nbsp;\u201c<em>Hakuna&nbsp;akaita&nbsp;sa&nbsp;Jesu<\/em>,\u201d&nbsp;Solo&nbsp;el&nbsp;a more,&nbsp;\u201c<em>Siyahamba<\/em>\u201d&nbsp;\u201c<em>Alabare<\/em>,\u201d&nbsp;\u201c<em>Tapaiko&nbsp;cheuma<\/em>\u201d&nbsp;(I am your child),&nbsp;\u201c<em>Segala&nbsp;puji&nbsp;syukur<\/em>\u201d (Shout for joy),&nbsp;\u201c<em>Kirisuto&nbsp;no&nbsp;heiwa<\/em>\u201d&nbsp;(May the peace of Christ),&nbsp;etc.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&nbsp;have&nbsp;translated some of&nbsp;these songs into&nbsp;Hindi so that church members could&nbsp;enjoy&nbsp;learning&nbsp;and singing&nbsp;those songs&nbsp;easy.&nbsp;Singing in English and Hindi gives us clarity about the message of the song, which is important for conviction and participation. People are usually more confident singing in a language they understand as well.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But&nbsp;I usually encourage people to sing at least one verse or the chorus in the original language.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When&nbsp;our church members&nbsp;to learn different words&nbsp;in a&nbsp;foreign language&nbsp;helps people experience the global nature of the song;&nbsp;it builds respect and curiosity for other cultures and makes the moment feel more united and meaningful.&nbsp;Ultimately it&nbsp;helps&nbsp;the&nbsp;congregation to find themselves united with the global family.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Understanding&nbsp;God\u2019s Spirit&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the members in my congregation shared that singing different languages songs helped her to understand God\u2019s gratefulness. It&nbsp;can be seen in&nbsp;the&nbsp;language, pattern of music and culture. Even though we might not understand the meaning fully while singing songs from different languages,&nbsp;we&nbsp;feel that God has bestowed&nbsp;God\u2019s&nbsp;joy and spirit in&nbsp;the&nbsp;language and music.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Singing song like&nbsp;\u201cYou are not alone\u201d&nbsp;helped her to understand that we are united. We&nbsp;share our pain and joy with each other&nbsp;and also&nbsp;stand in&nbsp;difficult situations&nbsp;with each other.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Singing Assembly songs&nbsp;helped her to understand that she has a place in congregation as a part of the family to care for the other members of the family who are in need.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In conclusion,&nbsp;I would like to say that Assembly songs have been&nbsp;very effective&nbsp;force to unite the church in their understanding for God, their place and role for the global family.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20220707TizBrotosudarmoIMG_5155-825x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-126699 size-full lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20220707TizBrotosudarmoIMG_5155-825x1024.jpg 825w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20220707TizBrotosudarmoIMG_5155-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20220707TizBrotosudarmoIMG_5155-768x954.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20220707TizBrotosudarmoIMG_5155-1237x1536.jpg 1237w, https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20220707TizBrotosudarmoIMG_5155.jpg 1382w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 825px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 825\/1024;\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Ashish Kumar Milap\u00a0is a pastor at\u00a0Sunderganj\u00a0Mennonite Church in\u00a0Dhamtari, India, where he serves a congregation of 1\u202f040 baptized members. In 2022, he took part in Assembly in Indonesia as an international choir member.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fc4fd283 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-magenta-background-color has-background has-text-align-left wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/courier-2026-41-1\/\">This article first appeared in<br>Courier \/ Correo \/ Courrier, volume 41, number 1<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-post_tag has-link-color wp-elements-4795dccc25dd561b10d5c166c095ced0 wp-block-post-terms has-text-color has-gray-color has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/tag\/asia\/\" rel=\"tag\">Asia<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/tag\/courier\/\" rel=\"tag\">Courier<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/tag\/india\/\" rel=\"tag\">India<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/tag\/music\/\" rel=\"tag\">music<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perspectives \u2014 India What I have received from\u00a0participating\u00a0in the international ensemble\u00a0 I thank God for the gift of music in our life. 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