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“Unity is not being in unison, but, with all the differences we have, it\u2019s to come with one purpose \u2013 for the glory of God,\u201d says Dawit Getachew Abraham, a band leader and musician who has played in worship sessions at Mennonite World Conference gatherings.<\/p>\n

As the global church walks together in the Holy Spirit, \u201cHarmony is one of the biggest lessons; there are different roles but one purpose,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Dawit Getachew Abraham coordinated the worship band who lead in song at Mennonite World Conference\u2019s Renewal 2027 <\/a>event and General Council <\/a>meetings in Kenya in 2018. He was also a member of the music team at Assembly 16 in Pennsylvania, USA in 2015.<\/p>\n

He writes and arranges music to express diversity. In Ethiopia, traditional music is based on rhythm and a pentatonic scale \u2013 and every band has a saxophone \u2013 so he incorporates these elements even when playing popular worship songs from the West.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so happy the General Council came to East Africa,\u201d says Dawit Getachew Abraham. \u201cIt allowed us to come as a band, and it gives us a comfortable feeling like I know them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Music ministry<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Besides playing in Meserete Kristos Church (Mennonite church in Ethiopia) congregations nearly every Sunday and participating in gigs for other ministries, Dawit Getachew Abraham also runs Heavens Echo, a music school, and Love and Care for his Little Ones, a ministry.<\/p>\n

Through Heavens Echo, Dawit Getachew Abraham aims to support church music. The children have classes in one instrument, Bible, singing, and choreography and art. Teenagers learn an instrument, music theory and Bible. The 20-week program runs a few times a year.<\/p>\n

Love and Care coordinates weekly visits to some 500 children in 18 orphan residences. Some 300 volunteers are drawn from church youth groups, many from MKC.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSharing love with them, singing and reading the word of God, playing with them, and helping them with their psychological and educational needs \u2013 we call it worship in action,\u201d says Dawit Getachew Abraham who founded the ministry with Rahel Ashebir in 2012.<\/p>\n

\u201cWorship is indeed a majestic lifestyle that pervades every moment of a believer,\u201d he writes on the \u201cabout\u201d page of his website. \u201cThrough God’s grace we are enabled to even offer our very breath as worship to the One who is the source of our life. In so doing, we are able to know him more and deepen our relationship with him,… Everything we do then; we do to the glory God.\u201d<\/p>\n

 \u2014A Mennonite World Conference release by Karla Braun<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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