Songs to teach the faith: songs to keep the faith

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Chapter 1	Introduction
Chapter 2	An evaluation of the literature
Chapter 3	Methodology - How do young people acquire a body of song?
Chapter 4	Findings
Chapter 5	Why do some people not sing?
Chapter 6	The case for the whole assembly's active participation in sung worship
Chapter 7	The catechistic role of sacred song
Chapter 8	What is happening to the children of the church?
Chapter 9	Musical relationships between churches and schools
Chapter 10	Conclusions
Post Script 1	Guideline Recommendations for Churches and Schools
Post Script 2	'Bridge Builders' Songs that work well in worship with both adults and children
	Bibliography
List of Figures
Figure 1	Average Participation of the Young People
Figure 2	Overall Level of Sung Participation
Figure 3	Choir Membership Among the Young People Observed
Figure 4	Chart showing how many hymns/songs/elements of the mass were sung at each church observed
Figure 5	Chart to show the level of sung participation of the young people in relation to their opportunities to sing in Sunday School
Figure 6	Chart showing where the young people learned the songs sung in church that they said they knew
Figure 7	Some young people knew hymns/Christian songs that are not normally sung at their church; this chart shows where they learnt those songs
Figure 8	Chart showing other sources of hymns/Christian songs learned by the young people interviewed
Figure 9	Children who learnt Christian songs at School
Figure 10	Chart showing the number of schools using the styles of music listed in their acts of collective worship
Figure 11	Chart showing the number of schools and churches usingvarious sources of repertoire
Figure 12	Chart showing how the music for collective worship is resourced in the respondent schools
Figure 13	Chart showing how singing is resourced in the Sunday Schools of the churches observed
Figure 14	Chart showing the incidence of different ways of resourcing song in collective worship
Figure 15	Chart showing the overall average level of sung participation (per song) in relation to whether or not the young people were present for the majority of the congregational singing
Figure 16	Chart showing the number of schools represented by theyoung people interviewed at each church
Figure 17	Chart showing the schools attended by the young peopleinterviewed
Appendices
1	MA Liturgical Music Research Proposal
2	'I will sing the wondrous story' - The significance of sacred song
3	Collective Worship Resources as listed at www.culham.ac.uk
4	Untitled article by Geoff Marshall-Taylor
5	Observation Classification Criteria
6	Sample Church Observation Record Sheet (Lead researcher record)
7	Sample Church Observation Record Sheet (Breakdown of the sung elements of the service
8	The Denominational Spread of the churches observed
9	How the churches are linked to schools
10	Sample Observation Request Letter
11	Letter from Pauline Wallace
12	Songs to teach the faith: Songs to keep the faith - A little information…
13	Culham Educational Foundation Grant Application
14	Research Team Profiles
15	Church Observation Time Table
16	Holmer Green Methodist Church Seating Plan
17	St John the Baptist, The Lee Seating Plan
18	An explanation of the observation seating plans
19	Report of the Research Team Conference
20	Research Team Conference Mini-disc Track Listing
21	Questionnaire for churchgoers under the age of 18
22	Map showing the churches and schools studied
23	Questionnaire sent to schools
24	Sample of the initial letter sent to schools inviting them to participate in the research
25	Sample of the follow-up letters sent to schools that did not respond to the initial letter
26	'Contacting the schools' - a table detailing when and how the schools were contacted
27	Observation 1 - Holy Trinity Prestwood Observation Report
28	Observation 2 - St John the Baptist Little Missenden Observation Report
29	Observation 3 - St. Peter & St. Paul Great Missenden Observation Report
30	Observation 4 - Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Great Missenden Observation Report
31	Observation 5- Prestwood Methodist Church Observation Report
32	Observation 6 - Little Kingshill Baptist Church Observation Report
33	Observation 7 - Kings Church Prestwood Observation Report
34	Observation 8 - Christ Church Holmer Green Observation Report
35	Observation 9 - Holmer Green Methodist Church Observation Report
36	Observation 10 - St John the Baptist, The Lee Observation Report
37	Summary Church Observation Record Sheet - Holy Trinity Prestwood
38	Summary Church Observation Record Sheet - St John the Baptist Little Missenden
39	Summary Church Observation Record Sheet - St Peter & St Paul Great Missenden
40	Summary Church Observation Record Sheet - Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Great Missenden
41	Summary Church Observation Record Sheet - Prestwood Methodist Church
42	Summary Church Observation Record Sheet - Little Kingshill Baptist Church
43	Summary Church Observation Record Sheet - Kings Church Prestwood
44	Summary Church Observation Record Sheet - Christ Church Holmer Green
45	Summary Church Observation Record Sheet - Holmer Green Methodist Church
46	Summary Church Observation Record Sheet - St John the Baptist, The Lee
47	Results of the questionnaire for churchgoers under the age of 18
48	Results of the Questionnaire sent to schools
49	The Contents of Come and Praise
50	The 20th Century Church Light Music Group
51	A selection of children's hymns alluding to the end of earthly life and the hope that lies beyond
52	The Spiral of Alienation
53	Assembly Music September 2005 - July 2006 at Moat Lane Infant School, Prestwood
54	'Trends to 2040: Church Membership: Institutional Churches', Table 12.4 (Brierley 2005)
55	Is Liturgy Acquired?
56	Recovering and Preserving Festivity and Celebration in Modern Day Liturgy
57	An Explanation of the Maps
58	Key to the codes used on the maps for churches and schools
59	Maps showing the schools represented by the children interviewed at each church observed
60	Maps showing the spread of churches attended by the children interviewed that attend each school studied