“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.” Colossians 3:16
This page is for linking to music-related seminar recordings and for linking to some music from musicians who came to summer family camps such as MBC, Stayner Camp, Carrick Camp, Word of Life, and similar Bible camps and conference grounds.
Into His Image
(by Tom Cowan, 1971)
“Lord, make my life to be
Like the man of Galilee
With love and charity
To all I meet.
To walk in holiness,
Kindness, and meekness,
Into His image, Lord,
I want to be.
Into His image,
Transformed each day.
Into His image,
Mold me I pray.
Fill every part of me,
Guiding me constantly,
Having control o’er me,
O, Lord, I pray.
If pride be in my life,
Some unclean thought or word,
Or some un-Christian deed,
Cleanse me, I pray.
Renew my life each day,
To walk in Jesus’ way,
And grow in purity
Revealing the Lord.”
The above song can be heard here: Into His Image (Lord make my life to be like the man of Galilee) – YouTube and was written by Tom Cowan (c) 1971. The story of the song’s connection with MBC is on that page and states: “Tom shared the story of creating the song while working with Camp Widjiitiwin one summer which was the youth camp for Muskoka Bible Camp north of Toronto. He wrote Into His Image as a theme song for that season, expecting that would be the extent of its use. However, after making the rounds of the various camps that year, it stuck around and began appearing in youth groups in various places.”
Because it was a special song for MBC for many years, including when I (Joy) was on youth staff, we’ve included it here as well. It can also be heard at this link.
Seminar Recordings:
- Face the Music (What the Bible Teaches about Music) – by Lenny Seidel (this link goes within this website)
Examples of Musicians (who came to camps/conferences):
These links below go outside of this website and our intention is that clicking on a link will lead to a place online directly managed by the specific Christian musicians themselves, their church, and/or their family members who look after their musical recordings.
- The Matthews Brothers – Ron and Gary Matthews – There are 4 places you can hear some of their music at: Ron and Gary Matthews – YouTube , RonandGaryMatthews – YouTube , Gary and Martha Matthews – YouTube , and a concert at Homecoming – Ron & Gary Matthews on Vimeo .
- The Parschauer Sisters – The Parschauer Trio – Home | Facebook
- HCJB musicians, from Ecuador – Gene and Ruth Jordan, Joe and Betty Springer – You can hear Gene (Eugene) play his marimba here (1), here (2), and here (3). Ruth’s story is told at this link here.
- John M. Moore (hymnwriter, pastor) – Some of his songs can be found here. He tells the story of “Burdens are Lifted at Calvary” at this link. There is also an audio called “My Songs and Their Story” at Stayner Camp’s archive audio site.
- Family Christian Inspiration Inc. (also known as “The Greiner’s” – at this link.
- The Messengers and some other quartet music here.
- Older concerts at Stayner Camp have audios at this link. That includes music from the Larry Johnson family, The Proclaimers, The Watchmen Quartet, and others.
“…speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord…” Ephesians 5:19 NKJV
Psalms
Psalms are Scripture set to music.
Hymns
Hymns are songs composed in praise and celebration to God.
Spiritual Songs
Spiritual songs are songs composed by Christians, about God as a witness to people, reflecting the experience of knowing God.
Re: Our own family’s music:
We used to sing for special music in a small number of churches. We no longer travel very much with our children (due to health limitations of “mom”). However, we sometimes put our family’s music online here or here, if you’d like to listen. 🙂 We also still have cassettes of Joy’s instrumental piano available here, recorded back around the time when she was playing for special music at various churches, community events, and at the seniors’ conference at MBC.