Worship Song Origin Stories
While reflecting on his life as a slave trader and subsequent conversion to Christ, John Newton wrote this 1772 hymn. His chains were truly gone.
What is Amazing Grace?
In the Chubby Bunny challenge, you say the title phrase with as many of these fluffy sweets in your mouth as possible
What are marshmallows?
Let’s start by addressing this animal in the room.
THE PLANE
What is Elephant?
Billy, the mascot of this city’s NFL team, gets his likeness from the city’s name.
What is Buffalo?
Hudson Taylor - He gained respect by learning the language, adopting the culture, and even styling his hair and clothes like the locals
What is China?
A decade after posting his 95 Theses, this reformer wrote the hymn, “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”, after meditating on Psalm 46.
Who is Martin Luther?
Despite having strings, pianos can be classified as these types of instruments due to their hammer mechanisms used to produce sound
What is percussion?
People who study stars, planets, and galaxies.
MOON STARERS
What are Astronomers?
Dinosaur bones unearthed in what is now centerfield of this team’s home stadium were the inspiration for its triceratops mascot.
Who are the Rockies?
David Brainerd - A close friend of Jonathan Edwards.
What is the United States?
One of the older songs we sing, the lyrics to this hymn originate from a 6th century Irish poem. A fifth verse begins, “Be thou my battle shield, sword for the fight”
What is Be Thou My Vision?
Types of this found in Boston harbor on the night of December 16, 1773 included Bohea and Souchong
What is tea?
A college student’s sleeping quarters.
DIRTY ROOM
What is Dormitory?
The three mascots of this NFL team are named Edgar, Allen, and Poe
Who are the Ravens?
Amy Carmichael - founder of the Dohnavur fellowship in the state of Tamil Nadu.
What is India?
A cleft in limestone in England sheltered Reverend Augustus Toplady from a storm & inspired this hymn
What is Rock of Ages?
Initially given the name “Mintonette”, this sport developed in the late 19th century attempted to combine elements of tennis, badminton, and baseball.
What is Volleyball?
Soundless.
LISTEN
What is Silent?
The Seattle Seahawks’ mascot is named this, also a term for an assault on an opposing team’s quarterback
What is Blitz?
Adoniram Judson - this nation sometimes called the “Golden Land”. Does that include the shore as well?
What is Myanmar?
The words to this Christian hymn date back to the 13th century “Canticle of the Sun”, in which St. Francis of Assisi describes the interconnectedness of all God’s creation.
What is All Creatures of Our God and King?
Victor. Whiskey. Of the eleven official languages of South Africa, this one comes last alphabetically. X-ray. Yankee…
What is Zulu?
Christian whose traditions descend from John Calvin and John Knox.
BEST IN PRAYER
What is Presbyterian?
Jim Henson created this green-feathered Philly mascot who was once body-slammed by Tommy Lasorda
What is the Phanatic?
John Patton - This island nation, then called the New Hebrides
What is Vanuatu?