Consider singing antiphonally; beautiful gender differences

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Antiphonal singing, according to the editors of Encyclopedia Britannica, is alternate singing by two choirs or singers. "Antiphonal singing is of great antiquity and occurs in the folk and liturgical music of many cultures. Descriptions of it occur in the Old Testament. The antiphonal singing of psalms occurred both in ancient Hebrew and early Christian liturgies; alternating choirs would sing—e.g., half lines of psalm verses," the encyclopedia says.

Here is Michael Card's Immanuel from 2007, and it can teach us to magnify Jesus' name by showing off our diversity (children, teenagers, male and female in this case), while still maintaining unity. Consider asking just the children of your church to sing a verse in worship, or that old-fashioned method, "Men on verse two, women on verse three." Better yet, switch it up at an appropriate place in the middle of a verse. The result is a moving reminder of our rich differences in gender and age, yet still unified.