{"id":26059,"date":"2025-10-15T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=26059"},"modified":"2025-10-17T18:24:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T18:24:17","slug":"living-our-song-music-of-the-murrays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2025\/living-our-song-music-of-the-murrays\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Center hosts \u2018Living Our Song: The Music of Andy and Terry Murray\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown (Pa.) College is hosting a special event titled \u201cLiving Our Song: The Music of Andy and Terry Murray\u201d in its Bucher Meetinghouse on Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. (Eastern time).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJoin us for an evening exploring the rich theological and storytelling legacy of the Murrays\u2019 music, including a time of singing together from Living Our Song: The Music of Andy and Terry Murray<\/em>, a new songbook collection featuring many of their original compositions,\u201d said a release from the center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAndy and Terry Murray\u2014renowned Church of the Brethren musicians and influential theological storytellers\u2014have spent decades blending rich harmonies with deep spiritual insight, using music to pass on essential tenets of Brethren theology, faith, and practice: heroes \u2018never carry a gun,\u2019 pick up a \u2018shovel instead of a gun,\u2019 and \u2018one person at a time\u2019 can get things done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Songbook editor Rachel Bucher Swank<\/strong> is a seventh grade general music teacher at Manheim Township Middle School in Lancaster, Pa., and an ordained minister in the Church of the Brethren, currently serving as music coordinator at Elizabethtown (Pa.) Church of the Brethren. She holds a master\u2019s degree in Music and Peacebuilding from Elizabethtown College and a master\u2019s degree in Education and a certificate of Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation in Educational Settings from Eastern Mennonite University.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Andy and Terry Murray (at right and left, respectively) with the editor of their new songbook, Rachel Bucher Swank (at center above). Photo courtesy of Rachel Bucher Swank<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Andy and Terry Murray<\/strong> are a Church of the Brethren singer\/songwriter duo who compose songs about Brethren history and theology. Andy Murray has served as moderator of Annual Conference and as a minister, chaplain, and college professor. He was founding director of the Baker Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies at Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pa. Terry Murray, a professional organist, has worked as a composer, arranger, and piano and organ professor at Juniata College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find out more at www.etown.edu\/centers\/young-center<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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