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 Here's a clip showing the origins of one of their most famous anthems--and also highlighting the participatory nature of their music:
-[https://youtu.be/7954xNZcRUI Film Clip #4 - We Will Rock You]
+[https://youtu.be/-EJNxPZQq8Q Film Clip #4 - We Will Rock You]
 If there's ever been a movie that perfectly expresses the philosophy of worship here at First Presbyterian Church, it's this one.  Our worship is liturgical--it revolves around a liturgy.  What is a liturgy?  I'm glad you asked.  It's simply a fancy Greek word made up of two roots:  leitos (people or public) and ergos (work or working).  So our worship, our liturgy, is literally the work of the people.  Not the work of the pastor.  Not the work of the choir or praise band.  The work of the people.  That means we all have something to contribute.

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 Here's a clip showing the origins of one of their most famous anthems--and also highlighting the participatory nature of their music:
-[Film Clip #4 - We Will Rock You]
+[https://youtu.be/7954xNZcRUI Film Clip #4 - We Will Rock You]
 If there's ever been a movie that perfectly expresses the philosophy of worship here at First Presbyterian Church, it's this one.  Our worship is liturgical--it revolves around a liturgy.  What is a liturgy?  I'm glad you asked.  It's simply a fancy Greek word made up of two roots:  leitos (people or public) and ergos (work or working).  So our worship, our liturgy, is literally the work of the people.  Not the work of the pastor.  Not the work of the choir or praise band.  The work of the people.  That means we all have something to contribute.

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 ==Faith & Film VII: Bohemian Rhapsody==
-[Film Clip #1 - Trailer]
+[https://youtu.be/mP0VHJYFOAU Film Clip #1 - Trailer]
 ==Three Minute Film Summary==
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 Both David and Freddie Mercury collect strays and outcasts.  In 1 Samuel 22, while David is at the cave of Adullam, we read that "Everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented gathered to him; and he became captain over them.  Freddie Mercury gathers to himself...well, here's a clip.  Note his kingly attire.
-[Film Clip #2 - Freak Tree]
+[https://youtu.be/ct4iHk1ZtZA Film Clip #2 - Freak Tree]
 ==Somebody to Love==
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 In the film, Freddie Mercury displays an incredible capacity to love others, but an almost insatiable need to be loved.  In the following clip, we see that whether it's the love of a stadium full of people, or the woman he is engaged to, it's never enough.
-[Film Clip #3 - Mary Austin]
+[https://youtu.be/gGIkSNGA-FU Film Clip #3 - Love of my Life]
 Ultimately, one of Mercury's lovers, leaving him, tells Mercury to "Come find me when you've learned how to love yourself."  It is in taking this advice, in coming to terms with his identity, that Freddy is finally able to find some measure of contentment in his relationships with his parents, his band mates, his fans, and Mary Austin.

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	In other words, be experimental! Use whatever you have, whatever instruments, whatever skill and talent, whatever resources, but everybody does something!		In other words, be experimental! Use whatever you have, whatever instruments, whatever skill and talent, whatever resources, but everybody does something!

−	Of course this extends beyond just music, beyond just stomping your feet and clapping your hands. One of the most important ways we participate in creating our worship every week is when we come together around the Lord's table to celebrate communion. It's also the place where we, in our own special way, gather all the outcasts, the misfits, the people desperately looking for love. As Freddy Mercury says at the end of the film, "This is for all the beautiful people out there. And that's all of you."	+	Of course this extends beyond just music, beyond just stomping your feet and clapping your hands. One of the most important ways we participate in creating our worship every week is when we come together around the Lord's table to celebrate communion. It's also the place where we, in our own special way, gather all the outcasts, the misfits, the people desperately looking for love.
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		+	When we gather at this table, we remember the one who loved us enough to give his life for us. When we gather at this table, we remember who we are and who we belong to. At this table, we look into each others eyes, and we know that here, in this place, we are truly and deeply loved.
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		+	As Freddy Mercury says at the end of the film, "This is for all the beautiful people out there. And that's all of you."

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 ==The Work of the People==
-One of the things that sets Queen apart from most other bands was their
+Two the things that set Queen apart from most other bands, which are depicted throughout the film:  Their boldness in being "experimental" in their music, not getting "stuck in a box,"  and their constant insistence that their audience is part of the band, part of the show, and should be able to participate with them in the making of music.
-*Good thoughts, good words, good deeds.  You can't get anywhere pretending to be someone you're not. (Freddie's father)
+When the band tries to explain to a producer one of their more bizarre records (A Night at the Opera, which features the song Bohemian Rhapsody), Mercury puts it this way:
-*So tell me, what makes Queen any different from all the other wannabe rock stars I meet? --John Reid
+"It's a rock and roll record with the scale of opera, the pathos of Greek tragedy, the wit of Shakespeare, the unbridled joy of musical theatre.  It's a musical experience, rather than just another record.  Something for everyone, something that will make people feel belongs just to them.  We'll mix genres, we'll cross boundaries, we'll speak in bloody tongues if we want to."
-*I'll tell you what it is:  We're four misfits who don't belong together, playing to the other misfits, the outcasts, right at the back of the room, who are pretty sure they don't belong either. We belong to them.  --Freddie Mercury
-*We're a family. --Brian May  / But no two of us the same.  --Roger Taylor
+Here's a clip showing the origins of one of their most famous anthems--and also highlighting the participatory nature of their music:
-*We need to be experimental. --Brian May, recording first album.
-*It's a rock and roll record with the scale of opera, the pathos of Greek tragedy, the wit of Shakespeare, the unbridled joy of musical theatre.  It's a musical experience, rather than just another record.  Something for everyone, something that will make people feel belongs just to them.  We'll mix genres, we'll cross boundaries, we'll speak in bloody tongues if we want to."  --Freddie Mercury, describing vision for "A Night at the Opera."
+[Film Clip #4 - We Will Rock You]
-*There's no musical ghetto that can contain us. --Roger Taylor / No one knows what Queen means because it doesn't mean one thing. --John Deacon
-*Rockfield farm...band "retreats" to the wilderness to do their best work (Love of my life, Bohemian Rhapsody).
+If there's ever been a movie that perfectly expresses the philosophy of worship here at First Presbyterian Church, it's this one.  Our worship is liturgical--it revolves around a liturgy.  What is a liturgy?  I'm glad you asked.  It's simply a fancy Greek word made up of two roots:  leitos (people or public) and ergos (work or working).  So our worship, our liturgy, is literally the work of the people.  Not the work of the pastor.  Not the work of the choir or praise band.  The work of the people.  That means we all have something to contribute.
-*Bismillāh -- Arabic for "In the name of God."

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		+	==Somebody to Love==
		+	The film opens with the Queen song, "Somebody to Love." Listen to the lyrics to the first verse--they read almost just like one of King David's Psalms of Lament, written in passionate angst and addressed directly to God:
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		+	"Each morning I get up I die a little / Can barely stand on my feet / Take a look in the mirror and cry / Lord, what you're doing to me / I have spent all my years in believing you / But I just can't get no relief, Lord! Can anybody find me somebody to love?"


−	~~==Somebody to Love==~~

	==The Work of the People==		==The Work of the People==

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 ==Three Minute Film Summary==
-Bohemian Rhapsody is based on the true-life story of legendary rock band, Queen, and their lead singer, Freddie Mercury.  The film traces Mercury's rise from humble origins as an immigrant working as a baggage handler at Heathrow airport in London, to one of most iconic and well-loved front-men in the history of rock and roll. Along the way, we follow his triumphs and his tragedies, as he comes to term with his identity, his fame, his sexuality, and his complicated relationships.  For a time, under the influence of some sketchy associates, Freddie Mercury becomes estranged from his true friends--his family, his band mates, and the "love of his life" Mary Austin.  He is also diagnosed with AIDS, which, at the time was a death sentence. Mercury is finally able to reconcile with those who love him, and pulls his life together in time for Live Aid -- a historic concert that raised money to fight famine in Africa.  In real life, Queen's performance at Live Aid is consistently ranked by critics as one of the greatest in the history of Rock and Roll music.  The film ends with a moving, triumphant and painstakingly re-created version of that performance that is well worth watching for fans of any kind of music.
+Bohemian Rhapsody is based on the true-life story of legendary rock band, Queen, and their lead singer, Freddie Mercury.  The film traces Mercury's rise from humble origins as the child of immigrant refugees, to one of most iconic and well-loved front-men in the history of rock and roll. Along the way, we follow his triumphs and his tragedies, as he comes to term with his identity, his fame, his sexuality, and his complicated relationships.  For a time, under the influence of some sketchy associates, Freddie Mercury becomes estranged from his true friends--his family, his band mates, and the "love of his life" Mary Austin.  He is also diagnosed with AIDS, which, at the time was a death sentence. Mercury is finally able to reconcile with those who love him, and pulls his life together in time for Live Aid -- a historic concert that raised money to fight famine in Africa.  In real life, Queen's performance at Live Aid is consistently ranked by critics as one of the greatest in the history of Rock and Roll music.  The film ends with a moving, triumphant and painstakingly re-created version of that performance that is well worth watching for fans of any kind of music.
 ==The Queen and the King==
 ==Somebody to Love==

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	==Faith & Film VII: Bohemian Rhapsody==		==Faith & Film VII: Bohemian Rhapsody==
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		+	[Film Clip #1 - Trailer]
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		+	==Three Minute Film Summary==
		+	Bohemian Rhapsody is based on the true-life story of legendary rock band, Queen, and their lead singer, Freddie Mercury. The film traces Mercury's rise from humble origins as an immigrant working as a baggage handler at Heathrow airport in London, to one of most iconic and well-loved front-men in the history of rock and roll. Along the way, we follow his triumphs and his tragedies, as he comes to term with his identity, his fame, his sexuality, and his complicated relationships. For a time, under the influence of some sketchy associates, Freddie Mercury becomes estranged from his true friends--his family, his band mates, and the "love of his life" Mary Austin. He is also diagnosed with AIDS, which, at the time was a death sentence. Mercury is finally able to reconcile with those who love him, and pulls his life together in time for Live Aid -- a historic concert that raised money to fight famine in Africa. In real life, Queen's performance at Live Aid is consistently ranked by critics as one of the greatest in the history of Rock and Roll music. The film ends with a moving, triumphant and painstakingly re-created version of that performance that is well worth watching for fans of any kind of music.
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		+	==Somebody to Love==
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