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Christian Music

Connecting with the

City

Christians are integrating into today’s society with their “Made in Hong Kong”
worship songs.

By Kajal Aidasani

abby Yeung is a musician of a
Christian group, Sea of Glass
GWorship, which composes
Christian music in Hong Kong’s con-
text.
Her group held a prayer and wor-
ship meeting in front of the Court of
Final Appeal with over a thousand
participants on August 30, 2019 when
there was a continuation of protests
throughout Hong Kong.
One of their original songs about
justice (願祢公義降臨), has more than
900,000 views on YouTube. Christians
have brought this song to protest sites
and it was once again sung in the rally
that night.
“In times of social movement,
many Christians struggled to find Gabby Yeung and her group Sea of Glass Worship sang Christian
what they could do for the city they songs composed by her group at a prayer and worship rally in front
love. They had demands and har- of the Court of Final Appeal on August 30, 2019.
boured anger and frustrations that (Photo courtesy of Gabby Yeung)
needed to be channelled. And those
were the objectives of the rally: to the city’s gloomy future and wanted music being sung by Christians and
pray, to cry out for the city and to en- to be present in our rally, providing non-Christians and that they can re-
courage one another not to lose hope,” us with an opportunity to bring them late their desperation for justice with
the 35-year-old vocal teacher says. emotional healing through music,” Christian music.
“Some participants were non- Yeung adds. “I did not listen much to Canton-
Christians. They felt powerless against Yeung is happy to see Christian ese worship songs in the past. They