This blog is specifically written for the people who are in the Synod School class I'm teaching this summer. It is also open to anyone else who has an interest in using African style drumming in the service of churches, Sunday schools and youth groups. This is not about trap set drumming, (although that is another great way to use your talents in service to God and his people.)

African drumming in its American context has a lot to do with PARTICIPATION, rather than PERFORMANCE. Drum circles, in both secular and sacred settings, stress working together, listening to each other and accepting both the beginner and expert into the circle. I think that's a great metaphor for the church as well.