Music Notes

The month of June signals the beginning of Summer, and the end of the season for the choir. It has truly been a great year for music at SUMC, and the choir has taken on some challenging music, from portions of Handel’s Messiah, to stretching themselves with a unique procession down the aisle during the international celebration. I have heard a number of comments from those in the congregation about how good the choir has been sounding, and I would like to echo those sentiments. I take very little credit, as I have a great group of committed singers to work with, who take their task seriously, and are always striving to improve. They do a marvelous job.

Our last Sunday singing will be June 7th, at the St. Matthews AME Zion Church. On Ash Wednesday, when St Matthews joined us for a joint service, their choir director and I agreed to do something jointly the next time we met together. So, on the 7th, our choirs will be singing together. Everyone involved is looking forward to this, and I hope that you will be blessed through the music that we provide. I also hope that you will be blessed with a little picture of Heaven. In John’s Revelation, one of the visions he witnessed was a scene in Heaven where people from every tribe, tongue, and nation were before the throne of God in worship. Whenever we come together in worship with those whose cultural background is not our own, we are catching a little glimpse of this. Why wait until Heaven? We can worship God together starting now, and marvel at the creativity and wonder of God.