Music Notes

Once again, June brings us to the close of another great season of music at SUMC. It was been wonderful to see and hear all of the ways in which the Lord has been praised through music over the past year. All of this could not have happened without the dedication and hard work of everyone involved, from the children, to the chancel choir, to the bells, to Leap of Faith – the contemporary service band and worship team. Over the past few months, I have had to step back from some music ministry duties due to time constraint issues because of the rigorous school program in which I am enrolled. I wanted to take an opportunity to thank everyone involved with SUMC music who stepped up to ensure that the music could continue at a great quality. Sara Lamb took over the duties of the children’s choir, along with the help of Maggie Wilkinson. Pam Mayo and Sara Lamb stepped up to rehearse with the choir in my absence. Hurst Bartley took over the leadership of the contemporary service worship team, along with everyone’s cooperation and involvement. I owe these leaders and all who participated a great deal of gratitude for the hard work that they put in this year. The choir is sounding wonderful, as are the bells, the children’s choir is sounding better and better, and the contemporary worship team, newly named Leap of Faith, is getting more and more solid. It is truly a rare blessing to be able to work with such a wonderful group of musicians and singers who take their calling seriously to minister to others through the gift of music. What a blessing it is to be able to praise God together with brothers and sisters in beautiful harmony - literally and figuratively.