Choir Practice: April 26, 2006 & May 3,2006

The mission statement of Creator is "Singing God's Song, Sharing God's Love, Serving God's People". Recently I talked to someone who suggested that “Serving God’s people” should come first. No doubt it is proper in terms of priorities but what always seems to come to most our members mind's first when thinking about Creator - what is wrapped at a core of the Creator experience - is music.

Choir practice remains a holy gathering for me. Often we gather together and, for me, we are exuberantly experiencing secrets of the world together on Wednesday nights. The music we practice always comes from a mix of chronological and geographic sources. It comes from great and oscure traditions, classical to pop to experimental.

Recently, Matt’s joy and involvement in the traditional spirituals in choir practice and performance has infused us with a greater enthusiasm for many of those songs we will soon be singing as a medley during Sunday worship. These songs are familiar and the perfomances range from quiet recognition of God's holiness in life to a sound that is jubilant, revs up the room and animates the joy within our souls.