March 28th, 2007 - Wednesday Soup & Bread, Service and Choir

More folk attend soup and bread than I anticipated during Spring Break week. I eat with Greg and Peter and we discuss work and family.

Pastor Mark preaches at this evening’s service on a reading from 2 Timothy:

To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Mark’s words are filled with wisdom as he talks about looking at the Greek word for PEACE in Mt 10:34 (eirene), and that this word refers to peace and harmony. He talks about harmony in connection with the choir. The peace Paul refers to is not about everyone singing in unison but that we listen to one another and blend our voices to create harmony.

We sing Kelly’s song Quiet Our Souls as one piece of music during our prayers around the cross. His music and lyrics bless that moment of the service.

After the service we form a prayer circle. Pastor Dayle tells us Bethany’s bone marrow biopsy shows she is not currently in remission. Bethany will be home for the weekend and will then go in for another round of chemotherapy. This hits all of us hard. Our prayers go out to the family.

Choir practices on our Holy Week pieces, Pastor Mark’s words fresh in our hearts. Once again Kelly tunes our voices and spirits to the material. The music moves from simple, stark beauty to dramatic and triumphant glory.

The choir will sing next at the end of the Sunday services of Palm Sunday.