Music at St Paul

We are half way through September! How did that happen? Many of us are so busy this time of year, and its hard to believe that we are half way through this month! This is a wonderful time of year for the music ministry of St Paul as we leave our Summer Schedule and begin more rehearsals with more time spent on beautiful music. This year, we continue to support other artists in our community - like the Aiken Civic Orchestra, under the baton of Adam DePriest. They practice at St Paul as scheduled, and our community has a richer and fuller music life because of musicians like this - who work on presenting their music in many venues, offering up excellent experiences. Sunday, September 15th, we welcomed Leondra J., this year's St Paul Choral Scholar for the 11:00 Choir from USC Aiken. She is a Soprano and did a lovely job on the solo on Amazing Grace by D. C. Huff in worship that day. We are thankful to have Leondra with us this year! Last year's Choral Scholar, Le...

Music at St Paul  As Martin Luther said,  Music is indeed a precious, worthy and costly treasure given by God.  We are thankful for this gift, striving for excellence in all that we sing, play or do, to the Glory of God and to share God's love and mercy with the world. Notes on Sunday, September 8, 2019 Today's hymn of the day at our first and third worship services is "Take My Life, That I May Be" - set to the Calypso tune of TOMA MI VOLUNTAD  at 8:30 and to PATMOS  at 11:00. This text can be found in Evangelical Lutheran Worship No. 583 and 685 and dates back to 1874. The prelude at 11:00 is a Partita written by Deacon Kathleen Cartledge on the setting of Hymn No. 685: Take my life that I may be, consecrated Lord to thee; take my moments and my days; let them flow in ceaseless praise. Take my voice and let me sing always, only for my King; take my lips and let them be filled with messages from Thee. At 9:45 the Response Song of the Day is L...