Summer - Here we are - more than halfway through Summer. Although Summer won't end until the last part of September, our days have been a little cooler this week and you can almost feel Fall in the air!
Music at St Paul has moved along - as we've sung in and out of masks. The pictures here are from times before and during the pandemic. Through all of this - we've supported each other and I can't thank our wonderful musicians in the church and community enough for all they've done to lift up each other in this craft and art form we call music during these stressful years.
Our faith tells us that we are not alone, and when we rehearse and make beautiful music, for some people, that makes it a bit easier to feel that we are not alone - that God is with us! For many of us, it gives us a higher and noble purpose. And for many of us the craft of being in a group, serving, performing, the thrill and love of singing or playing, and being part of something larger than ourselves - is a place where we see God so clearly in others and in the music. It is a joy to make music!
The pandemic has made it difficult - so as we approach September, and the planning and the groups resume, let's keep each other in prayer. Give thanks for this gift of music - that has been entrusted to us to use and support the praise and worship of God, the Word and Sacrament of Worship, and the community all around us.
As Luther might say - what does this mean? When you need to responod to someone - be thankful first. For we are moving forward even though some of us are a bit tired or rusty, for we go forward in faith. Trusting in the gifts and skills God has given us, we are community - whether making music or listening to it. Thanks be to God!
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