Music
Greetings to Bethlehem Folks!
I hope your summer is shaping up nicely. I wanted to list a couple of reminders and throw out some things to be thinking about for fall.
Reminder to all, that the Adult Choir will be on vacation from the loft for the entire month of August. There will be one choir rehearsal on Wednesday, August 27 th from 7:30 pm to 8:45 pm in the choir room.
The Adult Choir is still in need of an adult babysitter to care for the children of the parents who sing in the choir (or are in other ensembles) on Wednesday evenings from 7:30 to 8:45 pm. Please pray about seeing if that person is you!? The position will provide some financial compensation. Please contact Allen Kidd in the Personnel Department for more details. This will require a background check.
When in our lives, God is acknowledged everywhere and in everything, then we are allowed to see true reality – God for not only who He is, but for what He does. Psalm 113 helps us to have a reality check in that it tells us in verses 1-3 that God commands us to praise. Verses 4-6 tell us God's reason to praise and verses 7-9 tell about God's legacy to us. When God calls us to a task we should begin praising Him even before that task is fulfilled or before His work is accomplished – even if we are filled with questions.
The key to the praise is that it is truly for His work and not our own. We must praise Him even before we see His hand. Our voices or instrumental abilities do not need to be “perfect”…they just need to be willing and obedient. What has God called you to do? How has He begun working in your life? Begin right now to praise Him. Ask Him for help in your decision making and where He (not you) would desire your work to be done. Ask Him for trust and clear vision.
As September approaches, please be open in prayer and praise as to how you might be able to serve in the music department. There are several areas to serve in either as participants or leaders: Adult Choir, Youth Choir, Children's Choir, Adult Praise Team singers or instrumentalists, Youth Praise Team singers or instrumentalists, Adult Handbells, Youth & Children's Handbells, Instrumental Ensemble, Assistant Accompanists on piano and/or organ, Creative Dramatic teams, help to re-organize the music library and maintain it, Small vocal ensembles, volunteer helpers to clean, organize and sort the music wing. The music wing consists of the Music Office, Choir Room, Bell Room, Praise Team/Instrumental Room, Open Meeting area, Men's Robing Room and Women's Robing Room.
“Come, now is the time to worship – come, now is the time to give your heart – come, just as you are to worship – come, just as you are before your God – Come”
Selah,
Alisa
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