Music & Arts Blog
The Choir is Baaaaack!
The week prior, I was chatting with my friend and former choir and orchestra director, Kevin Ledbetter from Neighborhood Church in Castro Valley, about the upcoming rehearsal. I told him I would be very happy if 20 people came out. I would be ecstatic if 30 came. Well, we had 32 people show up Thursday night! And everyone came with their "A-game"...
The extremely talented, Harley-riding' jokester, Phil Davis, skillfully directed us through several legitimate choral pieces and it seemed as though the years of absence had no effect. It was heavenly. Our beloved Nancy Jensen graced the ivory keys of the piano and accompanied us right into the throne room of the Lord.
To say I'm excited is an understatement!
And you know what else!!?? Christmas is a-comin'! (Yeah, it will be here before ya know it!) And we are going to be putting on a Christmas concert to remember! Speaking of remember.... Remember Bruce Eldridge, the legendary worship pastor and choir/orchestra director of Lakewood's yesteryear? Well, he has agreed to help us get rolling' this Christmas season by volunteering some time to direct our Christmas show! Man oh man!
Excitement is in the air. The voices of sopranos, altos, tenors, and basses can be heard emanating through the Tanglewood building once again. The choir is baaaaaack!
There's No Place Like Home
And now as I sit here in my office full of boxes...looking out the window at Bancroft Middle School and a Lakewood neighborhood full of hungry souls... I can't help but thank God for bringing us here again. And I pray that a new season of Kingdom harvest is ahead for Lakewood. That other people who call this area "home" will come to secure their "forever home" by trusting in the Lord Jesus.
Let's believe God for it! Amen and amen!