From our Director of Music
Dear Christian Friends,
The Second Book of Chronicles (20: 1-30) contains the story of the Jehoshaphat, the righteous King of Judah, and how he countered an attacking army with his own army led by a Choir, singing, “Praise the Lord; for his mercy endures forever.” The choir led the army! Verse 22 tells us that the army of Moab, Ammon, and Mount Seir was routed by Judah’s army led by the choir.
This is one of many scriptural accounts of God accomplishing extraordinary things through ordinary people. I strongly believe that Trinity’s choir is one of God’s tools, ordinary people doing the extraordinary, proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ in song. I often say that our choir is comprised, not of professional musicians, but of “butchers and bakers and candlestick-makers.” We can’t know the degree to which the Holy Spirit uses our choir to grow the Gospel in the hearts of his people sitting in the pews at Trinity Church. I believe that, through the Power of the Holy Spirit, we are doing the extraordinary!
We are starting something new this year. Thursday evening choir rehearsals will be eliminated. Beginning on Sunday, September 11, we will hold the weekly choir rehearsal on Sunday mornings at 9:30, immediately after the early service, in the organ loft – NOT in the choir room. We will then sing at the 11:00 a.m. service. We can use YOU! GOD can use you! Please prayerfully consider joining us on September 11 at 9:30 a.m. and becoming one of the ordinary people doing the extraordinary through the Power of the Holy Spirit.
In Christian love,
Nate Mattson