adult choir

I arrived early to church this past Sunday evening to clean up/move some things. I had stashed a few of my VBS back drops behind the built in puppet stage and I had to move them out of the way for puppet practice tonight. 

Since I had to be at the church early to do that I decided to stick around for the hour until church starts. Though I do live super close, at the other end of the parking lot, I decided to forgo the trek back home. Instead I decided to sit in the sanctuary and listen to the adult choir practice. As I said in a prior post, this is the church I spent my formative years in. And as I sit here and look up into the choir loft I see new faces, well new to me, and I see faces of those who were in the choir 6 years ago when I was here last. In fact I see people in the choir who have been in there for many years. It is a testament to those who are faithful to their ministry. Every Sunday morning they are in the choir loft leading the worship and every Sunday evening they are at the practices, preparing for the next week. Many of these people  are ones I have looked up to, ones who have been models to me on what it means to be an active member of the church. I have been blessed to grow up in a church that had so many role models of what it means to serve in the ministry God has called you to.

I sat there humbled and blessed to see those faithful servants giving of their God given talents. Being in Children’s ministry myself, I am unable to be a part of the choir or, often times the adult worship service, but I still hold a great appreciation for those in the choir each week. This is another of those ministries that can often go unappreciated. The congregation just expects the choir to be there but they do not consider the time sacrificed or even all of the individuals it takes to make up the choir itself. I am so glad to be a part of a church that still sees the importance of a choir and it is just one more thing that gives me the comforting feeling of “home”. I am blessed to be in a church that worships our God through song together each service, with a dedicated group of servants to help lead us to the throne of God.

I want to do my part to help raise the next generation to recognize the importance of worshipping God through song, and of being a part of something like the adult choir. The Bible tells us to make a joyful noise unto the Lord, and that is so easily done by singing with fellow Christians.

Looking forward to growing more together at The Grove!

Miss Megan