Living Water, Guiding Spirit

Welcome July!! I can't believe how fast the summer has been passing.

I attended "conductor's craft workshop" in Kenosha, WI this week. I have inspired by those wonderful composers, conductors, and musicians with their musics. It was a blessing.

One of them was Joseph Martin. As you know, he has written countless music for anthems, cantatas, and so on. He was a certainly humble inspiring christian composer. Honorably, the summer choir will sing one of his songs on July 10th.

It is "Living Water, Guiding Spirit", inspired by Psalm 42. He wrote with Native American melody based with the song. Whenever I sing the song, it brings the imaginary of the gushing streams of water in the movie "Spirit". In the beginning part of the movie an eagle flies into the canon and streams. The lyric is an inspiring prayer. I pray that we all long for presence of the living God through this beautiful music.

Here is the lyric.

"Just as the deer longs for the water, my spirit longs for you, my God.
Living water flow in me. Refresh my soul with Your truth and grace.
Make in me Your vessel pure, a heart to hold Your praise.
Just as the wind blows through the forest, move through my life today, O Lord, I pray.
Guiding Spirit blow through me. Refresh my soul with Your truth and grace. Lift me up where eagles fly. Teach me a higher way. Teach me O Lord, I pray."

Summer!

Summer is officially started at our Floris UMC!
The choirs finished singing on Sundays as well as our rehearsals.
However, there will be two Sundays with our summer choir!
On July 10th, we will get together at 9:30 to rehearse and sing at 11:00 service with "Living water, Guiding Spirit" by Joseph Martin.
On August 7th, we will praise Him with "If you are happy/amen" by Andre Thomas.
Please come and join to praise the Lord especially this Summer!
I will be attending a workshop " Conductor's craft" from this Sunday in Kenosha, WI. There will be Joseph Martin and Andre Thomas as speakers and I am very excited!

Looking forward to having you all on July 10th!!

Have a blessed and peaceful summer!
And Keep on singing!

Welcome June!

June is already here! I can't believe that a half the year 2011 has passed. Our summer starts from June 22nd in our church, so June 19th is the last Sunday for the choirs and other groups in music ministry.
This Sunday is our communion Sunday, and the sanctuary choir will lift up "Let us talents and tongues employ" as an offertory at 11:00 service. The song is accompanied by piano, flute, and conga. It will be uplifting.
At 8:00 service, the sonrise singers will praise "You are my hiding place."
Next Sunday on 12th, as Pentecost, the sanctuary choir will sing "Filla me up" with several percussion, and for offertory, the string will share "Eine kleine nightmuzik" last movement Rondo at 11:00 service.
On 19th, at 11:00 service two choirs will combined and sing " Holy" as an anthem, "The Majesty and glory of Your name" as an offertory in our last Sunday.

There will be two Sundays with the summber choir on July 10th and August 7th. Please come to the music room at 9:30 on those Sundays to rehearse if you are interested in singing at the group.

Praying to see you all at the worship service!