Welcome New Members to the Music Ministry!!

We welcome new members to our music ministry!!
We would like to invite you all to praise and worship through muisc in various ways.
If you visit our church website, you can see details about each group.
These are groups for adults.
The choirs
Sanctuary choir who sings at 11:00 o'clock service on Sundays, meets on Wed. night from 7:30-9:00, and 10:20 on Sunday morning for rehearsal.
Chamber choir: Auditioned choir, sings once a month at 11:00 0'clock service, meets on every other Sunday at 2:00 for rehearsal.
Sonrise Singers who sings at 8:00 o'clock service on every other Sundays, meets on every other Sundays at 2:00 for rehearsal.
Call to Harmony: men's barbershop quartet group; meets on Wed. night 6:45-7:30, sings various worship services and occasion.

The instrumental groups
The Floris Strings: open to students to adults who plays string instruments; meets at 1:00 on every other Sundays, plays once a month at 11:00 o'clock service and joins with Floris Symphonic Orchestra for Christmas and Easter seasons concerts.
The Floris Symphoic Orchestra; meets occsionally during Advents, and Lent for concerts and special musical service.

For Students (6th-12th)
The Student choir: meets at 4:00 on Sundays, sings once a month at 11:00 o clock service and 5:00 PM service.
The Student Band: open to woodwinds and brass instrumental players, meets at 1:00 on Every other Sunday, plays often in worship services.

For childrens (3years-5th graders)
Grace notes: 3 years-pre kindergardeners; meets on Sunday school time, sings once a month at 9:15 and 11:00 service.
Little Praisers: Kindergardners to 2nd grade; meets at 6:00 on Wed. night, sings once a month at 9:15 or 11:00 service.
Celebration choir: 3rd-5th graders: meets at 6:00 on Wed. night, sings once a month at 9:15 or 11:00 service.

Handbell Choirs
The Chimers: k-3rd grade: meets on Wed. 5:30-6:00, plays once a month.
The Laudate Ringers: adutls: meets on Tuesday nights 7:30-9:00, plays once a month at worship
The Jubilate ringers: adults and students: meets on Thursday night 7:00-8:30, plays once a month at worship
The Hosanna Ringers: 3rd-6th graders: meets on Wed. 7:00-8:00, plays once a month at worship.

IF you visit the Small group fair between the service on this and next Sunday at the Fellowship hall, you can find "Music Ministry" table. Please visit us and ask questions!!

We will start our rehearsals in the beginning of Sept. Please visit our church home page!!
Looking forward to seeing you all there! Let's praise the Lord with our one heart, and one voice!

Here I am Lord

What a wonderful Sunday was today! I truly enjoyed worshipping God with people today at our church. The new sermon serious, "Remembering the future" has given me many thoughts and visions in God's world. It was very hard singing untuned but I loved Rev. Tom's comparison of tuning to God. I often think about tuning to God as tuning to my favorite channel of radio at my car. If you have your favorite channel in the radio, we can set as our number 1 channel so whenever we want to listen click the number 1. Or you know where you can find the channel. Especially an old style; you might need to turn the round wheel to find the channel back and forth to get clear sound. If you fix the channel in the same position, you will get the clear sound all the time but if you move to somewhere, it is not sometimes easy to find the channel right away. Tuning to God's heart requires attitudes of humility, openess, and willing to sacrifice. Like Rev. Tom's describtion, we need open our lids to accept the Holy Spirit to stir our hearts that often we refuse. Being stirred is not easy, or comfort. It gives even insomnia! :) Because of the stirred mind, we pray, seek, and do His works.
It has been an exactly year that I have joined to Floris. I am grateful to be a part of stirred paint business. I will keep on praying that God hears our prayers like we sang this morning "Here I am Lord, is it I Lord, I have heard you calling in the night, I will go Lord if you lead me, I will hold your people in my heart!"What a privilege to hold His people in our hearts! Let's keep on remembering the future in Him!

Why do we praise God?

While I was preparing the short presentation about why we praise God, I had a great moment to realize in various things about praising God.

First of all, praising God should be the first reaction and expression as His people. He is the Creator of heaven and earth, the King of kings and the Lord of lords: He is the only one who deserve our worship and praise. Also, He commends us to worship and praise Him. In Psalm 150 "Let everything has breath praise the Lord!" Praising God is not suggestion, it is His commendment. However, the commendment is based on His love toward us. By praising God, we find and recognize who God really is and His amazing characters. As I shared this morning, by praising God, we meet our God closely. He empoweres us with His love, comfort, peace and hope through the moment.

We can find how worthy God is to be praised throughout these words from the Bible: Psalm 96:4, Psalm 145:3, 2 Samuel 22:4, Revelation 4:11 and more.

Also, praising God strengthens us to live well as His children.

God uses praises to overcome the battles, to heal brokeness, and to transform people who like He is.

Then how we can praise God?

People often think "praising God" is limited to verbal expression; singing, or reciting words. However, we can praise God with instruments, clapping, raising hands, dancing and so on. God does not limit of praises.

One of my unforgetable memories was also related to the praising God. There was always a special Sunday worship service for the deaf after 5, 6 graders' Sunday worship service in my home church. One Sunday, I was about to leave the place, I saw people wearing robes to attend the service as choir members. I was curious how they would praise God without singing. :I did not know any other forms of praising God except singing at that time. I was shocked with their beautiful praise and worship! I could feel full of God's presence right there! Their facial expressions and sign languages were just beyond we could imagine. I learned that day that there is no limitation to praising God!

Even though God commends us to praise Him, I believe that God commends for us to do it. If we don't praise God, there will be no relationship between God and us. Let's praise the Lord!

Praising God brings always power of God because in praising God, God is there! I pray that we all become "praising people" like John Wesley's description of methodists who are singing people. I pray that whenever we get together to worship God, we praise Him with all our hearts and spirit that transforms us to go out in the world with His living power!

Thank you for visiting our blog~

Thank you so much for visiting our blog. As I promised you to post about praising God, I will post it during this week! I will trim my writing and post it to share with you.
I enjoyed very much to share my mom's story with you all this morning. I was nervous and worried if I could deliver the story clearly to you. However, I lifted up my prayer for you all that you all live as praising people, singsing people to the Lord our God throughout your lives.
Thank you again so much for visiting us and please don't forget visiting again during this week!

Let's praise the Lord!!