Dear friends,
Thank you for the part you all play in making each weekend a special one here in Lincoln. These last few days have been full of amazingly diverse, yet deeply connected, events. Friday, after gathering with friends to launch our community-wide sweater drive in the morning at a local bank, I was blessed to sing with ABENDCHOR, the Doane College Choir, and the Lincoln Symphony in a beautiful program of Vaughan Williams at our local university. Saturday, I attended a very engaging workshop on global music for congregational singing at Southwood Lutheran Church. That evening, I had such a wonderful time hearing the SING AROUND NEBRASKA concert downtown at the Lied Center with 150 fifth and sixth graders enthusiastically singing music from all over the world. There were also representative choirs from four Nebraska colleges sharing music as well. Then, this morning we shared in some of the abundance of musical creation that comes from own community-- thanks to Jack Rinke. Finally, many of us participated in the (marathon) Welsh hymn-sing, where our First-Plymouth choir and brass welcomed another rich musical tradition into our midst, crowned by the premiere of another of Jeremy's glorious arrangements. There were people who were part of Friday and Saturday morning, or Saturday night and Sunday morning, or Friday night and Sunday night-- musical and cultural worlds overlapping, uniting, collaborating, sharing, unfolding. I feel so thankful to be a part of all of this-- I feel overwhelmed with gratitude for all the ways that our First- Plymouth family is involved in the broader community, and how blessed we all are with so many opportunities to serve and give. How much we all can learn and grow through all of this that we share in together! Thank you for opening that gift, for being open to that blessing, and for being part of such an amazing journey.
Take a deep breath, relax, and rest well, my friends. Please double-check your calendars to see if you would like to be rewarded with one of these free meals (dinner for eight) coming up soon to kick back and enjoy some time with some of the amazing people who travel with us in the Plymouth Choir.
October 26 at 6:30 p.m.
November 13 at 7:00 p.m.
January 15 at 6:30 p.m.
Grace and peace to each of you, good and faithful servants! : )
TT
