Dear friends,
I missed being with you this past weekend, but I look forward to gathering together again on Wednesday. Sopranos-- remember that we will gather at 6:35 p.m. We will join with our Abendmusik friends, then, until 8:45, then work on music for worship for the last part of rehearsal. Sunday morning we take part in the Children's Sabbath worship-- including a piece with our wonderful Youth Orchestra accompanying. It will be another rich, intergenerational experience for our music ministry at First-Plymouth!
We have recently been invited to join with choir members from St. Paul's United Methodist Church downtown for a Thanksgiving Eve worship service there on Wednesday, November 24 at 7:00. The idea is that we would all gather in the St. Paul's sanctuary at 6:00 p.m. to prepare an anthem. Jim Keck will be preaching. I will play the service, and Dr. William Wyman will be guiding our combined choir. It adds a new, wonderful dimension to this ongoing collaboration between our churches in celebration of Thanksgiving. I would invite you to reply to this e-mail to mention that you can join us, and/or you can sign up at rehearsal tomorrow evening. We will need to bring our robes with us for this exciting event. I hope we can count on the Plymouth Choir to be out in full force to serve the broader church community in an exciting way!
And, finally, for now, remember to invite your family and friends to share in a nostalgic celebration of the music of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood this Sunday at 4:00 p.m. It is a free event-- a gift to the community from Abendmusik: Lincoln. Zuri and I will be singing, joined by both of our children's choirs from Plymouth as well as Tracy Sands, cellist, Maribel Cruz, dancer, and Marc Meyers, a dear friend and a beautiful singer from Detroit, Michigan. Marc will be singing with us on Sunday morning as well, and I know you will all enjoy getting to know him. We have recently received the unfortunate delivery of news that Mr. McFeely will not be able to make the trip-- he has been in the hospital for several days, following a fainting spell at a recent appearance. Our new plan is to tape a get well song to him from our whole audience on Sunday afternoon which can be sent with a card from the Lincoln community to our favorite neighborhood mailman!
Worshiping with a different congregation last Sunday while I was in the Twin Cities tendered me, once again, to a deep appreciation for what is happening here and for the amazing, gracious ways that God is guiding us. As we approach the holidays and the flurry of these months, I pray that we can all continue to find peace, love, and hope in our time together as the First-Plymouth Choir.
Grace and peace,
TT
