Sunday, November 17th: Trinity Choir and Praise Team to sing

November 17th at 3:00 is the Covenanting Service with Rev. Sydney.

The choir and praise team will offer a music ministry song: Oh a Song Must Rise (MV 142). Please wear a uniform of black on the bottom (dress, skirt, or pants) and white or black on top (blouse, sweater, shirt...).

We will be meeting 4 times to rehearse. You don't have to come to every rehearsal. Even if you arrive at 2:30 on Sunday the 17th, we welcome you to sing with us.

Kevin is away but we'll have a supply ministry musician to accompany us at the service. For rehearsals, we have a recorded piano accompaniment. We'll see how we can make this hymn into a performance piece (anthem-ish). It might be as simple as having a solo or a section on one verse and a different section on another. We'll be sure to have a rousing chorus. We can adapt the arrangement to have two or three parts for harmonies and fun.

Listen to this church choir sing it. I love what they've done to jazz it up.

Singing out God's praises and glory, the faithful voices blend. Oh a song must rise for the spirit to descend.

Come and blend your faithful voice with ours.

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