Music is such an important part of our worship. We are truly blessed to have such talented and dedicated musicians, singers and instrumentalists to lead our music at St. Michael’s. Erik and the choir do a wonderful job from week to week. Our choir has a marvelous spirit of openness and joy.
Mike Baldwin faithfully plays for our summer services and services throughout the year. Dotty fills in when needed. We have soloists and instrumentalists who sing and play to lead, lift and inspire us, bringing us closer to God and to one another.
Our music is truly beautiful, teaching us important lessons about God, our world and ourselves, reminding us of who we are and what we are called to as followers of Jesus. I encourage you to sing with gusto and to pay attention to the words we sing. Last weekend we sang this beautiful hymn, and it has lifted me up and inspired me throughout the week:
1 Come down, O Love divine,
seek thou this soul of mine,
and visit it with thine own ardor glowing;
O Comforter, draw near,
within my heart appear,
and kindle it, thy holy flame bestowing.
2 O let it freely burn,
till earthly passions turn
to dust and ashes in its heat consuming;
and let thy glorious light
shine ever on my sight,
and clothe me round, the while my path illuming.
3 And so the yearning strong,
with which the soul will long,
shall far outpass the power of human telling;
for none can guess its grace,
till Love create a place
wherein the Holy Spirit makes a dwelling.
Words: Bianco da Siena (d. 1434)
Music: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958).
Peace, Bill+
