The "irreverent" choir of St. John UCC is indeed a crazy bunch. Here are a couple of images of the quilt that they presented to us in recognition of 35 plus years of putting out an anthem a week. Note the nice choice of fabrics with a music theme--where would you find something like that? The close up shows two previous members' names, Ave Barr and Ruth Ludwig. And the last square catches everyone who ever "sat in" on Christmas or Easter or other special occasions.
Maestro, Maestro (verse three)Maestro, Maestro, we adore you and your love of music greats.
Bortniansky, Cherubini, Zingarelli, Rutter too.
Handel, Mozart, Stroede, Luther
Mendelssohn, Schuetz, Frank and Bach.
Chanting psalms and singing anthems,
Choir makes the service rock.
So here I am in series four, week one, day three. Fighting the usual colon conquest, this is usually not a good day. There are things I need to do but no energy to get it done. Yesterday was better than usual, I made it to band for the second week in a row. It is fun to go to rehearsal, though I doubt if I will be able to do the performance since it falls at the end of week three--a pretty dicey time.
Your gift quilt is lovely, dear Maestro! How wonderful to see the love of your friends spelled out in black and white and music notes! It is something you can wrap around you and know that all who love you are holding you in our arms with love and prayers... Hang in there, here's hoping you have a good week, see you very soon. Love, Marion & Bob
ReplyDeleteWhat fun! Thanks for posting the photos. I was wondering how it was put together. Quite clever and creative bunch, as well as "irreverent". (In my experience, aren't most church choirs somewhat that way? Sort of one big dysfuctional family....)
ReplyDeleteYour weekend sounded really nice, and it must have felt good to just get away for a fresh perspective.
Don't worry too much about the things to do. Just take it easy - it's a good day to do that - and tomorrow will be better.
Cheers!
jan
The quilt is lovely! Hope the ride this week isn't too rough.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the quilt and another verse of the lovely song written in your honor. I'm just not sure why you refer to the "irreverent choir" as "crazy"! (OK, so I really DO know) What a fun bunch to have been part of, led by a wonderful Maestro.
ReplyDeleteWow - what a masterpiece that quilt is! Thanks for sharing the pictures! Keep on keeping on and I'll keep on praying for you :0)
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