Song

The visit of the City of Chester Male Voice Choir prompts me to reflect on music in our worship - particulalry the highlights of recent weeks.

1. At St Peter's we sang "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God" as a round. The men moved to one side of the church and started the singing off - followed by the women. Once we all got the hang of it there was only one word to describe it - "beautiful". (Seek ye first tends to be as bit boring when it isn't sung as a round)
2. We introduced - at the PCC, St Andrew's and St Peter's - "The Lord's my shepherd" by Stuart Townend. (You can hear a sample of it here)This again is beautiful and hopefully will be seen as a viable alternative to Crimond.
3. To crown it all the City of Chester Male Voice Choir sang "Dona Nobis Pacem" during their concert in Tarvin last night (10/5). As it happens, I had sung it as part of a training session the previous week. Perhaps too complicated to introduce to our parish worship but great to hear again.