This past Sunday evening at the Christian Reformed Church was our annual inter-church Palm Sunday Service. This is the second year now that I've been able to help in the leading of the service with leading the time of worship. This is always a highlight for me for a few reasons:
-They have really nice sound toys. For a musician, it's a real treat. Not only do they have a grand piano, but they have a brand new "Allen and Heath" sound board (these are the "Rolls Royce" of sound equipment), they have really nice sound acoustics, and their sound guy is a real treat to work with.
-My friend Mike gets to drum with us. Mike plays loud (probably too loud for some), but he's one heck of a good drummer and it's always a personal joy for me to jam with him. He's good at what he does.
-There's something about taking part in a worship service with some 500 people singing praise to God that just blesses my socks off.
Perhaps the greatest joy for me is to see the coming together of the churches of the Cowichan Valley for this. Take our music team for example... On it, we had Presbyterians, a Pentecostal, a Baptist, and a CRCer. We had leadership taking part from our church, Young Life, the Alliance Church, and the Pentecostal Church.
I think it especially blesses the heart of God when all of His kids come together like that. In the Gospel of John, Jesus says that the world will know that He is sent from God when His people are in perfect unity. As well, what a witness to this community for them to see the Church (capital "c") come together in this fashion; when we strip away our denominational ties for just one evening simply to lift high the name of Jesus as One People.
I am already looking forward to the next time when the Churches of the Valley come together again...
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