Music Ministry Page 3 Greetings!!! Greetings Wesley UMC Family! I want to speak about my vision for worship. I see worship as more than just singing and music. To me, worship is a state in which you want to be in the presence of something more than anything else. If there is something you want in your life more than anything, that is what you worship. When we have a worship service, it is a visible manifestation of this desire to be in God's presence. Music and singing are manifestations of praise, the outward display of our desire to be in God's presence. As we outwardly engage in praise, we invite God's spirit to inwardly be present with us. To me, this is the inherent beauty of bringing in the light at the beginning of each service and then carrying that light with us as we go back to the world. This is why music is so important to me personally and why I highly value our singers, ringers, soloists, and Deborah; I feel that it is the purpose of all our music ministry to help manifest praise and welcome God to sit among us each time we gather. I hope that our music has been and continues to be a blessing to each and every one of you. I also want to thank all of those who give weekly of their time in helping to bring something special into our worship. Yours in Christ, Shane Sanderson Wesley UMC Newsletter February 2020
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