Sunday, October 23rd will be a very special day for our church. It will be the unveiling of a new piece of art created by The Reverend Greg Dawson in honor of the music program of the church.
Reverend Dawson has created the beautiful stained glass windows that adorn the East hallway. That project took over 10 years and has produced one of the most beautiful walkways in Fort Collins. Each window represents a season of the church year or a concept from the bible or theology. They windows are as profound in their meaning as they are beautiful to behold.
The most recent project will be placed over the stairway leading into the choir room. If you ask Greg what he was trying to create with this beautiful tribute to music he will not give you a direct answer. He wants us to interpret the piece for ourselves.
The Dawson family has been an integral part of the music program for many years. Alex Dawson is a very skilled guitar musician and has shared his talent in worship services over the past years. Emily Dawson Peterson has sung solos, led hymn sings, and been a part of the adult choir. Her husband Cory is a music teacher in one of the local high schools and has been generous with his talent and has provided special music with his trumpet especially in the Christmas/Advent seasons of the year. Karen has been a member of the adult choir for many years and has been soloist on various occasions and has led worship for the 8 o'clock congregation with powerful and inspiring vocal music.
Greg will preach in the 8 o'clock, 9:15, and 10:45 services in the sanctuary. The choir will sing an anthem at the end of the service and the unveiling of the art work will happen at the end of the 10:45 service.
This is an especially important day for the church. We have just learned that our Choir Director, James Kim, will be leaving our church in June. He has elevated the quality of worship and church music to an amazing level of excellence.
It is appropriate that we honor all those who have helped make our church music program one of the most outstanding in the Rocky Mountain Conference.
See you Sunday.
Charles Schuster
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