Worship His Majesty......

I will never forgot one particular Prelude back in 1981. I had just moved to Southern California from Virginia and decided one Sunday to worship at Evangelical Free Church in Fullerton. Howie Stevenson was the Minister of Music at that time. Howie was not only a superb choral director, he also was a very competent pianist.

He had chosen a simple hymn, "When Morning Guilds the Skies" to open the service with a cellist playing the melody in a deep and reasonate register....Howie was providing very simple basic chords as a backdrop for the cellist. The auditorium has a unique very high dome above the front chancel area and the sun billows in similar to a sun dial during the am services and cascades its way around the choir loft and fills the altar with a brillant light.

I felt like I had died and gone to heaven! With the new sunrise beginning to make is waft across the choir loft hearing this beautiful deep melody was such an inspirational way to open a worship service. Quiet yet so meaningful. I am sure others were touched as well.

I am sure you have your own set of memories in your worship of God where you may have created a similar Prelude or Music Offering during a service. Please feel free to write me and share your moments.

God touches all of us in different times and in different ways. It may be through witnessing a sunset, a child singing or the simple chirping of a bird. We see and hear God's presence in magnificent ways.

All we have to do is stop and listen.

Joy in your journey, Art Scott, Founder, Orange County Church Musicians