A sharing by Duane - 22 Nov 2007

Harlows Yall!

To Genesisians young and older(means not old just older than young)... heh

Last Saturday, I made myself free from work to attend The Feast of Saint Cecilia Workshop. Who is Saint Cecilia? If you've not known, she is the patron saint of musicians and church music [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Cecilia ]. In her name we had a gathering of choirs to come and sing songs. There were about 15 odd choirs presenting their repetoire. The songs sung were not to be judged and just to be enjoyed. And truely when you sit there listening to each choir sing without judging them [ignoring the a lil off timing, sharps and flats], you can see why they are there for. TO SING PRAISES TO OUR GOD!

Why does it concern us as g2?
We are a music ministry leading the church(congregation) and representing the youth.
As role models(no matter how big or small we are) we should attend and support such activities to broaden our perspective(we're just g2,katong youth choir).
In turn what I got and what we can get from such activities are a rekindling of the fire within, learning more of our ministry, how we can improve ourselves(technically and spiritually) and networking with other choirs.

What can we do now?

We as g2 should come for practice(after and before), attend Mass, experience prayermeets and have fun while making music with God in mind.

Where does it all start?

In YOU! You make the choice each saturday to set aside time for God. As many of us have been doing for the past years, months or even days with g2.

Let me share with you about someone who made a decision to join the choir and offer his talents to make God's music. He is a conductor(no its not me...). He is from the Church of the Holy Trinity. Seraphim choir of the 11am Sunday Mass. He recently joined the choir about 4 months ago. Quite normal so far right? He has a trinity college of music licientiate diploma, diploma in music performance and won many awards for piano and song writing. He has used his talent on the National level too. Someone with so much talent and with a busy schedule with NS,music competitions and his own life is giving time back to God through the choir. He is really filled with excitement about moving his choir to higher standards but with much patience and understanding.

How can You relate to him? How is he different from you? We each have our own lives to lead but we can make the choice to praise God through our talents!

On a personal level, I can feel something brewing in g2. I think we can harvest more of this brew to make Christmas a truely blessed one!

Just my thoughts from the workshop.