Sunday school not closed

Due to the delayed school opening in Souderton, we've got some children spending time now and then in the church office. So some of their toys get strewn about, such as these airplanes on the front counter. A lot of us in the Zion office have school-age children--Jenn, Scott, Hunter.

As a 4/7th non-resident of Souderton (I work here 3 days a week) I'm allowed to not take sides in the teacher/board negociations. Instead I can make observations.

--When you had children, who promised you there'd be a public school for them?

--What makes you think a few extra days at home wouldn't be good for your children?

--When your schedule is upset, what do your children see you do?

--You are your child's most effective teacher.

--Could Sunday schools see this as an opportunity to run 7 days a week?

--what is this compared to the Hurricane Ike and Katrina interruption of schedules?

Dock rock

Last evening I had the pleasure of introducing the Christopher Dock Mennonite High School Touring Choir at the 7 p.m. evening concert. Director Rodney Derstine lead a mostly acappella concert spanning many styles.

This is a choir which has not succcombed to the pop sound. They excell in all the classic vocal and choral skills--great tone, great support, great blending, spirited interpretation.

I said in closing: you can pray without singing but you can't sing without praying. Our own Katie Clough stands middle row far left.

high school musicians

Know any of these young musicians? Some of the youth at Zion would. About half of these students are C Dock and half are Lancaster Mennonite. The ocassion is the annual festival of Mennonite high school instrumentalists. This year, yesterday, it was held in Lancaster and Dorcas and I went. Part of being a church musician is tracking the young musicians of a church and encouraging them or at least caring about what is going on. What is going on is some really high level of music.