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volume
58, number 4
In the December 2006/January
2007 issue of The Chorister
Many years ago
when we began looking at schools for our young children, a friend
shared her observation that an institution can be evaluated in regards
to possessing a mind, a heart and a spirit. Every school, for instance,
seeks to develop a child's intellect. Some schools also strive to
provide a place of nurture. Few institutions, however, are able
to embrace all three: the intellectual, the nurturing environment
and the presence of the spirit of God that permeates both the adult
community and the curriculum as it seeks to serve God's plan for
children.
From my perspective,
Choristers Guild is a rare organization that offers all of the above,
providing you, the members, with well-rounded resources of the mind,
heart and spirit. As editor, it is a great joy to dialog with the
people who fill each issue of your journal, The Chorister.
Every writer is a capable, gifted professional who receives no great
contract except the joy of sharing with you their expertise and
experience of working with music and children in the church.
In this issue.
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. . . Tim
Morrison will challenge you to not just plan and execute worship
but to indeed give yourself permission "to worship,"
especially in this most busy of seasons.
. .
. Jason Thoms opens a window on children's capacity to understand
as he sheds new light on the worship service as it relates to
seasons of the liturgical year.
. . . The actor, playwright, and storyteller Tom Long describes
how to put "life" into scripture readings as a sacrifice
of praise.
. . . Eileen Jones Straw provides a beautifully thought out lesson
plan for Praise to the Lord, for the Lord is Good. Your
choristers will be singing from balconies, in stairwells and from
the choir, "fulfilling the potential that the text offers."
. . . Marilyn Comer will help you gather your community of faith
on The Epiphany with a service filled with the light of Christ.
In addition, she offers many ways of including children in meaningful
ways in worship throughout the Epiphany season.
. . . Carol Nyberg-Caraviotis reminds the child within each of
us that "I have called you by name and you are mine"
through her devotions for December and January.
. . . Dorothy Elder promises to get you organized in a new way
for the coming year!
. . . Althea Madigan shares the joy of children's choral festivals.
May your Advent
and Christmas be a rich blessing to you and to those with whom you
work—with mind, heart and spirit!
- Lois Trego,
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