The African Children's Choir Comes to Trinity
I am taking a one-day break from talking about public health issues in worship to talk about what an extraordinary day yesterday was at Trinity. Starting on the eve (in the best Judaeo-Christian tradition), on Tuesday night the African Children's Choir arrived at Trinity and met their host families. Thirteen girls and 10 boys between the ages of 8 and 11, along with their chaperones, spread out across the greater Hartford area for the evening. Meanwhile, Hyacinth Miller and her Loaves and Fishes crew were hard at work preparing the lunch for 150 or so people that was served today at Loaves and Fishes Ministries on Woodland Street.
Yesterday morning the children and their chaperones (some of whom double as teachers) arrived at Trinity after having breakfast with their host families for a day of rehearsals and study. (Yesterday was a math day where some of the children learned about Roman numerals and others learned about "expanding numbers" -- apparently a new math concept that is well beyond my abilities to fathom!). Before we blessed the food at dinner time (dinner prepared by the families of our Choir School), the children were more than eager to share with me what they had learned today.
But the best was yet to come. In an 80-minute concert that could alternately provoke tears and shouts of joy, the children sang and danced their way through stories of faith and hope. Members of the Choir School of Hartford, based at Trinity, served as hosts for the event and did a marvelous job. In addition to the free-will offering that was taken up at the concert, the Choir School members have decided to enter into a relationship with the African Children's Choir by tithing the proceeds of their recent tag sale to assist in the development of the new choir school for the African Children's Choir back in Uganda. Great leadership by example!
This morning the children will be departing for their next venue in Groton, CT. If you wish to make a donation to the African Children's Choir, or if you want to be a sponsor, you can go online to africanchildrenschoir.org -- we will try to post a link on our website in the next few days.
Tomorrow: Your Worship or Your Health! Part III. Have a blessed day! Your brother in Christ, Don+
Yesterday morning the children and their chaperones (some of whom double as teachers) arrived at Trinity after having breakfast with their host families for a day of rehearsals and study. (Yesterday was a math day where some of the children learned about Roman numerals and others learned about "expanding numbers" -- apparently a new math concept that is well beyond my abilities to fathom!). Before we blessed the food at dinner time (dinner prepared by the families of our Choir School), the children were more than eager to share with me what they had learned today.
But the best was yet to come. In an 80-minute concert that could alternately provoke tears and shouts of joy, the children sang and danced their way through stories of faith and hope. Members of the Choir School of Hartford, based at Trinity, served as hosts for the event and did a marvelous job. In addition to the free-will offering that was taken up at the concert, the Choir School members have decided to enter into a relationship with the African Children's Choir by tithing the proceeds of their recent tag sale to assist in the development of the new choir school for the African Children's Choir back in Uganda. Great leadership by example!
This morning the children will be departing for their next venue in Groton, CT. If you wish to make a donation to the African Children's Choir, or if you want to be a sponsor, you can go online to africanchildrenschoir.org -- we will try to post a link on our website in the next few days.
Tomorrow: Your Worship or Your Health! Part III. Have a blessed day! Your brother in Christ, Don+
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