Today
marks the release of 6 new songs I have had on
the back burner for a while. The style is a bit
edgy----maybe a cross between pop and rock. These
songs explore the subject of salvation and
righteousness by faith. Heavy are the burdens we
are willing to bear----no matter how heavy they
become. We hold on to them, unwilling to let go,
even while at the foot of the cross.
"And as Moses lifted up the
serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son
of Man be lifted up: That whoseoever believeth in
him should not perish, but have eternal
life." John 3: 14, 15
You can listen to the title
song, Your Precious Cross, in
the widget to the right.
SNEC Southern New
England Conference English Camp Meeting 2010
Camp Meeting is held every
summer on the SNEC
grounds every summer for one week. This year it
was shortened to one day. The theme for this year
was "Proclaiming God's Grace." This
year's speaker was Dr. Hyveth Williams, professor
of Homiletics at the Seventh-day Adventist
Theological Seminary at Andrews University,
Michigan. This year I had the honor to play a
flute solo for the offertory. I recorded a new
arrangement for the song,Give
to Our God Immortal Praise, written
by Vernon Griffiths.
Listen to last year's Camp
Meeting theme song:
The widget above lets you
listen to music from five releases. Run the arrow
over the widget. Scroll to the song you would
like to hear by dragging the green scroller and
double clicking the song.
As a musician, one of the jobs
that I enjoy most is being a worship leader. Since June of
2007, I've been the worship accompanist for the
Federated Church of Christ, in Brooklyn, CT. I
have the pleasure of playing this fine tracker
organ--the history of which is something of a
mystery. Here's an excerpt from "The
Heritage of the Federeated Church of Christ
Brooklyn, Connecticut" (abbreviated title),
written by Pastor John B. Wilcox, a former
minister for this congregation: “Instruments
of this type, no matter if the history is
somewhat uncertain, are to be prized both for the
musical value and for their place in history.
Some of the history of this organ can be traced;
it was in the Trinitarian Congregational Church,
and was removed to its present location in the
spring of 1939. There is information of an
informal nature that a scrap of paper was found
when the organ was moved, stating that the organ
was built in England in 1832." The Maker and
date of this organ cannot be determined with
accuracy. However, that it is American, not
English, make is fairly certain, particularly
from the use of hard pine rather than oak for the
trackers. Construction evidence suggests that it
may have been built by one of the Stevens
brothers of Cambridge, Mass., sometime before
1850. Their instruments tended to be in the
conservative English style.”
Today
marks the release of 6 new songs I have had on
the back burner for a while. The style is a bit
edgy----maybe a cross between pop and rock. These
songs explore the subject of salvation and
righteousness by faith. Heavy are the burdens we
are willing to bear----no matter how heavy they
become. We hold on to them, unwilling to let go,
even while at the foot of the cross.
Since June of
2007, I've been the worship accompanist for the
Federated Church of Christ, in Brooklyn, CT. I
have the pleasure of playing this fine tracker
organ--the history of which is something of a
mystery. Here's an excerpt from "The
Heritage of the Federeated Church of Christ
Brooklyn, Connecticut" (abbreviated title),
written by Pastor John B. Wilcox, a former
minister for this congregation: 
“Instruments
of this type, no matter if the history is
somewhat uncertain, are to be prized both for the
musical value and for their place in history.
Some of the history of this organ can be traced;
it was in the Trinitarian Congregational Church,
and was removed to its present location in the
spring of 1939. There is information of an
informal nature that a scrap of paper was found
when the organ was moved, stating that the organ
was built in England in 1832." The Maker and
date of this organ cannot be determined with
accuracy. However, that it is American, not
English, make is fairly certain, particularly
from the use of hard pine rather than oak for the
trackers. Construction evidence suggests that it
may have been built by one of the Stevens
brothers of Cambridge, Mass., sometime before
1850. Their instruments tended to be in the
conservative English style.”