Talking with new
neighbors retirees
said they were church shopping
not those words exactly
have visited
Presbyterian Methodist
was it Pittsboro United Methodist I asked
yes they replied
how was it
husband answered it was
okay
just okay I wondered
he sighed
the Methodists love
their hymnals
ah I thought
said out loud you
prefer praise songs
words projected on a
screen
it’s what we’re used to he said
we will go to the
community church here I think
even retirees want overly loud praise songs?
Another neighbor who
knows my vocation
said with some
excitement
he visited Pittsboro
United Methodist
how was it I asked
wonderful he exclaimed
they have a – he described
an organ he expected me to know about –
an excellent music
ministry
they sing mostly from regular hymnal
this neighbor has a
baby grand piano
plays fill-in organ at churches
do they have a choir I
asked
oh a good one he replied
I’m now singing in it
I watched the livestream
sure enough
he was up front singing
his heart out.
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