Hymn Sing

We've just arrived back home after going to a community hymn sing. We enjoyed it so much. It was started out with a friend, Bob, singing Like A Deer Panteth For The Water... It was so beautiful and all the music after that was so inspiring. There was a lot of special music and a lot of congregational singing. All hymns. There was a group of six ladies called Sweet Spirit who sang kind of a medly of about 3 songs. Their voices really blend beautifully. Then there was a flute trio, very nice. A man played two songs on the clarinet accompanied by piano, another man played a saxaphone...accompanied by a man on the piano, both were excellent! Our friend, Roland, plays the accordian, I love it. There were a couple more solos by very talented people. It was a wonderful way to end Sunday.
(Now don't get me wrong...I love the choruses we sing on Sunday morning at church but I also love the old hymns and I do miss them. But some of the choruses are scripture put to music and I especially love those.)
Our friend, Pete, was the MC tonight at the sing and he said it right: we're not here to be entertained but to praise God with our singing and with instrumental music and with our praise. Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; His greatness no one can fathom. Psalm 145:3