TSMSS - In Loving Memory

I mentioned the other day that our former Minister of Music passed away earlier this week. Oh, how we all loved Joe! When I was a freshman in college and began attending that church, he was still directing the college choir. (The next year was the first year a Music Assistant came on board, who then led the college choir.) Then once I was out of school, I joined the Sanctuary Choir and sang for years under his leadership. Meeting & marrying my man was a result of singing in the choir together. And because we considered him "our" minister, he married us. And a few years later, he did the baby dedication of our boy.

He's singing in God's Choir now, and I know the music in heaven is that much sweeter with his beautiful tenor added in! I'm hoping to attend his memorial service this afternoon.

One song that the choir sang was a favorite of many of us. Based on Psalm 8, the words and music combine to make this such a glorious song of praise. This is a church choir from another church singing it, and coordinating pictures, plus the Names of God, are a wonderful part of this video.

Thank you, Lord, for the privilege of knowing this wonderful man of God!

THE MAJESTY AND GLORY OF YOUR NAME

When I gaze
Into the night sky
And see the work
Of Your fingers
The moon and stars
Suspended in space
But what is man
That You are mindful of him?

You have given man
A crown of glory and honor
And have made him
A little lower than the angels
You have put him
In charge of all creation
The beasts of the field
The birds of the air
The fish of the sea


But what is man
Oh, what is man
That You are mindful of him?

O Lord, our God
The majesty and glory
Of Your name
Transcends the earth
And fills the heavens
O Lord, our God
Little children praise You perfectly
And so would we
And so would we

Alleluia, Alleluia
The majesty and glory of Your name
Alleluia, Alleluia

WORDS: Linda Lee Johnson
MUSIC: Tom Fettke

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