A Message From The Director:We're looking forward to a wonderful 2005 Youth Music Mission Tour to Colorado! We're combining worship/music, mission/outreach, spiritual growth and fun/fellowship. We invite you to join us on this mission tour through this web page.
For the music we'll be participating in several worship services (large and small churches, as well as a meditative Taizé service), and we will present musical programs for several senior-adult groups; additionally, we’ll have a session with an outstanding dulcimer player from Denver. Not only will the Celebration Singers be singing, we’ll also include instrumental music with the nine instrumentalists involved.
Our mission/outreach includes preparing meals for a men's homeless shelter, grounds work for a transitional housing development for the homeless, playground improvements for a home dealing with children who have emotional or developmental problems, and repairs and painting for a redevelopment church.
Fellowship is a natural outgrowth of all we’ll do during the week, but special emphasis on fun will be our time in Glenwood Springs: rafting, bicycling, rides, caverns, and the world's largest hot springs pool.
Throughout the entire trip, we focus on spiritual growth – recognizing the presence of God in our lives. One strand of scripture studies will focus on the passage from Matthew when the righteous ask the Lord when did they see the Lord in need and respond. The other series of studies focuses on the Emmaus Road experience of the disciples on Easter: so often, we don't recognize God in our lives and in our presence.
We invite you to keep this Mission Tour in your thoughts and prayers during the week May 28 through June 5 – praying for the safety, spiritual growth, musical and non-musical accomplishments and fun for the youth and adult leaders.
Tom Granum
Director of Music & Organist
First Presbyterian Church
Athens, Georgia
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