The Celebration Singers will provide the musical leadership for the 11:00 a.m. service. The Songs of Gathering will pair two pieces: Jubilate Deo, a six-part canon composed by Michael Praetorius (1571-1621), with Allen Pote's A Jubilant Song. As a response to the reading of the psalm, the Singers will lead the congregation for its musical setting, On Eagle's Wings by Michael Joncas; soloists will be Evan Arrington-Tsao and Daniel Harrison. Tom Granum will play an organ setting of On Eagle's Wings for the offertory; composed by Charles Callahan, this piece was commissioned by Bobbie Epting and Lee Epting in memory of Stephen Mark Coomes, and Tom played its first presentation in 1995.
Our week is coming to a close. We had a free day in terms of singing. We still woke up early, but instead of heading off to a concert, we headed over to Saute Moutons, a white water rapids with a flat bottom metal boat. If I told you we got wet, that would be a understatement! We were wet to the core! But it was so much fun and worth it.We wandered through Montreal for a bit after lunch until we saw an IMAX movie in French about Vincent Van 
Gogh. After the movie, we saw a demonstration by a company selling Power Risers, a sort of stilt. All who got on the Power Risers had a great time! Even Tom and Adrian got on them, but once I (Adrian) went down, it took three people to help get me back up again!
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We go home tomorrow! It has been a wonderful trip, but it is time to go home. Tomorrow, we sing at two worship services before boarding the plane and heading home. Please pray for safe travel for us as we make our way home to be with our families.
a park in Montréal for some Ultimate Frisbee. It was good to run and be very, very active. Chelsie brought her violin and opened case and began playing. A couple dollars were tossed in the case, but when we were ready to leave, she had to return the money to the folks in our group who gave it! We had lunch at a wonderful Jewish deli. It was awesome! Everyone really enjoyed the smoked meat sandwiches and fries.
We made our way over to the Norte Dame Basilique, wher
e we visited Saturday night. On our way, we picked up an impromptu tour guide who helped us find our way through town to the Metro station. In thanks to his help, we sang a song in the middle of a market square for him and everyone around us. It feels like so long ago we toured through the Basilique watching the light show, but today, we were here to sing and share our gift of music. We watched a gospel choir perform and then sang our songs. Our young people sounded great! I got some video of the
singing, so check out how awesome they sounded. We received a tour of the Basilique, including the "little chapel" with its huge bronze art behind the alter. And of course, we sang a song in there, too, just to see what it would sound like.
After dinner, Yves Fillon, one of our tour guide's friends, came and helped us understand Chocolate 101. Even though there is no bad chocolate, not all chocolate was created equal. That was a thoroughly enjoyable way to end our day!
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