My father usually sings in the choir at First UMC, but he doesn’t like to if he hasn’t been to practice in a while, and – for obvious reasons – he hasn’t. So he was in the pew this morning with me and my sister, who was visiting this weekend.

Our organist / pianist, Lori Schuler, did a beautiful job on the piano with today’s offertory; I did not recognize the tune, but it was beautiful and exhibited Lori’s incredible keyboard skills. But then the choir touched all three of us in the pew this morning; the special was “His Eye Is On The Sparrow,” my mother’s favorite song. It was not only a beautiful thought (and, yes, it was intentional) but a beautiful arrangement; our music director, Jon Brock, and the choir really outdid themselves, which is saying something.