"Let everything that has breath praise the Lord..."

Welcome to The Volunteer Choir Department, where fire is encouraged, not quenched--if it's the fire of the Spirit!

If you're part of a volunteer choir or involved in the worship of your church through music, I hope to encourage and support you. You pour out all that energy, learn all those notes, sacrifice so many hours; let's make sure you get filled up between times.

Who am I? I'm a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. I've served local church choirs for over 30 years as director, and I love this ministry! You can read more in "about me" if you like.

I'm often up early. This morning it was beyond early, but there are perks: the birds sent up a cacophony of praise by 4:30 a.m. They have a long work day ahead of them finding food, locating nesting sites (stay out of our garage, please) and building materials, maybe even feeding offspring already. And yet, the first thing they do when day begins is sing.

Have you noticed it's also the last thing they do before night brings sleep?

Let me do the same. "I will praise the Lord at all times. His praise will continually be on my lips." Psalm 34:1