I have been involved in Christian music all my life...first as a teen I sang in a local Youth For Christ singing group that toured. Then as a student at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, I sang in a male quartet and played in the concert band. When I graduated, I came home and began directing the choir at our 200 member church. Now, decades later, I'm still at the same church which has grown to 700+ members and I am full-time minister of music there. I love every style of christian music. Different styles reach different people. That's why our Church worship philosophy calls for the best of the past blended with the best of the present. It makes for an interesting mix of music in our services. I love what I do and I hope to be able to do it until my last breath. What would this world be like - what would the church be like - without the wonderful gift of music for us to express ourselves to our Creator!

On a side note: Adimatis, our church just sent a team of teenagers to Romania last month to work for a week at a youth camp there. Our youth pastor's wife is Romanian, thus the connection.

Tim

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