We had waited for this for nearly a year.
On March 8, 2020, we finished the second-to-last rehearsal before the Morningside premiere of Pepper Choplin’s “Worthy Is the Lamb.” We had one rehearsal left before presenting it the next Sunday night. We started preparing the slides. We were so close.
On March 13, the world ground to a halt. On March 15, we held one last in-person AM service together before beginning 8 weeks of online only. Instead of the night we sang a new song, it was the first night we didn’t meet. Over the summer, we got to learn two new songs for outdoor song services. But it was months before we had anything like a choir on Sunday morning.
As health risk worsened in the late fall, we were thankful to help present a combined Christmas program and take a few weeks’ break. But once we started in January, we were determined to start learning pieces on Sunday again.
This week, it all came together. Seven days after a snowstorm, we had the best attendance for choir and orchestra since that last in-person service. And with that encouraging group, we finally got to present “Worthy Is the Lamb.” And wow, it was worth waiting for.
Amen.
