Mormon Tabernacle Choir Concert

The Choir was in Mountain View at the Shoreline Amphitheatre June 25.  They were excellent. They went from song to song very rapidly. 

I looked hard for Sheri's cousin.  I never saw her and later discovered that as a first year choir member she does not tour with the choir.  My particular favorite was "Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing."  They did some crazy clapping with "Betelehemu."  As part of the encore a guest conductor from the San Francisco Gay Men's Choir conducted "This land is Your Land."  We had a great time.

Stake Choir Performance

Last week the Manteca Stake Choir performed with the St. Paul's Methodist Choir.  We presented twice, Thursday at St. Paul's and Sunday a the stake center.  St. Paul's has a hand bell choir. 

Me in my choir seat

Sister Christensen had also put together a string ensemble.  The evening was great.  It included a couple of solos from the Messiah, a violin duet in addition to the choirs.  There were also Christmas messages from the Stake President and from the pastor of the Methodist Church.  President Maxfield talked about Nephi's vision, and why the birth of Jesus represented the love of God.  "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son." 

Light the World Day 17 2017: Meet together

"Ye shall meet together oft."

—3 Nephi 18:22

I meet every Sunday with the members of the church.  I also attend choir rehearsal after church.  This week we also had a choir concert.  It was fun to mingle with others after the concert and mingle.  We have good friends in the Banks', our son's in-laws, as well as Mark and Dianna, my sister, and others we know from choir or other activities.  Ron Pepperman, who was our home teacher for over ten years was also there.  

Lastly, we are inviting people over to the house for singing next week.  I printed and distributed invitations.  This is always a fun time.  We also invited the missionaries.  We invited all the neighbors, but many I just left the invitation on the doorstep as no one answered.  I was able to get a good portion of my home teaching accomplished.  The missionaries were over.  We invited them for our sing-a-long.  They showed us the #LIGHTTHEWORLD video and challenged us to be involved.