MUSIC MINISTRY

 

The Music Ministry of the Oaks provides opportunities for all to participate in making worship music. Attention to text is important in our congregational singing, and the singing of hymns with the use of a hymnal are key elements we deem vital to the worship experience. Our piano and Rodgers organ provide worship music which leads to a reverent yet exciting aura of worship. Worship music include children, ensembles, bluegrass groups, and instrumental music.

Our Sanctuary choir allows singers to participate in an organized group who offer ministry in song every Sunday morning. Rehearsals are every Wednesday at 7:15 PM.

Ukulele choir meets every Wednesday at 5:00 PM. Church members and ones from the community participate. The ukulele choir plays music of all genres, playing at community functions such as Vidalia Porchfest, nursing homes, and civic groups. Handbell choir also participates in worship during special seasons.

“We lift our voices in a song of praise to you, Lord, knowing that the very gift of song comes from you, knowing that without song, life would lose its luster, knowing that one day our song will have no end. Alleluia! Amen!”


 

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MUSIC NOTES 

Once upon a time when I received newspapers (remember them!?) at my home I read faithfully The Atlanta Constitution. My favorite writer and columnist of all time still remains      Celestine Sibley.
 
She said of New Years’ Resolutions, “They are far beyond keeping except when one resolves to live one day at a time as best one can.”
 
Be it diet, addiction, commitment, any kind of change, I agree. It’s even an hour at a time, sometimes.
 
Church—One Sunday at a time — One Wednesday at  a time — Music Rehearsals— one at  a time.
 
Can we do better this year? Can we help our church be better? Can we find our direction back one step at a time?
 
Can we recognize and renew our talents? (We all have some!)
 
Can we find our way back to a commitment most of all to “the Joy of our Salvation”, Jesus? He will take us one step at a time. He’s not pushy though and He knows our weaknesses. He knows, just like He trudged that Hill of Golgotha step by step, that this is not easy. There are too many attractions, excuses, rich food, easy outs — Jesus will always be the same!
 
The Oaks needs us most in 2026 — we have a pastor to find! Will you join all your efforts to support our dear church— Presence means everything! One step at a time—One Sunday at a time —One Wednesday at a time!
 
“God would like for people to go step by step, led not by their own ideas about life but by God’s word, which comes to them at each step, whenever they ask. There is no word from God for the whole of our life. God’s Word is new and open today and tomorrow, and it can only be related to the moment in which we hear it.”
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer