卡内基音乐厅 & the Garden State Mall: Praise the Lord Anytime 和 Anywhere

I’ve always liked the song, “Praise the Lord with the Sound of Trumpet.” In particular, these lyrics have always been good a good spiritual “nudge” for me: 

“Praise the Lord in the field 和 forest, 
praise the Lord in the city square, 
praise the Lord anytime 和 anywhere.”

Eastern Christian School lives out the lyrics of this song! I thought I’d share two quick examples from this school year:

卡内基音乐厅

I was fortunate enough to be a chaperone for the EC Honors choir in New York City earlier this year as they practiced for their performance at 卡内基音乐厅 this Christmas season: 

 

Honors Choir has l和ed! Off to rehearsal for our performance tomorrow night at @carnegiehall! #CarnegiEC #SoarEC🦅

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Getting ready for the big performance! #CarnegiEC #SoarEC🦅

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EC students were given the opportunity to perform in one of the most celebrated music spaces on planet earth. 学生 were required to pursue excellence, work hard, 和 achieve greatly. And they knocked it out of the park!

Garden State Plaza

I was also fortunate enough to be with the EC Choir as they performed a “Flash Choir” at the Garden State Plaza Mall as hundreds of passersby were serenaded with “Forever” in the food court on a Friday night. 

EC students were given the opportunity to perform a “one shot only” impromptu performance in a very busy food court in one of the biggest malls in the area. 学生 were required to be bold, 自信, 和 even think through the evangelical impact of their actions. 他们做到了!

Praise the Lord Anywhere!

While both choir performances were very different venues 和 audiences, both offered a great example of the mission of Eastern Christian School. 卡内基音乐厅 has the glitz 和 glamor. And Eastern Christian students were there- singing praise to God. The food court at the mall is much closer to the “city square” that I referenced earlier. And Eastern Christian students were there- singing praise to God.

I’m so proud of our students- 和 in particular our choir program- for taking these opportunities head on, putting in the work, 和, when the moment was right, performing to the best of their abilities to the glory of God. 感谢博士. Elizabeth Yoder 和 Mrs. Garreth for leading our students in these exciting opportunities!

“I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.——诗篇104:33