05/27/2026
This week in music at Central United Methodist Church: We celebrate Trinity Sunday this week. Sopranos Amanda Porter and Karah Ingraham will offer Franck’s “O Lord, We Pray to Thee” (Panis Angelico’s) at both services. At 11am, our Chancel Choir will be joined by flautist Linda Davidson and violinist Maria Dickinson on a Trinity themed composition by Music Director Karen Marrolli: “Weave Us in Community.” A new tune and text by the composer is interwoven with the Irish tune “St. Patrick’s Breastplate,” carried by the instrumental parts. Although we only hear the tune throughout, those who know the hymn will remember that the text begins with “I bind unto myself today the strong name of the Trinity.” The new text refers to the Creator as the “threefold God of unity” and carries themes of all of us being subject to one another. A few weeks ago, the first portion of Karen’s reflection on a hypothetical “world wide choir,” written to accompany this specific anthem, was presented here. It ends as follows: “I believe that, in that choir, varied voices and human stories, like threads of varied texture and hues, would ring out and blend together to create the most vibrant and comforting musical garment. It would create a song of belonging, of safety, and of home. And through that song, with its multiplicity of voices and colors and textures, the voice of the Creator is truly heard. It’s a voice that declares that there is room for all, that all have worth and value. It assures us that no one has supremacy over another, that we are all children of God and stewards of beauty and abundance. And, most importantly, it demands that we go forth and act differently in our lives. Because of what we know from our singing together, there is no room for hatred or fear. There is no room for turning away from the suffering of our neighbors. There is no reason for exclusion or boundaries. Our breath, our music, our song has woven us- ALL of us- tightly in community.”
