12/14/2021
From Pastor Joel:
Taking some breath and space to celebrate the beauty our community at Grace Mosaic experienced together this past Sunday evening at our Dawning Light service. Over 40 musicians, readers, and audio-visual techs collaborated with their gifts and talents to make this magic happen before a packed house! I am so grateful for each and every one of those. Truly, the service this year took on a life of its own and it became something more than I could have imagined and much, much more than I even prepared for. But that's how the Lord works: takes our little and makes a scrumptious feast.
If you are looking to experience a distinct and beautiful Advent service, I invite you to watch the recording of the stream below. The quality is not great. However, we were able to capture all of this with multi-track audio and 4 professional videographers, so there is a higher-quality recording coming in the future! Yet even this stream captured a taste of the wonder of the service.
The cast:
The Choir: Grace Mosaic's own Selah Vocal Ministry directed by the one, the only Melissa Littlepage! Kristin Owen, Deidra Coles-Henderson, Christen Hill, Claire Hutchinson Rodger, Luke Salazar, Kim Ince, Rebecca Harper Green, Julia Wilson, Julia Baker Grant, Blaine Pasma, Makenzie Winger Pasma, Kip Wilkins, Mary Kathryn Daigle (I think I got all of you!)
The Vocal Team: Kimberly Williams, Jessica Fox of RESOUND, Russ Whitfield, Melissa Littlepage, and Faith Mitchell.
The Band: Josh Walker (drums), David Oliver (bass), Howard Riley (sax), Earl "Applejack" Freeman (percussion), Syneva Colle (cello), Abby Wuehler (violin), DeAndrey Howard (trumpet), Jeremiah Ince (aux keys).
The Techs: James Murray Rodger, Andrew Jones, Jason Francoeur, Kenya Chestnut, Eric Harris.
The Readers: Irwyn Ince, Ashley Williams, CJ Leonard, Josh Putrasahan, Katharine Mottley, Chris Moore.
Feast Director: Ashley Williams
Program Director: Joel Littlepage
Last but not least, the Preacher 😎: Pastor Russ Whitfield
Thank you to ALL who participated and attended. I am truly grateful!