Welcome to
another installment of the Greg Matthews’ Family News. This month we
celebrated Ella’s birthday on 9/21 and Alma’s birthday on 10/6. And we
did a few other things, like…
Our pastor was
on vacation on 9/22, so I took a turn preaching again. CAUTION:
It’s a sermon about money, which I know makes people nervous, but if you want
to hear it, you can do so here: http://www.gracebrockport.org/forms/Media.aspx#/mediafile/276.
I learned a lot doing it, so I trust God used it to build up His church.
Our
barbershop chorus district convention and competition was on 9/27 and 28.
This was the first time I’ve participated in the quartet competitions, and both
my quartet and my chorus finished about in the middle of the pack. I’m
very pleased for our quartet because this is the first time for two of the four
of us, and we got mic tester, which is sort of like honorable mention. We
didn’t compete in the finals on the 2nd day, but we were the first to sing that
day to test the sound system to make sure it was ready for the competitors, an
honor they give to the best of the non-finalists. Eventually, I should
get links to a private YouTube page where our chorus and my quartet
performances recordings will be, and I’ll let you know.
On 10/5, my
quartet got to sing again. We had been hired to perform at a Celebration
of Life service for a friend of our lead’s. We sang one song during the
service, and then provided background music during the meal. It was sort
of hard to sing while everyone was talking and eating. Very few of them
were actually listening, I think, but we gave it our all anyway. The man
who had passed away loved trains and had worked for years for the Pennsylvania
Railroad (yup, just like in Monopoly), so during the service we sang an
arrangement of “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad.” It was fun and again
we got paid both with money and food, so I’m not complaining.
This past
Saturday, 10/12, our local families all went to a farm market to enjoy fall
activities. The day was sort of rainy, but we enjoyed ourselves anyway.
Watching grandkids enjoy hay mazes, picking pumpkins, doing a corn maze, and
laughing at silliness can make any day enjoyable.
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| Amelia, Alex and me on the hayride |
I guess this is
a sort of short monthly letter, but we “talk” again in November.
