Mark Groves/Carols By Candlelight

He's our new music minister! We've been without one for 18 months now. Our old music minister was awesome, and he and his family were so nice. But then God started speaking to him, and he felt God was telling him to take a job at a church in South Carolina. So he and his family moved there, and since then, we haven't had a permanent music minister. We've had a few interims, like Mrs. Susan Reed, Mr. Bruce Pafford, and Mr. Mark O'Conner. My dad even helped out a lot-he helped cnduct choir rehearsals numerous times, and even led church quite a few sundays. But recently, at the beginning of September, our new minister of music was put into office. I don't really know him that much, but he seemes like a nice man, and I've been able to hear our music ministry improve just in the short time that he's been here.
I've been asking my mom recently if I could sing in Carols By Candlelight-an annual program at our church where the choir and orchestra preform together at Christmas. It's really a special time for everyone. I was asking my mom to do this because I am unable to sing in youth choir (math tutoring), and I'm not exctly allowed to sing in the adult choir full-time, but I did come to a few of their practices during the summer (when youth choir had annually been put on hold), and I even sang with them in church one sunday. I loved coming to those practices because i haven't sang with an ensemble since sixth grade, and everyone there is sooo nice, and they all said they were sohappy to have me joining them. But, my mother has neglected to ask him time after time, and now she says that I can just come (without an invitation-i'm sure it will be fine). Tonight was supposed to be my first night, and I hope it will be, because my parents won't be there (meeting). Ihope I enjoy the time, because I've been looking forward to it all week. And I hope that mr. Groves will welcome me just as all the choir members did.