People

It's easy to think of the music ministry as music, but it's not, it's people! This is Suzanna Jordan, she's a great violinist, but more than that, she's loves people and serving the Lord. I enjoy practicing and playing for her because her music is not about making her look good, but doing her best for the Lord.
The whole purpose of our music is to point people to the Saviour, encourage, and to have a place for music lovers to serve. I can get buried in the files, catalogs, preview cds, etc... Sometimes, I can even feel discouraged if our music groups aren't as fancy as others - but that's not the point. The point is on any given Sunday at the Longview Baptist Temple we have a group of people with souls, feelings, and definite needs. Our job is to help each person of every age in those pews, no where else. Since we can only be in one church at a time, we have our niche! We are needed and we need our church people. Don't you know they love and appreciate having live music sung and played by their friends? That sure does simplify our mission. I wouldn't want to play for another group of people.