July 10 is Jim Wallace’s last day with us. He has served as our Minister of Music for 32 years. He and I have served together for 20 years. Twenty years!
I can almost say that he (and Dean) has been an institution. But that wouldn’t be quite accurate or fair. I think of institutions as immovable and unchanging. Jim has proved to be neither.
Church music has changed profoundly in the last 30 years. It may not be an overstatement to say that there has never been a 30 year period in all of the history of the church that has seen more change in church music than has the last 30 year period. And the fact of the matter is, many church musicians simply got stuck in whatever type of music they were trained in. They couldn’t adapt. Couldn’t change. And couldn’t lead their people to adapt and change.
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Jim has.
He should be respected for that. He has taught us to worship and encounter God in so many new and fresh ways. We have been exposed to so many different kinds of music and worship styles because Jim never stopped learning and never stopped teaching us about worship.
Thank you Jim! You will be missed.
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