Bob sent this wonderful summary of his week here... we are so grateful that people like Bob have been able to have experiences like this. It's what we're all about!
This is the last day of my first year at MIR. There is so much stuff that has happened and so much stuff bouncing around in my head that it is difficult to condense into a single message. As a little background, I am a 40-something church musician without a formal music education, and I came here with great encouragement from my wife but without a great deal of confidence. I did enter a music competition, but my performance on Monday kind of shook my confidence further.
But then a few things happened. The first is that people to me with words of encouragement, and that they liked the music that I had done and it had reached them in one way or another. Then I started putting the competition behind me and started focusing on the ministry of it. And sessions with Carmen D'Arcy, Vicky Beeching, and Travis Cottrell started opening my eyes to what I and the rest of our praise team, choir, and music staff could do back at my home church. Tom Jackson's sessions started showing me how we could better connect with our congregation in our music. And finally, feedback from fellow musicians and Scott Nauman helped me see personal ministry opportunities in my music.
All of these things have served to strengthen my confidence and show me that you don't have to be a "superstar" in order to use the musical talent that God has given to you in meaningful ministry. So I spent almost an hour on the phone today with our minister of music at my home church kind of "dumping" on him all of the stuff that I had experienced this week. The challenge now, for myself and for all of us, is to take this newfound knowledge and enthusiasm home with us so that we can hopefully get together next year inNashville and share some success stories.
Bob Bucy
Apex, NC
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