The Bogmeisters "Sing Out"

Here's a photo of the Lakes Course hole # 5 (a par 5).

Sunday the Bogmeisters Barbershoppers sang at the Park Memorial Presbyterian Church in Allison Park. We did three songs: Amazing Grace, Hush, and The Irish Blessing. It went very well. The sanctuary was packed and the acoustics were very good. I offered a few words to our group before the service reminding them the difference between an "audience" and a "congregation" since this was the first time we'd sung in a church. I also made some comments about each of the songs we would sing and their message to the listeners. As it turns out the preacher's sermon was in sync with the message of one of the songs (which is always nice when that happens). The service itself was good. There was a 5 piece brass ensemble that played three times. Since we sat in the chancel and they were in the chancel, the music seemed loud to me. But maybe it wasn't so loud out in the congregation. The hymns were traditional hymns,and the again, the organ blared (from where we were) and so I couldn't hear the people singing (I couldn't even hear myself sing.) The message was good, and the service was very inviting with a mix of dignity and casualness.

Afterward, I drove to our church in Cranberry and got there just about the time the service was over. However, Dee was there and we signed up for the new member's class that will start in two weeks. The pastor there asked me if I'd like to serve as liturgist next Sunday since the regular assistant will be away. They are serving Communion and he said "this would be a nice way to introduce you to the congregation." I accepted. After that we had lunch at Texas Longhorn and then went home. It was very hot, so we stayed inside and actually turned on the air conditioning for the first time in over a month. Later in the early evening we took Bonz to the new dog park in Cranberry Township for the first time. It's a very nice park and has lots of room for the dogs to run around and socialize with other dogs. They have three areas: one area for small dogs; two areas for large dogs which they alternate from time to time so they can do maintenance on the "worn" side. We met some nice people there and the dogs seemed to get along. Bonz got in some good running time. I'm sure we'll go there often as it's only 6 miles from the house.