Getting ready for takeoff...

Music is central to my experience of MCCSF, as I think it is for many people. I remember when I first started coming to MCCSF. One morning, (this is back when we were at the LGBT Center) I came in a little late. As I climbed the stairs, I could hear the congregation singing the opening hymn together, beautifully, in four-part harmony. I was struck by how good they sounded, and by the fact that the congregation, not just the choir, was singing enthusiastically and in harmony. (The spiritual communities of my childhood, Reform and Conservadox Jewish congregations that shall remain nameless, are notoriously terrible singers, bless their hearts.) I was thrilled to find a spiritual community that valued music and its transformative power. I've been singing in the evening choir for about 13 months now, and people have been excited for this tour as long as I can remember. As I write, we are all on our way to the airport, in flight, or on the ground in Atlanta. On our way at last! I'm at character limit. More soon.