INTROIT "David Speaks"
(music by Eugene Butler, 2018)
Chancel Choir; Dale Morehouse, organist and conductor

St. John's Methodist - Kansas City, MO
October 17, 2021

Eugene Butler has established a solid and respected position in the music world as a composer, conductor, educator, and church musician. He received degrees of Bachelor of Music Education from Oklahoma University, Master of Sacred Music from Union Theological Seminary in New York, and Doctor of Musical Arts (Composition) from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He is frequently busy on commissioned new works and in any given week of the year, the music of Eugene Butler will be heard in thousands of performances throughout the English-speaking world.
King David's words to his son Solomon form the text of this dramatic anthem: "Be strong and courageous, and do the work." Dr. Butler's music emphasizes the strength that God promises to those who work in the service of the Lord: "the Lord thy God is with you until the work is done."
And David said to his son, Solomon:
Be strong and courageous, and do the work.

Do not be dismayed or discouraged; never be frightened by the task.
He will not fail you or forsake you until the work in the service of the Lord is finished.
For the Lord thy God is with you until the work is done.

Be strong and courageous till the work is done.
(words from I Chronicles 28:20)

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