My Dad Blogs, Too!

My dad is one of my favorite people. He's hilarious, super cool and killer at choosing restaurants. He also is a worship pastor at the church I was raised in, and he's finishing up his Music Performance degree from the University of Central Florida. One of his classes required him to create a personal website for promotion. I told him to add a blog, and he did.


Here's what life is like for my dad, the worshop pastor and funnyman, David Mander:
TODAY I BECAME AN ORGAN DONOR
We have had an organ in our church since I came there with my family nearly 16 years ago. We also had a Grand Piano but that is another story. The organ was played at the early service by an elderly man who went to the early service. I used to think he was kind of a quirky man and then I went to his home one day for a church party. In his home he had not one, but two organs. IN HIS HOME. Now I thought that was a bit strange, especially when one of them was a true pipe organ, complete with a set of very loud pipes in the living room. The Music Minister before me was an outstanding musician, a pianist especially. He would play the organ on many Sundays. Since I took over as Music Minister or Worship Pastor, or whatever title works for you, I have not played the organ in a service. We have had a few fill-in players but mostly it collected dust. So after 10 years I did some research and found our Rodgers 3 tier organ was built in 1963. With most instruments that would be great, but the new technology in organs is MIDI and digital interfaces it made our instrument obsolete. Not a problem I thought. We can list in on Craig’s List and sell it for $500. Not the case. Instead, I had a Hatian Pastor with a strong French accent call me to inquire about the organ. He told me they were buying a new building and had nothing. He wanted a good deal. So, thanks to a generous church, we decided to give him the organ and speakers. He came today in a U-Haul truck and we sent it off. We also threw in the old sanctuary cross that used to hang in the church until we got a new one. The Hatian church was so pleased to have these things and he promised me a CD of his choir singing French/Creole praise and worship music. When I get his CD I will post a sample on this site.

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