Dear friends in Christ,      

            I recently came across that famous quote from Shakespeare… “What’s in a name?”  It got me thinking.  It always feels good when someone remembers your name and calls you by it.  When having discussions in class, I try to use a student’s name to help them feel important and special.  When I greet them in the hall or at dismissal, I try to call them by name.  I’ll admit, I’m not so good with adult names all the time, and I’m thankful for the name tags given us to wear at church.  I’m sure that it has been a challenge for Pastor Grasch to learn everyone’s names.  I can imagine that it’s a constant thing for a while.

Don’t know about you, but I always knew that if I got called by my first AND middle names by my mom or dad that I was probably in trouble. Was that true for you?  Yikes.

Some people don’t care to use their given names and prefer to be called by a nickname or a shortened version of their name.  My name couldn’t be shortened, so I often was called “Scotty” or “Scotty Bob.”  I didn’t much like that.  Sometimes they stick, though.  I continued to call one of my high school friends “Flip” into later adulthood!

I began to think about all the names we use to address God in our worship.  We sing them often in our hymns of praise or liturgy.  Specifically from the Gloria in Excelsis we sing:

• “Lord, God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father.”

• “Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father”

• “Lord God, Lamb of God”

• “You alone are the Holy One ..Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit.”

 

I’m sure God like to hear us saying and singing His name in worship.  We lift our voices together to sing “Beautiful Savior,” “Glorious Lord,” “Emmanuel—God is With Us,” “Living Word,” “Jesus. Name Above All Names.”

It’s also a tremendous joy to know that God knows my name.   Nothing more to add or say with that! 

           

Hope to you in worship!

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Yours in HIM,                    ​

Scott Kamman​

Music Director​​