Celebrating the Music Ministry of Gary Rand

Colleagues and friends:
 
I write to let you know that Gary Rand, our choir director and seminary musician, will not be returning this year.   He recently informed us that his full-time responsibilities as Associate Pastor for Worship and the Arts at LaSalle Community Church have broadened.  As a result, he feels he is no longer able to give McCormick the time and attention it deserves with regard to music planning and leadership.
 
Gary has been an integral part of our worship service planning for many years.  With degrees in both in both music and theology, his biblical and theological insights were often as valuable to our worship planning process as his musical contributions.  
 
We will miss his energy, creativity and musicality enormously.     
 
We are in the process of finding interim music leadership for fall term.