Meet Jedidiah

I've been managing a music ministry team this year made up of 11 Seniors and 1 Junior. We chose the name Jedidiah because it's a name from the Old Testament that means loved by God. My wish for these students (as well as for myself) is that they would each let themselves be loved by God and truly believe all the things He says they are. The first song the group performed was Come and Fill My Heart by Avalon. Some of the lyrics are: "I long for the day I'll believe that all You say you see in me is true...
Come and fill my heart with hope;
Come and fill my life with love;
Come and fill my soul with strength to carry on
Because from here the climb is steep, the road is long.
Come and fill my days with dreams;
Empty me of all the empty things that I hold on to;
Come and fill my heart with You."

Richard, who was sang the solo for this song, shared that he really wanted this prayer to be true for him. I want these things to be true in my life, too, and I feel like my students here at RVA are teaching me so much about hope, love, strength, and dreams.

I love working with these students. We meet twice a week to practice and it is a lot of fun. They are so talented and easy to work with.

Here they are.

(back row)Mary, Laura, Grace, Praise, Richard
(middle) Sarah, Alyssa, Ashley, David
(front) Joo Young, Hanna
(missing) Aaron