Music for Sunday 11 April 2010

April 6, 2010 by Rob Westwood-Payne
Filed under News, Random Jottings, Worship Meetings

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On Sunday 11 April 2010, Cradley Heath Salvation Army Band will contribute another new piece of music to our worship meeting, the March: He Keeps Me Singing by Robert Snelsdon.

This march is based on the words of Luther B Bridgers who wrote:

Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, sweetest name I know,
Fills my every longing,
Keeps me singing as I go.

These joyous words were penned by the author after a great personal tragedy. He was a Methodist minister and evangelist, and received word that his wife and children were killed in a fire, whilst he was away conducting revival meetings. Despite this terrible loss he wrote the uplifting song of which the above words formed the chorus, and the song has been an inspiration to many in the following years.

The energetic style of the march reflects the energy in the words of the song.

Why not join us for our meetings this Sunday at 10:30am and 6:00pm at The Salvation Army, Meredith Street, Cradley Heath B64 5EP?

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About Rob Westwood-Payne
Rob Westwood-Payne grew up in The Salvation Army at Norwich Citadel. He left Norwich to study at the University of Warwick and became fully involved in the music centre there culminating in his conducting Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue to a full house in Symphony Hall in Birmingham. He also transferred to The Salvation Army at Coventry City, where he became Songster Leader at the age of 21. He was made Songster Leader at Cradley Heath in April 1998 shortly before marrying Gail in the following October. He was commissioned Bandmaster of the Cradley Heath Band of The Salvation Army in January 2006. He is a former leader of the West Midlands Divisional Youth Chorus and is currently Programme Director at the West Midlands Divisional Summer School for The Salvation Army. He is an Associate Solicitor in the Licensing Team of a national practice based in the south west.