Day 118: Praying for brass bands and those who minister through music (1991)

Join with Salvationists of the Wales Division for day 118 of 150 days of prayer.

• 'You are my God, and I will thank you. You are my God, and I will say how great you are' (Psalm 118:28, EasyEnglish Bible). 

1991

On 28-29 September 1991 Abertillery Band celebrated its centenary. One of the highlights of the band’s history from seven years earlier had made the local paper, the South Wales Argus, in May 1984:

‘This Saturday Abertillery Salvation Army Band have an important date at the Royal Albert Hall … the equivalent of Newport County contesting the FA Cup at Wembley.

‘It’s not that Abertillery are bottom of the band league, rather that they’ll be rubbing shoulders with the elite in Salvation Army circles – the International Staff Band, for example, who broadcast regularly and are recognised as among the country’s top brass bands, the popular bands from Bournemouth and Manchester, the International Staff Songsters and a five hundred strong male choir drawn from other bands all over the country…

‘The band now numbers thirteen, seven male and six female, including two sisters, two brothers and a brother and sister…

‘But in contrast to the glamour of the big day, Sunday morning will find them at one of the hospitals or old people’s homes in the area to realise their reason for being – to spread the gospel message.’

Prayer

• We are blessed with some wonderful musicians in The Salvation Army.  Sometimes we might take this for granted. Pray for all those who commit their lives to helping us in worship and spreading the gospel message through their gift of music.