小琴師

王惠立

四區查經班是一個由 20 個人組成，深入查考聖經真理的團契，每週五晚上在不同的成員家中活動。  查經班的成員大多是工程師和科學家，別看他們在電腦的鍵盤和成千上萬的 ASIC-Chip面前眼睛放光、手指飛動，但由於過去在台灣或大陸條件的限制，  使他們在鋼琴及五線譜的豆芽菜面前卻傻了眼，你看我，我看你的一愁莫展。  我們真盼望有一天神會給我們安排一位懂音樂的琴師，能幫助我們學會一些新的讚美神的歌曲，唱出我們心中的喜樂，唱出我們對神讚美的激情！

我們就這樣地盼望著、禱告著…。沒想到雪中的炭火竟這麼快的來了，那是蘇宇與劉碧雲的兒子 Jonathan ，主動地提出他願意同我們一起來服事神。Jonathan 是一個很聰明的孩子，小小的年紀竟然黑管、小提琴和鋼琴都會，而且都可以達到演奏的水平。儘管他還是一個 High School 的學生，除了學業之外，還有很多課外活動，更要準備 SAT 的考試…。但他事奉神的心是火熱的，而且願意無條件地幫助我們這些音樂的門外漢，  更可以忍受我們之中許多五音不全，但又不知自己早就跑了調的大嗓門兒，真是難得！

從此我們的查經班就多了一位少年的琴師。領唱的弟兄姐妹只要提前 2、3天把要唱的歌通知 Jonathan，他就會抽空準備好。為了配合我們這些音盲，很多時候他都練到不用看譜的水平，因此他所下的功夫就可想而知了。每次他都很熱心、認真、而且很準時，甚至有時他還會帶來另一個吹黑管的同學為我們一起來伴奏。  儘管他是個 Teenage 的孩子，可在我們的查經班卻得到了大家的尊重，在琴聲悠揚的讚美詩歌中，我們的心融合成一體。特別是在最近伉儷、神州團契的聯合獻詩中，他與我們大家一起排練了四部合音的“天父上帝召我向前行”，歷經三個月，最後他與我們教會詩班的指揮同台演出，他的琴聲與大家的頌讚聲和諧共鳴，這美好的音樂使很多人都感動得流出眼淚。聽著 Jonathan優美的琴聲，我們查經班的人都感到特別地高興；在事奉神的事工中，我們的“小琴師”長大了！

最後，我們衷心的祝福他，在神的家中成長得更好、更蒙福！  

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Our Young Pianist

  Phillip Wang

 Our Bible study group has more than 20 adults and meets every Friday night in different families on a rotation base.  Most of us are either engineer or scientist.  Our eyes glow and fingers fly on keyboard (computer) when it comes to debugging and ASIC-Chip design.  Yet we are so helpless in front of other kind of keyboard (piano) and reading music sheets.  Many of us grew up musically handicapped because of our poverty up-bringing some forty and fifty years ago in either Mainland China or Taiwan.  It’s our prayer that we have a musician to lead us in our music worship.  We yearn to learn new songs and pour our hearts out with praises and thanksgiving in singing.

With hope and prayer, we keep our faith …   Lo and behold, one day our much hoped musician shows up.  Jonathan, son of Eugene and Biyun Su, decides to serve as our musician.  The teenage boy is so talented and musically versatile.  Clarinet, violin and piano, he plays them all at performance level.  With rather tight schedule like any student from Lynbrook High, extra-curriculum activities and SAT preparation, he remains determined to help us out.  His enthusiasm on serving and bearing us mixed with our much off-keyed tune and unrestrained voices sung at the top of one’s lung many a time, make us a unique chore, one of its kind. 

Not long after, he becomes one of us, our musician.  All one needs to do is to provide him songs two to three days ahead of our meeting, he will take time to prepare himself.  Many times, he plays for us with no music sheets, all remembered by heart.  By this we know how much he give to this service helping us.  Every times he brings enthusiasm, great attitude and most of all, he is punctual.  Other time, he brings his friend, a Clarinet player to play duet.  We grown-ups look this teenage boy up with admiration.  Whenever music and songs rise, our hearts enter into music worship and he and us become one.  Recently, at Mainland and Couples combined music presentation, a four part music vocal, “God Father Leads Us Marching On”, through three months practice, he sticks with us.  His music and our song bring many to tears both on stage and in audience.  Jonathan and his music become endearing to us.  Our young musician has grown much in body and as well spirit while serving us. 

It’s our prayer Jonathan grows much in the love of Him and church family.  God bless this young man!