Singer-pianist Damian Christian desires to assist construct a neighborhood of believers at St. Andrew Cumberland Presbyterian Church and music is his means.
Christian performs piano and leads the singing every Sunday at 11 a.m. and he hopes to prepare a choir on the 1415 N. Grandview Ave. church for which the primary qualification is a need “to worship God with your voice,” he stated.
“We just want the sinners here. As long as you can hold a note, it doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like.”
Christian is a 2020 Permian Excessive College graduate and music and enterprise main at Odessa School who grew up together with his grandparents, Edward and Brenda Christian, who additionally raised his twin sister and three cousins. He was an all-state singer at Permian in 2020.
Christian credit all his academics for serving to him attain the purpose he’s at now, particularly Wilson & Younger Medal of Honor Center College Choir Director Erica Lane Garza, who satisfied him to develop his expertise to the fullest extent. He’s additionally studying to play the pipe organ.
Having grown up attending St. Matthew Baptist Church, Christian stated, “We attempt to hit a cheerful medium of latest Gospel music and conventional hymns.
“St. Andrew Cumberland is a protected place the place we cater to individuals’s hearts and wishes. We perceive that completely different individuals worship in a different way and we attempt to respect that, too.
“No matter what I do, I know that my help always comes from God.”
The Rev. Kyle Rodgers, pastor, stated Christian “is a superb younger man who’s approach forward of his time and age.
“Damian is incredibly talented on piano and as a singer,” the Rev. Rodgers stated. “He’s utilizing his presents for the Lord.
“We enjoy music as part of worship because God has put a song in our hearts.”
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“Well bless their hearts.”
