Today at Laurel we were graced with some special occasions in worship: Gladys Bowles (piano) and Howard Lawrence (organ) once again inspired us with dueling (well, actually complimentary) keyboards on Howard’s birthday. Shelby McBane gave us a timely rendition of “Auld Lang Syne” in her solo during worship. In a service where we both looked back and forward on the last Sunday of the year, there was an opportunity to light candles to recall the light of lives that still warms our hearts and memories.