On May 17, 2019, musicians from Radford University, Ferrum College, Mill Mountain Theatre and other talented communities of musicians in southwestern Virginia gathered for an experiment in liturgy and music. We’d rehearsed individual pieces on our own in the weeks leading up to that evening, but Friday, a couple hours before A Broadway Eucharist began, was the first time we were all together. At least for me, nerves lifted as I listened to a group of voices sing through “You Will Be Found” from Dear Evan Hansen, the blessing that would fall close to the end of the service. People showed up, curious and supportive, friends and faces we’d never seen, and at 7:30, A Broadway Eucharist began.
