{"id":205534,"date":"2026-05-13T20:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T01:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=205534"},"modified":"2026-05-13T20:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T01:36:12","slug":"bowers-retiring-as-choir-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/05\/13\/bowers-retiring-as-choir-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Bowers retiring as choir director"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CONVOY &#8212; After 35 years of faithful service, Keith Bowers, adult choir director of the Convoy Methodist Church will retire this month, leaving behind his contribution to the congregation\u2019s music ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For 35 years, Keith has been the steady presence behind Sunday anthems, Christmas cantatas, Easter celebrations, and countless moments of music that lifted spirits and strengthened faith. Under his leadership, he shaped the choir into a close-knit family whose music has touched many generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Choir members often recall rehearsals, last-minute changes, encouragements, and the way Keith could turn even the most hesitant singer into a confident contributor. He didn\u2019t just direct music \u2014 he led in a way to offer our gifts with joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Keith steps into retirement, the congregation will celebrate his service with a special reception on Sunday, May 17, following worship at 10:45 A.M. in fellowship hall at the Convoy Methodist Church, at the corner of 207 N. Main St.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keith has given us more than music \u2013 he\u2019s given us a reminder that worship is at its best when it comes from the heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information CONVOY &#8212; After 35 years of faithful service, Keith Bowers, adult choir director of the Convoy Methodist Church will retire this month, leaving behind his contribution to the congregation\u2019s music ministry. For 35 years, Keith has been the steady presence behind Sunday anthems, Christmas cantatas, Easter celebrations, and countless moments of music that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-205534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-30 17:15:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205534"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":205535,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205534\/revisions\/205535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}