Moving into The Great Arc of Forever: RIP Mark Prater

 First, I don’t often write posts when people die. The more years that go by, the more people who we love pass on into eternity. Rebekah and I are only 67, but we understand this is only going to increase in the coming years. 

That said, today’s post is absolutely something that I have to write. Mark Prater, one of my favorite people and member of Rebekah’ s Dream Team FPCBrandon church staff (more on that later) completed his earthly journey Thursday morning. He was just a year younger than me.

Mark came to our church in Brandon – First Presbyterian – as organist. Later he assumed responsibilities as music director. Mark was a fine organist – one of those rare people with the ability to coax magic from a traditional pipe organ – and he was a remarkably sensitive accompanist on the piano.