Harley Brumbaugh plans special music for 125th service

Director Harley Brumbaugh is rallying the Snoqualmie United Methodist Church choir for a special musical performance on the church’s sesquicentennial. Songs will honor the pioneering settlers and church history over the past 125 years.

Director Harley Brumbaugh is rallying the Snoqualmie United Methodist Church choir for a special musical performance on the church’s sesquicentennial.

Songs will honor the pioneering settlers and church history over the past 125 years. One hymn, sung to the melody, “The Little Brown Church in the Vale,” was changed by Snoqualmie historian Gloria McNeely to “A Beautiful Church in Snoqualmie,” first performed for the church’s centennial celebration in 1989. Another recent composition, by Brumbaugh, is “Upon the Mountain,” inspired by his lifelong enchantment of Mount Si.

The service begins at 10:30 a.m. at the church, 38701 River St., in downtown Snoqualmie