By Brandee A. Thomas
GAINESVILLE, GA — After spending the last 47 years as a director of music at First United Methodist churches across the South, Sam Marley knows that you can’t please all of the people all of the time. And he doesn’t try.
“My challenge to them is to bring the best we can to every worship service.”
It’s a challenge he’s issued for nearly two decades in the sanctuary of the church off Thompson Bridge Road. Sunday, April 29 will be the last time they heed his call. After 19 years, Marley will take his last bow.
“There’s some sadness and some anxiety, but it just felt like it was time,” Marley explains.
“As our senior pastor says, ‘There’s excellence and there’s perfection. We can’t achieve perfection, but with hard work we can be excellent.’
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