In the early 1990's Saint Paul's Church administrative operations were computerized, including the parish's extensive music library. The library contains all of the copies of the anthems sung by the choirs and is housed in the Music Office on the 2nd floor of the Parish House. In addition to the more than 2,000 individual titles in the library there are also an additional 3,000 in the Music Director's library-more than 5,000 between the two. The original library software used a computer language (DOS) that is no longer supported by our Windows operating system. With the advent of Windows 10 the music library became inaccessible. With that background you can imagine how grateful I was to learn that Anthony Ewell, a member of the choir at the time, was willing to develop software to make our library records accessible again. The software not only keeps track of all the titles and related information it also makes it possible to search for just the right anthem for just the right occasion. To give an idea of how complex a task it was to convert the library I studied the options for several years with little success before Anthony's generous offer to help. Once we began it took almost two years and more than 500 hours of Anthony's time. His genius in creating such successful software is a blessing beyond compare. My successors will now have at their disposal a library rivaling any church anywhere. There are no adequate words to express my deep gratitude to Anthony. If he had wings he'd be an angel. He's disavowed any thanks for his work and that is his nature. But I'm thanking him anyway. We are so fortunate to have Anthony (and his wife Ann, our treasurer) here at Saint Paul's.

- Keith Shafer