Our musical participants were the Westminster Choir, Paul Burgess on the keyboard, and the Penetangore Pipes and Drums from Kencardine, California - Tom Christensen, Steve La Rue, Mike Fitak, and Jeff Beatty, bagpipers, Bill Peterson, snare drum, and Paula Christensen, bass drum.

The front of the Sanctuary was also Scottish for our Kirkin' o' the Tartans service.  Anita Brechtel painted a picture of a the prickly purple thistle, which is the national emblem of Scotland.  It is present in fields and pastures throughout Scotland, grows to a height of five feet, and has no enemies because of vicious spines that cover it like armor plating.

According to legend in the mid 13th century an army of King Haakon IV of Norway, intending to conquer the Scots, landed at the Coast of Largs at night to surprise the sleeping clansmen. The Norsemen removed their footwear so they could move more quietly.  One of Haakon's men stepped on thistle and cried out in pain, awakening the Scots, who then defeated the Norsemen, thus saving Scotland.

The role of the thistle was then understood; and it was chosen as Scotland's symbol with the motto "Nemo me impune lacessit," or "No one harms me without punishment" but more commonly translated as "Wha daurs meddle wi me."