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Music & Performance Groups:
Sanctuary Choir
Weekly anthems are offered at both the 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM worship services. Seasonal music presentations accompanied by orchestra are presented throughout the liturgical year. Rehearsals are held on Wednesdays from 6:45-8:15 in the choir room.
Handbells
Fall and Spring Concerts are presented during Wednesday night programs. The choir rings routinely for worship services and participates annually in area Handbell Festivals. There are two groups:
The Sanctuary Bells rehearse in the handbell room from 7:00-8:00 on Mondays evenings.
The Handbell Quartet rehearses in the handbell room from 6:15-7:00 on Monday evenings
J.O.Y. Choir (Just Older Youth!)
Older adults enjoy singing both secular and non-secular music. Members share fellowship and camaraderie around the lunch table following rehearsals. As an outreach ministry, the choir sings monthly at area nursing homes and often performs musical programs for other churches throughout the state. Rehearsals are held at 11:00 Tuesday mornings in the Fellowship Hall.
Ladies' Ensemble
This group of women sing both secular and non-secular repertoire. Often accompanied by wind or string instruments, they provide music for church programs and for worship services. Rehearsals are held on Sundays from 5:00-5:45 in the Choir Room.
Worship Band/Skit Team
(Grades 6-12)
The worship band plays both traditional hymns and new worship songs, and each Sunday evening leads worship for the youth-led Refuge 511 service. An annual musical dinner theatre is presented by the Skit Team. Actors, singers and instrumentalists are encouraged to participate. Band and Skit rehearsals are held on Monday evenings from 6:00 - 8:00 in the Youth Center.
Childrens' Choirs
Cherub (K4-K5), Celebration (Grades 1-2), and Covenant Choir (Grades 3-5)
The children’s choirs and handbells participate regularly in worship, present annual Christmas and spring musical productions, and participate in an annual children-led worship service. Singing instruction and musical concepts are emphasized, and Orff and rhythm instruments are taught during rehearsals. WASP (Wednesday After School Programming) meets in the Back Porch children's area from 4:00-5:30.
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Music News: Breathe on Me, Breath of God
On Sunday, June 13, the Sanctuary Choir will sang a beautiful and worshipful anthem entitled, Breathe on Me, Breath of God. This anthem is by Edwin Hatch and Jeff Miller, and is based, in part, on the hymn tune TRENTHAM by Robert Jackson. We are blessed to have June Stubbs share her gifts as soprano soloist as we sing this anthem.
Breathe on Me, Breath of God
Breathe on me, Breath of God, fill me with life anew
That I may love what thou dost love,
And do what thou wouldst do.
Breathe on me, Breath of God, till I am wholly thine,
Until this earthly part of me
Glows with thy fire divine.
Breathe on me, Breath of God, so shall I never die,
But live with thee the perfect life
Of thine eternity.
Breathe on me, Breath of God.
In Christ,
Miriam
A Note About a Expressions of Gratitude
David Schwoebel's beautiful anthem, An Expression
of Gratitude, is based on the following
Philippians 1:3-6;9-11 text. May this prayer from Paul
to the Philippians be our prayer for each other:
I thank my God in all my remembrance of you,
Always with joy in every prayer for you.
In every prayer with joy, I thank my God.
I thank my God for your fellowship in the gospel,
From the very first day 'til now, I thank my God for you.
And I am sure that he who began a good work in you,
Will bring it to completion at the day of Christ.
And this I pray that your love may abound,
Abound in knowledge, in judgement,
That you may approve what is excellent,
To the glory of God.
That you may be pure and blameless,
Filled with the fruits of righteousness
Which comes through Christ Jesus.
I thank my God in all my remembrance of you,
Always with joy in every prayer for you.
In every prayer with joy, I thank my God.
Thanks to the JOY Choir for a wonderful musical presentation last week. You were great! All who attended were blessed. DVD's are available at no charge in the church office.
Blessings,
Jane
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“Sing to Him a new song; Play skillfully with a shout of joy.” -- Psalm 33:3 
