Music Ministry News
How Sweet the Sound of MUSIC at Bethany!
40th Annual Candlelight Christmas Concerts
Sunday, December 13
1:30PM - 4:00PM - 7:00PM
What Child Is This
Featuring:
A Christmas Cantata composed by John Leavitt - as well as many other Christmas favorites
85-voice Senior Choir and Festival Orchestra directed by Dr. Carol McDaniel
Celebrate! Choir ~ Trinity Choir ~ Troubadour Choir ~ Adult Handbell Choirs
Power Sundays (for Celebrate! and High School Handbells) had a fabulous beginning on September 13. We have a good number of youth participating, but there is always room for more. We are happy to see that the new rehearsal schedule has allowed some students to return! A special thanks to Jeff and Diana Orr for making the first Power Breakfast (Burritos!). And as always, we love having Bible Class with Mr. Andersen. Sara Cerulle and Kevin Bowers continue to lead these musical groups.
SoulSing was happy to have found some budding musical talent over the summer. They’re hoping to get all the musicians together again, as soon as Pastor Seth finds a new worship leader to assist him with this service. Kevin Bowers will continue on the keyboard, but Pastor Seth is hoping to find someone who can take charge of guitar-playing and PowerPoint presentations.
Our Handbell Choirs continue ring their praises on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. This year we have 3 school bell groups and 2 school hand chime groups. In addition to Carol McDaniel’s direction, we are happy to have Ellen Pratt, Mary Fink and Phil Lang helping with this program.
Sound Technicians are needed…especially if you are interested in training for our Sunday night SoulSing services. We will happily allow you to “apprentice” with an experienced technician …and give you plenty of time to learn. Please call Carol McDaniel in the church office if you are interested.
The Music Academy has started lessons for the fall term. We offer piano in grades 2-8, and voice and organ instruction in grades 7-8. If interested in joining, we may still have room, and would be happy to pro-rate your semester tuition based on the actual number of lessons. Please speak with Maureen Kurkowski in the church office.
We welcome aboard Concordia students: Wally Schmidt and Nathan Milz as our music fieldwork students for the coming academic year. They are musically gifted, but exceptionally nice young men as well. Take a moment to introduce yourself to them, and please add them to your prayer list, along with the rest of the Bethany staff. Thank you!