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Music Ministry Staff
FRANCES L. MORRISON
Minister of Music704.334.7232 x117 | [email protected]
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CHARLOTTE C. JUDGE
Associate Director of Music704.334.7232 x121 | [email protected]
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DR. MATTHEW MANWARREN
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W. TODD GEER
Artist-in-Residence
The Ministry
of
Worship
and Music
2017-2018
The Ministry of Worship and Music
THEOLOGY OF WORSHIP
Worship at Myers Park Baptist is the gathering of a diverse, intergenerational,ecumenical community of faith, celebrating God’s active and timeless presence inthe world. In worship, God re-forms our hearts, minds and bodies, and ignites ourimaginations with sacred stories – stories that invite us to question, exploremystery, express joy and grief, and deepen our faith. We worship to learn how todevelop caring, empowering relationships with each other, and to stay centeredin God as the world swirls around us. We worship to be inspired and prepared toexemplify the compassion and justice of Jesus in our church family and in theworld. Through worship, God frees and transforms us in heart, mind and body, sowe can make a difference within ourselves, in our relationships and in ourcommunity.
Focusing on God, worship at Myers Park Baptist unfolds consistently with theIsaiah 6 scriptural model: praise, confession, pardon, calling to respond,commitment and sending out. All our worship services are built on this ancientstructural form, regardless of worship style, venue or theme. Communal practiceswithin worship – radical hospitality, confession and assurance of pardon, passingthe peace, silence and listening, spirited hymn singing, presentations of gifts, andactive participation in Communion – transform worshipers into newness withGod and one another. Themes for services, based on lectionary scriptures,annually portray the narrative arc of God’s redeeming love for humankind.
Choirs for Adults and Children
THE CHANCEL CHOIR | Post High School Aged Adults
Rehearsals: Thursdays | 7:00 - 9:00p | Berry Halland Sunday mornings | 10:15a
The Chancel Choir is a large choir of non-paid singers who exhibit a deepcommitment to the ministry of music and worship in this Church. They lead theworship of the 11:00 a.m. service each Sunday morning, and provide music for theChurch’s festival days and special liturgies. The Chancel Choir begins its seasonwith an annual retreat over Labor Day Weekend. Anyone interested in singingwith the Chancel Choir should call the Music Office. Please speak with the musicstaff if there are child care needs.
In addition to its weekly service leadership, the Chancel Choir regularly performsmajor works for choir and instruments. Recent years have seen performances ofmasterworks by Bach, Brahms, Vivaldi, Fauré, Rutter, Schubert, Handel, Dvoøák,Britten and Chilcott.
THE YOUTH CHOIR | Grades 6 - 12
Rehearsal: Sundays | 5:00-6:00p | Berry HallYouth Choir is a musical community of grades 6-12 which offers friendship,acceptance and community among each other while using their various gifts ofmusic to explore and express their faith journey. The choir enjoys a wide variety ofmusic including classical, folk hymns, spirituals, gospel, and global ethnic music.Youth Choir has performed fully staged productions of Godspell and Cotton PatchGospel. Several years’ events have included participation at Festival by the SeaYouth Choir weekend at Myrtle Beach. Regional and national mission and singingtours have included Washington, D.C., New York City, South Carolina and Georgia.
MUSIC TOGETHER® | Birth through TK with ParentsWednesdays | 4:00-4p and 5:00p with Lucy
or Saturdays | 9:30a or 10:30a or 11:30a with LucyRoom 29 (lower level)
Parents participate with their children in this choir.We are pleased that Music Together of Charlotte now offers classes at Myers ParkBaptist Church. As a Church member, you will receive a discount and early accessto classes at this location. If you are a Church member interested in MusicTogether®, please visit our website or contact Fran Morrison (info below) to learnmore!
What is Music Together®? It is an internationally recognized early childhood musicprogram for children birth through transitional kindergarten, AND the adults wholove them. This is a tuition-based program. Registration is required and managedthrough Music Together of Charlotte at www.musictogetherofcharlotte.com.Contact Fran Morrison for more information, [email protected] or704.334.7232 x117.
THE CAROL CHOIR | Grades K and 1 Wednesdays | 5:15-6:15p | Berry Hall
The beginnings of a faith foundation and the basic rudiments of music and singingare all a part of each rehearsal for these choirs. The Carol Choir will learn spiritualconcepts and musical skills through the early stages of Orff-Schulwerk and Kodálymethodologies as they play instruments, participate in musical games, and singhymns, anthems and traditional songs.
THE CHAPEL CHOIR | Grades 2 - 5Wednesdays | 5:15-6:30p | Berry Hall
The Chapel Choir blends together Kodály and Orff-Schulwerk-based methodologyutilizing musical games and activities, folksongs, rhythm solfege, anthems andhymns for use in worship. Each rehearsal provides a whole child-centeredapproach of fun and creative learning for further musical and spiritualdevelopment. Each spring, the Chapel Choir participates in Raise a Song, achildren’s choir festival at Camp Caraway in Asheboro, North Carolina.
