What are you doing New Year's Eve?

The answer - not going to Praise Team practice!!

This Sunday we will be singing:

-From a Distant Home
-We Three Kings of Orient Are
-Centering Song
-Shine Jesus, Shine
-Here Is Bread, Here Is Wine
-We Are Marching

See you on Sunday, and normal practices will resume on January 7th.

Happy New Year!

Our Schedule Until 2009!!

Hi!

Tomorrow after the service, we are going to practice for Christmas Eve and the 28th.

Christmas Eve:
-Rise Up Shepherd
-Joy to the World
-Prepare the Way
-O Little Town of Bethlehem
-Are You Ready
-Hark the Herald Angels Sing
-It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
-What Child Is This?
-Silent Night
-Go Tell It On the Mountain (Both tempos!)

Sunday, the 28th:
-Rise Up Shepherd
-Joy to the World
-Hymn #27 - Gentle Mary Laid Her Child
-What Child Is this
-From a Distant Home
-Go Tell It On the Mountain

Merry Christmas!!!!!

Practice for the 10th

I guess with 50 degree weather, no snow is coming....

Ah well! We have a lot to practice!!

For the 14th, we are going to rehearse:

-Silent Comes the Joy
-Light the Candle
-Joy to the World
-Wait for the Lord
-My Lord, He Is A-Comin' Soon

We are also going to rehearse:

-Little Bitty Baby
-Emmanuel, Emmanuel
-O Come O Come Emmanuel
-Are You Ready
-Rise Up Shepherd
-What Child Is This
-Hark the Herald Angels Sing
-Go Tell It On the Mountain

See you on Wednesday!!

Advent Is Upon Us!

This Wednesday, we will be practicing for the 7th:

-Little Bitty Baby*
-We Have Come To Worship Him
-Light the Candle
-Around the Table
-Peace Be Still
-Prepare the Way, O Zion
-My Lord, He Is A-Comin' Soon

After we get done practicing for the 7th, we'll start rehearsing for the 14th:

-Are You Ready
-My Lord He Is A Comin’ Soon
-Light the Candle
-Wait for the Lord
-Silent Comes the Joy
-Joy to the World (Verses 1,3,4)

Only 15 more school days until Christmas!!

-Kate

Happy Thanksgiving!

No practice this week! Enjoy your night off!

Here's what we'll be singing on November 30th, the first Sunday in Advent:

- My Lord He Is A-Comin’ Soon*
- Come Thou Long Expected Jesus
- Light the Candle
- Emmanuel, Emmanuel
- Jesus, Name Above All Names
- I Have a Hope

We will also be singing "Baptized in Water" as a processional for a baptism.

See you on Sunday! (Unless, of course, you are out of town, at Disney world, or too full of turkey to move!!)

Practice on the 19th

I hope everybody enjoyed their break!

At 7:30, we will practice some of the following songs for the 23rd:
-Again and Again
-He Is Exalted
-Emmanuel, Emmanuel
-O Come All Ye Faithful
-From a Distant Home
-Baptized in Water
-Shine, Jesus, Shine
-Hosanna & That’s Why We Praise Him
-Chorus of You Are My King (Amazing Love)
-Above All
-Celebrate Jesus
-More Precious Than Silver
-Shout to the Lord

If we get done with that in a reasonable amount of time, we will start going over music for the 30th:

-My Lord He IS A-Comin’ Soon*
-Come Thou Long Expected Jesus
-Light the Candle
-Emmanuel, Emmanuel
-Jesus, Name Above All Names
-I Have a Hope

See you soon!

-Kate

No Practice!!

Hello, all!

There's no practice this week, and no singing either!!

Have a lovely week off!

-Kate

Practice for the 5th

By the time we get to practice, this election will (hopefully) be over!!

At 7:00, we'll practice for the 9th:

-You Are
-Come, Now Is the Time
-Centering Song
-Create In Me
-We Are an Offering
-I Could Sing of Your Love Forever

At 7:30, we will practice some of the following songs for the 23rd:

¨Again and Again
¨He Is Exalted
¨Emmanuel, Emmanuel
¨O Come All Ye Faithful
¨From a Distant Home
¨Baptized in Water
¨Shine, Jesus, Shine
¨Hosanna & That’s Why We Praise Him
¨Chorus of You Are My King (Amazing Love)
¨ Above All
¨ Celebrate Jesus
¨More Precious Than Silver
¨Shout to the Lord

Yep!!

That's 14 songs........which is why we earned our week off on the 16th!!!

See you there!

Practice for Wednesday, October 29th

First, we will be rehearsing for this Sunday, November 2nd:

-Come, Let Us Worship
-Holy Is the Lord into Holy, Holy, Holy
-In Christ Alone
-Give Thanks
-Around the Table
-Days of Elijah <--- This is a change!

After that, at 7:30 we will be rehearsing for November 9th:

-You Are
-Come, Now Is the Time to Worship
-The Centering Song
-Give Thanks
-We Are an Offering
-I Could Sing of Your Love Forever


I'm 99.9% these songs will not change!!!!

See you on Wednesday!

-Kate

Practice for the 22nd

At 7:00, we will be rehearsing for the 26th - and I promise I looked very, very, very carefully at the bulletin this time!

-Come Let Us Worship
-How Great Thou Art/How Great Is Our God
-A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
-Lord, Be Glorified
-Church on Fire

At around 7:30, we'll go over music for November 2nd - can you believe it's November 2nd already??

-Come Let Us Worship
-Holy is the Lord into Holy, Holy, Holy
-In Christ Alone
-Around the Table
-Give Thanks
-A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

See you on Wednesday!

Post Delayed...

Hey....My bird, Kea, died this morning. She was 14.

Lola and I are very sad...while she wasn't a person, she was a definite presence in our lives for 14 years...

Anyway, I'll post tomorrow.

-Kate

Practice on the 15th

This week, be prepared for some sound checks! Hopefully we can sort out what goes where, and what can do a better job somewhere else.

At 7:00, we'll rehearse for October the 19th:

-Better Is One Day
-Here I Am To Worship
-Morning Prayer
-Father, I Adore You
-You Are* by Mark Roach
-Step by Step

At 7:30ish, we'll start rehearsing for the 26th:

-Come Let Us Worship* by Jesses Reeves & Chris Tomlin
-How Great Thou Art/How Great Is Our God
-Lord, Be Glorified
-More Precious Than Silver
-Church on Fire

Be there or be square!

-Kate

Changes!

We're changing it up for this Sunday. The new order is:

-Blessed Be Your Name
-Come Thou Fount
-Grace Alone
-Seek Ye First
-You Are
-He Reigns

Also, practice will end promptly at 8:00 - Lola and I have to be at the airport at 9:00 to pick up my dad!

-Kate

Practice This Wednesday! 7:00!

Here's the agenda for Wednesday....there have been changes!!

At 7:00, we rehearse for the 12th:

-He Reigns
-Come Thou Font of Every Blessing #356
-Grace Alone
-Seek Ye First
-You Are by Mark Roach <------This is my new favorite song!
-Awesome God

At 7:30, we rehearse for the 19th:

-Better Is One Day
-Here I Am To Worship
-Morning Prayer
-Father, I Adore You
-You Are by Mark Roach <--- We might sing it again, just because I like it.
-Step by Step

I'm off on my continuing search for Advent music that isn't in a minor key!

Have a great week!

-Kate

October 1st Practice Schedule

Can you believe it's October already?? My nephew is already saying that his birthday (December 14th) is right around the corner...and he's right!! (Well, music-planning-wise, anyway!)

So, at 7:00, we will be practicing for October 5th with:

-Your Grace Is Enough
-I Can Do All Things
-Let Your Spirit Come
-Come Share the Lord
-Worthy Is the Lamb
-Here I Am, Lord
-My Life Is In You, Lord


At 7:30ish, we will be rehearsing for the 12th, which has several unfamiliar songs:

-He Reigns
-Hymn #356 (Come Thou Font of Every Blessing)
-Grace Alone
-Seek Ye First
-You Are* by Mark Roach
-Your Grace Is Enough

Thank goodness we've started practicing two weeks ahead!!

See you on Wednesday!

-Kate

September 24th: Be There or Be Square!

Hi!

Here's what we are going to be practicing on Wednesday:

At 7:00 sharp we will be rehearsing the music for this Sunday (the 28th):

-I Will Call Upon the Lord
-Fairest Lord Jesus
-You Are Holy(Prince of Peace)
-Jesus Loves Me (So Deep)
-Ain't No Rock
-They'll Know We Are Christians By Our Love

Around 7:30ish, we will be rehearsing for October 5th:

-Your Grace Is Enough
-I Can Do All Things
-Let Your Spirit Come
-Here I Am, Lord
-Come Just As You Are
-Worthy Is the Lamb
-My Life Is In You, Lord

We're also going to be brainstorming ways we can be a little more involved in the 8:45 service in general.

See you on Wednesday!

-Kate

Great Practice!

We had a great practice tonight - I think we came a long way in using our sound system to the best of its ability. Having someone to work the sound board made a big difference! Now all we have to do is get over our fear of microphones. (Microphobia? Microphonia? Microphonophobia?)

New Idea: Sign-Up For Sundays!

Howdy!

Starting this October, we're going to try something new for the Praise Team. I will post a sign-up sheet on the brand-new bulletin board outside the choir room where people can sign-up for what Sundays they can be there for the next month or two. That way, all of us will know who is going to be there at practice on Wednesday and who will be there to sing on Sunday.

If you need a Sunday off, go ahead and take it! If you are interested in becoming a part of the Praise Team, but are afraid of the time commitment, this is a great way to try it out for a Sunday or two without feeling like you're giving up your Wednesday nights forever.

I'll bring the sign-up sheet to practice on Wednesday, and we'll start from there!

Have a blessed week, and see you soon!

-Kate

September 17th Practice

Hello!

This is what we will be going over on September 17th:

From 7:00 to 7:30 we'll be rehearsing September 21st's music:

- Let Everything That Has Breath
- You’re Worthy of My Praise
- The Heart of Worship
- I Will Bow To You
- Give Thanks
- Mighty Is Our God

Pastor Steve would like one of us to introduce the first song and also have one of us lead prayer between "You're Worthy of My Praise" and "The Heart of Worship"...Let me know if you're interested or have any ideas!

At 7:30ish, we'll be rehearsing the music for September 28th:

- I Will Call Upon the Lord
- Fairest Lord Jesus
- You Are Holy (Prince of Peace)
- Jesus Loves Me/So Deep
- Ain’t No Rock
- They’ll Know We Are Christians By Our Love

We're going to be experimenting with different ways to perform some of these songs, so if you have any ideas, I welcome them!

Thank you all, and have a wonderful week!

-Kate

Hello, all!

I'm starting this blog to help all of us (Praise Team members, PowerPoint creators, and anybody else who might be interested) keep track of what is happening with the Praise Team. Here you'll find practice schedules, information on upcoming events, and anything else that might have to do with the Praise Team.

God Bless, and thanks for stopping by!

-Kate