Happy New Year!!!

Hello, everybody!

Here is what we'll be singing on January 3rd:

-Jesus, What a Wonderful Child
-We Three Kings of Orient Are
-From a Distant Home
-A Gospel Noel
-Here Is Bread, Here Is Wine
-We Are Marching

Have a Happy New Year's Eve!!!

-Kate

Are you ready for Christmas Eve?

Hi all!

Don't forget that if you are singing with us Christmas Eve, then you are coming to practice on Wednesday at 7:15 sharp!

Here is our agenda:

Practice the Christmas hymns:

-Joy to the World
-Prepare the Way, O Zion
-O Little Town of Bethlehem
-What Child Is This
-Hark the Herald Angels Sing
-Away in a Manger
-Silent Night
-Go Tell It on the Mountain

After that, we will rehearse "A Gospel Noel" and "Jesus, What a Wonderful Child" until they are fabulous!!!

See you on Wednesday!

-Kate

Music for Advent

Hi!

I thought I would post what we're doing this month for Advent (subject to change, of course!).

December 6th:
-My Lord, He is A-Comin, Soon.
-As We Gather
-Light the Candle
-Hymn 10 (Vs. 1 & 2)
-Around the Table
- Hymn 409
-Hymn 13 – Prepare the Way, O Zion

December 13th:
-My Lord, He is A-Comin Soon
-Ancient of Days
-Light the Candle
-Hymn #5
-Silent Comes the Joy
-Days of Elijah

December 20th:
-As We Gather
-O Come, O Come Emmanuel
-Light the Candle
-Hymn # 16
-Little Bitty Baby
-My Lord, He is A-Comin Soon

Also, throughout this month we'll be practicing music for Christmas Eve, specifically "Jesus, What a Wonderful Child" and "A Gospel Noel."

See you at practice on Wednesday!

-Kate

Music for Sunday, November 29th

Hi!

Here's what we're doing on Sunday:

-My Lord, He Is A-Comin Soon
-Emmanuel
-Come Thou Long Expected Jesus
-Comfort, Comfort, O My People
-Lo How a Rose Ere Blooming
-Light the Candle
-In Christ Alone
-I Have a Hope




See you there!

-Kate

Whoa! We have a LOT to do this week!

Hi!

Here's our music list for Sunday, November 22nd:

-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


We're also going to go over a few Advent songs, and start learning songs for Christmas Eve!

See you on Wednesday at 7:00!

-Kate

Music for November 15th

Hi!

Here's the music for this Sunday!

-Better Is One Day
-Fairest Lord Jesus
-Let Your Spirit Come
-Family of Faith
- Saviour King

See you there!

-Kate

Now THAT was an interesting practice!

Ah well...if it had to be Kennia's last practice, it was an exciting one!

Here's what we'll be singing on Sunday, all you out-of-towners:
-How Can I Keep From Singing
-You Are
-He Reigns
-Change My Heart O God
-Veni Sancte Spiritus
-How Great Is Our God
-In Christ Alone
-Worthy is the Lamb
-This Do In Remembrance of Me
-Hymn #526


Make sure you are there by 8:00 so we can get through all of it !

Thanks! See you on Sunday!

-Kate

What we'll be practicing on Wednesday!

Hello, everybody! Here is what we'll be practicing tomorrow:

Music for October 25th:
-Fairest Lord Jesus
-Hymn #260 A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
-Centering Song
-Grace Alone
-Family of Faith

We'll also be rehearsing a few other things for November and December!

See you tomorrow!

-Kate

Practice on Wednesday!

Hello, everybody!

At 7:00, we will start practice for the 18th and part of the 25th. Also, I want to preview some Christmas music. See you there!

-Kate

October 18th:
-House of the Lord
-Come and Fill This Place
-Come and Fill Our Hearts (Taize)
-Reconciliation Song
-Create In Me
-I’m Gonna Live So God Can Use Me

October 25th:
-Fairest Lord Jesus
-We Fall Down
-Centering Song
-Let It Rise
-One True God
-You Are the One

No Practice this Week (But we have a peek into our future...)

Hello!

There will be no practice this week...however, if you are singing at the Peace service, please be there at 6:30 on Monday.

Since we don't have practice this week, here's a peek into the future, with songs I've chosen all the way through November! (Of course, these are subject to change...)

Thank you all, and email me with any questions you may have!

-Kate

September 27th:
-House of the Lord*
-God of Wonders
-I Look To the Shepherd
-Indescribable
-I Could Sing of Your Love Forever

October 4th:
-House of the Lord
-Let Us Go Into the House of the Lord
-Agnus Dei
-Amazing Grace (Original)
-Come Share the Lord
-Amazing Grace (New)
-They’ll Know We Are Christians

October 11th:
-Come and Fill This Place
-Awesome God
-Spirit of the Living God
-Take My Life
-Sanctuary
-Holy Is The Lord

October 18th:
-House of the Lord
-Come and Fill This Place
-Come and Fill Our Hearts (Taize)
-Reconciliation Song
-Create In Me
-I’m Gonna Live So God Can Use Me

October 25th:
-Fairest Lord Jesus
- We Fall Down
-Centering Song
-Let It Rise
- One True God
-You Are the One


November 1st:
-How Can I Keep From Singing
-He Reigns
-Veni Sancte Spiritus(Taize)
-Lord Be Glorified
- This Do In Remembrance of Me
-You Are
-Days of Elijah

November 8th:
-We Believe
-Open the Eyes of My Heart
-Open Our Eyes
-More Love, More Power
-Ain’t No Rock
-Awesome God

November 15th:
-Better Is One Day
-Fairest Lord Jesus
-Let Your Spirit Come
-Lord, Listen to Your Children Praying
-Hallelujah
-Savoiur King

November 22nd (This is the no-sermon readings about Jesus' life Sunday)
-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

November 29th:
-My Lord, He Is A-Comin Soon
- Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus
-Light the Candle
-In Christ Alone
-Emmanuel
-I Have a Hope

Practice on September 16th:

Hello, everybody!

On Wednesday, September 16th, we will be practicing for:

Sunday, September 20th:
September 20th:
-House of the Lord*
-Mighty to Save
-I Love You Lord
-We Are an Offering
-Indescribable
-How Great Is Our God/How Great Thou Art

September 21st Peace Concert:
-Let There Be Peace On Earth
-Hine Ma Tov
-Come and Fill Our Hearts With Your Peace


September 27th:
-House of the Lord*
-God of Wonders
-I Look To the Shepherd
-Indescribable
-I Could Sing of Your Love Forever


Because of the peace concert, we will NOT be having practice on Wednesday, September 23rd. Praise Team should only take up one night of your week!

Thank you all, and see you at practice!

-Kate

Practice Starts This Week

Hello, everybody!

September 9th, at 7:00 SHARP will be our first practice of the new school year! We're going to be rehearsing for the 13th, along with looking at some new songs.

There's other good news: we get to sleep in! Rally day is the 13th, and it will be a blended service starting at 10:30.

Here's what we're going to be doing for Rally Day:

-Heart of Worship
-You Are My All in All
-He Is Exalted
-Step By Step

See you on Sunday!

-Kate

Sunday, September 6th

Hello, all!

This is what we'll be singing on September 6th:

-Indescribable
-Come Now Is the Time to Worship
-Surely the Presence
-Reconciliation Song
-One Bread, One Body
-Give Thanks
-I’ll Serve You

Well, that's what the Praise Team will be singing. I, on the other hand, will probably still be croaking like a frog.

See ya!

-Kate

Music for August 30th!

Hello, all!

Here's the music for next Sunday!

August 30th:
-We Fall Down
-Reign On Me
-Breathe
-Change My Heart O God
-Indescribable - NEW
-Trading My Sorrows

Thank you!

-Kate

P.S. I think we need to add one of these to the Praise Team...stat! http://tinyurl.com/electrickazoo

Songs for August 23rd!

Tomorrow, my wonderful children return to school, but tonight.......I'm going to bed at 7:00 P.M. Or maybe 7:30, if I feel adventurous. With all these lizardian mouths to feed, it's tough!

For August 23rd:

-We Fall Down
-Mighty To Save
-As We Gather
-Lord, Be Glorified
-Grace Alone
-God Is In Control

See you on Sunday!

Songs for August 16th

No! Not the 16th!! That means I have to go back to work!!! Nooooooooo!!!!!!!!!


Ahem. Anyway, this is what we'll be singing on this fateful day:

- Mighty To Save
-Let Everything That Has Breath
-Morning Prayer
-Refiner’s Fire
-As the Deer
- Saviour King

See y'all on Sunday!

-Kate

Music for Sunday, August 9th.

Hello, everybody. Despite the rain, I think it was wonderful to have everybody together again!

This Sunday, we'll be singing:

-Mighty to Save*
-Let it Rise
-All to You
-I Will Bow To You
-One True God
-Mighty Is Our God

See you there!


-Kate

Oh no! We have to wake up early again!

Oh yes! We are back to two services in the lovely month of August. Here is what we will be singing this week!

- Ancient of Days
-You Are the One
-Come and Fill Our Hearts (Taize)
-Glorify Thy Name
-Come, Share the Lord
-Agnus Dei
-Holy Is The Lord


Yay! I am so happy we'll be back to having the early service again! But don't worry...your Wednesday nights are safe....for now...

-Kate

Music for Sunday, the 26th

Hello, everybody!

I wish that every week could be like last Sunday!

Next Sunday, the 26th, and the LAST BLENDED SERVICE, we'll be singing:


-He Is Exalted
-What Does the Lord Require of You
-More Precious Than Silver

See you on Sunday!

-Kate

Music on July 12th

Hi, everybody!

Here's what we're doing for the 12th:

-Here I Am to Worship
-In His Time
-Lord I Lift Your Name on High

Nothing too difficult!

See you on Sunday! (I might even have Lola with me....maybe!)

June 21st and June 28th

Hi, folks!

I hope that you are having as lovely summer as I am, now that I am recovered from whatever virus had me down.

Here is a list of the music that we'll be doing for the last two 'normal' Sundays of the summer.

June 21st
- Forever
- I Could Sing of Your Love
-Ubi Caritas
- More Love, More Power
- I Love You Lord
- They’ll Know We Are Christians

June 28th:
- Better Is One Day
- Saviour King
- Come and Fill This Place
- I’ve Got Peace Like a River
- All To You
- I Have a Hope


If anything changes, I let you know! Thank you all!

-Kate

Service for June 14th

Ack!

Bad praise team director! Sorry about not posting!

Here is what we are doing this Sunday:

-Music of My Heart
-How Can I Keep from Singing Your Name
-Sanctuary
-Lord, Be Glorifed
-You Are
-Blessed Be Your Name

By the way, I'm out and sick this entire week, but I'm on lovely prescriptions, and hopefully they will do their job by Sunday!

Have a lovely week!

-Kate

Practice on Wednesday, May 20th

Hi!

Hopefullypractice will be a short one!

We're going to rehearse:

-One True God
- How Great Is Our God
-Agnus Dei
-Saviour King
-Spirit Song
-All the Earth Shall Worship

See you there!

-Kate

Practice on Wednesday the May 13th

Hello, everybody!

This Wednesday, we'll be practicing for May 17th. Just think...only three more practices before we take the Wednesdays off for the summer! (Depending on when the picnic is, it could just be two! Yikes! I'd better get to work!)

Anyhoo, we'll be practicing the following:

-One True God
-Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit
-You Are the One
-Veni Sancte Spiritus
-Reconciliation Song
-Agnus Dei
-I’m Going to Live So God Can Use Me

Have a lovely week, and I'll see you on Wednesday!

-Kate

Practice on Wednesday!

Hello!

As far as I know, we will be practicing the following songs for next Sunday:


-Saviour King*
-You’re Worthy of My Praise
-Agnus Dei
-Lord, Be Glorified
-One Bread, One Body
-I Look to the Shepherd
-Family of Faith

Thank you, everbody! See you on Wednesday, at 7:00!!

-Kate

Pangea Day

Hi, everybody!

At practice on Wednesday, we took a look at a video from the website Pangea Day: http://www.pangeaday.org/pangeadayFilms.php

We watched the film titled "Combatants for Peace" and I highly suggest you check it out!

-Kate

Wednesday's Practice

Hi!

On April 26th, we'll be singing the following songs:

-How Can I Keep From Singing
-Holy Is the Lord
-I Love You Lord
-Seek Ye First
-Agnus Dei
-Reign on Me

See you at practice!

Yay!! We rocked!!

All right!

I hope you feel as great about Sunday as the Bright household did!

On Wednesday, practice will start at 7:00! We're doing all oldies next week, and Steve will be stopping by as well.

See you Wednesday, at 7:00!

-Kate

Maundy Thursday Practice!

Just a reminder - practice this week will be on Thursday, at 6:00. We will be in the Chapel, and we'll focus on the new songs (Oh, Happy Day/Alive Forever Amen) as opposed to the old songs (How Great Is Our God, In Christ Alone, Hymns #106 & #123).

See you on Thursday!

-Kate

We're having practice on Wednesday! No fooling!!

Hi!

On Wednesday, we're going to be practicing for Sunday, April 5th. We'll be singing:

-Jesus Messiah
-Hosanna
-Worthy the Lamb
-Wait for the Lord
-I Believe in Jesus
-Around the Table
-That's Why We Praise Him/How Great Thou Art

We'll also be practicing two songs for Easter, but they aren't too hard......I think!

Be there, ready, at 7:15!!

See you soon!

-Kate

Great Job at the Talent Show!!

Hey everybody!!!

Two words: WE ROCKED!!!

-Kate :-D

Practice Change!!

The Wednesday before Easter (April 8th) is parent/teacher conferences, so we will have to have practice on Tuesday, April 7th. Make sure you check your calendars!

Thanks!

-Kate

Practice on the 25th

This week will be a busy practice!!

First, we'll rehearse for Sunday, March 29th:

-I Believe in Jesus
-He Reigns
-Hallelujah
-I Love You, Lord
-You are My All in All
-Voice of Truth
-Thy Word

Also, we'll rehearse a few songs for Easter Sunday and practice for the Talent show! (Don't forget - we'll be talking about what to wear!)

Thank you, and see you at practice!!

Practice on Wednesday!

Hi, everybody!

This week, we'll be practicing for the 22nd:

-Forever
-We Believe
-Worthy the Lamb
-O Lord, Hear Our Prayer
- I Believe in Jesus
-More Love, More Power

Also, we'll be rehearsing for the talent show!

See you there!

-Kate

Busy Practice This Wednesday!

This Wednesday's practice will be a doozy!

Starting at 7:15, we'll practice for this Sunday, March 8th:

-Jesus Messiah*
-Here I Am to Worship
-Surely the Presence of the Lord Is In This Place
-Worthy Is the Lamb
-Worthy The Lamb
-That’s Why We Praise Him

After we rehearse that, then we'll go over the music for the 15th:

-Jesus Messiah*
-Wake Up O Sleeper
-Worthy the Lamb
-There Is a Redeemer
-Above All

Remember, there is NO PRACTICE on the 11th - that's when St. Andrew's is hosting the Wednesday Lenten services.

See you on Wednesday!

-Kate

P.S. We also might talk a wee bit about the talent show! We'll see!

Ash Wednesday is THIS Wednesday!

Hi everybody!

In my infinite wisdom, I once again forgot that Ash Wednesday is actually celebrated on...Wednesday.

Therefore, there will be no practice this week!

I will post the songs we are doing ASAP (probably Tuesday night), and otherwise, I will see everybody on Sunday!

Thanks!

-Kate

P.S. It's my paremts' 46th Anneversary today! They're going to buy a new garbage can - with wheels!! :-D

Practice this Wednesday!

At 7:00, we'll be practicing for February 22nd:

-Awesome God
-Ancient of Days
-Open Our Eyes, Lord
-Shine, Jesus, Shine
-Come and Fill This Place
-Days of Elijah

At 7:30ish, we'll be going over a few new songs for the Lenten season, and probably talking about the Talent Show!

See you there!

-Kate

Important Decisions!!!

All right!

Team Praise has been signed up for the church talent show on March 29th!

Big question: What shall we perform????

Feel free to comment in the comment section to see if we can hash this out a little more before our next practice!!

*************************

P.S. If anybody from the congregation needs an accompanist, I'm sure somebody from the Praise Team can help you out! ;-)

Practice on Wednesday, February 11th

Here's what we will be practicing at 7:00, for Sunday, February 15th:

-All the Earth Shall Worship
-You Are Holy (Prince of Peace)
-Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee (verse 1 only)
-Centering Song
-I Could Sing of Your Love Forever
-You Are
-Forever

At around 7:30, we'll be practicing for February 22nd:

-Awesome God
-Ancient of Days
-Open Our Eyes, Lord
-Shine, Jesus, Shine
-Come and Fill This Place
-Days of Elijah

Practice on the 4th

Hi, everybody!

Finally, we're back to our old schedule! This Wednesday, at 7:00, we'll practice for February 8th:

-You Are the One
-Lord, I Lift Your Name On High
-Surely the Presence of the Lord Is in This Place
-Come and Fill Our Hearts <----Taize Song
-Come and Fill This Place <----New Song
-Shout to the Lord
-I Have a Hope
-Let the River Flow <----New song we're learning for the future!

At around 7:30 (hopefully!), we'll practice for February 15th:

-All the Earth Shall Worship
-You Are Holy (Prince of Peace)
-Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee (verse 1 only)
-Centering Song
-I Could Sing of Your Love Forever
-You Are
-Forever
-Let the River Flow

Thanks everybody! See you there!

-Kate (Who is, at the moment, busy sequining an Indian costume for Lola.......)

I'm glad practice was already canceled!

Hi, everybody!

I'm glad that practice was already canceled, because it would have been!

I realized I forgot to include in my last post what we'll be singing on Sunday:

-You Are the One - by Mike Ash
-Fairest Lord Jesus
-Great Is the Lord* (This is replacing Awesome God)
-More Precious Than Silver
-This Do In Remembrance of Me
-Mighty Is Our God

See you on Sunday at 8:00!

No Practice!!

Just a reminder: NO PRACTICE THIS WEEK!

Which, considering the forecast (fingers crossed), we might not have had practice any way.

Have I mentioned I love snow days?

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!!

This Wednesday we are going to be practicing a lot of things! First, the music for this Sunday:

-More Love, More Power
-We Love You Lord
-Here I Am, Lord

Plus, we're also singing an anthem (NOT the one we practiced) with the Chancel Choir. They then promise to sing the one we DID practice with us on Pentacost.

After that, we'll rehearse the music for February 1st. There are a couple of new songs, so hopefully, we'll be on our toes!

-You Are the One*
-Fairest Lord Jesus
-Open the Eyes of My Heart
-Awesome God
-More Precious than Silver
-This Do In Remembrance of Me*
-Mighty Is Our God

See you on Wednesday night at 7:00!!

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NOTICE: Practice on Sunday will begin at 9:00AM...If we get done early, we can rehearse for the following week!

2ND NOTICE: Practice on Wednesday, the 28th, is cancelled!!

Practice on January 14th

Hi!

This Wednesday, we'll be practicing for the 18th:

-All the Earth Shall Worship*
-Let Us Go Into the House of the Lord
-The Heart of Worship
-You Are
-The Voice of Truth*
That’s Why We Praise Him

After that, we'll be rehearsing some pieces for the 25th, hopefully with the other choir.

See you there!

-Kate

P.S. Unless, of course, the weather forecasters predict snow. Then we should all go to the grocery stores and buy milk and eggs.