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Hello all: I've been an organist/choir director at a small Presbyterian church in Bixby, OK for the last three years. During that time, we've had two interim...
Dear Eliot, Thanks for writing. You'll find that the PAM executive board will heartily endorse a publication by the Christian Reformed Church (Calvin ...
John Witvliet (Calvin College, Calvin Seminary & Calvin Institute of Christian Worship) introduced "Sing! a new creation" to many of us at the Montreat Worship...
Tom Granum
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Jan 10, 2007 5:27 pm
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Vicki: Thanks for your quick response. Do you have copies of "Sing! A New Creation" in the pews, or do you just rely on the licenses? The issue for us is...
Eliot - Right now we just have enough for our choir (about 50 copies). We also use it at our Easter Sunrise service. Anything we use congregationally we get...
I have used S a NC extensively and in several denominations. I think it's an excellent resource. Do check on the cost for a ONeLicense - it's pretty reasonable...
Hi all: I see this is an active list (heh heh)! I'm curious to know whether any of your PCUSA churches use a primary hymnal other than the 1990 Presbyterian...
This may be more information than you wanted, Eliot, but here is some anecdotal information from several dozen churches in three of the five presbyteries in...
Tom Granum
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Apr 19, 2007 1:50 pm
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Tom: Not too much information at all. It's precisely what I was interested in knowing. Are you aware whether any of the smaller churches you spoke of were...
Dear Eliot and All: Greetings from southeast Texas. Our church purchased the 1990 Presbyterian Hymnal immediately upon release. At that time we supplemented...
As far as I know - and I have been wrong many times - federated/combined/yoked combinations of denominations for congregations (say that 10 times) are...
Tom Granum
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Apr 19, 2007 2:33 pm
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Since Beth chimed in, I will too (hi Beth!) We moved to Bristol, TN in August of 1999 - at that time both the 1955 and 1990 Presbyterian hymnals were in the...
...from central Oklahoma! My experience in churches in Oklahoma City and Norman is that almost all of the larger congregations are using the 1990 hymnal and...
Beth: Thanks for your response. On another subject, what's your feeling about blended versus segregated (separate services) worship? Eliot Beth Thompson wrote:...
Blended has worked here for the past 25 years (we were a new church development 25 years ago). We had the same pastor for 23 of those years, and he was a huge...
Hi all (again -- wow, twice in one day): Are you planning any sort of special observance in response to the shootings in Virginia earlier this week? At...
As Blacksburg is only 185 miles up the road from Bristol, TN/VA, we have a number of area kids who attend Virginia Tech, including a couple from our church. By...
Michael: There's a fair amount of duplication between Sing! A New Creation and the Pres. Hymnal, but also some useful worship materials. Lift Up Your Hearts is...
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If you'd really like to know in detail, we have a survey of our congregation produced a few years ago that gives stats of hymnals used by a majority of our...
Summary: Youth choir looking for a church in New York City We are planning our youth-choir tour to New York City in a few weeks. Most of the trip has come...
Tom Granum
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May 7, 2007 11:23 pm
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I am hoping to purchase world drums to start a drum choir with our youth. I'd like to find other churches with drum choirs to get some advice on establishing...
You may have noted that, at the Montreat Worship & Music Conference this summer, a class will be given in African drumming. The young man teaching the class...
The best church drum choir program I know of is at Suncreek UMC in Allen, TX (outside Dallas). The music director is Kevin Holland and you can contact him...
