THE MUSIC MINISTRY OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS UMC

MAY 1, 2009

Music Notes
Exploring the United Methodist Hymnal, ©1989
Part III: “Orders of Worship, Psalter and Confessions of Faith” The Power of Music
 Orders of Worship for Patterns for Corporate Worship, Baptisms and Holy
Communion are found in the front of the hymnal. Services of Christian Marriage, Think that making music has
Death and Resurrection and orders for Morning and Evening Praise and Prayer are little physical or psychological
found from pages 864-878. Various Affirmations of faith, and Prayers of Confession effect upon us? Check out this
are found following those services. For musicians, the Psalter is found on pages video at
736-862. We will focus on the Psalter in Part III for our series. Most of the
following was written by Dean McIntyre from the Board of Global Ministries of http://www.youtube.com/watch?
the United Methodist Church. v=6WWmM1jpM8I
The use of chant in worship…is not new to Methodism. Indeed, John and Charles
The video shows the effect of
Wesley received instruction in singing the Psalms, and they continued the practice
music upon people even when they
as adults in their private devotions, Sunday worship, and morning and evening
aren’t performing it. If these effects
prayer. Charles set many psalms in English metrical verse over a forty-year period.
affects listeners, imagine the effect
to the makers of music. The player
During past times and locations (such as the nineteenth century American is hooked up to the latest in
frontier), the practice of singing or chanting the Psalms nearly disappeared; but as a medical technology that records
feature of Methodist worship, chanting has always been with us. Canticles, chants, t h e p h y s i c a l a l te r a t i o n s t h a t
and instructions for their singing by congregations have appeared in virtually all produce emotional and spiritual
Methodist hymnbooks, although the use of spoken responsive readings—not responses.
known in Methodist worship until its introduction a little over one hundred years
ago in the 1880’s—has been more commonly used than psalm singing in the As a side note, brass players heart
twentieth century. Thus the 1988 hymnal includes a singable Psalter, which marks a rates and oxygen consumption is
return to the more traditional Methodist practice of the Wesleys. higher than a drummer’s responses.
Brass players perform the same
The Psalms were written to be sung; They have been sung by people in worship tactics that drummers do, but
throughout Christian and Jewish history. Information, resources, and instructions without breathing, only exhaling.
on singing (or chanting) the Psalms preface the Psalter. Here is a bit of history, (Ha! So do singers but without the
some basic instruction on a number of ways to use the Psalms in worship, as well as marching.)
instructions for chanting by leader and people of the psalms contained in the
Psalter pages of the hymnal that follow. Some directions and music were borrowed
from the Lutheran Book of Worship thus connecting us with the ecumenical community.

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Happy May Birthdays
Hard to believe, but no May
birthdays.
Clint does it again
Clint Desatta, son of Bill (tenor) and
Peggy Desatta, has been asked to join the
Alpha Beta Kappa/Sigma Kappa of Tn.
National Honor Society, and his name
will be placed on a plaque to be displayed
at the Bristol Campus. Graduation will be
May 24th at the Paramount Theatre. Way
to go Clint.
District Young Adult in Mission
Sybil Smith, member of the District Board
of Laity, is planning a young adult
weekend mission trip with Danny Howe
a n d Ha r r y Ho w e f o r O p e r a t i o n
Crossroads in Virginia.  The cost is
undetermined at this time.  The date has
not been firmed up but should be
scheduled at the end of August or the first
of September. Please contact Sybil (alto)
with your interest in participating,
comments and suggestions. 423-341-6245
Syb_smith@yahoo.com      Country Music Awards
 
P.I.C.K. a Partner Seminar
Sybil is also being trained as a P.I.C.K. A
Partner (Premarital Interpersonal Choices
& Knowledge) Instructor.  This UM
program is not just for picking a spouse,
but also for forming other life
relationships as an adult or a youth.
Music Takes Her to the Top
Ke l l i e Brown,
violinist in our
orchestra and niece
of Linda Strickler
(soprano) has been
selected as one of the
recipients of the
YMCA’s 18th annual
Tribute to Women.
Dr. Brown, a leader
in the field of music
education, currently
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serves as associate professor of strings and
chair of music at Milligan College. She has May Anthems
been recognized regionally and nationally
for her workshops and writings. She is May 3 (Edina Tumalu, UM
actively involved with the Tennessee Pastor from Sudan
Music Educator Association and has preaches if she obtains
participated in countless musicals, recitals her visa)
O Sifuni Mungu (Emerson)
and other performances throughout the
Tri-Cities for the past two decades. It is May 10 (Mother’s Day)
always an honor to work with Kellie. Morning Has Broken (arr. Rutter)
WOMEN’S ENSEMBLE
Lead, Play, March Ray Miller-Solo
Our own Stacy Woods, drum major at May 17
Sullivan South High School, is presenting Higher Ground (arr. Hayes)
her violin recital at CHUMC on May 30, May 24
7:00 PM. Stacy is also a member of I Am Alive and I Can See
South’s Winter Drumline which competed (Callaway)
in the national competition last month.
May 31 (Pentecost Sunday/
Brains and Brawn Memorial Day Weekend)
Adam Griffith, son of Dr. Mark and Holly Send It On Down (Davis)
(computer operator on the Front Porch) I Will Sing with the Spirit
Griffith, won the National Scholarship
Award last month. He was also featured in
the Kingsport Times News in two photos
as one of the central players on Sullivan Remember When?
South’s Soccer team.
Write On!
Madeline St. Clair, member of the SNL!
Children’s Music had a featured paragraph
in the Kingsport Times-News Write On!
s e c t i o n i n Ma y. Ma d e l i n e i s t h e
g r a n d d a u g h te r o f G e r a l d ( b a s s ) &
Catherine (alto) Gilbert. Congratulations!
Remember Chad Jeffers? His family was a
member of our church before they moved
to Na shvil le. Chad wa s one of the
instrumentalists on the country music
awards last month. This marks the 3rd
year Chad has been on the awards show.
He also appeared on a country music
television special on April 14.
On to Graduate School
Devin Lyon graduates from Vanderbilt
University on May 8 with a double major
in Political Science and Philosophy and a
minor in Piano Performance. Devin will
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be pursuing a dual degree of Doctor
Jurisprudence in Law and Master’s of
Business Administration at the University
of Tennessee this fall following a summer
internship in Tucson, Arizona. Devin was
a member of the Children’s, Youth and
Chancel Choirs at CHUMC as well as
percussionist on the Front Porch.
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