Download or read book Devotions for Choirs written by Genevieve Dehoog and published by . This book was released on 1997-04 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first in a new series, Devotions for Choirs: Book 1 contains devotions for choirs to use for all occasions that follow the Christian Year. The volume contains a devotion based on the Gospel appropriate for each Sunday, plus extra devotions for Christmas, Easter, Choir outings, birthdays, and so forth. A prayer completes each devotion. The resource provides quality devotional material for use in any size church choir setting. - Each devotional based on a Gospel lesson - Follows the Christian Year, but not limited to churches using that format - Includes a devotion for every Sunday plus extras for special occasions - Can be used at choir rehearsals or before worship service begins - Contains a strong scriptural content that can be tied to the sermon idea for that week
Download or read book Devotional Warm Ups for the Church Choir written by Osbeck, Kenneth W. and published by Kregel Publications. This book was released on 2016-12-27 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in a new edition! Just as the ministry of preaching requires preparation of the heart and mind of the minister, so to do choir members need to prepare their hearts and voices to be attuned to the work of the Holy Spirit through them. Leading music minister Ken Osbeck provides devotionals that adapt easily for use as preparation of heart and soul in rehearsals or just before the choir performance. Each "warm up" includes a scripture reading, an applied devotional reading, a pertinent idea for group discussion and engagement, a suggestion for group singing, a meditative prayer, and a final take-away thought.
Download or read book 52 Hymn Story Devotions written by Lucy Neeley Adams and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 52 Hymn Story Devotions is ideal for anyone who enjoys hymns and leads devotions at church meetings, choir rehearsals, and Sunday school. The volume can also be used by individuals for personal devotions. Key Features: • Each devotion includes a Scripture reference, printed hymn text, and commentary • Provides devotionals based on 52 familiar hymns • Devotions can be read verbatim by leader or party member Key Benefits: • Helps choirs with the spiritual aspect of choir membership • Can be given to a choir member to read with no advanced preparation • Allows choir directors to use devotions to strengthen the choir ministry
Download or read book Devotion to the nine choirs of holy angels tr by E H Thompson written by Henri Marie Boudon and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Observing the Rests written by Terry W. York and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of 52 short (five-minute) devotions is centered on the life of the church choir and its members. This book is a follow-up to the author's Rehearsing the Soul. The present volume is organized by season (fall, winter, spring, and summer) and each one-to two-page devotion relates directly to the ministry and events of a church choir. These events include beginning the choir year, rehearsal schedules, hymns, worship, and other aspects of the choir member's particular faith walk. Each devotion begins with a Scripture passage or a hymn text passage and closes with a brief prayer.
Download or read book Devotion to the Nine Choirs of Holy Angels and especially to the Angel Guardians written by Henri-Marie Boudon and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-04-17 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1869.
Download or read book Devotional Warm Ups for the Church Choir written by Kenneth W. Osbeck and published by Kregel Publications. This book was released on with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A variety of forty-three challenging devotionals on ten different musically oriented topics. Designed to prepare church choir members for joyful ministry.
Download or read book Tune My Heart to Sing written by Wayne L. Wold and published by Augsburg Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Choir directors can add a meaningful dimension to their rehearsals with these meditations that help focus attention on the gospel reading for the upcoming Sunday or festival.Each devotional also includes a quote from the Hymn of the Day (or other appropriate hymn), and a suggested prayer. The book is not only a tremendous tool in assisting church choirs to pray together, but also serves as a great way to emphasize the choir's role in leading worship. Singers and directors alike will find that each devotion is well-worth the few minutes of time required. Singers and directors alike will find that each devotion is well-worth the few minutes of time required.
Download or read book Inspiration for the Choir written by Fred H. Wilkins and published by CSS Publishing. This book was released on 2001-09 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the rush to prepare for weekly rehearsals, does it sometimes seem as if your choir isn't always focused on why they are there? Inspiration For The Choir offers 40 attention-getting devotions that are a wonderful way to precede the warm-up and start the rehearsal on an inspirational note. Each includes a brief story expounding on a musical or seasonal topic and concludes with a short prayer. This collection is a great way to increase your choir's commitment to God. After all, the choir is just a part of the overall proclamation of the gospel! You'll laugh at the humorous anecdotes ... while deepening your faith. Pithy, practical, and also provocative. These devotionals help to focus the choir singers' thoughts at the beginning of a rehearsal. I have heard them used -- they are effective! Marvin McKissick Associate Professor of Music Azusa Pacific University Dr. Wilkins brings his 50 years experience as a choral director to this charming devotional. Choir members will immediately relate to the often amusing and always faith-based anecdotes. Hartley F. Lee Pastor, Our Saviour's Lutheran Church Long Beach, California I strongly recommend Fred Wilkins' spiritual Inspiration For The Choir. As a long-time choral conductor and choir member, I can easily relate to the many musical and extra-musical adventures in the choir stalls and rehearsal room. Wilkins has balanced the profound with the practical in ways that are enlightening and entertaining. Kenneth Sanson Past President, Los Angeles Chapter Choral Conductors Guild Fred H. Wilkins has served many southern California churches as a choral director, organist, and tenor soloist. He received his doctorate in counseling psychology from the University of Southern California, and also has completed all the coursework for a D.M.A. in church music.
Download or read book Rehearsing the Soul written by Terry W. York and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rehearsing the Soul is a collection of 52 five-minute devotions centered on the life of the church choir and its members. The book is organized by seasons, and each one- to two-page devotion relates directly to the ministry and events of a church choir. These events include the beginning of the choir year, rehearsal schedules, hymns, worship, and other aspects of the choir member's particular faith walk. Each devotion begins with a Scripture passage and closes with a brief prayer.
Download or read book Shaping Worship 70 Devotions For Worship Leaders and Teams written by Steve Baney and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-06-14 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You are a worship leader. Whether you're holding a microphone, playing a keyboard, strumming a guitar, or running a sound system, the example you set can either lead people toward worship or away from it. The question isn't whether you will lead people; it's where you will lead them. Shaping worship works two ways. We shape it. It shapes us. This book includes 70 devotions for worship leaders, worship bands, choirs, and worshippers. It will teach you ten shapes of worship, the descriptions of the kind of worshipper and worship leader that our Lord desires for you to be. This book is written to be used along with the band or choir when you meet each week for practice. Teams that read and study these materials together, such as choirs or bands, can take turns to read, answer questions, and pray each week. It's an ideal companion for your weekly worship practice.
Download or read book Shaping Worship 70 Devotions For Worship Leaders and Teams written by Steve Baney and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-06-13 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You are a worship leader. Whether you're holding a microphone, playing a keyboard, strumming a guitar, or running a sound system, the example you set can either lead people toward worship or away from it. The question isn't whether you will lead people; it's where you will lead them. Shaping worship works two ways. We shape it. It shapes us. This book includes 70 devotions for worship leaders, worship bands, choirs, and worshippers. It will teach you ten shapes of worship, the descriptions of the kind of worshipper and worship leader that our Lord desires for you to be. This book is written to be used along with the band or choir when you meet each week for practice. Teams that read and study these materials together, such as choirs or bands, can take turns to read, answer questions, and pray each week. It's an ideal companion for your weekly worship practice.
Download or read book 52 Hymn Story Devotions written by Lucy Neeley Adams and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 52 Hymn Story Devotions is ideal for anyone who enjoys hymns and leads devotions at church meetings, choir rehearsals, and Sunday school. The volume can also be used by individuals for personal devotions. Key Features: Each devotion includes a Scripture reference, printed hymn text, and commentary Provides devotionals based on 52 familiar hymns Devotions can be read verbatim by leader or party member Key Benefits: Helps choirs with the spiritual aspect of choir membership Can be given to a choir member to read with no advanced preparation Allows choir directors to use devotions to streng.
Download or read book I Will Sing with Joy eBook written by Nina Smit and published by Christian Art Publishers. This book was released on 2014-08-12 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I WILL SING WITH JOY consists of 366 daily devotions by popular author Nina Smit. She touches on themes such as: Living close to God; relationships; spreading the Good News; honoring and glorifying God; suffering; and characteristics of God’s children. I WILL SING WITH JOY shows readers that they can always experience God’s presence in a new and fresh way if they pursue Him with total devotion.
Download or read book The Psalter for Christian Worship Revised Edition written by Michael Morgan and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We lift up the psalms to God as our prayers. We borrow the language of these ancient texts, and they become our works. We are not secondhand recipients of Gods word but communicants actively in conversation with God. What seems to set the Psalms apart from the rest of Scripture is their sacramental nature, their unique ability to mold and transform the believer. The Psalter for Christian Worshipreclaims the Psalms for congregational worship with new texts set to familiar hymnal tunes. This collection, for worship leaders, musicians, and congregations, will inspire both corporate and private devotions.Features include: The Old Testament flavor of the Psalter is retained with new sensitivity to imagery and inclusive language; all 150 psalms have been converted into hymns of reasonable length to be sung in church; an index of suggested hymn tunes is included; and an index for liturgical use is also provided.
Download or read book In Jesus Name We Sing written by Fred H. Wilkins and published by CSS Publishing. This book was released on 2000-12 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the rush to prepare for Sunday morning's service, does it sometimes seem like the choir isn't alway focused on the reason why they are there? Increase your choir's commitment to God by sharing some of these devotions with them just before they enter the sanctuary. After all, the choir is just a part of the overall proclamation of the gospel! And while they are responsible for the spiritual leadership of their singers, many choir directors are uncomfortable with praying off the cuff. These prayers are a perfect way to finish up the warm-up rehearsal and start the service on an inspirational note.
Download or read book Listening to God Day by Day written by Sharon Jaynes and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2011 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do we hear God over the clamor and clutter of our busy lives? Sharon Jaynes, popular author and speaker, shares how men and women can listen to God's still small voice and experience His leading, peace, and strength daily--just by paying attention. All day long God speaks to believers through the Bible, prayer, creation, nature, and circumstances. The key is for people to recognize those gentle nudges and turn aside from the busyness to see the "burning bushes" in their own backyards. Listening to God Day by Day contains a treasury of stories highlighting "God moments" and reflecting on Scripture as it applies to life. As readers enjoy hearing how God is moving in the lives of fellow travelers, they will begin to recognize God's presence and voice as He works in and through them in amazing ways. Rerelease of Extraordinary Moments with God
