Worship & Music Ministries

CHOIRS FOR ALL AGES:

Cherub Choir
As part of WOW! Worship Skills, this choir sing during Sunday worship services. For grades K-2.
Rehearsals: Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m. during WOW

Treble Makers
As part of WOW! Worship Skills, this choir sing during Sunday worship services. For grades 3-5.
Rehearsals: Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m. during WOW

Youth Ensemble
This ensemble (vocals/instruments) offers music for Sunday worship and participates in special music events at Faith. Music ranges from traditional /classical to contemporary songs.
Rehearsals: To be determined

Women’s Ensemble/ Men’s Ensemble
To enhance worship, these vocal ensembles provide special music as needed.
Rehearsals: To be determined

Adult Choir
This choir rotates monthly singin in Sunday worship at 8 or 11 a.m. Music includes classic sacred music, gospel, multicultural and traditional favorites. No auditions needed.
Rehearsals: Thursdays, 7:30 p.m.
Director: Linda Laird

WORSHIP SERVICE MUSICIANS

Praise Team
The Praise Team leads the 9:30 a.m. contemporary service every Sunday. Several groups take turns to offer music (vocals and instruments).
Rehearsals: Tuesdays, 7:00 p.m.
Director: Audrey Duensing-Werner

6:00 p.m. Worship Musicians
The musicians lead contemporary liturgical service at 6:00 p.m. The service consists of liturgy, Taize music, and songs. Rehearsals: Sundays, 5:00 p.m.

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

Alleluia Ringers
Hand bell/chime choir offers music once a month for traditional services and for special services. Some knowledge of reading music is helpful. Open to high school youth and adults.
Rehearsals: Thursdays, 6:00 p.m.
Director: Barb McComas

Instrumental
Instrumentalists have many opportunities to share their gifts in worship and events. In addition to providing special music, instrumentalists are often needed to accompany the choir or in congregational hymns.

MORE WORSHIP MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES

Altar Guild Serves our Lord by keeping and preparing the items for the sacraments, filling the candles, caring for the flowers, cleaning and pressing the robes and linens, etc.

Worship Committee helps enhance some worship services and the worship experiences at Faith. For example they help select the devotional materials for the Advent and Lenten seasons; help plan, make and distribute a Lenten visual. This committee meets on a regular basis.

Banner Ministry helps create the banners that are hung in front of the sanctuary. The banners are changed to reflect the readings or the season of the church year.

Prayer Shawl Ministry kits and/or crochets shawls with prayers and give them out with blessings. Meets the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 1:30 or 7:30 p.m. in Room S-14. Yarn, crochet hooks and knitting needle donations are also welcome.

Media Ministry helps visual presentations in worship through the use of the front screen through announcements before worship, lyrics for the contemporary service, and various video clips important to the service.

Sound Ministry works with the technical side of worship by operating the sound board, microphones and making CD recordings.

Arts Council decorates the sanctuary and narthex for special worship services and seasons of the church year.

"UNITED IN HYMN" Worship Renewal Grant:

In May 2009, Faith Lutheran Church received a grant for a hymn study project in cooperation with creative arts, “United in Hymn,” designed to renew the worship experience and to promote a sense of coming together as one in faith and one in Faith. The Worship Renewal grant was awarded by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, Grand Rapids, Michigan, with funds of Lilly Endowment, Inc.

Check out the photo gallery featuring events from each month.