Great fellowship and music making that glorifies
Christ Our Lord are the primary goals of First Baptist's adult
Handbell choir,
Bronze Praise.
We meet weekly on Thursdays at 7 o'clock pm for an hour of
rehearsal time in the 2nd floor bell choir room, and we ring for
the congregation approximately four to six times each year. Our
choir attends at least one regional handbell festival a year in
order to improve our skills and to enjoy worship time together
with handbell choirs from around the state of Georgia. See our
photos below from Georgia Festival 2007 in Macon.
Participation in Bronze Praise is open to both experienced and
beginner ringers. Ability to read music is a plus, but not a
requisite.
There is no up-front cost to participate, however, ringers may
be asked to purchase choir shirts and will definitely provide
for their own housing at Festival 2008.
If you'd like to participate but cannot do so on a regular
basis, we very much welcome your commitment to serve on our
substitute ringer list. You'll be contacted by permanent
ringers when schedule conflicts arise for them, and if the date
doesn't work for you, you may decline to sub.
Here's our tentative performance schedule
dates for the 2007-2008 season:
* November 4, 2007 Ring in AM worship
* December
8& 9, 2007 - Ring in Christmas Musical - 7 PM & 5:30 PM
* December 9, 2007 - Ring
in AM Worship
* December 24, 2007 - Ring in Christmas
Eve Service
* February
24, 2008 - Ring in AM worship
*
April 25-26, 2008 - attend Ga. Baptist Handbell Festival at
First Baptist Canton, GA
* May xx, 2008 (in worship)
In addition, we may schedule one-two local nursing home
performances.
Contact P
riscilla Stone by phone at
770.304.3151
or by email at
pstone@fbcnewnan.org for more information or to join us.
