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In a Choir? Winter Sacred Choral Showcase 2014

Pender United Methodist Church
12401 Alder Woods Dr.
Fairfax, VA 22033

Interests:
Church Music

Event Details:
Join us for fun and fellowship with Lloyd Larson!We will be looking through and singing some of the best new music for Lent, Easter, and General for the spring and summer months. We will have something for everyone! No matter your choir’s size or style, something will interest you!

We will have snacks and beverages to keep you going, as well as a wide variety of new and excellent piano and vocal music, and Cantatas for you to view or purchase. We will be doing free shipping so you don’t have to take it with you and we will be handing out free shipping coupons for a future order!

Early Registration on or before January 9th is $25.00 Registration on or after January 10th is $35.00

For more information regarding this event, please contact host:

Mason Wood
winston@jwpepper.com
336-744-8397

Clinicians:
Lloyd Larson

Lloyd Larson
Maple Grove, MN
School Choral

Lloyd Larson, Creative Director at Exaltation Publications, earned a B.A. from Anderson University in Anderson, Indiana in 1976 and a M.C.M. from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky in 1979. He also studied at Southern Baptist Seminary, Ohio State University, and Northern Baptist Seminary, Chicago, Illinois.Since 1982, Lloyd has been an active composer and arranger for several major publishing companies. He is a contributing writer to the catalogs of Alfred Music Publishing, Beckenhorst Press, Fred Bock Music, Hal Leonard Corporation, Hinshaw Music, Hope Publishing, Laurel Press, Light of the World Music, Lillenas Publishing, Monarch Music, PraiseGathering Music Group, John Rich Music, The Sacred Music Press, and Shawnee Press. His publications include more than 400 choral octavos and several Christmas and Easter cantatas, keyboard collections, vocal solo and duet collections, instrumental solos and ensembles, orchestration, and handbell settings.Lloyd and his wife, Marci, currently live in Maple Grove, Minnesota, with their three children, Stephanie, Philip, and Jeffrey. Lloyd’s work in his local church continues to be the catalyst for much of his writing. He currently directs the adult and youth choirs, in addition to being involved in worship planning and leadership.

Event schedule, details and registration

Pentecost, Sunday, May 19, 2013

17 May

Pentecost is a Christian holy day that celebrates the coming of the Holy Spirit 40 days after Easter. Some Christian denominations consider it the birthday of the Christian church and celebrate it as such.

Originally, Pentecost was a Jewish holiday held 50 days after Passover. One of three major feasts during the Jewish year, it celebrated Thanksgiving for harvested crops. However, Pentecost for Christians means something far different.

Before Jesus was crucified, he told his disciples that the Holy Spirit would come after him:

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever — the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. John 14:16–18

And 40 days after Jesus was resurrected (10 days after he ascended into heaven), that promise was fulfilled when Peter and the early Church were in Jerusalem for Pentecost.

Sunday’s Sermon:

Holy Spirit – Power for the Journey – Acts 2: 1-13

We belive in the Holy Spirit, the 3rd person of the Trinity who came on Pentecost and began the church. What does the Holy Spirit do today? How does the Holy Spirit get and find Power?

The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost

2 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. ²Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. ³They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. ⁴All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues^[a] as the Spirit enabled them.

⁵Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. ⁶When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken. ⁷Utterly amazed, they asked: “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans? ⁸Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language? ⁹Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,^[b] ¹⁰Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome ¹¹(both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!” ¹²Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”

¹³Some, however, made fun of them and said, “They have had too much wine.”

Footnotes:

Acts 2:4 Or languages; also in verse 11
Acts 2:9 That is, the Roman province by that name

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Posted by MaryO on May 17, 2013 in Books of The Bible, Pender UMC, Sermon, The Holy Bible

Tags: Acts, Acts 2: 1-13, Acts 2: 1-4, Acts of the Apostles, Bible, Christian Church, Easter, Gospel According to John, holy day, HolySpirit, Jerusalem, Jesus, Jewish, John, John 14:16-18, Passover, Pentecost, Spirit of Truth, Trinity

Sing ‘n Celebrate with Time for Healing ~ April 7 at 7pm

06 Apr

Sing ‘n Celebrate with Time for Healing ~ April 7 at 7pm

When this SNC arrives, we will be one week past Easter. What a great time to celebrate the Risen Lord and all that means to us and every Christian!! Jesus’ words of “Fear not”are now more relevant than ever before.

Join us as we consider this message here in Fairfax, VA, wherever there are needs for physical, emotional or spiritual healing. Jesus would be overjoyed to see us trusting in His power to heal and glorify His Father.

If healing is needed, feel free to come forward when Pastor Kenny invites you to come to the Time For Healing.

Military Ministry – Operation Gratitude

06 Apr

Military Ministry – Operation Gratitude

Donation Drive, April 1st – April 21st

Bless a deployed military service member this Spring. Please stop by the Sign Up Center in the Narthex to pick up a Wish List of select items that Pender UMC is collecting for all branches serving around the world.

Please place items in the camo box in the Narthex by April 21.

Any questions, please email Kay Creel .

God bless you for remembering them!

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Posted by MaryO on April 6, 2013 in Get Involved!, Pender UMC

Tags: donation drive, Easter, Kay Creel, military, military ministry, Military service, narthex, Operation Gratitude, Pender UMC, Sign Up Center, United States

Easter Sunday and the Hallelujah Chorus

05 Apr

Portrait of Georg Friedrich Händel Deutsch: Georg Friedrich Händel (1733) Español: Georg Friedrich Händel en 1733 Français : Georg Friedrich Haendel en 1733 Nederlands: Georg Friedrich Händel Polski: G. F. Händel w 1733 roku Русский: Георг Фридрих Гендель (1733) Svenska: Georg Friedrich Händel (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Pender UMC Sanctuary Choir and Brass on Easter Sunday. They conclude each service with Handel’s Messiah.