Music for Children and Youth
WHATAWEDNESAY is a weekly, great night of fun, fellowship and music for your entire family with choirs of all ages. What a wonderful opportunity for children to make music through faith-based music instruction. Our Director of Children's Music is Jackie Livesay who offers creative music experiences for your children. Please consider giving your child the gift of music.
Choirs have long had an important place in the life of the Christian Church and First United Methodist Church is no exception. In addition to our adult programs, music groups are available for pre-schoolers, elementary children, secondary youth and young adults. It is our belief that people of all ages should have an opportunity to experience music and all its benefits in our church setting. These benefits include the following:
Music Education:
Basic music skills, tonal and rhythmic, are developed through the graded choir program. As singers mature, vocal training, music reading, and percussion instrument training are addressed in weekly rehearsals.
Christian Education through Music:
Singers learn age-appropriate theologically sound texts. Through monthly anthems, the Christmas Eve Service, the Ash Wednesday Service, and the annual Biblically-based musical, singers become acquainted with Bible stories and the messages behind them that are relevant to our lives.
Worship Leadership through Music:
At an early age, participants in our music ministry present music offerings during Sunday morning worship. Singers from our elementary, youth, and young adult programs lead the 7:00 pm Christmas Eve Service, and present a musical in the spring in its entirety. Because of this leadership role, our young people become aware of components of the worship service and experience worth as worship leaders.
Children and Youth Choirs meet every Wednesday from mid-September through early May at the following times:
Angel Choir (ages 3 - 5) 4:20 - 4:45 pm
Cherub Choir (Grades 1- 5 ) 4:45 - 5:30 pm
Carol Choir ( Grades 6- 12), Wesley Singers (Youth) 6:00 - 7:00 pm
Choirs have long had an important place in the life of the Christian Church and First United Methodist Church is no exception. In addition to our adult programs, music groups are available for pre-schoolers, elementary children, secondary youth and young adults. It is our belief that people of all ages should have an opportunity to experience music and all its benefits in our church setting. These benefits include the following:
Music Education:
Basic music skills, tonal and rhythmic, are developed through the graded choir program. As singers mature, vocal training, music reading, and percussion instrument training are addressed in weekly rehearsals.
Christian Education through Music:
Singers learn age-appropriate theologically sound texts. Through monthly anthems, the Christmas Eve Service, the Ash Wednesday Service, and the annual Biblically-based musical, singers become acquainted with Bible stories and the messages behind them that are relevant to our lives.
Worship Leadership through Music:
At an early age, participants in our music ministry present music offerings during Sunday morning worship. Singers from our elementary, youth, and young adult programs lead the 7:00 pm Christmas Eve Service, and present a musical in the spring in its entirety. Because of this leadership role, our young people become aware of components of the worship service and experience worth as worship leaders.
Children and Youth Choirs meet every Wednesday from mid-September through early May at the following times:
Angel Choir (ages 3 - 5) 4:20 - 4:45 pm
Cherub Choir (Grades 1- 5 ) 4:45 - 5:30 pm
Carol Choir ( Grades 6- 12), Wesley Singers (Youth) 6:00 - 7:00 pm