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Music Ministries
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As musicians made in the image of God, broken but reborn and called to serve,
we seek to employ all our creativity and craft to execute and enrich the
personal and corporate worship through the Church of our Creator, reflecting,
however imperfectly, His diversity and unity through excellence and variety.
Trinity's musical worship seeks to maintain balance and diversity, reflecting
the breadth of the worldwide church's diversity and some tiny inkling of
the vast diversity in the mind of God. It is worthy but not altogether easy
to maintain links to the historical Church while seeking a degree of relevance
to today's culture, and a freshness and adventurousness, challenging to
staid, empty tradition. We try to avoid sentimentality for its own sake
and all that is cheap and much of what is transient, affirming that God's
character is incompatible with them. We try to employ the timeless, the
eloquent, the profound and what is of high quality, affirming that these
qualities are consistent with God's person as revealed in His Word. Within
these bounds there is a vast array of styles available and appropriate for
our use, which we seek to implement for edification and blessing. So, in
worship, you may hear a high church anthem from Elizabethan England, a snappy
Black spiritual, a contemporary rock-oriented worship song or a movement
from a large German sacred concert work. Each culturally specific expression
is capable of communicating the truth and glory of God.
A most important element of historical Christian worship is the primacy of the Word for engaging the mind. Acknowledging there is mystery in music’s impact on the heart, we nonetheless strive to preserve thought and word at the center of all our music, since God Himself clearly has placed them there, and leave to Him to congeal the magic.
The music ministry employs both voices and instruments in various combinations. Several standing ensembles minister to the larger congregation through their music and to musicians within the congregation by providing a setting in which they, in combination, might use their skills to lead others in worship.
Adult Choir
The Trinity Choir rehearses every Thursday evening and sings an average
of three Sundays per month in the worship services. The choir also leads
worship at special events, such as the Christmas Service of Lessons and
Carols, and Passion Week services in the spring.
Handbell Choir
The Handbell Choir has a three-octave handbell set (37 bells including sharps
and flats) and plays two- or three-octave music. The choir plays two or
three times each fall and spring and at Lessons and Carols, and occasionally
supports choral or instrumental offerings as a discrete instrument.
Trinity String Ensemble
Has varied in size from 3 to 8 members. Trinity middle schoolers, high schoolers
and adults have played in this delightful ensemble in the past. Service
duty is occasional. The group has supported events outside of Trinity as
well.
Pianist Pool
Our several pianists accompany solos and groups and/or congregational singing.
Hymns usually call for piano alone, while contemporary congregational songs
afford pianists the opportunity to serve with a worship team.
Worship Teams
Each of the three worship teams consists of a lead vocalist who plays guitar
and a number of other singers and players of various instruments. The teams
lead congregational songs at specified times during the service, on a rotating
schedule.
Ad hoc Orchestra
This group is gathered for special events, such as Lesson and Carols and
the Passion Week services, or special concerts. Both Trinity musicians and
others from outside the congregation play together to support excerpts from
larger choral works and congregational singing, as well as to present chosen
choral literature.
Solo and Ensemble Vocal and Instrumental
Specials
Many of Trinity's musicians participate in ad hoc ensembles and some offer
accompanied or unaccompanied solos when appropriate. Trinity also enjoys
the ministry of visiting musical servants from time to time.
Lessons and Carols
The services of Lessons and Carols, on the weekend of the second Sunday
in December, consist of nine lessons (Scripture prophesies and fulfillments
concerning the Incarnation) and associated carols (solo vocal, choral and
orchestral musical offerings and congregational singing). A deacons' mercy
offering, taken at each service, is used to meet needs in our church and
the local community.
Passion Week
The week beginning with Palm Sunday and culminating in Resurrection Sunday
is known as Holy Week or Passion Week. Trinity holds two services in which
choral-instrumental music play an expanded role: Maundy Thursday Service,
a communion service in which the choir and a small chamber orchestra prepare
several pieces to remind worshippers of the Last Supper and Christ's death
on the cross. Resurrection Sunday services include several exuberant musical
offerings glorifying Christ's triumph over death and our emancipation from
its power.
Audio Ministry
Help others to hear God's Word preached in Sunday morning worship. We will
be happy to train you to use the sound board. Contact Dorian Brown at
or 977-3700 ext 127.
LCD Projectionists
Operate LCD equipment during worship services in coordination with worship
teams. Contact Dorian Brown at
or call him at 977-3700 ext 127.
