Missouri Baptist Convention: Worship

Southwest	Southeast	St. Louis

Wayne Garrison Springfield	Rich Lee Dexter	Brad Newbold St. Charles

Northeast	Southeast	Northwest

Bryan Taylor Hannibal	Steve Francis Poplar Bluff	Dan McLaughlin St. Joseph

Central	North Central	Kansas City

Mark Meyers Jefferson City	Steve Howell Cameron	Ted Yoder Kansas City

All of our Regional Worship Consultants have had experience with worship leading and dealing with many music/worship issues.
All are more than pleased to assist you, especially in their region. Contact them about belonging to a Worship Study group in your area.

Tanya McMillan
Ministry Assistant
tmcmillan@mobaptist.org



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Finished product
Cajón Instructions - A new type of instrument is making the scene.
Youth groups are using them as a cheap and portable answer to the drumset.

John Francis built this hand drum and his
step-by-step directions (pdf format) show you how.

Starting a Praise Band

Wanting to start a praise band? Here's a detailed article on how to do it.

Getting Ready for Sunday

A great resource for the bi-vocational/volunteer worship leader. Also with printable pdf form for worship planning.

The Four Foundations of a Worship Leading Choir

Go to the WLC website to find out more about having a Worship Leading Choir.

Developing Your Personal Worship Time

The e-book version with e-reader software suppied

Hymns of the Month 2011 -2012

Share Love Sheet Music

Starting an Instrumental Music Ministry in Your Church

The Missouri Music Men is a open group of worship leaders, leading worship in this Men’s Choir format. The group comprises of full-time, bi-vocational, volunteer, and retired worship leaders. They have a bell choir, praise band and brass ensemble as well. Wayne Garrison is the director. For more info, call our office, 573-636-0400, ex. 251.

DATES FOR 2012

February 2-4 Church Music Workshop at SBU, Bolivar

March 8 Sycamore Hills Baptist Church, Independence

April 19 First Baptist Church, St. James

September 13 Hannibal-LaGrange University, Hannibal

October 11 First Baptist Church, St. John’s

October 29-31 Missouri Baptist Convention, St. Louis

OFFICERS FOR 2012

President	Mark Martin	mark@fbcboonville.org
President- Elect	Bryan Taylor	btaylor@cbchannibal.com
Treasurer	Randy Parks	praisetohim@yahoo.com
Membership Sec.	Ted Yoder	tsymusic@swbell.net
Librarian	Ronnie Capps	Ronnie_Capps@camdenmo.org

2012 Calendar

February 2-4
SBU Church Music Workshop
Southwest Baptist University
Bolivar

*****

March 2-3
FBC, Bolivar
Handbell Festival
First Baptist Church
Bolivar

Christine Anderson,

Guest Clinician

*****

March 8

Missouri Music Men
Sycamore Hills Baptist Church, Independence

*****

April 19

Missouri Music Men
First Baptist Church

St. James

*****

April 21
Regional Keyboard Festival
MBC, Jefferson City
SBU, Bolivar
FBC, Grandview
Calvary, St. Joseph
FBC, West Plains
FBC, Dexter
Broadlawn, Unionville

*****

August 10-11
Children's Choir
Leadership Workshop
Baptist Building
Jefferson City

*****

September 13

Missouri Music Men
Hannibal-LaGrange University

Hannibal

*****

September 21-22
Worship Leadership Conference
Jefferson City
*****

October 11

Missouri Music Men
First Baptist Church

St. John

*****
October 29-31
MBC Annual Meeting

St. Louis

*****

November 15-16
Sr. Adult Share-A-Tune
Stone Castle Hotel
Branson

Marty Parks
Guest Director

*****

Five-time Dove Award winner Craig Adams has a fiery passion for creating resources for worship ministry. It has been his roles in local church ministry that have fueled his efforts as Creative Director for Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing for nearly six years and continues to motivate him in his current role as Manager of Creative Development and Publishing for LifeWay Worship. His current responsibilities as Manager include: concept development for all LifeWay Worship church music resources, song and songwriter development, contract negotiation, copyright administration, arranging, orchestrating, lifewayworship.com development, seminar leadership, and more. Craig resides in Franklin, TN with his wife of 15 years, Deanna, and 2 children, Madeline and Hayden.

Saturday Only Sessions
Bring your keyboard and children's choir leadership

	Dr. Bill Brown, organist at First Baptist Church of Bolivar and Pro-vost/Professor of Music at SBU, will teach sessions for Church Pianists and Organists.
	Dan McLaughlin, Minister of Music at McCarthy Baptist Church, St. Joseph, MO. will offer sessions for Part-time/Bivocational Music and Worship Ministers.
	Anne Blankenship has nearly 15 years experience as the Pre-school & Kindergarten Choir director at First Baptist Church of Bolivar. She is also experienced with special needs children. Her sessions will concentrate on Preschool & Kindergarten Choir.
	Tanya McMillan, Ministry Assistant in the Missouri Baptist Convention Worship Department, has been a Children's Choir director for over 30 years. She will lead sessions for Children's Choir leaders.

More Information!

To Register

FBC, Bolivar Handbell Festival

First Baptist Church of Bolivar is hosting their 2nd Annual Handbell Festival on March 2-3, 2012. The festival will begin Friday evening with the first session beginning at 7:00 p.m. and will conclude on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. The cost is $100 for for first handbell choir and $50 for each additional choir from the same church.

Christine Anderson will the be guest clinician. Christine is an outstanding clinician and in constant demand for handbell workshops and festivals, incorporating a teaching style that makes learning fun and techniques unforgettable.

See the brochure for additional information and registration information.

Regional Keyboard Festivals - April 21, 2011

Investing into tomorrow's Worship Leaders. Encourage a student today to showcase his/her talents for the Lord. Don't miss out on the Regional Keyboard Festivals. Find one near you!

The Regional Keyboard Festivals are for students currently in grades 1-12. They are held in multiple locations around the state to give an opportunity for more participation. Each festival will be held from 9:00 a.m. until approximately 12:00 noon depending on participation in each location. An exact schedule will be sent to each student and teacher about two weeks prior to the festivals.

Registration Deadline is March 21!

Locations:

Baptist Building, Jefferson City
Calvary Baptist Church, St. Joseph
First Baptist Church, Dexter
First Baptist Church, Grandview
First Baptist Church, West Plains
Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar
Broadlawn Baptist Church, Unionville

See the brochure!

Saturday Only Sessions Bring your keyboard and children's choir leadership

Saturday Only Sessions
Bring your keyboard and children's choir leadership