There will be two December organ music events livestreamed on the Hope Church Facebook page this year, for those who love holiday organ music.
The first will be an evening of Advent and Christmas music and poetry – on Sunday, December 6 at 6:30 p.m. This will be led by Rhonda Edgington and Laurie Baron, and feature music and texts.
Special musicians will include Perry Landes (Guitar), Jennie Vanderlugt (Voice), and Dan Griswold (Viola). This is a new idea – something special and different for 2020, because this December is going to feel different, so we need something extraspecial and creative to help us all out!
We will be choosing poems and texts that correspond to music selected for the holiday, and intersperse readings with music. Hoping for a meditative and contemplative evening around texts and music for the season.
The second will be an Advent/Christmas hymn sing, live from the Hope Church sanctuary, with a chance for all of you to request beforehand your favorite hymns to sing! This will be held on Sunday, December 20 at 6:30 p.m.
Barb and Dave Schmitt will lead the singing from the sanctuary. This will be a service made up of just singing our favorite Advent and Christmas hymns with organ, so start thinking of which hymn(s) you love and want to make sure you have a chance to sing this year.
If you would like to request a hymn to be included for this event, use this link (tinyurl.com/hymnrequest) to request 1 or 2 hymns to be sung. Depending on response, we may only sing a couple verses of most hymns, so make a special note if you definitely want all verses, or if you have a particular verse you do not want to have left out!