-Lois Gagne

Although our Music Ministry at FUMC is not a Da Vince masterpiece, God uses it to create a similar ripple effect in many lives. Your music produces vibrations and resonations far beyond one’s imaginations.

Thank you for your “waves.”and to all who participate in the Music Ministry of our church, especially during Holy
Week. Thank you for your ripple effect of action, passion, and Divine Blessing!

“Music making is a multisensory experience activating links to several parts of the brain.”

– Gottfriend Schlaug
Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

“New studies show that musical training enhances the brain’s ability to do other things. The trained brain gets better at detecting patterns in sounds, so that musicians are better at picking out the voice of a friend in a noisy restaurant. Musical experience improves abilities important in daily life. Singing and playing an instrument helps youngsters better process speech in noisy classrooms and more accurately interpret the nuances of language that are conveyed by subtle changes in the human voice. When people first learn to talk and when they talk to babies they often use musical patterns in their speech. Music training is not only beneficial for processing music stimuli. We’ve found that years of music training may also improve how sounds are processed for language and emotion.  The very responses that are enhanced in musicians are deficient in clinical populations such as children with developmental dyslexia and autism.”

– Nina Kraus
Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory Director, Northwestern University

“New studies show that music doesn’t involve just hot spots in the brain, but large swaths on both sides of the brain.

– Aniruddh D. Patel
The Neurosciences Institute in San Diego

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• Tu es petra (Henri Mulet)
• Sleepers, Wake! (Johann Sebastian Bach)
• Now Thank We All Our God (Johann Sebastian Bach)
• Prelude and Fugue in G Minor (Marcel Dupre)
• Prelude and Fugue on the Name of ALAIN (Maurice Durufle)
• Londonderry Air (Traditional Irish)
• Choral No. 3 in A Minor (Cesar Franck)

Childcare will be provided!

For more information, contact Dr. Kiyo Watanabe (kwatanabe@fumcwf.org or 940-766-4231, x231).

• Sunday, December 6, 2009
• 6:00pm
• Childcare will be available

Following this beautiful service, we will have a Festival of Tables covered with goodies to eat and drink in Fellowship Hall.

Bring friends and family as we prepare for the birth of Christ in the world and in our lives!

Sunday, December 6, 2009

6:00pm

Bring your friends and family to this event as we anticipate the coming of Christ into our lives!

For those participating in the Live Nativity and Music, plan to rehearse:

• Saturday, December 5 at 12:00noon; and
• Sunday, December 6 at 4:30pm

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Real Video (High Speed Connection Required)

This FREE showing of the silent movie, The Kid (1921), starring Charlie Chaplin
(and featuring world-renowned theater organist, Dennis James, on the Pipe Organ)
is the 6th Annual Elizabeth Prothro Organ Concert Series.
We hope to see you at 7pm on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009!
Childcare will be available.

For more information, contact:
Dr. Kiyo Watanabe, Organist: 940-766-4231, x231

The Musikgarten classes are designed to nurture a child’s music aptitude by engaging children and their families in singing and movement activities which help attune the ear, refine the voice, and develop a rhythmic body through which music can be expressed. Additionally, instrumental activities are part of the program, ranging from playing simple rhythm instruments such as sticks and drums for babies and toddlers to playing keyboards for older children.

Musikgarten is the only program that offers curricula for newborns through group piano instruction. It is based on a keen understanding of how children learn, in both a general sense and, specifically, how they learn music.

As you familiarize yourself with our class offerings and learn more about Musikgarten, we look forward to answering your questions and welcoming your family to Musikgarten!

Details:

Classes will begin Wednesday, September 16.

We will be offering two classes:

• Family Music for Toddlers (15 months to 3 years)
  Wednesdays, 9:00am and 10:00am
• Family Music for Babies (birth to 18 months)
  Wednesdays, 11:00am

For more information, contact Shelby Bell, who will be leading these classes: musikgartenwichitafalls@gmail.com.

To register on-line, visit:  http://www.musikgarten.org/wichitafalls.

For more information about Music Ministries, contact
Kristen Gossett, Music Director:  940-766-4231, x225.

The Asbury Ringers will be back for rehearsals beginning Sunday, September 13, 2009, and they are in need of a few good handbell ringers!  You do not have to be an experienced ringer to participate, but some concept of musical timing and rhythm is needed.

If you are interested, but aren’t sure you have the skills or time to put toward this worthwhile ministry, talk to the director of this adult handbells group, Bill Niles.  You can contact him at:

• WJN2@aol.com; or
• 692-3560.

For more information about FUMC Music Ministries, contact
Kristen Gossett, Music Director: 940-766-4231, x225.