Baptistry Stained Glass Window


200th Anniversary
Media

10:30 AM Worship
Service Video

Music Camp 2009
July 6-10

BackPacks for the Children of Council Court
Collection Start Date is July 5th at the East Entrance and in the Fellowship Hall
Supply List

2009 Deacon
Nomination Form

"The Darkness
That is Light "
Dr. William E. Hull
October 19, 2008

Summer Sunday Nights

FBC Stephen Ministry

2009 Bicentennial Celebration


 

 

Music Ministry Links:

2009
MUSIC MINISTRY
HIGHLIGHTS
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February 22
FBC Orchestra Concert

March 19
Organ Recital for Lenten Series
Elizabeth Hostetter
Associate Minister of Music & Organist

April 5
 Palm Sunday Concert
VOICES Youth Choir Festival Singers
Stephen Carrell, guest conductor

May 3
 Brahms Requiem (5:00 pm)
Presented by FBC Music Ministry
(with singers from sister churches)

June 12-14
 Bicentennial Homecoming Weekend
Includes
Youth Choir/Tour Choir Reunion
Saturday event at Von Braun Center
Sunday event at FBC

July 6-10
 Music Camp for Children

August 14-16
 Youth Choir Ministry
kickoff retreat

September 9
 Kickoff for
2009 Living Christmas Tree
Celebrating 25 years
Come and sing!

October 18
“What Were We Singing?!?
A Bicentennial
Hymn Festival”

A service of musical worship
focusing upon the
congregational songs utilized
in each of the five church
buildings where
First Baptist Church
has met during our 200
year history

The Log Church
(1809-1825)
The Brick Church
(1825-1860)
The Bell Tower Church
(1861-1895)
The Gothic Church
(1895-1963)
Governors Drive
(1963-present)


December 17-20
 The Living Christmas Tree
celebrates 25 years!

 

 

Music & Worship Ministry
Billy Orton - Minister of Music and Worship

“Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy.” PSALM 33:3

The Music Ministry of First Baptist Church seeks to glorify God in Christ, communicating the Gospel in vibrant and creative fashion. Providing music groups for every age, the Music Ministry involves hundreds of persons in educational and service activities on a weekly basis. We place great emphasis upon the worship of God-and upon the wonderful responsibilities of leading and equipping persons to be actively involved in that important act.

 

The Sanctuary Choir of First Baptist Church, Huntsville serves as part of the worship leadership team for FBC’s 10:30 AM Sanctuary Worship Service each Sunday (broadcast live on WHNT-19 television). The choir performs a wide-ranging repertoire and frequently is accompanied by the 45-member FBC Orchestra.

The choir is featured in several special presentations throughout the year, including Hymn Festivals, the Spring or Easter concerts, and the Living Christmas Tree, which are attended by thousands throughout the region. Last month the Sanctuary Choir performed the Brahms Requiem, a masterwork presented in thanksgiving, remembrance and celebration of the saints who have served Christ through the ministries of FBC for the past 200 years (1809-2009).

Two musical compositions have been commissioned for the choir during this Bicentennial Celebration year: an anthem by Michael Cox of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary entitled “Run the Race with Perseverance,” which was premiered on March 1, and a Christmas selection which is being prepared this summer by Camp Kirkland of Nashville, Tennessee for the 2009 Living Christmas Tree (December 17-20).

 

Commissioned Anthem for our
Bicentennial Year!

 

“Run the Race with Perseverance” was written by Michael Cox, professor at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

It is based on scriptures from Hebrews 12 and Ephesians 3. Dr. Cox was at FBC just a few years ago, when our Music Ministry performed his Deo Gratias. He knows our choir and orchestra well, and was very excited about creating a new piece for our people during this special anniversary year.

The anthem opens with an extended orchestra introduction that paves the way for the first entry of the Hebrews passage that also adorns the gigantic quilts in our sanctuary. The music is demanding rhythmically AND harmonically, containing many challenges for both singers and instrumentalists. One of the most moving sections for our performers has been the passage where the music expresses “how high and long and wide and deep is the love of Christ” in beautiful fashion!

The premiere took place on March 1, 2009, a snowy Sunday that kept hundreds and hundreds of people home from church…….except for the choir and orchestra, who were ALL present for an early morning rehearsal and an incredible performance in the 10:30 AM Sanctuary Worship service. It was probably our largest television audience of the past few years, as well!

It will be a privilege to reprise the piece for our Homecoming Sunday, June 14. Rehearsals are Wednesday nights. Come and be a part of the unique challenge…..and enjoy the very satisfying fulfillment of God’s Word wed to a new artistic expression!

 

 

 

- Recent additions to the Media Center from the Music Ministry:

  • June 21, 2009
      Offertory: This Is My Fathers World/Hes Got the Whole World in His Hands
      |Video|
     
  • June 14, 2009
      Reunion Choir - I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord
      |Video|
     
  • June 14, 2009
      Reunion Choir - Soon Ah Will Be Done
      |Video|
     
  • April 12, 2009
      Choral Benediction - Christ Go Before You
      |Video|
     
  • June 14, 2009
      Choral Response - God of Grace and God of Glory
      |Video|Audio|
     
  • June 14, 2009
      Anthem - Run the Race With Perseverance
      |Video|Audio|
     
  • June 14, 2009
      Anthem -- Bound for the Promised Land
      |Video|Audio|
     
  • May 17, 2009
      Youth Choir - Without His Cross
      |Video|
     
  • April 19, 2009
      Offertory: The River Flows in You
      |Video|
     
  • April 19, 2009
      Sing, Sing A Joyful Song
      |Video|
     

 

- To find your place in our Music Ministry, check out these pages:

 

 

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