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American Sign LanguageRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15617054953056195903noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989385500358120687.post-17676744671565410342016-08-11T20:07:00.003-07:002016-10-30T16:05:44.235-07:00New songs addedPraising Hands has been part of Worship Service twice since our last posting. Today we updated the Song Page to include those Worship Songs. <br />
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May 20, 2016 was Music Sunday. All aspects of the music ministry were represented. Praising Hands' song signing was "Creation Calls". We departed a little from our usual arrangement and our offering seemed to be much appreciated.<br />
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June 12, 2016 Praising Hands chose to sign a song that was more or less a Pentecost song. That Sunday was a difficult Sunday for many people as the night before a tragic shooting had taken many lives and the whole country was in shock and morning. Our signing offering was the instead of the last hymn of the worship service. After service we were told by many of our church family how our offering had such a special meaning. Some told us through tears or shaky voice.<br />
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I hope you all enjoy these songs being signed as much as we have enjoyed signing them.<br />
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Thank you for visiting. May God Bless.Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15617054953056195903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989385500358120687.post-44036229380849467372016-08-11T20:07:00.002-07:002016-08-12T14:00:54.818-07:00New songs addedPraising Hands has been part of Worship Service twice since our last posting. Today we updated the Song Page to include those Worship Songs. <br />
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May 20, 2016 was Music Sunday. All aspects of the music ministry were represented. Praising Hands' song signing was "Creation Calls". We departed a little from our usual arrangement and our offering seemed to be much appreciated.<br />
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June 12, 2016 Praising Hands chose to sign a song that was more or less a Pentecost song. That Sunday was a difficult Sunday for many people as the night before a tragic shooting had taken many lives and the whole country was in shock and morning. Our signing offering was " Go Light Your World" and in place of the last hymn of the worship service. After service we were told by many of our church family how our offering had such a special meaning. Some told us through tears or shaky voice.<br />
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I hope you all enjoy these songs being signed as much as we have enjoyed signing them.<br />
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Thank you for visiting. May God Bless.Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15617054953056195903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989385500358120687.post-15634917721874351242016-02-29T10:14:00.001-08:002016-02-29T10:27:09.551-08:00"In the Garden"<img src="https://scontent.fsjc1-3.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfl1/v/t1.0-9/12806198_880522458727161_5582499744126476234_n.jpg?oh=74fdf6abb01ce040909856431c28b773&oe=576B870C" /><br />
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Yesterday, Sunday Feb. 28, 2016, Praising Hands signed "In the Garden" with the Choir director, Jerry as vocal accompany. A video of our signing has been uploaded. To view it go to our song page and click on the "click here" after the song title.<br />
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I hope you enjoy.<br />
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Thanks for visiting with us. May God bless.Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15617054953056195903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989385500358120687.post-283579578504943122016-01-18T16:23:00.001-08:002016-01-18T16:23:46.581-08:00INTRODUCING MOE<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoCTb_SMMecJ7PYaKdHAFIJS-meknt312UhM9fWgak1y7WeoCQpNuz3qlIlfIMwykyr6dKVnACecA_AmwtMBGvllP6G4rmV6h8wCqgagPXcvx6Vx-XtrQnkgLMq-TZ_RVvI9XcH-doqD8/s1600/Moe.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoCTb_SMMecJ7PYaKdHAFIJS-meknt312UhM9fWgak1y7WeoCQpNuz3qlIlfIMwykyr6dKVnACecA_AmwtMBGvllP6G4rmV6h8wCqgagPXcvx6Vx-XtrQnkgLMq-TZ_RVvI9XcH-doqD8/s320/Moe.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
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Moe is the newest member of Praising Hands. He has been with us for about a year and a half.<br />
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Moe's response to the question of what brought him to join Praising Hands was: "When I was a kid, I had a friend who could hear but couldn't speak. So we communicated in actions. For me, signing hymns is a deeper expression of worship. I like to participate in things that make people feel happy, so I want to share this with my church family."<br />
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I asked Moe if there was anything else he wished to say. He looked around and said, "Here I get to spend an hour or so with these beautiful ladies." <br />
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Thank you for visiting with us and may God bless.<br />
<br />Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15617054953056195903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989385500358120687.post-83997567857281964442016-01-03T20:42:00.000-08:002016-01-03T20:42:02.292-08:00NEW YEAR<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Happy New Year all. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> This coming Friday, January 8, will start Praising Hands' spring season. Our first song will be "In the Garden". When we were choosing the songs for the spring time, there was a strong response to this hymn. We decided that it should be offered as our Lent song. That means we will present it in late February.</span><br />
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Merry Christmas Everyone. May God bless you and yours.<br />
<br />Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15617054953056195903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989385500358120687.post-78352612398162561822015-12-09T21:18:00.001-08:002015-12-09T21:18:19.925-08:00PAT'S INSIGHTS<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> There has been an absence in my blogging for which my only excuses is I have been overwhelmed as of late. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I talked with Pat about insights and thoughts she would like to share with our readers. She mentioned a few thoughts I will try to discuss here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> As with any group of singers, each member has their own voice. We each express our own selves in our manor of expression and movements. Pat, herself, moves with so much expression, where as Moe has so much expression on his face while he signs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Pat said she has been asked how our songs are chosen. I asked her what her answer is when asked that question. First, I as the director do not chose the songs. I find songs that I think are with our capability and ones I like or other people have requested. I then present them to Praising Hands as a group. After considering them we all chose ones that make a connection with us at some level. I think it is important that we all feel comfortable with the songs we are signing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you for visiting. May God bless.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15617054953056195903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989385500358120687.post-4576711256378653622015-11-01T18:44:00.002-08:002015-11-01T18:44:44.042-08:00INTRODUCING PAT<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Pat has been a member of Praising Hands from the beginning. That being said I would like you to meet Pat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> When asked what brought her to Praising Hands, she said,</span><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> “Since I took </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">ballet lessons as a
child, I have interpreted music and lyrics through dance, or through imagining
dance or figure skating or moving color patterns. The Praising Hands Choir
offers me the joy of experiencing the meaning of hymns more deeply and the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">opportunity to share
this in worship.”</span></b><br />
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Thank you Pat for being part Praising Hands.<br />
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Thank you for visiting. May God Bless.<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15617054953056195903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989385500358120687.post-52540474181947485672015-10-25T15:26:00.001-07:002015-10-25T15:26:45.215-07:00"FAITHFUL ONE" IN WORSHIP Today we celebrated All Saints Day in our worship. Praising Hands offered the song "Faithful One". Even though we signed the song during offering time, the church was so, so quite. <br />
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I hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed signing it for worship. The last entry at the bottom of the Song Page has a link to youtube where we have uploaded Praising Hands signing this song.<br />
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Thank you for visiting. May God Bless.Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15617054953056195903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989385500358120687.post-40068288853361524522015-10-18T19:09:00.001-07:002015-10-18T19:09:49.577-07:00SINGER AND SONG WRITTER<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I am sorry for the delay in my posting. I have been a little under the weather for a few weeks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> A little about the song "Faithful One" which we are offering in worship on October 25.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Robin Mark, singer of this contemporary Christian hymn, is based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where he is a singer, songwriter and worship leader in his home church, Christian Fellowship Church.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The hymn itself was written in 1989 by Brian Doerken, a Canadian who graduated from the Mennonite Educational Institute in 1983. Since then he has been very influential in the area of contemporary Christian worship music, as a worship leader, Singer-songwriter, and worship music producer. He currently lies in British Columbia and leads Prairie Bible Institutes School of Worship Arts in Alberta.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you Pat. Thank you all for visiting. May God Bless.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> First It is important to realize Signing is another language. In fact, if a person knew ASL or another form of signing and were applying for a job, said person could legitimately claim to be bilingual.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The second thing I always explain to new comers is ASL is a conceptual language. What we sign are thoughts, concepts, not word by word what is being spoken or sung. One sign can cover more than one word, because it is a concept. In the English language we have more than one word for a thought, action, or feeling. Take the words "want, desire, long for", they all are covered by one sign. Expression or manor of signing may differentiate the degree of wanting but the sign is the same.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The next thing that we discuss is syntax. When we are signing songs, however, we stay closer to English syntax. There are times when ASL syntax works better. An example of that is in "Faithful One", the song we are signing in October. In the song the phrase is "my rock of peace" we sign "my peace rock.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I will return to this subject in latter posts as each member contributes their insights on the subject.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you for visiting. May God bless.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15617054953056195903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989385500358120687.post-35662965640657150502015-09-24T15:59:00.000-07:002015-09-24T15:59:45.420-07:00CLOSING HYMN <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> It is customary in our church to end the service with a hymn. Everyone stands and joins hands while the closing hymn is sung. Most of the year our closing hymn is "Let there be Peace ". </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While being sung by the congregation a member or two of</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> PH stand at the front of the church and sign. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> However, during Advent and Lent the closing hymn is different and PH hasn't signed the closing hymn.. This year we have been requested to learn and sign the closing hymn, "Go Tell it on the Mountain" during Advent. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The first Sunday of Advent is November 29. As I try to give our signing choir about two months to learn a song, this week we will start learning "Go Tell it on the Mountain." That means that we will be working on two songs at once. Always a challenge. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you for visiting. May God bless.</span>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15617054953056195903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989385500358120687.post-77996902547797053312015-09-21T11:37:00.000-07:002015-09-21T11:52:30.202-07:00GUEST BLOGGER<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Today's post is by Sandy, Praising Hands' new friend.</span><br />
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A great big THANK YOU to the Praising Hands of Trinity UMC<o:p></o:p></div>
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first Sunday my husband and I attended church we were lucky enough to
have the Praising Hands preforming. Signing songs has been an interest
of mine for a couple of years now and when I read in the newsletter that
they were starting practices again for the season I decided to see if
they would mind if I sat in while we were in town.<br />
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made me feel very welcome and I have enjoyed “trying” to learn their
next song (I’m not as good as they are but they really made me feel good
about how I was doing.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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am hoping to take this information home and encourage our home church
to do something like this (we are lucky enough to have people there that
know signing). <o:p></o:p></div>
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What a beautiful, visual way to worship! Again, thank you all for letting me join in for our month here in town.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15617054953056195903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989385500358120687.post-80988730330924212352015-09-20T17:29:00.001-07:002015-09-20T17:29:58.056-07:00HOME COMING PICNIC <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Yesterday, Saturday, Praising Hands had it's home coming picnic. We are all back together after a summer apart. Our spouses and our selves gathered at the State park just east of town. We talked, ate, walked, ate, and generally had a great time. If anyone came away without gaining at least one pound, it would be very surprising. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Our new friend, Sandy, and her husband are the camp hosts at that state park. How glad we all were to have such a lovely setting for our gathering. Thank you Sandy and Erick for hosting our picnic.</span><br />
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<br />Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15617054953056195903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989385500358120687.post-31423076104089292232015-09-15T21:59:00.001-07:002015-09-15T21:59:22.093-07:00RAINBOWS <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I had explained before, we try to wear sashes in the appropriate color range for the liturgical season. However, as we wore green (ordinary times) for "May it be" in August we did no really want to wear green again in October. We decided that we would each choose a color form the sashes we already have with the exception of Pat. She is going to have a new sash that runs from creamish yellow through the yellows to golden orange. It has twinkly multi-color stars on it. Pat is making this sash from a sample piece of fabric which we were considering for sashes. It will be fun to each have a different color brightening our appearance. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks for visiting.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15617054953056195903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989385500358120687.post-32963239698579523622015-09-11T20:30:00.002-07:002015-09-11T20:30:32.052-07:00"FAITHFUL ONE"<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I thought I would give you the lyrics to the song we are working on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><u>FAITHFUL ONE</u></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Faithful One</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So unchanging</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ageless One </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You're my rock of Peace</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lord of all</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I depend on you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I call out to you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Again and again</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I call out to you </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Again and again</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Faithful One</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So unchanging</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ageless One </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You're my rock of Peace</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lord of all</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I depend on you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I call out to you </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Again and Again</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I call out to you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Again and Again</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You are my rock</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In times of trouble</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You lift me up</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I fall down</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All through the storm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your love is the anchor</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My hope is </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In you alone</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Faithful One </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So unchanging</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ageless One </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You're my rock of peace</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lord of all</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I depend on you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I call out to you </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Again and again</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I call out to you </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Again and again</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You are my rock </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In times of trouble</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You lift me up</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I fall down</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All through the storm </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your love is the anchor</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My hope is</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In you alone</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You are my rock</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In times of trouble</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You lift me up </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I fall down</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All through the storm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your love is the anchor</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My hope is </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In you alone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope you enjoy it as much as we are enjoying learning this song. I really love some of the visual pictures this song invokes. What do you think?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks for visiting. Please let us know what you think. May God Bless.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15617054953056195903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989385500358120687.post-17452972600157210832015-09-08T20:27:00.002-07:002015-09-08T20:27:27.106-07:00NEW FRIENDS<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> </b>Friday we had a new friend visit our practice. She and her husband are the camp hosts at the WA state campground near our town. After Moe and I (Rae) signed "May it be" on August 30, and the pastor announced that Praising Hands would be starting our fall practices on September 4, she decided to come and see what we were all about. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Our new friend is a member of a Lutheran Church in her home town and has long wanted to start a group like Praising Hands in their church. She watched how we conduct our practices and start learning new songs. We really enjoyed having her spend our practice time with us and invited her back. As they, she and her husband, are only going to be here through September she will only be able to attend through this month. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Yet, I feel that our signing choir is making an impact, even outside of our own church.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you for visiting. Comments are always welcome. May God Bless. </span>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15617054953056195903noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989385500358120687.post-11742201160711673882015-09-03T18:25:00.002-07:002015-09-03T18:25:44.455-07:00A NEW SEASON<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Tomorrow we start our 2015 - 2016 season. As we more or less take the summer off, our season is from September through June. I know you are puzzled as we just signed a song in worship Sunday, August 30th. Praising Hands was asked to sign a song on that Sunday, but Moe and I (Rae) were the only two in town. So officially it was not during our season.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Our first song will be "Faithful One." I will give you the lyrics latter. We are scheduled to sign it in October. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Tomorrow, I will be handing out the lyrics, playing the music video for the choir while I sign the song, and we will discus interpretation of some of the lyrics. We will take a look at what we have scheduled for the rest of 2015.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> A brief note about the song page of this blog. We have uploaded and linked almost all of the songs listed. Please take a look.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you for visiting. May God Bless. </span>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15617054953056195903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989385500358120687.post-69587420392236643532015-08-31T15:22:00.002-07:002015-08-31T15:22:55.756-07:00BLOG SITE UPDATE<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> We have added a new page to the site. It is photos of Praising Hands members, both past and present. Check it out and enjoy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Also, we have added our song offering from yesterday, Sunday, August 30, 2015, to the song page. If you click the link after the song title, you can see Moe and Rae, me, signing "May it be."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you for visiting. May God Bless.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15617054953056195903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989385500358120687.post-66974769490162781192015-08-29T18:34:00.001-07:002015-08-29T18:34:08.345-07:00COLORS<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Way back in the beginning we decided that we would wear black, ankle length black skirts with black tops or dresses for the women and black pants and shirt for men. After our first time signing in service, someone mentioned that we looked as if we were in morning. So we decided to were colorful, sparkly sashes. We try to follow the colors of the liturgical year. however once in a while we depart from tradition. An example is when we did "Just a Closer Walk with Thee", we chose to wear golden sashes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Right now is Ordinary Times so tomorrow we will be wearing green. However, when we next will be part of the service (October) we will not want to wear the same green sashes and pocket squares. I do not know what color we will use. That will be decided by the group at a later date.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you for visiting. May God bless.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15617054953056195903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989385500358120687.post-82819887215069558082015-08-27T15:52:00.003-07:002015-08-27T16:15:20.913-07:00INTRODUCING RAE <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I thought it was about time you started meeting us one by one. So it seemed I should be the first, as the blogger and director of Praising Hands.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I first began learning sign language as a child when my friend, who is deaf, communicated mainly through sign language and gestures. Later, while working on a Special Education Credential, I was required to take a course in ASL, American Sign Language. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> All of my life I have been interested in music. Besides learning to play more than one instrument, I was in orchestra all through high school. I also had dance lessons as a child and was involved in various folk dancing groups throughout my younger life. During my first two years of college, I was a music major. There fore I was in orchestra and choir. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> When, after joining our church, someone talked to me about the desire to form a Signing Choir, these two parts of my life came together. And the rest of the story you know form a previous post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you for visiting and may God bless.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15617054953056195903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989385500358120687.post-76644028763284368182015-08-23T15:58:00.002-07:002015-08-30T14:47:40.477-07:00MAY IT BE <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The song we are signing next Sunday, Aug. 30, is "May it Be". As I said previously, it is an old Celtic prayer sung by Enya. Here are the lyrics.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <u> May it Be</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">May it be an evening star shines down upon you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">May it be when darkness falls your heart will be true.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You walk a lonely road</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh! How far your are from home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mornie utulie (<i>darkness has come</i>)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Believe and you will find your way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mornie alantie (<i>darkness has fallen</i>)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A promise lives within you now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">May it be the shadows call will fly away.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">May it be you journey on to light the day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When the night is over come </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You may rise to find the sun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mornie utulie</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Believe and you will find your way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mornie alantie</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A promise lives within you now.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A promise lives within you now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks for visiting. May God Bless.</span><br />
<br />Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15617054953056195903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989385500358120687.post-2874210718418234062015-08-21T19:50:00.001-07:002015-08-21T19:52:33.256-07:00A GLIMPS AT PRACTICE <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> We work hard at practice but we do have a lot of fun. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I thought you might enjoy a peek at what practice looks like. So I offer you these pictures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Moe and Rae </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Moe</span><br />
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Nancy, keeping us on point.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "look she can blow it also" Yes even I, Rae, .make mistakes.</span><br />
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Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15617054953056195903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989385500358120687.post-32745758714947091902015-08-17T16:19:00.002-07:002015-08-17T16:19:47.041-07:00FLEXIBILITY <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> One of the precepts that we decided on in the beginning was flexibility. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> First when and where we meet is flexible. We chose a place and time to meet and that is where and when we met until we changed. With the addition of another person who had limited transportation, we changed our meeting time and place. She was at church on Friday mornings so our meeting place became church and our time changed to 1 p.m.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The size of our choir is flexible. We started with four members, grew over time to six, than fell back to three. We are currently five with four performing. One person has found performing too much but still wants to be part of our choir. So she now ques each of us from the front pew.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Flexibility became key in that some of our members have physical limitations. So we adapt some signs to fit the signer's limitations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you for visiting again. </span>Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15617054953056195903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989385500358120687.post-73412129836359345452015-08-15T12:03:00.001-07:002015-08-15T12:03:27.585-07:00A LITTLE HISTORY I thought that you might like to know about our beginnings. In 2012 some members of our church thought they would like to start a signing group. We had our first meeting the beginning of September. After a discussion of what direction our group would take and how we would go about it, we left to meet the following week. The decision was, as you see, to be a signing choir. We were all to do some research on resources, music, and other such groups. <br />
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The following week when we reconvened, we each presented what we had found. As I, Rae, was the only one that had any back ground in signing, the other members elected me leader/director. So, I became the reluctant leader of Praising Hands.<br />
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Thank you for visiting. We look forward to your comments.Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15617054953056195903noreply@blogger.com1