INTRODUCING MOE

Moe is the newest member of Praising Hands.  He has been with us for about a year and a half.

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."

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."

Thank you for visiting with us and may God bless.

NEW YEAR

     Happy New Year all.  

     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.

SILENT NIGHT

   This morning, Dec. 20, 2015, Praising Hands gave our Christmas offering.  We signed Silent Night the very beginning of the service.  After the first "Silent night", right on "Holy" the choir joined in.  What a magical feeling.  Yes, we made a few little errors here and there.  But all in all, it felt good.

    Merry Christmas Everyone.  May God bless you and yours.

PAT'S INSIGHTS

    There has been an absence in my blogging for which my only excuses is I have been overwhelmed as of late.  

    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. 

     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.

    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.   

Thank you for visiting.  May God bless.

INTRODUCING PAT

      Pat has been a member of Praising Hands from the beginning.  That being said I would like you to meet Pat.
  

   
     
       When asked what brought her to Praising Hands, she said, “Since I took 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 opportunity to share this in worship.”

         Thank you Pat for being part Praising Hands.

         Thank you for visiting.  May God Bless.

"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.

      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.

Thank you for visiting.  May God Bless.

SINGER AND SONG WRITTER

    I am sorry for the delay in my posting.  I have been a little under the weather for a few weeks.  

    Pat will be our guest blogger today.  

    A little about the song "Faithful One" which we are offering in worship on October 25.

    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.

   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.


Thank you Pat.  Thank you all for visiting.  May God Bless.