Music Notes

It is truly an exciting season at Sewickley United Methodist Church for music. This month brings the Christmas Pageant, on which the Children’s Choir has worked very hard. This year’s pageant is “The Christmas Chronicles” and follows some reporters for a Bethlehem newspaper as they uncover the greatest story of all. It will be during the morning service on December 14th, and it is not something you want to miss!

Also, our musical Christmas service will be taking place the following week, on December 21st. The chancel choir and handbell choir will present a number of selections as we prepare to celebrate the birth of Christ. Come ready to sing carols and give thanks to God for the precious and incomparable gift of His Son!

Another exciting thing that is fast approaching is something entirely new and different for SUMC. Starting on Februrary 1st, we will be moving to two Sunday morning services. The second will remain the same, at 10:45, but the first will start at 8:30. This will be a contemporary worship service, where the music will be provided by a praise team, singing songs that are more recent and leading the congregation in a new style of worship. Even if you will not be regularly attending this earlier service, I encourage you to come and join us at least once during the new season, so you can see what the Contemporary Service is all about. Our hope is to meet a need that members of the congregation have for a different style in music and worship, as well as draw in new members for whom this is a more familiar or comfortable setting. Please keep this service in your prayers as we iron out details and prepare for our February start.