Welcome

to

Let My Love Be Heard

Music by Dale Ramsey, Stephen Paulus, Mark Burrows,

Sally Ann Morris, Jake Runestad, Caroline Shaw, Larry Nickell and Tom Trenney

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Welcome to

Let My Love Be Heard ___________________________________________

the community gathers…

The Old Church

The Old Church leans nearby a well worn road upon a hill that has no grass or tree The winds from off the prairie now unload the dust they bring around it fitfully

The path that leads up to the open door is worn and grayed by many toiling feet of us who listen to the Bible lore and once again the old-time hymns repeat.

And every Sabbath Morning we are still returning to the altar standing there; a hush, a prayer, a pause, and voices fill the Master's House with a triumphant air.

The old church leans awry and looks quite odd, but it is beautiful to us, and God.

poem by Della B. Vik; music by Dale Ramsey

& Stephen Paulus

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we give thanks…Thankful

For the little bird that sings, For the joy that gives me wings, I’m thankful. I’m thankful.

For the gentle rain you send, For the kindness of a friend, I’m thankful. I’m thankful.

For each and ev’ry blessing, for all the good you do, O Lord of all, I’m thankful for you.

For the acorn for the tree, For the love of family, I’m thankful. I’m thankful.

(Please join the children in singing) For the beauty of the earth, For the glory of the skies; For the love with from our birth Over and around us lies. Lord of all, to thee we raise This our hymn of grateful praise!

text by Folliot Pierpoint and Mark Burrows; music by Mark Burrows; orch. by Dale Ramsey

God Who Touches Earth with Beauty God, who touches earth with beauty, make my heart anew.

With your Spirit recreate me, pure and strong and true.

Like your springs and running waters, make me crystal pure. Like your rocks of towering grandeur, make me strong and sure.

Like your dancing waves of sunlight, make me glad and free. Like the straightness of the pine trees, let me upright be.

Like the arching of the heavens, lift my thoughts above. Turn my dreams to noble action, and to ministries of love.

God who touches earth with beauty, make my heart anew. Keep me ever, by your Spirit, pure and strong and true.

words by Mary S. Edgar; music by Dale Ramsey

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our songs echo a greater love…

An Echo of the Voice of God This cry, this groan, this psalm pouring out, Pouring out, an echo of the voice of God.

This chant, this hum, this song rising up, Rising up, an echo of the voice of God.

This hush, this rest, this prayer, soft and still, Soft and still, an echo of the voice of God.

words by Adam M. L. Tice; music by Sally Ann Morris;

Bob Coleman, alto saxophone

we lift our love…

Let My Love Be Heard

Angels, where you soar Up to God’s own light,

Take my own lost bird On your hearts tonight; And as grief once more

Mounts to heaven and sings, Let my love be heard

Whispering in your wings.

a prayer by Alfred Noyes; music by Jake Runestad

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love our neighbor…

To the Hands

Program notes by the composer, Caroline Shaw: To the Hands begins inside the 17th century sound of Buxtehude. It expands and colors and breaks this language, as the piece’s core considerations, of the suffering of those around the world seeking refuge, and of our role and responsibility in these global and local crises, gradually come into focus. The prelude turns the tune of Ad manus into a wordless plainchant melody, punctured later by the strings’ introduction of an unsettling pattern.

The second movement fragments Buxtehude’s choral setting of the central question, “quid sunt plagae istae in medio manuum tuarum,” or “what are these wounds in the midst of your hands.” It settles finally on an inversion of the question, so that we reflect, “What are these wounds in the midst of our hands?” We notice what may have been done to us, but we also question what we have done and what our role has been in these wounds we see before us.

The text in the third movement is a riff on Emma Lazarus’ sonnet The New Colossus, famous for its engraving at the base of the Statue of Liberty. The poem’s lines “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” and its reference to the statue’s “beacon-hand” present a very different image of a hand, one that is open, beckoning, and strong. No wounds are to be found there, only comfort for those caught in a dangerous and complex environment.

While the third movement operates in broad strokes from a distance, the fourth zooms in on the map so far that we see the intimate scene of an old woman in her home, maybe setting the table for dinner alone. Who is she, where has she been, whose lives has she left? Tihs simple image melts into a meditation on the words in caverna from the Song of Solomon, found in Buxtehude’s fourth section, Ad latus.

In the fifth movement the harmony is passed around from one string instrument to another, overlapping only briefly, while numerical figures are spoken by the choir. These are global figures of internally displaced persons, by country, sourced from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) data reported in May 2015. Sometimes data is the cruelest and most honest poetry.

The sixth and final movement unfolds the words in caverna into the tumbling and comforting promise of “ever ever will I hold you, ever ever will I enfold you.” They could be the words of Christ, or of a parent or friend or lover, or even of a nation.

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Texts & Translations for To the Hands I. Prelude(no text)

II. in medio / in the midstin medio / in the midst [text from Buxtehude’s Ad manus — Zechariah 13:6 — adapted by Caroline Shaw,

with the addition of in medio manuum nostrarum (“in the midst of our hands”)] quid sunt plagae istae

quid sunt plagae istae in medio manuum tuarum in medio

quid sunt plagae istae quid sunt plagae istae in medio manuum nostrarum

translation: what are those wounds

what are those wounds in the midst of your hands in the midst

what are those wounds what are those wounds in the midst of our hands

III. Her beacon-hand beckonsRachel Priest, Karli Cabrera, Roslinde Rivera,

Dre’Shon Tolbert, Spencer Ruwe, and Jacob Pfeiffer, soloists [text by Caroline Shaw, responding to the 1883 sonnet “The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus,

which was mounted on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty in 1903]

Her beacon-hand beckons: give give to me

those yearning to breathe free tempest-tossed they cannot see what lies beyond the olive tree

whose branch was lost amid the pleas for mercy, mercy give

give to me your tired fighters fleeing flying

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from let them

i will be your refuge i will be your refuge

i will be i will be

we will be we will

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IV. ever, ever, ever [text by Caroline Shaw— the final line, in caverna, is from Buxtehude’s Ad latus — the line from the Song of

Songs, in foraminibus petrae, in caverna maceriae, or in the clefts of the rock, in the hollow of the cliff]

ever ever ever in the window sills or

the beveled edges of the aging wooden frames that hold

old photographs hands folded

folded gently in her lap

ever ever in the crevices

the never-ending efforts of the grandmother's tendons tending

to her bread and empty chairs left for Elijahs

where are they now

in caverna in caverna

V. Litany of the DisplacedThe choir speaks global figures of internal displacement, sourced from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre. The numbers spoken are the numbers of internally displaced persons by country, in ascending order.

These are people, some of whom may have legal refugee status, who have been displaced within their own country due to armed conflict, situations of generalized violence or violations of human rights.

VI. i will hold you [ text by Caroline Shaw— The final line is a reprise from the Zechariah text.]

i would hold you i would hold you

ever ever will i hold you ever ever will i enfold you

in medio in medio in medio

in medio in medio manuum tuarum

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Sally Ann MorrisOrchestrated by Dale Ramsey

Text Copyright © 2015 by GIA Publications, Inc. • All rights reservedMusic Copyright © 2013 by GIA Publications, Inc. • All rights reserved

Adam M. L. Tice

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Habitat for Humanity our concert beneficiary presentation

Habitat for Humanity of Kansas City helps families build and improve places to call home. They believe affordable housing plays a critical role in strong and stable communities. This year, Habitat marks its 40th year in Kansas City and Village celebrates along with them as their longest supporting sponsor.

Since Habitat’s founding in 1979, Habitat KC has built or renovated more than 700 homes, 50 of those have been constructed by the Village Church Tuesday-Thursday crew. The Tuesday-Thursday crew has had significant volunteer participation in both new home construction and home rehabilitation projects. In addition, it is estimated that Village has given Habitat KC at least $1,190,625 since its inception.

As the seventh oldest affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, and the largest nonprofit homebuilder in the Kansas City area, Habitat of Kansas City builds strong and stable neighborhoods by building strong and stable homes. Currently, Habitat’s focus on neighborhood revitalization seeks to transform neighborhoods in the urban core of Kansas City, MO and Kansas City, KS through home rehabilitation projects and new home construction projects. These projects provide affordable housing to low income families in our community, providing them with a hand up toward greater financial security for themselves and their children and grandchildren. Habitat homes are sold with an affordable mortgage that is less than 30% of our homeowner’s monthly income. In addition, families who are accepted in the Habitat partnership are required to complete 350 sweat equity hours either with construction on the job site or at one of Habitat’s ReStore locations collecting, organizing and selling gently used home building supplies. Families must also take part in financial education and hands-on maintenance training.

Volunteers are a critical part of Habitat’s success. The Village Tuesday -Thursday crew welcomes your involvement. No construction experience is required. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Deborah White in the Mission Office at 913-671-2369 or deborah.white@villagepres.org.

Post-concert donations may be made by cash or check payable to Village Presbyterian Church with “Habitat for Humanity” in the memo line.

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we dedicate this song to the recipients of Habitat homes and all who work to build them

The Spaces In Between Us

If I could give one gift to you as solid as the morning dew,

a window pane the light shines through; the spaces in between us.

A gift for you my heart would bring, the sweet release of everything, the breath I take before I sing;

the spaces in between us.

Trusting in what might arise without a thought preceding,

as simple as a baby’s sigh, resting and receiving.

It’s not what keeps our souls apart but what connects and dreams us,

the vast potential of the heart; the spaces in between us.

I offer what my heart has found the silent love that’s all around, a symphony without a sound;

the spaces in between us. If I could give you more than this,

let it be Forever’s kiss. Mindful of my mindlessness;

the spaces in between us.

Text by Jan Garrett, JD Martin, and Lisa Aschman; music by Larry Nickel; orchestrated by Dale Ramsey;Patricia Schultz and Dre'Shon Tolbert, soloists

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our prayer for the world… For Everyone Born

For everyone born, a place at the table, for everyone born, clean water and bread. A shelter, a space, a safe place for growing, for everyone born, a star overhead.

And God will delight when we are creators of justice and joy, compassion and peace: yes, God will delight when we are creators of justice, justice and joy.

For woman and man, a place at the table, Revising the roles, deciding the share, With wisdom and grace, dividing the power, a system that’s fair.

And God will delight when we are creators of justice and joy, compassion and peace: yes, God will delight when we are creators of justice, justice and joy.

For young and for old, a place at the table, a voice to be heard, a part in the song. The hands of a child in hands that are wrinkled, for young and for old, the right to belong.

(Please join) And God will delight when we are creators of justice and joy, compassion and peace: yes, God will delight when we are creators of justice, justice and joy.

For everyone born, a place at the table, to live without fear, and simply to be, to work to speak out, to witness and worship, for everyone born, the right to be free!

(Please join) And God will delight when we are creators of justice and joy, compassion and peace: yes, God will delight when we are creators of justice, justice and joy.

Text by Shirley Erena Murray; music by Brian Mann; arr. by Tom Trenney;re-orchestrated by Dale Ramsey

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Artist Biographies AMY JANTZ, CLARINET Amy Jantz holds a degree in clarinet performance from DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, where she studied with Randy Salman. Following her degree, Amy joined an orchestra in Düsseldorf, Germany, for a short time before moving back to Kansas City. As a clarinetist, Amy is currently a member of the Kansas City Wind Symphony and the Village Players of Village Presbyterian Church. Over the past 2 years she has also enjoyed playing in the pit orchestra for select shows with Theatre in the Park. Amy is Team Leader at REW Music of Lenexa and Olathe, partnering with school music programs throughout Greater Kansas City to provide music education opportunities for all students.

BEN FOERSTER, BASS Ben Foerster is currently pursuing his bachelor’s degree in Music Performance at the UMKC Conservatory, where he is a member of the Conservatory Orchestra and the Conservatory Wind Symphony. Outside of school, Ben has been a member of the St. Joseph Symphony for the past three years and has been a substitute with the Kansas City Symphony. He recently went to Miami to participate in both the Miami Classical Music Festival’s Opera Institute and their Orchestral Institute. Ben has also spent time working and studying, as the double bass teaching fellow, at Interlochen Center for the Arts. His teachers span a wide range and include such prestigious names as Larry Hurst, Jeff Kail, Jack Budrow and Daxun Zang. When Ben isn’t playing bass in the classical world, he can be found playing bass guitar across the country with The Talbott Brothers. Ben loves to stretch his abilities as a musician and play all different styles and genres of music.

BOB COLEMAN, ALTO SAXOPHONE Bob Coleman has enjoyed playing many reed instruments since he was in elementary school. He started with the clarinet, continued with oboe, and turned more recently to saxophones. He plays in several ensembles in the KC area, including the Kansas City Wind Symphony, the Kicks Band of Kansas City, and several groups who perform for local nursing homes. Bob has always enjoyed being a part of musical ensembles, even during medical training at the Mayo Clinic and medical practice as a plastic surgeon in Kansas City. Bob enjoys the hobby of restoring and driving antique Cord automobiles, and he has been active in the Auburn/Cord/Duesenberg Club, a national organization. More recently, Bob has worked with Village Church’s Habitat for Humanity construction group.

CAROL DALE, FLUTE Carol Dale is Music Coordinator at Village Presbyterian Church in Prairie Village, KS, the fifth largest church of that denomination in the United States. Prior positions include: Executive Assistant to the Dean of the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance; Associate Professor of Flute at the University of Mississippi; principal flute in the Tupelo Symphony (MS), piccolo in the Memphis Symphony, and Board Member of the National Flute Association.She is a founding member of the Mid-South Flute Society, a founding member of Pi Kappa Lambda at the Universityof Mississippi, and a member of SAI. She holds a DM and MM from Florida State University.

DALE RAMSEY, COMPOSER & ARRANGER Dale Ramsey worked the early part of his musical career in churches of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Indiana, Texas and Missouri as a full-time minister of music/organist. In 1988 he established MusiGraphics Productions, a service specializing in music engraving and editing for publishers and composers. For ten years, he served as copyist for the noted American composer, Donald Erb.

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Dale has served as organist for two international assemblies of the Christian Church. He served as president of that denomination’s church musician fellowship, the Association of Disciple Musicians. Locally, he served on the board of the Greater Kansas City AGO for several years and was the Dean of the chapter for its 2011-2012 program year. He recently retired after ten years as associate organist for Country Club Christian Church in Kansas City. Dale continues to substitute at area churches. For several years he played over 100 demonstration recitals for Temple and Auditorium organs for the Commnity of Christ Headquarters.

Thirty-five of Dale’s compositions, including organ, choral and other instrumental solo and chamber works, are published at www.SwirlyMusic.com, an internet publishing venture based in San Francisco. Others have been published by J. W. Pepper and MorningStar Music Publishers. Dale’s organ work “Fantasia on Crucifer” won a competition sponsored by the Kansas City chapter of AGO. His “Sortie” for organ was the first work by a local composer to be played on the organ in the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, in Kansas City. More recently, Dale’s “Requiem” for choir, soloist, chamber orchestra and organ received two performances in area churches. His “Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis” was premiered recently by the Concord Chorale, of Concord, New Hampshire and was sung again last fall by the Bay Choral Guild in Palo Alto, California. His recent organ composition, “Conversations” was premiered by Jan Kraybill at her 18th Super Bowl Concert in Independence.

DESTINY ANN MERMAGEN, VIOLIN Destiny Ann Mermagen is the Instrumental Music Coordinator and Founder of the Village Players of Village Presbyterian Church. As the winner of international competitions and performance awards, Destiny Ann has appeared as violin soloist and chamber musician in many prestigious venues across the United States, in Russia, Prague, and elsewhere in Europe. She is the first-ever artist to record the complete works of Henri Vieuxtemps’ Bouquet Américain—A collection of charming, witty, and virtuosic pieces based on popular American and Irish folk tunes that are written in the typical “Classical Music” style, while at the same time giving a nod to the “American Fiddling” tradition. These works are featured on her 2018 world premiere album, Classical Cowgirl ~ Bach to Barn Burners™. This album is currently in the running for a GRAMMY®.

In 2015, Destiny Ann received the “Live Positive” award, given for acts of kindness. She donated the $10,000 cash prize to Washington, D.C.’s Veterans Affairs Medical Center, where she volunteered her time giving musical performances. Destiny Ann now volunteers at the Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Missouri. A native of Rapid City, South Dakota, and in recognition of her spirited cowgirl roots, Destiny Ann’s recent barn-burner of a performance was quoted in the Washington Post as “endearingly coltish.” Destiny Ann resides in Prairie Village with her husband, ‘cellist and UMKC Professor, Michael Mermagen.

ELAINE NG, VIOLA Elaine Ng is currently pursuing a DMA in violin performance with Benny Kim and in viola performance with Scott Lee, and she receives intensive chamber music training with Michael Mermagen as a member of the UMKC Graduate Fellowship String Quartet. After her studies at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and Mannes College in NYC with Hong-Ying Ho, Hiroko Yajima under full scholarships awards, she has appeared as soloist and artist in residence in major musical scenes both nationally and internationally in New York, Miami, Texas, California, Cleveland, Boston, France, and Mexico. Currently, Elaine plays with the Kansas City Symphony and serves as principal violist at Des Moines Symphony. Major festival invitations include the New York String Orchestra Seminar at Carnegie Hall, the Kent/Blossom Music Festival with the Cleveland Orchestra, the St. Lawrence String Quartet Chamber Music Seminar at Stanford University, and the Fontainebleau Music Festival in Paris, France. Her ensembles also have worked with members from the string quartets of Miami, Chiara, Guarneri, Orion, Fine Arts, Szymanowski, Endellion, Ébène, Ysaye and Berlin Philharmonic. She has also worked with leading living composers including Zhou Long, Chen Yi, Kaija Saariaho, Yotam Haber, Aaron Kernis, Donald Crockett, Morton Subotnick, and John Corigliano, who described her performance as “One of the finest playings of my own compositions that I have ever heard…terrific musical experience!”

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ELISA BICKERS, PIANO AND ORGANElisa Williams Bickers is the Associate Director of Music and Principal Organist at Village Presbyterian Church, where she leads the Alegría Young Adult Choir and the Village Ringers hand bell ensemble. She is also the harpsichordist for the Bach Aria Soloists, a chamber music group dedicated to performing the works of Bach and those inspired by him.

Bickers has performed worldwide as a solo and collaborative organist and harpsichordist. She has worked with such musical groups as the Te Deum Chamber Ensemble, the Spire Chamber Ensemble, and the Grammy award-winning Kansas City Chorale, as well as the Kansas City Symphony. Her degrees in church music and organ performance are from Texas Christian University and the University of Kansas. She holds the Fellowship certificate from the American Guild of Organists, the Guild’s highest certification. Bickers is represented by Concert Artist Cooperative.

MICHAEL MERMAGEN, CELLO Cellist Michael Mermagen made his debut at age sixteen with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra after receiving their Young Soloist Award. He holds degrees from the Peabody Conservatory and The Juilliard School with principal teachers Stephen Kates and Zara Nelsova. Mr. Mermagen was a soloist with the National Orchestra of New York, where he held the prestigious Emanuel Feuermann principal cello chair. He has also performed in the Violoncello Society of New York Master Classes lead by Yo-Yo Ma, Janos Starker, and Bernard Greenhouse. Mr. Mermagen has toured and given recitals, concerto performances, master classes, and chamber music performances around the world, most recently with the Aspen String Trio. As an artist-faculty member at the Aspen Music Festival and School (where he is also an alumnus), Mr. Mermagen has held the prestigious position of principal cellist of the Aspen Chamber Symphony for over twenty-five seasons. He has performed chamber music in Aspen with such artists as Joshua Bell, Sarah Chang, Jeremy Denk, Vladimer Feltzman, Lynn Harrell, Robert McDuffie, Susanne Mentzer, Anton Nel, Nadja Salerno- Sonnenberg, Gil Shaham, The Takács Quartet, and the Weilerstein family. He has also collaborated with many distinguished conductors, including Comissiona, Conlon, Levine, Maazel, Marriner, McGegan, Robertson, Skrowaczewski, and Zinman.

Mr. Mermagen recorded the Patrick Zimmerli Piano Trios for Arabesque label and has recordings on Warner Brothers. He has been heard live on WQXR Concerts Plus, WNYC Around New York, NPR’s Performance Today, and A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. Upcoming commercial releases include the Music of Martinu for Naxos label with the Aspen String Trio. Mr. Mermagen is currently Associate Professor of Cello at The University of Missouri Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance after a 12-year tenure as Associate Professor of cello at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. He performs on a Nicolo Gagliano cello, Naples, 1774.

STANLEY KUO, VIOLIN Stanley Cheng-Hao Kuo is a Taiwanese violinist based in Kansas City. Since 2008, Kuo performed with many orchestras as a soloist, including the National Symphony Orchestra (Taiwan), Evergreen Symphony Orchestra (WA), Fine Art Orchestra, Taipei National University of the Arts Orchestra and the Ministry of National Defense Symphony Orchestra (Taiwan). In addition to solo performance, he is a committed chamber music player and involved in promoting new music as well.

Kuo began learning violin and piano at age five. Before high school, he studied violin with Mr. Ting-Yu Wu. He later received both B.M. and M.M. degrees in violin performance from the Taipei National University of the Arts, where he studied with Prof. Shien-Ta Su. In 2015, Kuo moved to the United States to pursue a D.M.A. in violin performance at the University of Missouri-Kansas City with Professor Benny Kim.

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WILL BREYTSPRAAK, CONDUCTOR Will Breytspraak is Director of Music Ministry at Village Presbyterian Church on Mission, where he leads vocal and instrumental ensembles of all ages, and directs the Village concert season. Before moving to Kansas City in 2017, Will was Director of Music at Northwood Presbyterian Church (Silver Spring, MD) and Chair of Performing Arts at Maret School (Washington, DC). Also Children’s Chorus Master at Washington National Opera (WNO) from 2013-2017, he prepared children for over fifty performances with the company. His first of eight engagements with WNO was as Children’s Chorus master for the world premiere performances of composer Jeanine Tesori’s The Lion, The Unicorn, and Me (2013). Will was recognized by Artistic Director Francesca Zambello at Washington National Opera’s 60th Anniversary Gala for his work revitalizing the WNO Children’s Chorus. Prior to moving to Washington, D.C. in 2013, Will served First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta as Director of the School of Fine Arts, Director of Children’s Choirs, Director of Music, and Artistic Director of Musica Sacra Atlanta. In 2010 he conducted the Atlanta premiere of Stephen Paulus' church opera The Three Hermits with the composer in attendance, and in 2011 he led performances of Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors as a benefit for Childspring International. In 2012 Will conducted the Saint Cecilia Consort and Chorus of First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta in a performance of Beethoven's Mass in C at the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in the Piccolo Spoleto Festival (Charleston, SC).

The Village Choir *Chamber Choir + Small EnsembleSopranoJanet Allen *Gloria BakerJackie BennettJudy Bliss*Debra Skodack Burnes*Karli Cabrera*Sandra Coleman*Laura EdgingtonRebecca EnslowBev Freberg*Cindy HendersonJulia Hilts*Dolores Hsu*Linda James*Christie KennardSylvia Lautzenheiser*Natalie LaMarMary Lehoczky*Diann Markley*Donna MartinJen MartinJoan McFaddenCarole Mosher*Susan Nagel*Donna Patton*Rachel PriestMarty RichardsCarol Royster*Patricia SchultzMarvie Sneegas

Linda Stevens Nancee Stewart Dee Swindler Maggie Thomas Barbara Thornton Sallie Veenstra Jan Witzke

Alto Barbara Anselmi *+Carolyn Baruch *+Janet Bates Kate Beebe Cathy Benson *+Jeanne Boudreau Linda Breytspraak Shirley Busche *Carol DaleSusie DoddSusan DonaghueShannin DuffordJudy Frame*Sara Gilson*Carol GroebeHeather Harrison*Chris HenrichKim HigginsJennifer HitchcockJoyce Hunt*Terry LindbergKate Marshall

Leslie McMillian *+Tami Morrow Josephine Njoroge *Lori NorthDiana Ormsby*+Sarah ParrottJan PetrowskiNancy Poplinger*Kylie ProctorMarcia Ramsey*+Roslinde RiveraApril SchmidtKim SirridgeAnne Sneller*Diane Thayer*+Charlotte ThuenemannVivian WilkersonKathleen Wilkes*Annette Zimmerman

Tenor*Wayne Bates*Bill CannonDarren Davidson*David HendersonDoug HoglundJim KelleyCora Ketterman*+Chris LeaverSue MeredithMarcia Ramsey

*+Spencer Ruwe *+Dan Schleicher *+George Smith Al Sneller *+Dre’Shon Tolbert Peter Vrooman *+Priscilla Wilson *Susan Younger

Bass Darryl Bertsch *+Robert Coleman Jim Ensz *+Linn Field Doug Fishel Chuck Gillam *Dave Groebe*+Donald McLeanDick MorrisJim Ogden*+Bill ParrottAnthony Perkins*+Jacob PfeifferDale Ramsey*+Charles Schultz*Larry Sneegas*Bob SperryJim ThorntonPat Titterington*+Bruce WilliamsRon WitzkePat Woodward

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The Village on Antioch Choir Tony Anderson Joyce Bardeen Bob Bardeen Marty Bauer Janet Burton

Tom Dean Jeanne Hendrickson Travis Houston Jana Houston Linda Hutsler

Allan Kraybill Jenni Laflin Rosemary Moody Stephanie Painter Susan Pittman

Autumn Schulte Julie Scott Julie Stevens Bethany Unruh Judy Woelfel

The Let My Love Be Heard Children’s Choir Nell and Edie Breytspraak, Danny Dolan, Adam Enslow, Shannon Enslow, Liam Flurry, Elena Green, Lucinda Hendricks, Katie Hull (Village Voices member), Jake Jones, Zoe O’Keefe, Lyla Mayor, Wyatt Mayor, Anna Nazar, Eleanor Nazar, Marian Parrott, Lucy Roach, George Stenger, Ellie Thuenemann, & Lyla Weeks.

LET MY LOVE BE HEARD is made possible by a gift from the Village Church Endowment Trust

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Special Thanks Jenny Hull, children’s music coordinator

Matthew C. Shepard, associate director of music The children who volunteered to usher today’s concert, and their parents The Worship and Music Committee of Village Church; Sandy Coleman,

chair Ron and Kirk Patton, lights and sound George Darrington, superintendent of building and grounds

The Pastors, Staff, and Congregation of Village Presbyterian Church Deborah White, director of mission

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Kansas City Our program proofing team

The Village Church Music Staff Will Breytspraak, Director of Music, Village on Mission

Ryan Main, Director of Music, Village on Antioch Dr. Elisa Bickers, Associate Director and Organist, Village on Mission

Dr. Jan Kraybill, Organist, Village on Antioch Matthew C. Shepard, Associate Director of Music

Dr. Carol Dale, Music Coordinator Jenny Hull, Coordinator of Children’s Music

Destiny Ann Mermagen, Coordinator of Instrumental Music Kate Beebe, Volunteer Children’s Choir Leader

Rebecca Enslow, Volunteer Children’s Choir Leader

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What’s Happening at Village Presbyterian Church

About Us Village Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian (USA) family of faith committed to thoughtful worship, Christian formation of children and adults, and caring for another, our community and the world. All are welcome.

Rev. Tom Are has served as senior pastor since 2004. In 2017, Village added a second location in Overland Park, Village Church on Antioch at 148th and Antioch Road.

Sunday Worship Times Village Church on Mission – 8, 9:30, 11 a.m.; The Gathering (alternative worship) - 5 p.m. Village Church on Antioch – 9:30 a.m.

Upcoming Events

Kansas City Wind Symphony Veterans Day Concert– 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10, in the Village on Mission Sanctuary. The concert will be a Veterans Day special featuring works of a patriotic nature, and will include music by Morton Gould, Donald Grantham, Robert Russell Bennett, John Philip Sousa and more. Admission is free. The Kansas City Wind Symphony is a member of the Village Church Arts Alliance.

Second Thursday Recitals - 12:15-12:45 p.m. in the Village on Mission Chapel or Sanctuary. Guitarist Beau Bledsoe and violinist Coleen Dieker will perform music from Ireland, Turkey, Spain and Argentina at our next recital on Thursday, Nov. 14. Admission is free.

French Countertenor Philippe Jaroussky with the Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble “The Story of Orpheus” - 2:30-5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, in the Village on Mission Sanctuary. The Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble will unfold this incredible tale using music inspired by the story with the help of countertenor Philippe Jaroussky and soprano Amanda Forsythe. Presented by Friends of Chamber Music. Get tickets at chambermusic.org.

Advent: A Holy Invitation- All women are invited to join us from 6-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3, in Friendship Hall at Village on Mission. Rev. Sarah Are, associate pastor for youth and young adults at Preston Hollow Church in Dallas, will be our guest speaker. Join us as we gather with mothers, daughters, sisters and friends, to prepare spiritually for the coming of the Christ child. This event is sponsored by Presbyterian Women. Questions? Call Sunni at 913-671-2333.

Te Deum “Peace and Joy” Concert - 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 9, in the Village on Mission Sanctuary. This Christmas concert highlights the season’s most important themes: peace and joy. The program features world premieres by Kansas City composers Ed Frazier Davis and Geoff Wilcken and Schoenberg’s “Friede Auf Erden” (Peace on Earth). Tickets are $15 a person at te-deum.org. Cost is $20 a person at the door. Te Deum is a member of the Village Church Arts Alliance.

19th Annual Tidings of Joy Concerts – 3 & 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, in the Village on Mission Sanctuary. Featuring the Tidings of Joy choruses, orchestra and soloists. This free concert will have a free-will offering for the Grace United Community Ministries. Child care provided with an advance reservation by calling 913-671-2322.

The Snow Globes with Barnaby Bright Holiday Concert – 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20, in Friendship Hall at Village on Mission. The Kansas City-based trio The Snow Globes (Lindsey Jones, Barclay Martin and Rick Willoughby) offer a new twist on traditional carols and classic songs of the Christmas season. Join us for a night of good holiday cheer and a special appearance by Barnaby Bright (Becky and Nathan Bliss)! Admission is free. More information is available at www.thesnowglobes.com.

Learn more about Village Presbyterian Church and additional upcoming events at www.villagepres.org