January-February-March 2022


WorshipArts (lSSN08915288) is a publication to the members of Te Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts.


Te Fellowship’s Calling We are Christians embracing God’s artistic giſts to create world- transforming worship.


Our Values Worship arts that lead to spiritual growth and faith formation. Relationships that lead to hospitality, fellowship, and nurture.


Annual membership dues: Member PLUS: $100 (All member benefits for one person) Sustaining Member: $150 (Member PLUS and $50 contribution to Annual Fund)


Church/Group Membership: $240 (Tree Member PLUS memberships at the same church)


Member BASIC: $75 (WorshipArts and basic member benefits) Over 65 Member BASIC: $75 (WorshipArts and basic member benefits) Small Church Member: $75 (Avg. Worship Attendance under 100; Member PLUS benefits)


Student Member: FREE (Member PLUS benefits) Join or renew online at UMFellowship.org/Join, or use form on page 33.


Interim Executive Director Tom Taylor, Tom@UMFellowship.org National Office PO Box 24787, Nashville, TN 37202, (615) 499-6390 email: info@UMFellowship.org Website: UMFellowship.org Direct all address changes to this office.


Viewpoints expressed and materials included in WorshipArts are not necessarily endorsed by Te Fellowship.


Rights for reprinting articles in WorshipArts are retained by the individual authors. To get in touch with them, contact the editor.


Contributions to WorshipArts, as well as ideas, are welcome and encouraged. Materials must be submitted by the 1st, two months prior to publication date (May 1 for July-August-September issue, August 1 for October-November-December issue, November 1 for January-February- March issue, February 1 for April-May-June issue).


WorshipArts Editorial Committee Carla Swank Fox, Editor PO Box 24787, Nashville, TN 37202 (615) 592-6711, Carla@UMFellowship.org


David Wiltse, Editor Emeritus Grand Rapids, MI


Tracy DePue Little Rock, AR (501) 944-3266, tracydepue@gmail.com


Joy Lamb Gales Ferry, CT (860) 464-7407, joylamb@snet.net


Sara Collins, Reviews Coordinator Stevensville, MI (231) 720-3304, ssjcollins24@aol.com


Rick Wiltse, Advertising Coordinator (269) 932-8151, worshipartsads@att.net


Cover: Members and friends of The Fellowship at our most recent national events. (Photos: Daniel Craig)


Volume 67 Number 1 Inside this issue ‘We are not alone’ .................................................................................... 5


2022 Readers’ Issue: Fellowship members reflect on the past two pandemic years, sharing moments of hope and inspiration, sorrow and loss, offering lessons learned along the way.


Together again (finally!) .............................................................. 18


Music & Worship Arts Week 2022 Preview: After a two-year hiatus, The Fellowship gathers for its first in-person national event since Convocation 2019 in Kansas City.


Event overview ......................................................................................... 20 Worship clinicians .................................................................................... 21 Choral clinicians ....................................................................................... 22 Children’s musical ‘Called’ takes center stage ......................... 23 Arts clinicians ........................................................................................... 24


Not ...................................................................................................................... 34


“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”


Also ...


From the Editor ................................................ 4 From the President ..............................................15 Fellowship Family Updates ............................ 17 Reviews ...............................................................25-32 Contacts ................................................................ 33


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