January-February 2018


Inside this issue 4


Justice and joy


6 Community, hope & courage 9


Hunger for food and more 12


A longing for what might be


Volume 63 Number 3


14 Keep the table open


18 Life within these walls


22 Fellowship news & notes


24 New hymnal Q & A


25


Resources: Choral 26


Resources: Handbells 27


Resources: Choral with instruments 28


Resources: Piano


Cover: Th is mosaic mural, titled “Come Sit at Our Table” and created by artist William Rose, is located on the Prayer Walk at the United Methodist Church of Th e Resurrection in Leawood, KS. It was the inspiration for the Convocation Design Team’s selection of “A Place at the Table” as the theme for Th e Fellowship’s 2019 convocation in Kansas City.


From the editor Every summer, the WorshipArts


Editorial Committee spends 24 hours together high above Lake Michigan in the home of Sara Collins. Along with the pleasant winds that blow off the lake come the gentle breezes of the Holy Spirit, guiding us as we seek to discern what printed resources will best assist Fellowship members to plan transforming worship in the coming year. Th is year we were aided in our


task by the announcement at the Awaken! 2017 convocation that the theme of the 2019 event will be “A


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Place at the Table.” As we looked at the unpublished submissions sent to us over the previous year, as we brain- stormed and worshiped together, and as we listened to stirrings within us, the words of Shirley Erena Murray’s “For Everyone Born” (from which the next convocation’s theme is derived) spoke loudly and clearly. Phrases from that text gave us inspiration for the year’s thematic arc. See more details on page 5. DeAndre Johnson and Norma


Lee Barnhart have kicked off the new year by assembling a group of insight-


Executive Director David L. Bone, David.Bone@UMFellowship.org Offi ce: PO Box 24787, Nashville, TN 37202 Telephone: (615) 340-1704 or 1-800-952-8977 email: info@UMFellowship.org Website: UMFellowship.org Direct all address changes to this offi ce.


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


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ful writers for this issue who look at justice and joy from a variety of perspectives. Look for more inspired writing


in the coming months. Don’t forget the full-color ver-


sion of this issue of WorshipArts is available online at UMFellowship.org. As you go about the work of


designing your transformational worship in 2018, know that the God who delights when we are creators of justice and joy is not only with you but is leading the way.


Dave Wiltse


WorshipArts Editorial Committee Carla Swank Fox, Communications Director PO Box 24787, Nashville, TN 37202 1-800-952-8977, Carla@UMFellowship.org


David Wiltse, Editor 7056 Northland Dr., Rockford, MI 49341 (616) 866-1051, WorshipArts@UMFellowship.org


Norma Lee Kerns Barnhart 2625 Harlem Blvd., Rockford, IL 61103 (815) 965-8640, Cell: (815) 218-5335 keelamron@gmail.com


Sara Collins, Reviews Coordinator 9324 Erie Trail, Shelby, MI 49455 (231) 861-4905, ssjcollins24@aol.com


R. DeAndre Johnson 5200 Willowbend Blvd, Houston, TX 77096 (713) 723-0175, rdeandrejohnson@gmail.com


Joy Lamb 5 Orchard Ln., Gales Ferry, CT 06335 (860) 464-7407, joylamb@snet.net


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


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