Creative Bells in Worship
Friday, February 26, 2021 10:15 AM EST
Instructor: Mitchell Eithun
Come into God’s presence with ringing! Playing handbells poses far less of a risk than singing during the pandemic. How can we make good use of handbells for in-person and virtual worship services now and in the future? We’ll take a tour through creative ideas for incorporating handbells into worship service that go beyond playing a prelude. Whether enhancing congregational singing, accompanying scripture readings or offering a surprise, handbells can be used throughout corporate worship. This class includes a litany of music and book suggestions and a few free resources.
Please note: Many of the questions in the chat will have been answered verbally and will appear in the recording.
00:39:42 Sara Shierling: What does the underline mean? The ringer’s 2nd bell?
00:42:10 Sheri: How can identify copyright rules for images?
00:54:21 Mark Loring: Did you hand out earplugs?
00:54:33 Mark Loring: loud
00:55:35 Linda Hoffman: Can you recommend some resources for bells and contemporary worship/praise band?
00:59:10 Ellie Hodder: Try writing your own descants to contemporary hymns. There are lovely options here.
00:59:32 Sheri: Patricia Sanders Cota has 12 bell music that is praise tunes
01:00:19 Linda Hoffman: Thank you
01:00:39 Lise Meloy: Thank you! This has been great!
01:01:13 Marla Moore: really great session, good ideas!
01:01:19 HerbalOma: I’ve enjoyed this session. thank you.
01:01:23 Carrie Coenen: My favorite collaboration was You Raise Me Up with cello
01:02:12 HerbalOma: I have collaborated with a harp during yhr Christmas Season
01:02:33 Sharon Guilliams: At Christmas as a single individual added chords and descants and as I refer to as diddlies.
01:02:34 Nikki: I also didn’t want to ring a solo, it took three people to talk me into trying it, and I also ended up loving it
01:02:34 Denise: As a handbell soloist, I have used “The Carol of the Bells” as a processional. Then finished the solo when I got to the front.
01:02:44 Karen Halbert: I started Ash Wednesday service this year with an e harmonic minor scale, played very slow
01:03:00 HerbalOma: I actually had to use harp music to make it work.
01:03:37 Karen: we tolled at the end of Ash Wednesday on line service
01:04:29 Denise: Thank you for an excellent class!