Worship Arts Ministries
You are invited to join in the Worship Arts Ministries at Mount Vernon!
Sanctuary Choir
For all youth & adults
Rehearsal • Wednesdays • 7:30 p.m.-9 p.m.
Provides music for the Traditional Worship Service each Sunday m• 10:30 a.m. (warm-up • 10:10 a.m.)
Seasonal musicals • Christmas & Easter
KidJAM (click here to register)
Completed 1st-5th Grade • Wednesdays • 6:30pm-7:30pm
A production-based program in which the children participate in two worship arts presentations during the year: Fall & Spring
Arts experiences may include choir, drama, drumming, bells, dance, sign language, and art with an opportunity to sing during Sunday Worship Services throughout the year
INFO: Kim Gilbert • kgilbert@mvbcnow.org
For senior adults & retired adults
Rehearsals • Tuesdays • 10 a.m.-11:15 a.m. • M116
Prepares music in the Fall for Christmas programs & Spring programs around Richmond. Provides 8-12 concerts every Winter & Spring at area nursing facilities & churches, including an annual trip to Williamsburg.
Drama Team - Mount Vernon Players
For all adults
Rehearsals • Wednesdays • 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Extended rehearsals & additional rehearsals as needed and scheduled for major productions. Provides sketches for Sunday Worship Services once a quarter & present three major productions each year: Christmas, Easter, Mystery Dinner Theater. Provides sketches for special events as requested.
Amplify Tech Team
For all high schoolers & adults
By interview & assessment of aptitude.
Training on the equipment will be provided by the current team leaders. Provides technology support for Worship Services and special events including weddings, funerals, ministry events, etc. Rehearsals vary, but weekly rehearsals are required for those supporting the Contemporary Worship Services.
Contemporary Worship Team
For all high schoolers & adults
By audition & interview.
Rehearsals Thursday • 6:45 p.m.-8:15 p.m.
Provides music for the Contemporary Worship Service each Sunday at 9 a.m. (warm-up at 8 a.m.)
Critical needs in the band: drums, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboard to play in rotation with current team.
Handbells
For all youth (at least 13) & adults
Rehearsals • Tuesdays • 7 p.m.-9 p.m. • Sanctuary
Rehearsals & performances are seasonal (Spring & Winter)
Abilities in reading music in treble clef or bass clef & desire to develop as a musician are essential.