The Lakeway Church
Glorifying God, Loving Others
2203 Lakeway Blvd. ● Lakeway, TX 78734 ● 512-261-6331 ● Fax: 512-261-7099
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Download a registration form HERE. Contact Mark Rains @ mark@lakewaychurch.net
Thanks to Lee Dilday for singing “My Tribute” in all three services on Sunday morning, April 27th. What a powerful testimony of praise to God for all the “things God has done.” Our MUSIC MINISTRY is looking forward to several exciting presentations during the month of May. Our CHORISTERS will sing for the 9:30 & 11:00 services on Sunday May 18th. That Sunday they will be the “choir in the choir Loft” for the 11:00 service. They will sing a call to worship (with hand chimes), the offertory and the anthem and they will lead the hymns. This is an important way for these children to learn about worship and leading worship. I am so proud of these wonderful and talented young singers. We will all be blessed on May 18th when they lead our worship. The YOUTH ENSEMBLE will be singing again during the month of May in both the 9:30 and the 11:00 service. These talented young people are preparing some exciting music to offer in worship. The CHANCEL CHOIR continues to lead in worship each Sunday morning. I have been especially pleased with the good number of singers we have had participating in the 8:15 service. Now would be a great time to join us! As summer approaches many of our singers begin to travel and it would be great to have some new folks filling our ranks in their absence. (We will begin working on music for the Community Fourth of July Service very soon.) We are looking forward to summer and our annual Children’s Summer Musical. ~Mark Savage-Rains, Director of Music Ministries
THE LAKEWAY CHORISTERS meet MONDAY AFTERNOONS at 3:00 pm. This is a wonderful opportunity for you children. Music works with memory to help us recall important spiritual truths like “Jesus loves me.” Music is a wonderful gift of God given to all of us to enrich our lives, to learn scriptural truths and to give expression of our worship and love to God. Our CHILDREN’S CHOIR, for children in the 2nd through the 5th grades, meets each Monday afternoon, beginning September 10th. We pick the children up from their elementary schools at 2:45 pm in carpools and bring them to the church for this excellent program of Music and Christian learning filled with fun. The Choir is focused on using music and games to teach your child about Jesus, the Bible, living like Jesus, worship and musical skills. The afternoon schedule will look something like this:
2:45 Pick the children up after school in carpools 3:15 Arrive at the church and have refreshments 3:30 Choir & Music Learning Activities: -sing & play musical games which teach music reading skills -hear Bible stories -learn scripture by singing it -rehearse music which will allow them to lead in worship 4:15 Take a break and play together 4:40 Return to the music room to continue their singing & learning activities 5:00 Supervised free play until parents arrive to pick them up 5:30 Every child should be picked up
In addition to the weekly Choir Rehearsals the Choristers will sing for worship approximately once a month and they will present a musical/special program in December. Parents will be asked to provide refreshments, for one week. We will also need parents willing to drive the carpools, parents to serve the refreshments, parents to help during the music activities, and parents to supervise their play. We are so excited about this wonderful opportunity. I can assure you that God’s gift of Jesus combined with God’s gift of music has the potential to change and enrich your children’s lives forever! Click HERE for a registration form. Our new YOUTH ENSEMBLE performed for the first time at services during the Christmas season. This group is comprised of students from middle schools and rehearsal on Thursday afternoons from 4:30 - 5:30. Contact Mark Rains at 261-6331 ext 23 for more information .
MUSIC MINISTRY OFFERS STUDENT MUSICIAN GRANTS to gifted student musicians. The Music Committee recommended and the Elders approved a new program for our Music Ministry – Student Musician Grants. The primary purpose of establishing this “grant program” is to encourage student musicians to use their God-given musical gifts as offerings of worship in the church. These grants would allow selected students to experience the nurturing of their gifts by The Lakeway Church and encourage their families to join us in worship. Interested students would apply for a grant and schedule an interview/audition with Music Director, Mark Rains. The grants would be awarded for a specific one-time service/performance opportunity. ($80 per time – which would include one rehearsal and subsequent performance in the appropriate Sunday services.) These service/performance opportunities could include playing a hymn obbligato, or accompanying the choir or soloist in addition to playing the prelude, the offertory, communion music or postlude. Exactly what and how much the student would play or sing would depend upon the instrument, the music in the service, the proficiency and interest of the student. The grants will be publicized first to students who currently attend The Lakeway Church by personal letter. Area public-school music directors will be contacted (by phone and letter) about the grants and encouraged to recommend students and asked to help publicize the program in their classes. Posters and brochures (including an application) will be displayed and passed out in the band, orchestra and choir classes and given to private music teachers. If you are a student who has not yet graduated from high school and you have musical talent you would like to share in worship, please contact Mark Rains at 261-6331, ext.23 to apply for a grant. These grants have great potential for adding beauty, variety and interest to our Sunday worship while building and nurturing relationships with talented students and their families. The grants will allow these talented student musicians to experience the joy of sharing their musical gifts with the church to the glory of God. ~Mark Rains
Music Ministries:Our Music EnsemblesWeekly Schedule
Sundays7:45 am Early Service Choir Warmup for 8:15 Worship Service 10:00 am Choir Warmup for 11:00 am Worship Service Mondays3:00 pm Children's Choir Rehearsal (on hiatus for summer) Wednesdays5:30 pm Adult Handbell Rehearsal 7:00 pm Adult Choir Rehearsal
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