It’s new! TGIF: Friday Night Praise and Worship gathers for the first time Friday, April 30, at 7:00 pm.

All four praise teams will be there, with your favorite singers from the Music Ministry.

We will be singing some of your favorite songs: How Great Is Our God, Praise Adonai, Use Me, Shout Your Fame and Revelation Song, plus some new songs like You Are Welcome and Expectation. This will be a time to let yourself go in worship of our wonderful Savior and Lord! The service will include a brief homily, but the focus will be on praise and worship through music!

We’re very pleased to announce that Richard Ramsey has been selected as our new accompanist! April 25 will be his first Sunday to accompany us during worship.

His responsibilities will include serving as piano accompanist during our morning worship services each Sunday, rehearsals with the Choirs and Instrumental Ensemble during the week, and occasionally performing special music. He will also fill in for Mark Brown as Worship Leader when Mark is not here.

Richard brings impeccable qualifications and loads of experience with him to this position. He has a B.A. in Piano Performance. He has held staff positions as both Accompanist and Music Minister at two large local churches, including one church with weekly attendance of 6,500. He served as an accompanist for Sandi Patty for two years. He currently works for Lawrence North High School as their Choral Department’s Accompanist and Instructional Assistant. Richard has experience with a broad range of musical genres.

He has a deep calling to use the arts to help people connect to God, and looks forward to growing with the Music Ministry and Jesus MCC. Be sure to make him feel welcome!

After a brief post-Easter break, the music teams are back on schedule with some great new additions:

• *new* The Soprano and Alto Choir, known as Bella Vocé, will meet from 6:30 to 7:00 pm each Wednesday.
• The entire Sanctuary Choir will gather at 7:00 pm.
• *new* The Tenor and Bass Choir, or Sojourn, will rehearse from 8:30 to 9:00 pm each Wednesday.
• The Instrumental Ensemble resumes rehearsals on Thursday evening, April 22.
• *new* The Heart Menders, a Southern Gospel Choir, will meet next Sunday, April 25, at 4:00 pm in the sanctuary for an informational meeting. This group will perform occasionally, with a schedule to be determined. If you are a fan of Southern Gospel, this is the group for you!

If you’re interested in any type of music ministry, please contact Worship Arts Minister Mark Brown at (317) 722-0000 or mbrown@jesusmcc.org.

The Face-to-Face Online Oasis, led by Theresa Mull, is our first experiment in online Oasis!

What keeps you from participating in Oasis? Work? Distance? Time of day? If you answered yes to any of those questions, here’s your opportunity.

Each week we will have discussions based on Sunday’s sermon on Jesus MCC’s Facebook page. Become a “fan” at facebook.com/JesusMCC, and join us on the “Discussions” tab.

If you aren’t able to attend a Sunday service, you can still take part in these discussions by watching the webcast at JesusMCC.org/listen. The sermon is posted each Sunday afternoon, and the Face-to-Face Oasis discussions begin on Tuesday each week.

If you go to the blog called Never Enough Sundays, you will find a description of our March 21 11:00 am worship service through the eyes of a writer who is traveling to 52 different churches in one year and describing her experiences.

Look for the entry titled Proclaiming the Name of Jesus and Podcast #12: Worshipping with Generosity.