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Opportunities for Adults

It is our prayer and desire to live out this Scripture in the worship life of our church.

Ephesians 5:19-20 encourages believers to, “Speak(ing) to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

We recognize that worship is not music alone, but musical offerings and congregational songs are important to our worship of the Lord. Therefore, in our services we sing songs that fit the genres of Psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Our adults provide quality leadership in worship through our Sanctuary Choir. We also help our 55+ adults to realize that their time for making music is not over through our Mellow Brook Singers choir. Our stringed instrumentalists find ways to praise the Lord through using their talents in our band for our second service, as well as woodwind and brass instrumentalists in our first service.

Whatever we do musically, we strive to do it with excellence, offered to God as an act of worship. What a privilege to serve the Lord in this way using our God-given talents for him!  Take a moment to browse the page and find your place in the music ministry of our church.  We have space for you!


Musical Organizations

Sanctuary Choir

Dr. Kely Hatley, director 

The Sanctuary Choir provides leadership and music for the 9 a.m. worship service each week. Membership is open to ages 18 and up. We sing a variety of literature ranging from spirituals, to hymn arrangements, to classical anthems. Our rehearsals are held on Wednesday evenings from 7:15-8:45 p.m. in the Choir Suite. No audition is required, but some knowledge of music and its workings would be helpful to you.

You can listen to a few selections from our Sanctuary Choir by visiting this link.

You can listen to the choir via our archived services by visiting this link.

Mellow Brook Singers

Dr. Kely Hatley, director 

The Mellow Brook Singers is a choir for our adults age 55 and up. The primary ministry of this group is to learn music to take outside the walls of our church into our community by singing at nursing homes and assisted living centers. The choir does sing for our worship services twice a year (once in the fall and once in the spring). We take a spring trip as well, much like a small mini-choir tour. Membership is open to anyone above age 55 and no previous choral experience is required. We just enjoy singing about the Lord and sharing that joy with others. Rehearsals are from September through May each year on Thursdays from 10:30-11:30 a.m. in Hudson Hall.

MBBC Praise Band

Micaiah Kelly, leader

Our praise band is responsible for the congregational music at our 11 a.m. Worship Service. The present instrumentation used at this service is acoustic guitar, electric lead, bass, keyboard, and drums. If you have experience playing one or more of these instruments and would like more information about the group, please contact Micaiah Kelly, our Associate Minister of Music, and she will be in touch with you.

Handbell Choir

Dr. Kely Hatley, director 

Our church has five octaves of Schulmerich Handbells. Our Handbell Choir meets for specific time periods to prepare to ring for worship and other occasions. If you have previous experience with handbells and would like to be a part of this group, then please contact Dr. Hatley in the music office. If you would like to learn how to ring handbells, music reading skills are not entirely necessary, but a good sense of rhythm and recognition of notes is definitely needed.

MBBC Orchestra

Dr. Kely Hatley, director 

During the summer months, when the children’s choirs do not meet, our orchestra gathers weekly during that Wednesday night time frame of 6-7 p.m. in the Sanctuary to prepare pieces to play in August. If you would like to dust off your instrument and join us for the summer orchestra, please contact Kely to let him know.  It’s very rewarding to play for the Lord.

You can listen to the our orchestra via our archived services from this link:

http://mbbc.org/watch/recent   (choose the service for August 27, 2023 from the archived services under the “watch recent” tab)

Music Ministry Staff

Dr. Kely Hatley

Minister of Music and Active Christian Living (55+ Adults)

Cathy Spence

Pianist

Micaiah Kelly

Associate Minister of Music

Christopher Henley

Organist

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