Vistoso Community Church Volume 16 Issue 2

1200 E. Rancho Vistoso Blvd., Oro Valley, AZ 85755 www.vistoso.org vistosocc@gmail.com

VISTOSO CHURCH

Telephone: 520-825-0652 e-mail: vistosocc@icloud.com

Office Hours: Tues—Fri 10 am—2 pm

PASTOR: KEVIN REDIG

Emergency: 520-403-4088

THE VISTOSO VOICE

Editor: Vickie Brennan Asst. Editor: Dee Bethke

e-mail: VCCEditor@gmail.com

PRAISE AND WORSHIP SERVICE

WIGGLES FEBRUARY VISITORS

Men’s Friday Bible Study.

Fridays; 2/5, 2/12, 2/19 and 2/26 at 7:30 am.

Men’s and Wom-en’s Bible Stud-

ies.

Tuesdays; 2/2 and 2/9 at 9:30am. A new study in Joshua begins Tuesday, February 23.

Apologetics Class.

Thursdays; 2/4 and 2/18 at 9:30 am. Dr Ingolf Wallow con-tinues his topic from previous Wednesday nights.

Men of Honor.

Friday, 2/5 at 8:00 am.

Ladies Fellowship.

Tuesdays at 12:30 pm; 2/2 Hostess Anne Solomon, 505-4385 and 2/16 Hostess Betty Smith, 825-3133. Please call Hostess to confirm your attend-ance.

HeartCall Women’s

Bible Study

Thursdays; 2/11 and 2/25 at 9:30 am.

Choir Practice.

Wednesdays; 2/3, 2/10, 2/17 and 2/24 at 5:30 pm.

Stitchers' Fellowship.

Wednesday, 2/24 at 1:00 pm.

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For the purpose of greater understanding, step into our own church au-ditorium on a Wednesday evening choir rehearsal time. The choir mem-bers arrive for their 5:30 work session, i.e. Choir Rehearsal. The choir members come into the auditorium and go to the hallway on the right side of the church area to get their black choir work folders from our choir music holding unit for rehearsal time. This houses all of their cho-ral selections that will be rehearsed over the next several weeks in preparation for Sunday ministries. Each choir member has their own slot with their own music in it. They then bring that to the choir loft area for the rehearsal. The Music Librarian has already placed new music in each member’s slot to be picked up for that evening’s work time. After either an opening word of prayer or thoughts from our choir chaplain, the rehearsal work begins. The choir often uses the opening moments for a short vocalization to warm up the voices of the singers (use of non-word sounds like mah…lah…heh…loo) in either a scale or arpeggio setting. Each choir member marks their copy of music as to phrasing; interpre-tation markings, volume indicators, etc. Each Sunday's music is placed along with their own copy of the service order of music in their white folder for Sunday ministry. Typically six to eight tunes are worked on during each rehearsal so the choir is always working ahead for ministry presentation, as well as tak-ing into account the Christmas and Easter concert preparation times of special ministry. These special concert ministry preparation times often include a couple of extra rehearsals. Typically, each tune used by our choir will have had several rehearsal weeks before ministry presentation. For example, the choir opened our Carol Sing & Concert with an interesting treatment of Joy to the World. The instrumental part was particularly challenging. Pat Gustin played one accompaniment on the organ, Genenne Sexton played another on the piano and Loreen Young created the four-octave handbell choir on our keyboard. Then the choir had their four own parts (soprano alto ten-or bass], which none of the instruments were playing. There were many separate melodies happening at the same time in a contrapuntal (counterpoint) setting. It was a complicated arrangement, but the hard work of the choir and instrumentalists paid off! All did well.

Thanks for reading this and perhaps you now have a better understanding of what our dedi-cated choir and instrumentalists experience each week at the rehearsal. Allow these pieces of information to cause you to pray regularly for our choir and musicians. Our choir philoso-phy is this: "Ours is to minister...not to entertain." I would invite each of you to come by on a Wednesday evening and take in a rehearsal time with us; then stay for Pastor Kevin's excellent Bible Study and prayer time.

Satisfied in His Service, Paul Matthews

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Colleen Hartman 02/02

Mickie Harris 02/04

Clienton Smith 02/04

Marge Weston 02/07

Bill Bethke 02/10

Dorina Forssell 02/11

Darryl Sanders 02/11

Betty Smith 02/12

Cliff Redig 02/13

Tom Crozier 02/15

Ginger Embrey 02/17

Sharon Crozier 02/19

Dorothy Smith 02/25

Chuck Slade 02/25

Carol Vandaveer 02/28

Otto & Bea Putz, 41 years

02/01

Bill & Dee Bethke, 48 years

02/03

Dennis & Judy Merens, 35 years

02/05

Bill & Dot Hutchison, 65 years

02/09

Harold & Donna McGhee, 28 years

02/14

Jim & Avanelle Franke, 61 years

02/20

Carl & Dorina Forssell, 13 years

02/22

Earl & Joan Terp, 6 years

02/27

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CHURCH BOARD

Don Dickerman, Chair Paul Anderson, Finance Bill Hallier, Personnel Dick Hudgins, Planning

CHURCH OFFICE

Susan Bong, and Jan Galyen

COMMUNICATIONS

Dee Bethke, Chair Ellen Dudzik, Vice Chair

Volunteers: Vickie Brennan, Al Brogan, Diane Campbell, Don Collier, Eva Froehner, Jan Galyen, Michael Galyen, Jim Ketring, Phyllis Ketring, Cecilia Hallier, Art Riggins, Alice Pascal, Rick Sexton, Sharon Stark, Todd Southall, Jerry Wagner, Sharon Whitmer

DEACONS

Joe Bailey, Chair

Don Bong, Bill Carson, Don Collier, Fred Gustin, Ken Hunt, Jim Ketring, Rick Sexton, Jerry Solomon, Bill Studt

DISCIPLESHIP

Kevin Redig, Chair

Volunteers: Paul Anderson, Susan Anderson, Dee Bethke, Evelyn Daley, Michelle Dolinger, Scotty Dolinger, Michael Galyen, Jan Galyen, Cecelia Hallier, Joyce Henry, Jim Ketring, Judy Merens, Roberta Potts, Karen Redig, Dorothy Smith, Sharon Stark, Marian Stoleson, Zamie Studt, Caryl Thornton

FELLOWSHIP

Caryl Thornton, Chair

Volunteers: Nancy Appell, Jackie Budd, Cecelia Hallier, Tricia Jennings, Joy Knepper, Dorie Libby, Millie Ragland, Bettie Roosma, Maureen Perkins, Becky Sellers, Anne Solomon, Audra Southall, Sharon Stark, Marian Stoleson, Peggy Thurmond

FINANCE

Paul Anderson, Chair Nick Christensen, Treasurer

Volunteers: Edith Bailey, Ann Kilby, John Sellers, Ray Wosinski

Consultants: Dan Stoleson, Warren Thurmond

MISSIONS

Scotty Dolinger, Chair

Volunteers: Susan Anderson, Jackie Budd, Pat Cutsinger, Michelle Dolinger, Michael Galyen, Audrey Johnson, Ann Kilby, Nancy Lanier, Dave Marty, Art Riggins, Sharon Stark, Juliet Williams, Richard Williams

MUSIC

Paul Matthews, Music Director Ardith Matthews, Librarian

Musicians: Donna Clifton, Pat Gustin, Joyce Henry, Donna Hess, Genenne Sexton, Dorothy Smith, Jerry Trout, Loreen Young

Choir:

MINISTERY TO WIDOWS

Anne Solomon, Cecelia Hallier, Caryl Thornton, Jan Malkin, Linda Wilkes

NOMINATING

Susan Bong, Chair

Members to be appointed:

Board Member, Deacon (2), Kevin Redig

PLANNING

Kevin Redig, Chair

Volunteers: Edith Bailey, Dee Bethke, Susan Bong, Vickie Brennen, Jan Galyen. Michael Galyen, Jim Ketring, Paul Matthews, Peggy Thurmond

PROPERTY

Ken Hunt, Chair

Volunteers: Bill Carson, Don Collier, Bill Studt, John Utseth

Marquee: Karen Hunt, Zamie Studt

STITCHERS FELLOWSHIP

Karen Hunt, Becky Sellers, Lois McAnallen, Vickie Brennan, Susan Anderson, Donna Hess

STRATEGIC PLANNING

Dick Hudgins, Chair

Volunteers: Paul Anderson, Dee Bethke, Michael Galyen, Kevin Redig

WORSHIP

Bill Hallier, Chair

Volunteers: Don Collier, Phyllis Ketring, Ardith Matthews, Becky Sellers, Dan Stoleson, Darwin Thornton

Ushers: Ken Hunt, Larry Jennings, Joe Markwell, John Sellers

Greeters: Bill Studt, Zamie Studt