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Fun With Music, Playing, and Fellowship

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Fun With Music meets every Friday from 10-11:30 am in the Cornerstone Room (Room 215) of Pender UMC.  Directions to Pender.

This program is for parents/grandparents with their children ages 0 to 5. A fee of $30 covers the cost of food and supplies for the entire semester.

Each week there is 30 minutes of singing, a snack and toys are brought out for the children to play. The adults are served a breakfast and have the opportunity to fellowship with each other.

For questions, email Jim & Roberta Pont by clicking here.

Christmas Music, Part 9 – Mary Did You Know

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Mary Did You Know

The Pender Choir sang an arrangement of this Christmas Carol December 2, 2012 and as part of the 2015 Christmas Cantata.

Mark Lowry wrote the words in 1984 when his pastor asked him to write the program for the living Christmas tree choir presentation. The music was written by Buddy Greene.

Mary did you know that your baby boy would some day walk on water?
Mary did you know that your baby boy would save our sons and daughters?
Did you know that your baby boy has come to make you new?
This child that you’ve delivered, will soon deliver you.

Mary did you know that your baby boy would give sight to a blind man?
Mary did you know that your baby boy would calm a storm with his hand?
Did you know that your baby boy has walked where angels trod?
And when your kiss your little baby, you have kissed the face of God.

Oh Mary did you know

The blind will see, the deaf will hear, the dead will walk again.
The lame will leap, the dumb will speak, the praises of the lamb

Mary did you know that your baby boy is Lord of all creation?
Mary did you know that your baby boy would one day rule the nations?
Did you know that your baby boy is heaven’s perfect Lamb?
This sleeping child you’re holding is the great I AM

Christmas Cantata Sunday Morning

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Invite your friends and family and join us this Sunday at Pender UMC and enjoy our Christmas Cantata at all 3 services — 8:15, 9:30 & 11am.

“Emmanuel — God With Us!”
by Lloyd Larsen
Presented by:
The Pender UMC Sanctuary Choir (including MaryO) and Orchestra

Sunday, December 6
All 3 Services

A Lessons & Carols service featuring both traditional and contemporary songs tied together with biblical readings telling the Christmas story.

Directions to Pender

Sunday Childcare

Wondering where to take your children? Below is a summary. More detailed information is available at the Welcome desk located in the main lobby and here.

  • NURSERY CARE ~ Birth through 2 years, 9:30 am – 12:15 pm
  • SUNDAY SCHOOL 1 ~ 2 yrs. – Adults, 9:30 am – 10:40 am
  • SUNDAY SCHOOL 2 ~ Grades 4 – Adults, 10:45 am – 12:15 pm
  • CHERUB CHURCH ~ 3 yrs.- Kindergarten, 10:45 am – 12:15 pm
  • JUNIOR FELLOWSHIP ~ Grades 1-3, 10:45 am – 11:30 am
  • JUNIOR CHURCH ~ Grades 1 – 5, 11:30 am – 12:15 pm

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The Magic Flute ~ Coming to Daniels Run Elementary School

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Music will fill Daniels Run Elementary at 9:55 a.m. on Friday, November 20, as the Children’s Opera Company performs “The Magic Flute” as a cultural arts assembly for students in grades 3 – 6. The assembly aligns with the fifth grade Program of Studies proscribed work, Mozart’s Magic Flute, while giving students an opportunity to experience a live opera, modified and adapted for a school-age audience.

Some members of the Daniels Run Singers will participate in the performance, and the sixth grade chorus will perform four adapted arias during the performance.  This professional touring ensemble performs opera for young audiences in Northern Virginia and the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, and was started by an FCPS music teacher.

The Daniels Run PTA and Daniels Run Singers activity fund are underwriting the cost of the performance.

Contact principal Adam Erbrecht at 703-279-8400 or awerbrecht@fcps.edu or event liaison Lucinda Sexton at ljsexton@fcps.edu.

 

Upcoming Concert from the Odeon Chamber Music Series

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Odeon chamber Music Series presents: 

Makoto Nakura, marimba  http://makotonakura.com/

Sunday, November 15, 2015 at 4 p.m.

Program:

Cello Suite No.6  / J.S. Bach (arranged by M. Nakura)

The Trees Where I was Born / Jacob Bancks (with The Rev. Bernie Schroeder, narrator)

Prelude and Fugue in E-flat minor / Lane Harder

Irish folk songs / arranged by M. Nakura

“Les bois du paradis” / Benjamin Boyle   (with Mariko Hiller, piano)

 

 

At: St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church

3241 Brush Drive, Falls Church, VA 22042

Donation of $20 is greatly appreciated.

Wine & Cheese reception follows the concert.

Please contact Mariko Hiller at (703)200-7489,  marikohiller@gmail.com or visit our website at: http://odeonchambermusicseries.org/ for more information.

At George Mason: Munich Symphony Orchestra with The Romeros

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Philippe Entremont, conductor and piano
Pepe Romero, guitar

  • November 7, 2015 at 8:00 pm

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Bizet: Excerpts from Carmen Suites No. 1 and No. 2
Joaquin Rodrigo: Concierto Andaluz
Joaquin Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Massenet: Ballet Music

 

Two of Europe’s most esteemed ensembles share the stage for a sublime evening of Spanish and French classical music. The Munich Symphony Orchestra is one of Germany’s most venerated musical institutions, held in high esteem by audiences, critics, and experts alike. This important orchestra has enriched the cultural life of Bavaria with its unparalleled performances of symphonic concert pieces, opera and operettas, musicals, ballets, oratorios, and church music. The pairing of this orchestra with conductor Philippe Entremont, who is renowned for his outstanding interpretive abilities on the podium, creates a stunning collaboration. The orchestra is joined by Spanish classical guitar virtuoso Pepe Romero for a solo work. Mr. Romero is then joined by the other members of his quartet, an ensemble that has a sterling reputation in the world of classical music. As New York Times said, “the only classical guitar quartet of real stature in the world today; in fact, they virtually invented the format.” The Washington Post praised the Munich Symphony Orchestra for “conjuring up a joyous whirlwind of sound that ultimately launched the music blazing into the ether.”

Pre-Performance Discussion: Member of the Company (Nov 7, 2015)

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$70, $60, $42. 2 Free Student Tickets Available with Mason ID on October 27, 2015

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Pender Christmas VBS Registration

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Who: Kids Ages 3 (must be potty-trained)- 6th Grade

What:“Under Wraps: The Gift We Never Expected”

Where: Pender UMC Christmas VBS

Why: Celebrate Christmas and the Gift of Jesus Christ

When: Saturday, Dec. 5th @ 10 am – 2 pm

Cost: $10 per Kid or $20 total per Family

 

Join us for Christmas VBS on December 5, 2015 while your parents enjoy the gift of time to prepare for Christmas. We will enjoy music, crafts, lunch, recreation, a story and more! 

RSVP: Register online on our website by clicking on this link, beginning November 1st & ending November 30th.

Excellent Local Musical Concert

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NOVA Community Chorus (Dr. Mark Whitmire, Director) will present it’s Annual Chorus Benefit Concert on Tuesday, October 27, at 7:30 pm in Schlesinger Concert Hall on the Alexandria Campus. It will be an all-Bach program including Cantata 80: Eine feste Burg ist unser Gott (A mighty fortress in our God), accompanied by orchestra.

Acclaimed duo pianists Christine and David Hagan will perform Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor and the Concerto for Two Keyboards in C Major. 

NOVA students, staff and faculty are free with NOVA ID. Donations are requested. For information, call 703-845-6097 or email mwhitmire@nvcc.edu.

Don’t miss this chance for you and your students to hear the music of one of the greatest composers of all time.