Babies of St. Marks

Meets: Wednesdays 4:30-4:55 p.m. and 5:00-5:25 p.m., Children’s Faith Center (3rd grade classroom)

Babies of St. Mark’s offers two music classes (with the same content) for newborns to 2-year olds that utilizes music and movement techniques shown by research to have amazing benefits for developing children, encompassing musical, physical, emotional, social and cognitive growth. These classes teach parents/guardians and child music play that can extend to play at home. Parent and baby/toddler play each week together.

Ages: 0-2

Current Music Schedule See Below

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Little Angels Choir

Meets: Wednesdays, 5:00-5:25 p.m., Children’s Faith Center

This group is for Pre-K children (3-5 year olds) and continues to utilize music and movement techniques to allow children to find their singing voices. Songs are shared with parents at the end of practices as they are ready.

Ages: 3 years to Pre-K (4-5 years)

Current Music Schedule See Below

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Joyful Noise Choir

Rehearsals: Wednesdays, 5:30-6:00 p.m., Choir Room

This choir learns to find and develop their singing voices through musical play and dance. Songs are presented during Sunday morning worship services as they are ready. Children also learn a musical based on a Biblical story.

Ages: Kindergarten, 1st, & 2nd grades

Current Music Schedule See Below

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Jubilation Choir

Rehearsals: Wednesdays, 6:00-7:15 p.m., Choir Room

Children learn to read music and use healthy vocal techniques to lift their voices to God. This choir incorporates all styles of music and learns one and two part vocal music as they are able for Sunday morning worship. Children also learn to play handchimes, both complete songs and as accompaniment to vocal anthems. Choir members lead a musical based on a Bible story once a year.

Ages: 3rd-5th grades

Current Music Schedule See Below

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Please contact Danielle Lemieux, Director of Music Ministry for Children and Youth, at 253-752-4966 ext. 105 or danielle@smlutheran.org if you have questions and/or would like to be put on our mailing/calling list for our Children’s Choirs.

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Children’s Christmas Musicals

Preschool program:

The Preschool Christmas program, presented by 3-5 year olds, will take place on Sunday, December 11th from 4:30-5:00 PM in the Parish Commons.  Preschoolers will be working on the program during Sunday School (Sunday mornings, 9:45-10:45 AM) and during Little Angels Choir (Wednesdays, 5:00-5:25 PM).  If you have a child that would like to be involved, please contact Miss Danielle.

Practice for this program will take place in the Sanctuary on Saturday, December 10th from 10:30-11:00 AM.  We will also have a run through in the Children’s Faith Center on Sunday morning, December 11th, in the preschool classrooms.

Children involved in the program will need to be at St. Mark’s by 4:00 PM to get into costumes.

Elementary Program:

This year’s Children’s Christmas musical is Camel Lot, by Cyndi Nine, Rob Howard & David Guthrie and will take place on Sunday, December 11th as part of a potluck dinner and program from 5:00-7:00 PM.

All children who attend Sunday School and/or Joyful Noise and Jubilation Choirs will also be participating by learning songs that will be presented during this program.

Here’s what the show is about:

Take  your congregation on a delightful journey to the manger… by camel! “Camel Lot” is filled with the coolest music anywhere, a funny but Biblically rock-solid message, and the best time your kids will have anywhere this Christmas! Beth has been practicing hard for the church Christmas pageant. Her Dad (who runs a car dealership) may be too busy with Christmas car sales to make it to the program. Exhausted from practice, with lines from Luke 2 swirling in her mind, she drifts off to sleep. Transported by Beth’s imagination (and a sound effect or two!) we all “wake up” in Bethlehem on a very special day, and in a most unusual place – the Camel Lot! It doesn’t take long, inside Beth’s topsy-turvy dream world, to encounter camel shoppers, sales people, shepherds, wise men, and a very familiar story, told in a fun and refreshing new way! It’s all here… music everyone will want to sing, a story everybody will love, and the clear, simple message of Jesus the Savior, sent to our world to redeem sinful humanity. (Publishers description)

PRACTICES:

Practices for this program are as follows

• Wednesday, November 30th (Choir Room) – 5:30-6:00 PM for Kindergarten-2nd graders; 6:00-7:15 PM for 3rd-5th graders. *This is for singing and speaking roles only.
• Sunday, December 4th (Children’s Faith Center) – 9:45-10:15 AM for all Kindergarten-5th graders
• Wednesday, November 30th (Choir Room) – 5:30-6:00 PM for Kindergarten-2nd graders; 6:00-7:15 PM for 3rd-5th graders.  All children involved (including those with non-speaking roles) should attend.
• Saturday, December 10th (Santuary) – All children come together in the Sanctuary to run through the entire program, 9:00-10:30 AM.
• Sunday, December 11th – All children and families are encouraged to attend the potluck from 5:00-5:30 PM.  At 5:30, all children will go downstairs to get into costumes.  The program will start at 6 PM in the Sanctuary.  All children/families please plan to stay to help put away costumes and props and to put away/recycle set pieces.

Questions, please contact Danielle Lemieux.  God Bless!

See the Christmas Musical Page for more information

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Current Children’s Music Schedule for Fall 2011.

You will need Adobe Acrobat to read the music schedules. If you do not have it you may download it here.