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Serving the Brandywine area since 1849

Pastor - Rev. Dr. Randall E. Otto

Clerk of Session - Jane O. Reed

President, Board of Trustees - Evelyn L. Williams

Moderator of Deacons - Nancy K. Otto

Treasurer - JoAnna B. Ventresca

Financial Secretary - Ellen V. Hinrichs

Cemetery Superintendent - John L. Stevens

Director of Music - Bruce G. Fine

Administrative Assistant - Lorraine Buchakjian

Presbytery Commissioner - Charles L. Reed, III
  

Weekly/Monthly Events

  • Sundays, 9:30 a.m. Weekly Adult Bible Study/Sunday School at Green Hill (resuming September 12)
  • Wednesdays, 5:00 p.m. Corporate Prayer Hour, to be followed by the evening Bible study.
  • Wednesdays, 6:00 p.m. Evening, in home Bible Study.  Please call the church for information.
  • Thursdays, 8:45 a.m. Bible Study held at Green Hill. (beginning September 16)
  • Thursdays, 6:45 p.m. Chancel Choir Practice for anyone who enjoys singing. (resuming September 9)

September Activities

Saturday, September 11, 9:00 a.m. to noon —  Trustees Fall clean-up 
Join in to help clean up for our new season to begin.  Indoor and outdoor work will be available to any volunteers.
Sunday, September 12—Rally Day 

Rally Day is the traditional Sunday of launching fall activities at Green Hill. Adult Bible Study  resumes at 9:30 am, and worship is at 10:30 am, with the Chancel Choir returning from its seasonal break to provide special music.

 

Included in worship will be presentations by youngsters ages 3 to 12 who attended the Kids Summer Club. They will share messages from God’s Word as well as some fun songs learned from the SonQuest Rainforest summer program.

 

Following worship, everyone is invited to lunch at the “Rainforest Café” (Fellowship Hall). The   menu (back by popular demand) includes hotdogs and chicken nuggets, both with traditional accompaniments, and make-your-own desserts from the Ice Cream Sundae Bar!)

 

Sunday, September 26—Mountain Dulcimer Music by Guest Artist Bill Collins 

Green Hill will welcome performer and teacher Bill Collins. He will play the selections on the mountain dulcimer including: 

 

“Lovely Love,” music by Eunice Wyeth, lyrics by Eunice Bathrick. Wyeth and her family were part of the Shaker community in Harvard, MA. Wyeth and her husband Joseph were converted to Shaker beliefs by the founder of the Shaker movement, Mother Ann Lee (1736-84). After moving away from Harvard, Wyeth returned for the last years of her life. It is thought that this hymn  expresses her joy at being reunited with the community. Bathrick was Wyeth’s niece.

 

“Simple Gifts,” by Joseph Brackett, ca. 1848. Perhaps the best-known of all Shaker hymns. Its     origin is unclear, but it is thought have been written by Brackett (1979-1882), an elder in the Shaker community of Alfred, ME. American composer Aaron Copland (1900-1990) popularized the song by using it as a theme for his 1944 ballet Appalachian Spring. It is also the tune used by English poet and musician Sydney Carter (1915-2004) for his 1963 song “Lord of the Dance.”
   
“Standard-Bearers (Lion-Hearted, Brave and True),” from the 1908 Canterbury Hymnal. Eleven hymnals were published between 1842 and 1908 by the Shaker community of Canterbury, NH. Collins, of Wilmington, DE, offers private lessons, conducts workshops, and performs at dulcimer festivals in the northeast. He has also produced three books of arrangements for mountain dulcimer—The Best in the Bag, Carolan’s Dulcimer, and Come Life, Shaker Life.

What is a Mountain Dulcimer? Click here!

New Member Directories

We have continuted to update our pictoral Member Directories which are available on the back table of the sanctuary.  Please pick one up at the church, and if you have not had a chance to have your picture taken, please contact the church office to find out when you may do so.