What is the biggest issue facing your handbell ministry? by Sondra Tucker In the previous “Handbells in Worship” column, we looked at some common issues that tend to arise sooner or later for most everyone who works in church music. While each person’s situation is...
Handbells and the drama of the worship service by Venita MacGorman A worship service contains many of the aspects of a drama—participants, a story with prose, poetry, and music that enhance the story and provide emotional content. Handbells can be used in a variety of...
Handbells at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church by Martha Alford and Christine Anderson Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church (CRPC) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is a place where music has mattered a great deal over the fifty-plus years of its existence. It is one of the...
Utilizing Handbells in Various Components of Catholic Worship by Lindsey Horty To some handbell musicians, the Catholic mass is the type of worship they are most familiar with, while to other handbell musicians it seems completely foreign. As complex as it may appear...
Teen choir combines handbells, youth, and a praise team by Joy Toll-Chandler Once upon a time there was a youth pastor and a music director. They wanted to bring together the teen handbell choir and the church’s contemporary praise team—but how should they do it? They...
