A Fresh Take

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...

Avoiding Directing Traps

Or more foolish, haphazard, lazy, and scatterbrained traps by Matthew Prins A couple of years back, I wrote an article for Overtones, an article that enumerated all the foolish, haphazard, lazy, and scatterbrained traps that I get caught in while directing my...

Heard from the Trenches

What is the biggest issue facing your handbell ministry? by Sondra Tucker Crowdsourcing on a topic is a good way to both identify common issues and brainstorm solutions to those problems. Unless you work in a paradise where everyone gets along all the time, money and...