Worship/Music

Music Music Music

Bethel has a fantastic music program and welcomes interested musicians!

Worship Team
	Clayton Johnson is our Music & Worship Coordinator.	The Bethel Worship Team invites all musicians to share their gifts in our 10:45am band-led (“contemporary”) worship services — singers or instrumentalists including guitar, drums, bass, piano, brass, woodwinds, and strings. Bethel has a fantastic music program and welcomes all interested musicians! Rehearsal is on Sunday mornings at 8:45am. Contact Clayton.
All Bethel Choir
	Melody Wright is Director of our All Bethel Choir. Read more about Melody.	All singers, experienced or not, are welcome to join! The choir sings at the early service on scheduled Sundays. Contact Melody for information.
Handbell Choir
	Chris Hogan is our Handbell Choir Director.	The handbell choir, A Joyful Noise, performs about once a month at services. Handbells are easy to learn how to play, even if you don’t read music. We welcome players of all ages and experience levels. Contact Chris.
Children’s Choir
	Barb Larsen is our Children’s Choir Director. Read more about Barb.	The Children’s Choir is for children, grades 2 through 6, who sing during some services approximately once per month. The selections include hymns and anthems composed for children’s choirs, as well as recently composed songs. Watch the calendar, bulletin and announcements for rehearsal times. These are expected to be Sundays, after the second service when children are in school. Lunch is included. Attention adults: we occasionally have a need for substitute accompanists. Contact Barb.
Organist
	Melody Wright is our Organist, Pianist Vocal and Instrumental Director. Read more about Melody.	Organ and piano music accompany the hymns and liturgies of our traditional worship. Contact Melody if you play an instrument or are a vocalist able to sing solos. She loves working with musicians to make our worship services more beautiful! Contact Melody.
All Bethel Choir Accompanist
	Vadim Rivkin is our All Bethel Choir Accompanist. Read more about Vadim	Vadim accompanies the All Bethel Choir on piano. His spouse, Natalia Bondar, also a musical talent, joins us on occasion to turn pages or help create four hand piano versions of the choir accompaniment. Contact Vadim.

Music Events

Bethel Choir rehearsal
Thursdays until May 29 2025
This event is from 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM at Sanctuary
Contact Melody Wright

Join Bethel's choir and be part of worship throughout the year! Practices are Thursdays at 7:30pm in the Sanctuary. Any questions please contact director, Melody Wright.

Handbell Choir
Sundays until December 8
This event is from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM at Music and Ed Room
Contact Chris Hogan

Handbell reqular weekly rehearsals. Performance dates:
9/22, 10/6, 10/27 - with choir, 11/24, 12/15

Harpers Hall Concert
Saturday, December 14
This event is from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM at Sanctuary
Contact Hella Bluhm-Stieber

Harpers Hall makes its home in the San Francisco South Bay Area and Central California Coast. Our purpose is to promote an appreciation of the folk harp, to cultivate its living musical tradition, and to preserve the fun and magic of the harp for members and for the general public. To that end, we hold numerous events throughout the year, from harp jams to house concerts, festival performances to yearly weekend retreats. Journey through Harpers Hall to discover an enchanting world of harpers and learn their songs and their stories. Here you will meet many of the revelers, see the various lands they travel to, and find out how to join. In this concert, the Harpers Hall Ensemble, led by Verlene Schermer, will present Christmas music from around the world. You'll also hear a few solos by ensemble members. Admission is free, but donations are welcome to help support the Bethel Music Program concert expenses. Harpers Hall CDs will be available for purchase after the program.

Madrigals A Capella Concert at Bethel
Sunday, December 15
This event is from 9:50 AM to 10:20 AM at Sanctuary
Contact Tom Hoegel

Come and hear a Christmas acapella concert by the Mountain View High School Madrigals, led by Jill Denny.