Back Choir members retreat to Station Hill campus
September 3rd, 2010
Members of Brentwood Baptist's Choir and Orchestra don't just come together in the loft on Sundays at the main campus. They retreat together as well. On Saturday, August 21, 80 of them took a short vacation down to Spring Hill to view the new facilities of our sister campus to the south, The Church At Station Hill, and get away.
Jeremy Busler, Station Hill Worship Pastor who also led worship at the retreat, said, "The idea was that the choir would come down because many of them haven't even seen the campus yet. It was a chance for them to take in the multisite facility and see first-hand what we're doing."
The one-day, three-hour retreat began at 9:00 a.m. with a buffet table full of breakfast foods. Until noon, they fellowshipped over the spread, experienced a time of praise led by the Station Hill worship band, Dennis Worley (Brentwood Baptist Music & Worship Minister), and Jim Hammerly (Brentwood Baptist Associate Music & Worship Minister), got a crash course on new music coming up for the fall, and discussed upcoming Christmas program plans.
The brand-new Station Hill Worship Choir begins this fall, so their Brentwood Baptist brothers and sisters were able to encourage them in this new adventure. But these choir members aren't new.
Jeremy said, "One of the reasons why Station Hill has such a strong connection with Brentwood Baptist—besides the campus itself—is that so many of the people who launched this campus (approximately 30) were Brentwood Baptist Choir and Orchestra members. They came down here to see us, and Dennis and the choir led a really neat prayer time over those of us serving at Station Hill and our campus."
In addition to the items on their agenda, the choir members were introduced to the upcoming choir recruitment program that will take place this month. Jay and Alice Conner are heading up the team within the choir to launch and maintain this program through fall 2011.
"It was a wonderful fellowship time and church family time because those in attendance got to experience what it's like to be a part of a multisite campus," Jeremy said. "We're in a separate location, but we're all the same church family so we should always be encouraging each other and praying for one another."