Section » Music
- Encore!
Mon, Mar 26, 2012
Tonight we had a choir concert at Granger Missionary Church. It was a lovely concert, it went well, and the congregation was very welcoming. We also had four Steel Magnolias performances and strike this weekend. Because I was involved in both of those things, it was a good but very long weekend and I was [...]
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Mon, Mar 19, 2012
What two words better describe college life than music and caffeine? Last night I went to Bethel’s very own Jazz Coffee House. Put on by the Music Dept and Student Life, the Jazz Coffee House showcases the jazz band and the jazz combo. It was fantastic! I’ve gone many times over the years, and [...]
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Mon, Feb 20, 2012
This past week was Pilot Olympics week. All sorts of interesting competitions take place around campus during Pilot Olympics, but my favorite is the final competition: Battle of the Bands. Battle of the Bands is sponsored by Student Council and Subkirke (a local organization that operates a music venue out of South Bend Reformed Christian Church.) [...]
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Mon, Feb 20, 2012
The other night I had the pleasure of attending Bethel’s Battle of the Bands. Not only was the night filled with humor, but incredible talent. There were so many fantastic voices and instrumentalists using their gifts for God’s glory, it was a delight to watch and listen to. I couldn’t help but wish I would have made my [...]
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Wed, Feb 15, 2012
Musicians interest me. I am one, but something about other musicians–their style, tone quality, and overall musicality grips my attention like nothing else can. I am serious. When I listen to music, especially artists I enjoy, I am captured by these things. I am taken away by lyrics and melodies of songs I don’t know, [...]
Comments are closed • Read this post » - All in a day’s work… (part 2)
Mon, Jan 30, 2012
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 2 Corinthians 12:9 I love being on the Chapel Band; praising God through music is an integral part of [...]
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Mon, Jan 23, 2012
Sometimes I don’t know what to say when people ask me if I have a job. I mean, I show up, turn in timecards, and I get a paycheck, but I don’t have an ordinary job. I’m a vocalist on the Bethel College Chapel Band. So basically, I get paid to do what I love- [...]
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Mon, Jan 23, 2012
Coming from Canada, I’ve celebrated black history month, but I never even heard about Martin Luther King Day as a holiday. It was really cool how Bethel’s chapel service that day was dedicated to MLK, there were poems, speeches and songs as well as a rap performed which talked about slavery and troubles that African [...]
Comments are closed • Read this post » - Spreading Christmas Cheer
Mon, Dec 12, 2011
The students of Block 7 gathered together in cc101 early Thursday morning to not only prepare treat bags but their voices. Like little elves they worked diligently, each fulfilling a role as they created an assembly line for filling the bags with goodies. It was their way of saying “thank you” to all the maintenance [...]
- Overflow
Tue, Nov 15, 2011
It’s that time of year when everything seems to pile on at once. All my homework assignments, projects, and papers all seem to be due at the same time, intramural basketball games have started, Writing Center appointments are booking, and my volunteer positions for some reason seem to be more of a requirement (that’s not [...]
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Tue, Oct 4, 2011
Every Sunday I have the chance to visit my family. I don’t mean my biological family–my mom, dad, and two sisters–whom I dearly love. I mean my family in Christ, those that have chosen to walk alongside me in my journey. Of course I am surrounded by these people at Bethel every day, don’t get [...]
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Tue, Oct 4, 2011
The Bible comes up a lot here at Bethel. The fact that it’s a Christian college kind of alludes to that. But there really are some Christian colleges that don’t live up to the name of Christian–Christ follower. That is one of the reasons that I love Bethel. The people here are earnestly seeking God. [...]
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Mon, Sep 19, 2011
I love the worship here. The band is just incredible and vivacious and talented, but most importantly sold out to Jesus. Its so awesome to be able to connect with God with so many other followers. Sometimes I don’t even sing the songs because I’m just enthralled by the voices around me. It gives me [...]
- Alternate Chapel: Praise & Worship
Mon, Mar 14, 2011
I am one of three alternate chapel leaders on campus. Alternate Chapel is an “alternative” service to attend during regular chapel times in the Octorium. Worship is of a smaller setting yet the main message is streamed live. In the last two years I have led, I have fallen in love with the atmosphere. There [...]
Comments are closed • Read this post » - Behind the Scenes- PASSION 2011 (4)
Sun, Feb 20, 2011
I am not sure if I am cheating out on describing beautiful moments relating to Passion in more than one post, however, while in Atlanta I couldn’t get away from it. Ironically enough, I hadn’t felt anything to a deep enough level that made me want to go out and change the world. I saw [...]
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Thu, Feb 17, 2011
To start off the new year I had an amazing opportunity to head to Atlanta, Georgia with 12 other friends from church. What’s in Atlanta that’s so great you ask? THE PASSION CONFERENCE! (A 4 day gathering of 18-25 year olds united for His renown). Instead of using this space to explain exactly what the [...]
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Wed, Jan 26, 2011
Respite: Sing, Goddess, Karli’s respite, Abandoned academia, alternatively saturated the clock With holy orders, inhaling and exhaling grace in the midst Of the few and the thousands, And embraced the cleansing date ’11 For hope bellowed credo ut intelligam. Begin with the resting of scholarly knowledge, Attempting to make the main thing the main thing. [...]
Comments are closed • Read this post » - Beautiful.
Fri, Dec 10, 2010
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. This past week I had one of the greatest afternoons I’ve had this semester. Laura. One of my close friends from last year, now living in Hawaii. She blessed me more than she will ever know. God has blessed me way more than I could have ever imagined through our friendship. So beautiful. This [...]
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Thu, Dec 9, 2010
Beauty Project (9)- JOY The semester is coming to a close. After an amazing time mentoring a group of freshman students, Block 7 more specifically, it was time for a “last blast” (and for clarification this did not involve alcohol). As a final service project we gathered together making treat bags for all the maintenance, [...]
Comments are closed • Read this post » - Thanks Worth Giving (3)
Thu, Nov 25, 2010
I am thankful for music. Music is nostalgia. Star wars wouldn’t be the same without hearing the “Daa, Daa, dat dat dat Daaa, Daa dat dat dat Daaa, Daa.” Who would remember Woodstock without the Jefferson Airplane song “White Rabbit” or aging another year just cries for that timeless wonder, “Happy Birthday.” Take away The [...]
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