Each hymn will have a narration about the life of the composer/hymnwriter and the message of that hymn and its place in the history of the Christian faith.   Bells, organ and piano will be used enhance the singing under the direction of Catharine Wheat.  Congregational participation is at the heart this work.

Some of the hymns included in the program will be:  “Of The Father’s Love Begotten” based on the Latin poem by the Roman poet, Aurelius Prudentius (348 to 413) and paired with a medieval plainchant melody; Martin Luther’s  “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God“; Isaac Watt’s “O God Our Help In Ages Past; John Wesley’s “O For A Thousand Tongues to Sing” and  Sydney Carter’s contemporary  hymn “Lord of The Dance” set to a American Shaker melody.

If you are looking for an open and friendly place to spend Sunday morning, Pastor Thomas invites you to worship at the First Presbyterian Church of Cazenovia.  Child Care and Sunday School are available during the service.  For more information contact the church at 655-3191

SENIOR CHOIR:  The first full rehearsal for Senior Choir is Thursday, September 15^th at 7:30pm

SOUNDS OF CHIMES CHOIR:  The first full rehearsal for the Sounds of Chimes bell choir is Thursday, September 15^th at 6:30pm

JUBILATE CHOIR:  The Jubilate Choir which is open to all youth in grades  5-12 will have its first meeting on Sunday, September 18^th at 11am in the music room. I hear that pizza might be a part of this rehearsal!

CHILDREN’S CHOIR:  The Children’s Choir which is open to all youth in kindergarten through fourth grade will hold its first rehearsal at 11am on Sunday , September 18^th.  They will meet in the Wendell House with Miss LaRose and I understand that  pizza might play a part intheir rehearsal also!

Bagpiper, Jesse MacWilliam, is the son of Scott and Sarah MacWilliam and grandson of Hugh and Phyllis Mac William of Fabius and a junior at Fabius-Pompey High School. He is currently playing in an adult bagpiper band and is a grade 1 piper. ,

The Presbyterian Church celebrates Reformation Sunday on the last Sunday of October,
commemorating a significant event in the history of the Reformed tradition. It was on October 31, 1517, that Martin Luther posted his 95 theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany. Martin Luther was protesting against the corruption of the Church in Rome and the great abuses attending the sale of indulgences. Luther, a German priest and professor, is credited with starting the movement known as the Protestant Reformation.

Some twenty years later, a French/Swiss theologian, John Calvin further refined the reformers’ new way of thinking about the nature of God and God’s relationship with humanity in what came to be known as Reformed Theology. This theology proved to be the driving force of the Reformation, particularly in Germany, France, the Netherlands, England, and Scotland.

John Knox, a Scotsman who studied with Calvin in Geneva, took Calvin’s teachings back to Scotland. The Presbyterian Church traces its ancestry back primarily to Knox in Scotland and to England. The First Presbyterian Church is Cazenovia was started in 1799.

If you are looking for an open and friendly place to celebrate Sunday morning worship, please join us at the Cazenovia Presbyterian Church. Child Care and Sunday School are available during the service. For more information contact the church at 655-3191 or www.cazpres.org.

SENIOR CHOIR: This choir meets on Thursdays at 7:30pm and sings every Sunday in church from September until June. Our first rehearsal of the season will be on Thursday the 16th of September.

THE SOUNDS OF CHIME CHOIR: This choir is for adults who would enjoy playing handbells and handchimes. They play in church about once every six weeks and have a lot of fun in rehearsal. The church has three octaves of handbells and three octaves of handchimes and we use both sets of instruments. This choir rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30pm and their first rehearsal of the season is also on Thursday the 16th of September.

JUBILATE CHOIR: This choir is open to all youth in grades 5-12. It consists of a singing and a ringing choir. Both choirs rehearse after church at 11am in the music room under the direction of Cathy Wheat. The choirs sing/ring in church about once every six week and also take their music and smiles to a neighboring nursing home at least once a year. The first rehearsal for this group will be on Sunday the 19th of September in the Music Room and there is pizza involved. Please feel free to join this group!

CHILDREN’S CHOIR: This choir is open to youth in grades k-4 and meets in the Wendell house on Sundays after church at 11am under the capable direction of Virginia LaRose. They sing in church several times a year. The first rehearsal for this group is Sunday the 19th of September at 11am and I believe that there is also pizza involved in their first rehearsal! Sounds like you hadn’t better miss this one.

Utterback has delighted audiences in the U.S. and Europe with his astonishing virtuosity and deeply personal music-making for over three decades. Utterback’s piano style was influenced by such keyboard greats as Oscar Peterson and Art Tatum. The artist also counts Sarah Vaughan and Charlie Parker among his favorite influential jazz musicians. He infuses familiar blues, ballads, Broadway, and jazz classics with a captivating, dynamic style.

A native of Wichita, Kansas, Dr. Utterback received classical training at Wichita State University and the University of Kansas, where he earned his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance and is in continuous demand as adjudicator and improvisation seminar presenter for local and national piano and organ guilds throughout the US and Canada .

After long-term gigs in the jazz centers of San Francisco and St. Louis, Joe is now centered in the NYC area, with periodic performances at restaurants such as 2nd Avenue’s La Mediterranee, the celebrated Tony Awards Gala Reception and in the lobby of the Empire State Building during the Christmas season.

The 2008-2009 season has witnessed a flurry of Joe’s compositional activity leading to the Spring 2009 publication of his 300+ published compositions: Including his choral jazz mass – MISSA JAZZIS for choir, trumpet, and piano; a lengthy organ mass Jazz Mass for Organ; and Celebrations!- a collection of piano/organ duets, which will be premiered by pianist David Allen Wehr and English organist Dr. Andrew Shenton for Joe’s 65th Birthday Bash Concert, October 4 at 4PM at the First Congregational Church, Main Street, Stratford, CT.

Additionally, on the recording scene, Connoisseur Society has lately released Joe’s most recent CD So Many Stars, a compendium of numbers from The American Songbook. A few of these titles will be the subject of Joe’s improvisations during the afternoon concert. The CD will be on the sale table, and Joe will gladly autograph them for you. Piano scores for three numbers in the concert and morning service are also on the table, along with other CDs.

Dr. Joe is actively involved in studio recordings with cabaret singers: the latest, a Christmas CD with the tenor soloist Michael Jovovich (for a November release), and a recent jazz CD with the Columbus, Ohio jazz singer Dwight Lenox, release scheduled for Cool Mondays jazz series at Lincoln Center, Barnes & Noble, NYC.

Dr. Utterback teaches at Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT, where he was recently honored for 15 years of service. He directs the Stratford Sister Cities Chorus, and serves as Director of Music and Organist at the First Congregational Church, Stratford, CT. You won’t want to miss the jazz pianist, composer, and recording artist “Dr. Joe” Utterback in this free concert at the Cazenovia Presbyterian Church Sunday, September J 3th at 4:00 pm.

For more information on Dr. Joe Utterback, visit his website at www.joeutterback.com.