BBPC Weekly BUZZ September 06, 2019 December 7, 2018 This Week in Worship WORSHIP will be online ONLY All gatherings at the church have been suspended Click HERE to join us via video streaming or dial in at: (872) 240-3311 & enter Access Code: 417-955-909 Sunday, May 10, 10:00 a.m. Streaming Online @ BBPC.org/LIVE Rev. Linda E Owens Preaching “There’s No Place Like Home“ Scripture: Psalm 31:1-5,15-16, 1 Peter2:2-10, & John 14:1-14 Anthems: Peace written & performed by Jennifer Knapp I Can Only Imagine performed by John Almendinger May the Lord Shine His Mercy Upon You performed by Celebrating our Graduates Francis Quilang Help us in honoring our 2020 graduates. Send us your high school and college graduation photos. In next week’s BUZZ, we will begin to feature our gradu- ates Along with the photos, please include: Graduate Name High School/University Name Degree Obtained (or high school diploma) Future plans upon graduation Please email all correspondence to Karen at [email protected] 1 SPECIAL MUSICAL GUESTS in WORSHIP : We have been so fortunate to have to renown recording artists contribute to our online worship. Both Carrie Newcomer and Jennifer Knapp are no strangers to BBPC. Carrie performed here in concert in 2016 and 2018, and Jennifer in 2011 & 2012. Each has offered personally to allow us access to their music for our worship online. Carrie has offered us access to her online video recordings and Jennifer has recorded three of her songs especially for us here at BBPC. We will be folding in these recordings into wor- ship over the weeks to come along with our own BBPC talent. We are so blessed to have such a strong musical arsenal of talent to enrich our worship experience. This week, in addition to another tune by our own John Almendinger, we will hear our first song from Jennifer Knapp. Below you can read a little bit about both Jennifer and Car- rie. JENNIFER KNAPP is a Grammy-nominated sing- er-songwriter, author, speaker, and advocate. Her impressive history includes selling over one million albums with her first three releases Kansas (debut 1998, Gold-certified), Lay It Down (2000), and The Way I Am(2001). She has earned four Dove Awards and has two Grammy nominations. The Kansas-born musician has toured the globe with artists such as Jars of Clay and was featured on the Lilith Fair Tour in 1999 and 2010. Knapp re- ceived critical acclaim for her human approach to the divine, with The Los Angeles Times calling her "a rising star" and People Magazine describing her as "an uncommonly literate songwriter." With a considerable fan base and critical and commercial success, Knapp walked away from music in 2002 at the height of her career. After a seven-year hiatus she returned in 2010 with a renewed passion for music showcased in her album Letting Go, which debuted at No. 73 on the Billboard Hot 200 Chart. Set Me Free followed in 2014 on Righteous Babe Records in conjunction with a mem- oir, Facing the Music: My Story, published by Simon & Schuster. Her 2017 album Love Comes Back Around, produced by Viktor Krauss, pairs her fearless songwriting and strong, expressive voice with Americana style rootsy arrangements. As the first major artist in the Christian music world to speak openly about LGBTQ identity, her unique position created opportunities for a national dialogue, including appearances on Larry King Live and the TEDx stage. In 2012 Knapp founded the non- profit organization Inside Out Faith, through which she continues to speak and per- form nationally as an advocate for LGBTQ & faith issues. A true Renaissance woman, Knapp recently completed a master’s degree in Theological Studies at Vanderbilt Di- vinity School. SPECIAL MUSICAL GUESTS CONTINUED ON THE NEXT PAGE 2 SPECIAL MUSICAL GUESTS in WORSHIP : CONTINUED CARRIE NEWCOMER is a performer, recording artist, and educator, de- scribed as a “prairie mystic” by the Boston Globe and one who “asks all the right questions” by Rolling Stone. Her song “I Should’ve Known Better” ap- peared on Nickel Creek’s Grammy award-winning gold-certified album “This Side”, and she earned a regional Emmy for the PBS special “An Evening with Carrie Newcomer.” Carrie is the 2019 recipient of the Shalem Institute Contemplative Voices Award. Recent media appearances include PBS’s Religion and Ethics and Krista Tippett’s On Being. In the fall of 2009 and 2011 Newcomer was a cultural ambassador to India, in- vited by the American Embassy of India, resulting in her interfaith collaborative bene- fit album Everything is Everywhere with world master of the Indian Sarod, Amjad Ali Khan and his sons Ayan and Amaan. In 2012 and 2013 Carrie traveled to Kenya and the Middle East performing in schools, spiritual communities and AIDS hospitals. Car- rie has 17 nationally released albums on Available Light and Rounder Records, includ- ing The Point of Arrival, The Beautiful Not Yet, A Permeable Life, and Everything is Everywhere. Newcomer has also released two companion books of poetry and essays, A Permeable Life: Poems and Essays and The Beautiful Not Yet: Poems, Essays, & Lyrics. Newcomer’s first theatrical production, Betty’s Diner: The Musical, was per- formed at a sold out run at Purdue University in 2015 and is now available to interest- ed theaters, universities, and spiritual communities. In 2016 Carrie presented the Goshen College commencement address and was awarded an honorary degree in Music for Social Change. She regularly works with Parker J. Palmer in live programs, including Healing the Heart of Democracy: A Gath- ering of Spirits for the Common Good and What We Need is Here: Hope, Hard Times, and Human Possibility. Newcomer and Palmer also are actively collaborating on The Growing Edge, a website, podcast, and retreat. Spirituality and Health Magazine named The Growing Edge collaboration as one of the top ten spiritual leaders and pro- grams for the next 20 years. Three of Newcomer’s songs are included in Palmer’s newest book. Other special collaborations include presentations with neuroscientist Jill Bolte Taylor, author Rabbi Sandy Sasso, and environmental author Scott Russell Sanders. Carrie lives in the woods of southern Indiana with her husband and two shaggy dogs. 3 CONCERT & CONVERSATION, Friday, May 15 @ 7PM via Zoom With Ben Dettelback, Jordan Gunn, and Simon & Lila Dettelback (Look for Zoom details in next week’s Buzz) Are you bored at home? Do you like music? Does your kid/grandkid play an instrument that gives you a headache? Unsure of how that loud instrument could be turned into a career path? Join Ben, Jordan, Simon, and Lila for an evening of music and conversation on May 15th @7pm! Relax at home while listening to various en- sembles containing voice, cello, trombone, pi- ano, and flute, talk about what it means to major in music, and see what a bunch of mu- sicians do at home when they’re bored! You know all about Ben, Simon, & Lila, but here is a little something about Jordon ... Jordan Gunn, Cello, is currently playing in the Civic Orchestra of Chicago as a rotating principal player. She received her Bachelor’s degree from the Eastman School of Music in the studio of Steve Doane and Rosemary El- liott in May of 2019. During her time at Eastman, Jordan received the prestigious Performer’s Certificate, while serving as the principal cellist of the Eastman Philharmonia. She is the founding cellist of the Lilac String Quartet which in 2019 won 2nd prize in the MTNA National Competition, as well as per- formed in many faculty and honors recitals during their formation at Eastman. Jordan has attended festivals such as Le Do- maine Forget de Charlevoix, the Bowdoin In- ternational Music Festival, the Madeline Island Chamber Music fellowship, and the AIMS fes- tival in Graz, Austria. Next year, Jordan will start a three-year con- tract with The Orchestra Now at Bard College, and play as the Associate Principal cellist in the Binghamton Philharmonic. 4 Wednesday Evening Bible Study Begins, May 13 @ 7 p.m. Lou Ruprecht will leading a study on Wednesday evenings. Plans are being made now. If you are in- terested in receiving email notifications, please email Lou at [email protected]. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83695024201? pwd=S1VlN2UvUll0Rm1ldzd2RmFIaXp1Zz09 Meeting ID: 836 9502 4201 Password: 067863 One tap mobile +19292056099,83695024201# US (New York) Thursday Morning Bible Study Thursdays @ 10:30 a.m. Join Pastor Linda for a conversation about Rachel Held Evans’ book, A Year of Biblical Womanhood. This is book is written by the same author who wrote, Inspired. We will be gathering via Zoom on Thursday mornings from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Books can be ordered through Amazon in paperback or Kindle. Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/ j/92046726437? pwd=YnZLOUlQU2dZTzhIL0hyUVNVbHpsUT09 Meeting ID: 920 4672 6437 Password: 597383 One tap mobile: +19292056099,,92046726437# US (New York) The “Thank You” Project: During this pandemic, heroes have risen up to help us meet basic needs as we stay home to flatten the curve, and others have put themselves in harm’s way to care for us when we become ill. All of these essential workers have risked contracting COVID 19 on our behalf and we would like to say, “thank you!” Please consider contributing a video or photo “thank you” message to an individual or a group of workers who have gone above and beyond during this pan- demic. We will be gathering these messages and creating our own “BBPC Says Thank You” video to share with our local community.