Praise & worship demonstrate 'togetherness' at Daytona
By CAROLYN NICHOLS
Newswriter
Published November 29, 2007
FBC photo by Ken Touchton
Drummer Burt Rushing from Calvary Baptist set the tempo for
praise songs.
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DAYTONA BEACH (FBW)—Three musical groups led worship in four sessions of the Florida Baptist State Convention annual meeting Nov. 12-13 in Daytona Beach.
Choirs and a praise team led congregational singing in the evenings, and soloists Leonardo Villanueva and Leo Day sang Nov. 13.
FBC photo by Ken Touchton
Soloist Dave Edwards is backed by the combined choir as he sang Carol Cymbala’s “I’m Amazed.”
The combined choirs of Calvary Baptist Church in Clearwater and First Baptist Church of Indian Rocks in Largo, led by Calvary's minister of music Greg Toney, sang Nov. 12.
The all-memorized vocals included the Latin beat of "We Crown You With Praise," "Not Unto Us" and "End of the Beginning." All arrangements featured percussion, brass and pianist Stan Collins.
Nov. 13 the combined choir was pared down to Calvary's 10-member praise team. The team and instrumentalists led the classic hymn "Blessed Be The Name" and lively arrangements of "Better Than Life" and "When I Think About the Lord."
The Florida Baptist Worship Choir and Orchestra, under the direction of Terry Williams, set the tone for the Nov. 13 evening session with a 15-minute vocal prelude, and the Singing Men performed "I Sing the Mighty Power of God" a cappella. Two anthems—"Saved the Day" and "Something Happens"—preceded the evening's last sermon.
FBC photo by Ken Touchton
Calvary Baptist Praise team members led worship Nov. 13.
FBC photo by Ken Touchton
Choir members from Calvary Baptist Church in Clearwater and First Baptist Church of Indian Rocks in Largo united to lead worship Nov. 12 during the Florida Baptist State Convention.
FBC photo by Ken Touchton
Leo Day, minister of music at Olive Baptist Church in Pensacola, sang prior to a message by John Sullivan, executive director-treasurer of the Florida Baptist Convention Nov. 13.
FBC photo by Ken Touchton
The
instrumentalists
of the
combined choir
provided lively
accompaniment
for choir and
congregational
singing.