Sundays · 10:30
Chancel Choir
The choir leads the congregation through the hymns and offers music of its own in the service. If you love to sing in parts, this is the place to start.
Music Ministry · Anniston First United Methodist
Hymns from the hymnal. Songs from this decade. One church singing both.
Choir, handbells, a worship band, organ and piano. Every Sunday, people of every age lead this church in song. If you sing, play, or ring, there is a seat for you up front too.
Why we sing
The music is there to get the whole room singing.
Anniston First is Generations Together: leading with hope, growing in faith, and rooted in tradition. You can hear it on Sunday morning, when people of every age sing and play side by side. The music is there to lead the whole congregation in worship, so the choir, the bells and the band are leading the song. They are not giving a concert.
The hymns keep us rooted in the tradition that formed us, and the newer songs help us keep growing. We sing both, sometimes in the same hour, because different songs reach different generations. You will hear some of what you came for and some of what the person beside you came for.
“The word of Christ must live in you richly. Teach and warn each other with all wisdom by singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing to God with gratitude in your hearts.”
Colossians 3:16
Who makes the music
Some Sundays it is a choir. Some Sundays it is a band. Most Sundays it is some of both.
Sundays · 10:30
Handbells
The bells turn up in worship more often than you might expect. Each ringer covers a few notes of the scale, so the whole table plays together as one instrument.
Sundays · 10:30
Worship Band
The band leads the newer songs in the service, the ones written in the last few years. If you sing or play an instrument and would like to do it in worship, we would like to hear from you.
Organ & piano
Underneath all of it are the organ and the piano, which carry the hymns, the prelude and the postlude. If you are a keyboard player who would be willing to fill in, please tell us.
Where to hear it
Two services downtown, two different sounds.
If music is how you decide on a church, pick the hour that fits. At 8:30 in Acker Chapel we sing the hymns, with a hymnal in the pew in front of you. At 10:30 in the Sanctuary you get the full blend, with the choir, handbells, band, organ and piano.
In June and July the whole church worships together at Common Ground, out at Camp Lee.
Sunday Mornings
8:30AM Acker Chapel WorshipTraditional. Hymns from the hymnal, the Apostles’ Creed, year-round. 10:30AM Multigenerational Worship
The Sanctuary. Choir, handbells, band, organ and piano. January–May, August–December. Jun–JUL Common Ground Worship
Martha’s Chapel at Camp Lee. The whole church together for the summer.
Who leads it
Jason Wright
Director of Music
Jason is happiest when he is making music, and he counts it an honor to lead worship with the people of Anniston First. He has been part of the Chancel Choir for almost a decade, and he is just as at home with the band as he is with the choir.
During the week he teaches fine arts in the Piedmont City Schools, and he enjoys acting and the visual arts. He is the son of a local pastor and a high school Spanish teacher, and he is grateful to have landed at a church where hearts, minds and doors are open.
Join us
There is a place for you up front.
Whether you sing, play an instrument, ring handbells, or simply want to be with the people who lead worship every week, there is a way in.
- SingJoin the choir, or sing with the band.
- RingTake a spot at the handbell table.
- PlayBring your instrument to the band, or to the organ and piano bench.
- HelpBe part of the people who make Sunday happen.
For rehearsal times, or any question about the music ministry, email Jason directly. Tell him what you sing or play and he will help you find your place.
Email Jason Wright, Director of Music editormimosa.wright@gmail.com Or call the church office at 256-236-5605
Support the music
Help keep the music going.
A gift to the music ministry supports the choir, the handbells and the band, and the people who lead this church in song every Sunday.
This Sunday
Come sing with us. You do not have to know the words yet.
Sundays at 8:30 in Acker Chapel and 10:30 in the Sanctuary, 1400 Noble Street, Anniston. The bulletin tells you what we are singing and where to find it, and everyone around you had a first Sunday too.