Worship Resources Intl.

Over the last few years many churches across North America have been using Let the Nations Rejoice, a 32-song book and CD resource for meetings with a missions emphasis. Songs are now being sought for Volume Two, to be published in 2007. The criteria for selecting the songs is that they should be 1) short - not many verses or words; 2) singable as a congregation, not solos; and 3) themes that celebrate the Lord’s global reign or challenge God’s people to involvement. Send a lead-sheet (melody, chords and lyrics) to Frank Fortunato, PO Box 444, Tyrone, GA 30290. A demo CD or cassette of your submissions is not required, but preferred. Or, you may send a music notation score by PDF attachment with mp3 to ffort2@aol.com. Submissions must be received by October 1, 2006.

Ed Willmington has been named the Director of the newly established Fred Bock Institute of Music, part of the Brehm Center for Worship, Theology and the Arts at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.

Ed has a BA in Church Music and Conducting (Bethel College); and an MM in Composition and DMA in Composition, both from the University of Arizona. He comes to the Bock Institute after serving for 22 years as the Pastor of Worship and Music at Scottsdale Bible Church in Scottsdale, Arizona. Ed is the composer/arranger of more than 100 published works and served on the Advisory Board for the Hymnal for Worship and Celebration.

Plans are under way to build a worship center that will house the Fred Bock Institute and provide classrooms and rehearsal space on the Fuller Campus. “The general goal is to establish resources and training opportunities for present and future worship leaders in the church,” Willmington said as he discussed his new assignment. Ed also has a burden for the often strained relations between worship leaders and pastors, and plans a unique program to mentor present and future worship leaders.