Music Ministry/Ministry/David Markley/Minister of Music Annual Report 2011

Ministry — David Markley

Prepared and played for 51 Sunday Worships
Prepared and played for 45 Saturday Worships
Prepared and recorded music for all “missed” worship services on the organ and/or the piano
Played for 5 Wednesday Evening Lenten Worships as well as Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday
Prepared and played for Thanksgiving Eve Service and 1 Christmas Eve Worship
Played for several funerals/memorials and 1 wedding
Prepared and performed 6 solo anthems including a series from Casting Crowns for Vicar Dan
Recommended a special weekend for Christmas Worship since Christmas Eve was a Saturday and Christmas Day was a Sunday. Recommended one service on Christmas Eve at 7PM and one service on Sunday at 10PM.
Planned and implemented a special food donation sequence for the Month of November based on the lectionary series

Prepared and performed 33 weekly anthems with the Joyful Noise Choir and soloists
Prepared and performed two cantatas with the Joyful Noise Choir: One Lenten cantata and one Christmas cantata that were also performed for the very receptive audiences at Brentwood Assisted Living in Hobart

ELW Liturgical Setting Eight during Epiphany (with a special Service of Light to commence each worship)
ELW Liturgical Setting Ten during Lent
ELW Setting Four (old LBW Setting 2) during Easter
Created alternate order of worship for summer months
ELW Setting Eight during Autumn
WOV Liturgical Setting Five during November, Advent, and Christmas
Prepared Special Worship Setting for Christmas Day

Prepared a special month of music in July with unique perspectives in service music. Each special Sunday featured longer preludes as well as special offertories and postludes.

Planned and implemented food donation for the Month of November based on the lectionary series followed by a special pot luck luncheon for the congregation.
Subbed in the office in June for two weeks

Spent numerous hours evaluating the problems with the organ and generating a list of new and ongoing issues. These were presented in writing to Dykman Pipe Organ services in October for evaluation and requests for bids to repair the problems as well as explanations for why the problems are occurring and why Dykman no longer seems to fix certain issues. To date, no response to my request has been received from Dykman Pipe Organ although he did provide a partial tuning in October – November.
Via Pastor Trexler, contacted David Hamblin for his evaluation of the Organ - his assessment is in agreement with mine that some substantial work needs to be done to keep the instrument in working order.
Via David Hamblin, contacted Reynolds Pipe Organ service for an evaluation of the organ. Their assessment is in agreement with mine that substantial work needs to be done to keep the organ in playable condition.
Pastor Trexler contacted Dykman Pipe Organ and had Carl Dykman complete some repairs
The organ is in somewhat playable condition. How long, remains to be seen. There will come a time when the organ will no longer be useable and its deterioration is a constant factor in its need for a complete restoration.

Continue creating service music list cross-referenced with scripture and hymns
Continue to pursue the most appropriate action for the music program at Gloria Dei which includes how to proceed with the Organ and its use in worship.

I am always and eternally thankful to the family of Gloria Dei. Your generosity, support, and kindness are always appreciated. I am so often reminded here at Gloria Dei that wherever a few are gathered there HE is also, and just a few pennies can add up to a mountain of generous giving, and just a few make a mighty noise and can be of great resolve. We here at Gloria Dei are worship-filled, generous to a fault, and just noisy enough to be heard in this community. My hope is that we continue to grow in faith and be an ever-present lamppost in Highland.

Respectfully submitted,
Dave Markley
Minister of Music