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HAPPY NEW YEAR from BCMMP!!!

Thursday, January 1st, 2009


“Happy New Year”

 

We at BCMMP wish you a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

 

We expect 2009 to be a wonderful year of expansion for BCMMP.  To that end, we are pleased to announce BCMMP on FACEBOOK.  In an effort to take advantage of the opportunity to connect music ministry leaders with one another, we have initiated a BCMMP group page on FACEBOOK.  Simply log on to FACEBOOK and search for Black Church Music Ministry Project, then join the group or send a quick email to info@BCMMP.org and we will take care of the rest.

 

Over the next few weeks we will be updating the BCMMP website with new information, resources and reference materials, including:

 

  • Weekly Newsletter/ Blogs
  • Video Trailers from previous Music Ministry Leadership Forums
  • Expanded links to important information, valuable resources and intriguing articles related to music ministry
  • NEW Ministry Opportunities Section where we post information on congregations and parishes seeking musicians, directors, soloists and music ministry leaders. 

 

We are also excited to introduce our forthcoming BCMMP HALL OF FAME, where we will honor individuals who have served in music ministry for 50+ years.

 

Finally, stay tuned to BCMMP.org for our 2009 list of events.  If you are not subscribed to our newsletter, please click here or send a quick note to info@BCMMP.org.

 

As always, if we can be of any assistance to you, your music ministry or congregation, please contact us at info@BCMMP.org or via the contact us page on our website BCMMP.org.    

 

 

We wish you joy, peace and happiness in 2009.

 

Emmett G. Price III, Ph.D.

President & Founder

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(Immediate Release) BCMMP Presents… Greater Boston Area Music Ministry Leadership Forum

Monday, July 21st, 2008

BCMMP Presents… Greater Boston Area Music Ministry Leadership Forum

The POWER of Church Music:

Are we still singing songs of Deliverance, Hope, Liberation and Salvation?

Join Greater Boston Area pastors, ministers, scholars, music ministry leaders, seminarians and laypersons as we examine, ponder and discuss The Power of Church Music. The forum will take place on Saturday, July 26, 2008 from 9:00 AM to NOON on the campus of Northeastern University, at the John D. O’ Bryant African American Institute’s Amilcar Cabral Center (40 Leon St. West Village F). Admission for this event is FREE.

Hosted and convened by the Black Church Music Ministry Project (BCMMP), this event will continue a series of conversations around leadership in music ministry. According to president and founder, Minister Emmett G. Price III, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Music and African American Studies, Northeastern University), “we are launching these conversations across the country in order to inspire more focus on spiritual leadership development within our music ministries.” For this forum BCMMP has assembled a list of area notables to assist in leading the conversation. Amongst those confirmed, include: Jesse B. Kemp (Cornerstone Ministries, Inc.), Donnell L. Patterson (St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church), Myran Parker-Brass (Myrtle Baptist Church), Stanley Porter (Recording Artist, 4:12 Records), Lori Dow (Eliot Church of Roxbury), and Calvin Hicks (Thomas A. Dorsey Gospel Jubilee) to discuss whether Boston Area Music Ministries are still singing songs of deliverance, hope, liberation and salvation. The conversation by an interdenominational, intergenerational panel will not only ponder the current situation but present leadership strategies and practical applications that may help area music ministry leaders more effectively utilize the ministry of music to support the vision and mission of local congregations. According to Price, who also serves on the ministerial staff of Greater Framingham Community Church (Framingham, MA) as the Minister of Music and Worship, “…it is our goal to complement the numerous hours spent on developing performance practice skills with numerous hours developing leadership skills. Music ministries across the country are facing serious challenges and BCMMP is set to take the lead in providing serious solutions with a focus on leadership.”

BCMMP aims to serve, nurture and develop spiritual leaders within music ministry.

For additional information please visit http://www.BCMMP.org or contact us via email at info@BCMMP.org.

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