Friday Notes - W&M 2025

Communion. Today we celebrate the Eucharist by intinction. The communion servers will hand the piece of bread to the recipient who will dip their piece of bread into the cup. Communion servers will use hand sanitizer prior to serving, and you are encouraged to do the same. Exit your pew to the left; return to the right.

Bread that is free of gluten, milk, peanuts, fish, crustacean shellfish, soy, tree nuts, and wheat will be offered at each station. Wafers free of gluten, wheat, dairy, nuts, egg, soy, and corn will be available at a single station at the front of the auditorium.

Communion Servers. Please remember to check in with Elizabeth Myers at 10:50 am.

Worship Today. Children will leave their classes at 10:35 am to go to Anderson Auditorium to prepare to sing in worship. They will rehearse in the pews before worshippers enter.

Morning Prayer. Room AI-1 at 7:30 am, no designated leader, written guides provided.

Reading Session Packets. There are plenty of extra reading session packets from the GIA Publications, Inc. & MorningStar reading sessions available for free behind the front desk in the Anderson Auditorium lobby. 

Conference Art Auction. This year, Anderson Auditorium has featured banners created by Dan Trabue (Artist in Residence) and stoles made by Deanna and Deidre Anderson. These banners and stoles will be available in an online auction TODAY, Friday, June 27th starting at 6:00 am EDT, ending at 2:00 pm EDT. Winners will be notified immediately and must arrange payment in the PAM Office (Allen building, lower level) before 3:00 pm EDT. Cash, card, or check are accepted. Art will be collected by the winners at the end of the conference. 

All proceeds benefit the PAM Annual Fund. View the auction here.

2026 Interest Session Submissions. Interested in presenting at the 2026 Worship & Music Conference? Apply to lead an interest session at pam.memberclicks.net/2026_interest_session_app or contact Kirsten Foyles at badgergirlnc@gmail.com.

Friday Concert Mic Check and Rehearsal. Friday Concert Mic Check and Rehearsal. Each group featured in the Friday evening Closing Concert will have a brief mic check and rehearsal in Anderson Auditorium on Friday afternoon.

All Senior High & Adult 1:30 classes will be released at 2:15, rather than 2:20.

1:30-1:55 Middler Choir (the remainder of class will take place in Upper Anderson)

2:00-2:25 Children’s Choir (Children’s 1:30 classes release at 1:55)

2:25-2:45 Adult, Senior High, Middler, & Children’s Choirs 

2:45-3:10 Adult Choir

3:15-3:40 Senior High Choir (report to Anderson at 2:20)

3:45-4:05 10:00 am Intermediate Handbells

4:10-4:30 3:30 pm Intermediate Handbells

4:35-4:55 1:30 pm Advanced Handbells

Annual Fund Offering. At tonight’s closing concert, you will have the opportunity to make a joyful gift to the PAM Annual Fund. Your gift, in partnership with the gifts of many others, helps support the planning and coordination of events such as this annual Worship & Music Conference. Your generosity also provides for the development and delivery of PAM’s membership benefits, such as regional events, Call to Worship journal, PAM Certification, Revitalization Grants, and more. Our 2025 Annual Fund goal is $95,000. Please donate online at presbymusic.org/donate and follow the prompts to donate to the Annual Fund.

Additional ways to financially support PAM beyond tonight's offering:

Become a PAM Sustainer with a recurring gift to PAM’s Annual Fund! 

Set up a schedule that works for you and donate by visiting us online at presbymusic.org/donate, place your Annual Gift in the offering plate, or mail a check to Presbyterian Association of Musicians, 404 BNA Dr., # 650, Nashville, TN 37217.

Stocks & Securities.

Contribute a gift through a qualified charitable distribution (QCD), donor advised fund (DAF), or appreciated stock.

Planned Giving.

Become a member of the Legacy Giving Society by committing a Legacy Gift to PAM presbymusic.org/donate.

Congregational Giving.

We can work with your church to establish an annual congregational gift.

Clothed in Love Stoles. Friday's Word-of-the-Day Stole, Patience, curves backward in its design, symbolizing the posture of one weighed down by waiting for justice. Its green cloth, however, is a testament to joyful thanksgiving, reminding us that even amid cries of "How long, O Lord?", we wait as those who trust in the promises of God and know the love of Christ.

Second Loaf. Drop off left over food and snacks at Black Mountain Presbyterian Church (117 Montreat Road) and their Second Loaf program on your way out of town tomorrow morning from 7 – 11 am. Volunteers will distribute the food throughout the area. Drop off unopened food, produce, and unopened frozen food. Individually wrapped snacks are especially welcome.

Conference Survey. Your constructive feedback is important to us! Please take a moment to fill out this survey about your experience this week. Take the survey here.

2026 Conference Lodging. It is not too early to reserve your lodging for the 2026     Worship & Music Conference. The following options are now open for reservations:

• Montreat College (email Montreat College at montreatconferenceservices@montreat.edu)

• Greybeard Rentals (email Mandi Pike at mandi@greybeardrentals.com)

Set a reminder to check these options in August and September:

• William Black Lodge will begin accepting reservations in mid-August. 

• Montreat Conference Center will begin accepting reservations on September 1st.

PAM Certification. If you are interested in pursuing PAM Certification and would like to meet with a Certification Committee member this week, please contact David Brinson at 704-807-5567.