Sunday Notes - W&M 2026

Conference App. You do not want to miss announcements, class and schedule changes, or information about pop up events! The best place to find all these things is the Yapp app. Download Yapp from Google Play or the Apple Store. Use conference id WM26 to access the conference.

Conference Coverage. Follow along @presbymusic on Facebook and Instagram to view and share social media photos and videos of the conference. You can also share photos and videos each day in the Yapp app. Use the hashtags #PresbyMusic and #MontreatWM26 to share your photos and videos.

Name Badges. Please wear your name badge at all times. This is your ticket to all conference events. ​ Chaperones may only attend worship, evening events, and the classes for which they are assigned to chaperone. Supporting Adults may only attend worship and evening events. If you would like to participate in any of the adult class offerings, you can upgrade your registration by emailing pam@travelink.com or on-site in the PAM Office.​

Evening Prayer. Sunday-Thursday - Online bedtime stories and prayers read by Worship Planning Team faculty. Today’s story, The Dot, is available at presbymusic.org/conference-evening-prayer or scan the QR code below. Password: WBAW2026

Opening Worship. TODAY at 7:30 pm in Anderson Auditorium. Don't forget your conference book! Church groups may have designated seating.

First Time Attendees Lunch. Tomorrow immediately following morning worship in Walkup (when exiting the front of Anderson Auditorium, turn left at the parking lot and Walkup is located across the street from the parking lot.) Preregistration required.

Conference Mission Outreach Project. In partnership with the PC(USA)’s Office of Stewardship & Funds Development, this year’s mission outreach project supports art education programs at Presbyterian-related schools equipping communities of color through the Giving Catalog’s gift of Arts Education for Young People of Color. Programs like the Stillman College Choir, where students learn to raise their voices in joy and harmony, provide enriching opportunities to explore music and the visual and performing arts.

Chaperones for Children, Middlers, and Senior Highs. This conference would not be possible without your participation – THANK YOU! If you are registered as a chaperone, you are required to attend the classes listed on your daily schedule to actively assist with supervision of children and youth. 

Communion Server Training. Sunday servers must attend training TODAY at 4:30 pm in Anderson Auditorium.  Friday servers will attend training on Tuesday at 5:30 pm.

Communion. Tonight 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 6:20 pm.

Auditions. Today from 2:00 – 5:00 pm and following worship until 9:30 pm 

• Youth Talent Show: Way Out A

• Adult Chamber Choir: Moore Center, Lower Level

• Senior High Chamber Choir: Assembly Inn - Lakeside

• Instrumental Placement Interviews: Assembly Inn 1 (next to Assembly Inn check-in desk on the ground floor)

• Auditioned Advanced Handbells: Walkup building

Audition Results. Will be posted at presbymusic.org/wmc/audition and on the Yapp App by 7:00 am on Monday.

Chamber Choir Participants. Must purchase a music packet prior to the first rehearsal on Monday at 8 am ($16 for adults, $20 for senior highs). Adult and Senior High packets will ONLY be available in Moore Center, Lower Level at 7:15 am. You are encouraged to pre-pay for your chamber choir packet using the links/ QR codes below, so you do not have to wait in line.

Square link: https://square.link/u/CCpRFSVc

Venmo link: https://venmo.com/u/BeethovenAndCompany 

All Handbell Participants. Please purchase your music in the Jeffers Handbell Store, located in the Way Out building, before the first rehearsal. Participants are responsible for bringing gloves and a folder. 

Daily Notes. Conference announcements will be available each morning online and in your email. Visit presbymusic.org/dailynotes each day to make sure that you stay in-the-know!

2027 Art Installation. In 2027 the PAM Worship & Music Conference scriptures draw us to the expanse and mystery of God's presence through all generations. Called up by the scriptures, the art installation will consist of geometric shapes joining in harmonious pattern. To deepen its connection with those gathered for worship, it must be strengthened by your church's participation! Please pick up a piece of fabric from the PAM Office or from the Adult Art Class. It will include instructions for your congregation's participation in the art-making at your home church, which can be done anytime over the next year. Next year at Sunday Check-In, you will drop off your piece to be incorporated in the visual art in worship at the conference!

PAM Gear. You may notice PAM friends and members wearing PAM gear this week. The PAM Store is open to all! You are invited to purchase your very own PAM apparel, hats, and bags. New items have been added to the site. Visit the store at presbyterian-association-of-musicians.checkoutstores.com to shop.

Concerns. If you have any crises, pastoral concerns, or conference issues, please call or text (828) 275-7362 to leave your phone number and someone from the planning team will contact you.

Conference Sponsor Information

Our sponsors are a backbone of this conference, and they are here to support you and the important ministry you do in your churches!

Premiere Ambassadors.

Exhibit Hall. Please visit the conference sponsors in the lobby of Anderson Auditorium. They are here to support you and the important ministry you do in your churches. Exhibitors will be available to connect with you at their booths as follows:

Week 1:

• Thursday, 9:30 – 11:00 am & 6:30 – 8:30 pm

• Friday 9:30 - 11:00 am & 6:30 - 9:30 pm

• Thursday evening at the dessert reception directly following the Chamber Concert

Week 2: 

• Monday and Tuesday, 9:30 – 11:00 am & 6:30 – 8:30 pm

• Monday evening at the dessert reception directly following The True Story of Cinderella (Comic Operetta)

Sponsor Reading Sessions.

Monday Week 1 & 2: Beckenhorst Press

John McClain - Director

A reading session with free perusal copies of new music - features works by Dan Forrest, Craig Courtney, Marianne Forman, and Molly Ijames.

Tuesday Week 1, Thursday Week 2: Choristers Guild

Katie Houts - Director

Participants will read through new anthems for 2026, arranged for children to adults, unison to SATB.

Wednesday Week 1 & 2: MorningStar Music Publishers

Eric Nelson - Director

Featuring new releases with a variety of voicings, the session will include new publications in the PAM series.

Thursday Week 1, Tuesday Week 2: St. James Music Press

Kevin Simons - Director

Choral reading session for small church choirs.

Store Hours.

Beethoven & Company a music store*

Location: Allen Building A, upper level

Hours:

• Sunday 2:00 - 5:00 pm (week 2 only)

• Monday 8:15 - 11:00 am and 12:00 - 6:00 pm

• Tuesday - Thursday 8:30 - 11:00 am and 12:00 - 6:00 pm

• Friday 8:30 - 11:00 am and 12:00 - 2:00 pm

*Chamber Choir participants must purchase their music in Moore Center, Lower Level beginning at 7:15 am on Monday morning.

Jeffers Handbell Store*

Location: Way Out Building

Hours:

• Sunday 3:00 - 6:30 pm

• Monday - Thursday 7:30 - 11:00 am and 12:00 - 4:30 pm

• Friday 7:30 - 11:00 am

*Handbell participants must purchase their music prior to the first rehearsal and are to supply their own gloves and folders.*