United Presbyterian Church Harrodsburg

The Presbyterian Women of United Presbyterian Church, Harrodsburg, are collecting much-needed items for projects that Presbyterian Women support overseas. Bed sheets are used at hospitals and baby items are given to new mothers to encourage them to come to clinics for checkups.

We will send our things to a PCUSA service center in Maryland. Shipping costs from there are paid from interest earned by a former Birthday Offering Endowment.

NEEDED ITEMS:
SHEETS – All kinds of sheets are acceptable, but flat (twin or double) are preferred. Colored and patterned sheets are fine.

LAYETTES – Infant sets made in the United States are very desirable. Be sure to purchase small sizes.

BABY BLANKETS – May be purchased or made from flannelette or similar soft, lightweight material and should be approximately 36” / 45”.

BABY GOWNS – May be purchased or made from your own pattern.

BABY CAPS – Can be knitted or crocheted. (See Mary Weber for patterns).

MONEY – We will need money for postage to send our items to Maryland. Any leftover money will be used for local missions.

We will collect these items in the baby bed at the back of the Church Sanctuary until Monday, April 7, 2008.

Thanks in advance for all support of this project!
Members of the Kate Riker Circle
United Presbyterian Church
Harrodsburg, Kentucky

Sacred music of the Middle Ages and early Renaissance was vocal, monophonic (one sound / voice), and unaccompanied. Musical notation existed but was quite different from the notational system we have today. It was melodically and especially rhythmically imprecise and thus open to interpretation. Pope Gregory I initiated and oversaw the collection and cataloguing of the plainchants used in the church services of the early Middle Ages and these chants formed the musical foundation for the Roman Catholic Mass throughout the Middle Ages and into the Renaissance. Even when harmony and instruments began to be added, the chant was often contained within the music, sometimes “hidden” in an inner voice such as the alto or tenor. The hymns and the anthem used for the Morning Worship of the 2nd Sunday in Lent all have chant melodies from as early as the 9th century. In some cases, the text is equally old or even older while in other cases, the words are much more recent. The harmonizations were written much later. The organ music this morning actually was composed in the 1500’s by Praetorius who was a High Renaissance musician. Each piece was based on a hymn melody (cantus firmus), which is contained within the piece and is often played in the pedals.