2026 SCHEDULE

Wednesday, July 8

2-4pm

Registration (Narthex)

4-5:30pm

Conference Ensemble Rehearsals

Choir Rehearsal (Sanctuary)

Handbell Rehearsal (Choir Room)

5:45-6:45pm

Dinner (Grace Hall)

7:00pm

Keynote Speaker:

Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay, UCC (Sanctuary)

7:30pm

Concert I:

Klais Organ Recital (Sanctuary)

Collin Richardson, organist

Reception to follow (Narthex/Courtyaard)

Thursday, July 9

8:30am

Breakfast (Unity Lounge/Courtyard)

9:00-9:30am

Worship I

Rev. Dr. R. Glen Miles, Senior Minister, First Community Church (Sanctuary) 

9:45-10:40am              

Interest Sessions I            

Old Tunes New Texts (Room 102)
Dr. Amanda Udis-Kessler                        

Attracting Singers: Ideas for Recruiting and Growing Your Choirs
(Sanctuary Choir Loft)
Amy Johnston Blosser

10:55am-12pm     

Conference Ensemble Rehearsals

Choir Rehearsal (Sanctuary)

Handbell Rehearsal (Choir Room)

12-12:45pm           

Lunch (Grace Hall)

12:45-1:40pm             

Interest Sessions II

Ready, Set, Ring (Choir Room)
Jared Ogier

The Aging Voice (Sanctuary Choir Loft)
Dr. C. Andrew Blosser

1:55-3:05pm                  

Reading Session I

Choral Reading Session
(Sanctuary Choir Loft)
Amy Johnston Blosser

Sight-Ringing: Reading New Music for Handbells
(Choir Room)
Jared Ogier

5-5:55pm            

Interest Sessions III

Tips for Church Organists (Sanctuary)
Clinician TBA 

From Song to Street: Where Inclusive Worship Meets Real-World Impact (Room 102)
Rev. John Girard

6:10-7pm

Activity Options

Open Console Time on the Klais Organ
(Sanctuary)

Guided Labyrinth Walk
(Memorial Garden)

7-8pm             

Dinner (Grace Hall)

8-9:15pm                  

Concert II

First Community Choirs Concert (Sanctuary)

Cambridge Choir - Amy Johnston Blosser, Associate Director of Music

Chancel Choir – Dr. C. Andrew Blosser, Director of Music

Marble Cliff Singers

Reception to follow  (Narthex/Courtyard)

Friday, July 10

8:30am                      

Breakfast (Unity Lounge/Courtyard)

9-9:30am                  

Worship II:

Rev. John Girard, Minister Mission and Justice, First Community (Sanctuary)

9:45-10:40am           

Interest Sessions IV

Singing a Wider Story: Inclusive Worship in Contemporary Christian Music (Room 102)
Janelle Rogers

When Words Shape the Music
(Room 101)
Innocent Okechukwu

10:55am-12pm

Conference Ensemble Rehearsals

Choir Rehearsal (Sanctuary)

Handbell Rehearsal (Choir Room)

12-12:45pm           

Lunch (Grace Hall)

UCCMA Annual Meeting
ADM Membership Meeting

12:45-1:40pm             

Interest Sessions V

Composition 101 for Church Musicians (Room 102)
Dr. Tim Sarsany

Canadian Church Choral Music and Resources: Exploring Accessible Music from our Neighbors to the North
(Room 101)
Dr. Hilary Apfelstadt

1:55-3:05pm             

Reading Session II

Choral Reading Session II

This session offers new material and is not a repeat of Thursday's session.

(Sanctuary Choir Loft)
Amy Johnston Blosser

3:20-4:45pm                  

Conference Ensemble Rehearsals

Choir Rehearsal (Sanctuary)

Handbell Rehearsal (Choir Room)

5-7pm             

Activity Options

A Look into First Community South and our Missions (FC South)

First Community Garden (FC North)

7-8pm             

Dinner (Grace Hall)

8-9:15pm                  

Concert III

Raise Mass Choir (Sanctuary)
Rev. Dr. Raymond Wise

Saturday, July 11

8:30am                      

Breakfast (Narthex/Courtyard)

9-9:30am                   

Worship III

Common Grace Band (Grace Hall)

Janelle Rogers, Coordinator of Contemporary Music

Rev. Mary Kate Buchanan, Minister of Pastoral Care

9:45-10:15am           

Choir Dress Rehearsal (Sanctuary)

10:15-10:45am         

Handbell Dress Rehearsal (Sanctuary)

11am-12pm              

Worship IV

Conference Choir and Handbells (Sanctuary)

Conference Choir, Dr. Hilary Apfelstadt, director 

Conference Handbells, Jared Ogier, director