Contemporary Worship Praise Band

Do You Remember the Time?
Praise Band Special
Rebekah Wills, Lead; Waite Willis, guitar and vocal, Susan Willis and Susan Wuitschik, vocals; Charlie Wilson, harmonica; Chris Mayes, drum set;
Gary Cleveland, auxilliary percussion
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Celebrating 125 Years in Ministry

First UMC on Vimeo.

The Praise Band has been an intricate part of the 9:30am Contemporary Worship service since it began in October, 1995.  Four "charter" members
of the band still sing and play regularly.  The worship leader and Praise
Band director, singer and lead guitarist, Dr. Waite Willis; Susan Wills, arranger, pianist, vocalist; Chris Mayes, percussion, vocalist; and Rebekah Wills Stephens, vocalist.

The remaining original members are still a part of the worship team and play and sing occasionally.  We are blessed to have a wonderful list of substitute singers and players as well.

The Praise Band has played at different church functions as well as the
Men's Retreat at the United Methodist Camp in Leesburg, Florida.

Current instrumentation includes lead, electric and bass guitars; two keyboards, piano, drum set, percussion and various other instruments such as flute and harmonica.  Guest musicians are a regular part of the praise band which include violin, clarinet, English horn, saxophone, and others.

For more information on the Praise Band, contact Dr. Waite Willis

We welcome you to attend the
CONTEMPORARY WORSHIP SERVICE
Every Sunday at 9:30am in the Fellowship Center






 

 For questions or comments about the website,  email: webmaster@firstumc.org