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The Oklahoma United Methodist Contact
December 13, 2023
Just in time for Christmas church and he began to make suggestions as to what the organ needed. Then Bill told him that Early morning on the Monday he had played on the FUMC after Thanksgiving, three organ organ many hours for practice. experts from Church Organ Today, the circle is completed Solutions in McKinney, Texas and Bill is helping do the handsarrived at First United Methodist on work of the installation. Church in Weatherford, Taking a break from his work on Oklahoma and began unloading the installation, he told Pastor a new organ console and many Horton, “When we designed cardboard boxes and spools of The new organ console is inspected by this new organ, I wanted the electric cables. The delivery Skip Klingman of Weatherford FUMC with marked the final phase of a year- Bill Bane and Jason and Jordan Rodgers of church to get the kind of organ long project to upgrade the pipe Church Organ Solutions. Submitted photo. that I would have loved for my recital!” organ of the church. can have some music coming from To shepherd the project, The new console, built by the behind the congregation as well as the church assembled a team Rodgers Organ Company, is a three from the pipes in the front. representing the Worship Team, manual unit which will interface A circle gets completed: years the Trustees, the Church Council, with and upgrade the pipe organ ago, Bill Bane, was an organ musicians, organists, and the pastor at the church. Hundreds of wiring student at Southwestern Oklahoma and Assistant Pastor Rev. Torrey connections will be made as the State University in Weatherford, Curtis. new console is integrated with the which is right across the street from An anonymous donor from the existing pipes and new speakers the church. Bill performed his two church provided more than half of and sound controls. The console major student recitals on the organ the funding, and other members will utilize digital features that will at the church. Now the church of the church have contributed or vastly expand the quality and range organist in Longview, Texas, he also pledged the rest so that all costs for of sounds the organ will make. works for Church Organ Solutions. the project have been underwritten. A couple men of the Weatherford When Pastor Chuck Horton called The work is expected to be church ran new conduit for him to make initial inquiries, Bill completed in time for the special antiphonal speakers to be installed surprised the pastor as he began to worship services Christmas Eve. in the back of the sanctuary to describe in detail the organ of the create a surround sound effect and BY REV. CHUCK HORTON
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