Church Fellowship

This was a selection for the Annual Men’s Day (1994). The Male Choir is under the direction of Min. Dwight Franklin. Ruddley Thibodeaux Sr. and Jr. are the trumpeters. Bro. Vernon Ward sings the solo.

The music ministry at Fellowship was made famous by the late Sis. Rilma “Kathy” Thibodeaux. Sis. Thibodeaux served as the Minister of Music of Fellowship for over two decades; and was also one of its charter members.

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“Bishops’ Promenade”, Norman Coke-Jephcott (1893-1962); Postlude 25 November 2007.
Coke-Jephcott was born in Coventry, England and was admitted as a Fellow of the American Guild of Organists in 1912. In 1945 he was admitted to the Fellowship in the Canadian College of Organists and he received the honorary degree of the Doctor of Music form Ripon College in the same year. He was made a Fellow Trinity College, London, in 1947. His most important post was to be called as Organist and Master of the Choristers of the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, NYC in 1932 and he continued in that post until his retirement in 1953.

The organ is J.W. Steere, Opus 701, built and installed in the Church of the Redeemeer, Morristown, NJ, USA in 1918.

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J. W. Steere & Son Organ Co., Opus 701, 1918
Church of the Redeemer
Morristown, NJ, USA
as it exists 2007:
Three manuals (61 notes) and Pedal (32 notes), six divisions
Austin stop tab Console, 1962
Church Organ Company, Cantilevered Great, 1979
New Century Products, Zimbelstern, 2005

Great Organ I, Unenclosed, Manual II, Cantilevered
8′ Principal (61 pipes)
8′ Rohr Flöte (61 pipes)
4′ Octave (61 pipes)
4′ Rohr Flöte (12 pipes)
2′ Block Flöte (61 pipes)
Fourniture IV (244 pipes)
8′ Trompette (61 pipes)
4′ Clarion (12 pipes)
Zimbelstern 9 bells

Great Organ II, Unenclosed, Manual II
16′ Bourdon (61 pipes)
8′ Open Diapason (61 pipes)
8′ Gross Flute (61 pipes)
8′ Gemshorn (61 pipes)
4′ Octave (61 pipes)
4′ Harmonic Flute (61 pipes)
8′ Trumpet (61 pipes)

Gt. to Gt. 16′
Gt. Unison Off
Gt. to Gt. 4′
Sw. to Gt. 16′
Sw. to Gt. 8′
Sw. to Gt. 4′
Ch. to Gt. 16′
Ch. to Gt. 8′
Ch. to Gt. 4′
Echo to Gt. 8′
Echo to Gt. 4′

Swell Organ, Expressive, Manual III
16′ Bourdon (73 pipes)
8′ Diapason (73 pipes)
8′ Gedeckt (73 pipes)
8′ Salicional (73 pipes)
8′ Voix Celeste (61 pipes)
8′ Aeoline (73 pipes)
4′ Flauto Traverso (Harmonic) (73 pipes)
2′ Piccolo (61 pipes)
Mixture III Ranks (12th, 15th, 17th) – (183 pipes)
16′ Pousaune (61 pipes)
8′ Cornopean (73 pipes)
8′ Oboe (73 pipes)
Tremolo
Sw. to Sw. 16′
Sw. Unison Off
Sw. to Sw. 4′
Ch. to Sw. 8′

Choir Organ, Expressive, Manual I
16′ Contra Gamba (73 pipes)
8′ Diapason (73 pipes)
8′ Concert Flute (73 pipes)
8′ Flute Celeste (TC) – (61 pipes)
8′ Quintadena (73 pipes)
8′ Dulciana (73 pipes)
4′ Flute d’Amour (73 pipes)
8′ Clarinet (73 pipes)
8′ Orchestral Oboe (73 pipes)
Tremolo
Celesta 49 bars
Ch. to Ch. 16′
Ch. Unison Off
Ch. to Ch. 4′
Sw. to Ch. 16′
Sw. to Ch. 8′
Sw. to Ch. 4′
Echo to Ch. 8′
Echo to Ch. 4′

Echo Organ, Expressive, Floating
(North Clerestory, 4th bay)
8′ Fern Flute (73 pipes)
8′ Muted Viole (73 pipes)
8′ Viole Celeste (73 pipes)
4′ Flute a Cheminee (Harmonic) (73 pipes)
8′ Vox Humana (73 pipes)
Tremolo
Chimes (Degan) 20 tubes

Pedal Organ
32′ Resultant (32 notes)
16′ Diapason (32 pipes)
16′ Gamba (Choir) (32 notes)
16′ Bourdon (shared with Great) (32 notes)
16′ Gedeckt (Swell) (32 notes)
8′ Diapason (from Steere Great Processional) (32 pipes)
8′ Flute (Great II) (32 notes)
8′ Violoncello (Choir) (32 notes)
4′ Octave (from Steere Great Processional) (12 pipes)
4′ Flute (Great II) (32 notes)
2′ Octave (from Steere Great Processional) (12 pipes)
Mixture II (Church Organ Company) (64 pipes)
16′ Trombone (shared with Swell) (32 notes)
8′ Trompette (Great I) (32 notes)
4′ Clarion (Great I) (32 notes)
Gt. to Ped. 8′
Gt. to Ped. 4′
Sw. to Ped. 8′
Sw. to Ped. 4′
Ch. to Ped. 8′
Ch. to Ped. 4′
Echo to Ped. 8′

Pistons:
10 General Pistons and Toe Studs
8 Swell Pistons
8 Great Pistons
8 Choir Pistons
3 Echo Pistons
6 Pedal Toe Studs
Swell to Pedal 8′ Reversible Piston
Great to Pedal 8′ Reversible Piston and Toe Stud
Choir to Pedal 8′ Reversible Piston
Tutti Reversible Piston and Toe Stud
General Cancel Piston
Zimbelstern On/Off Buttons

Balanced Echo, Choir and Swell Pedals
Balanced Crescendo Pedal

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Memorial Presbyterian Church
32 Sevilla Street
St. Augustine, Florida
United States of America

Memorial Presbyterian Church, St. Augustine, Florida, is a congregation of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) We are Florida’s first Presbyterian congregation. Established in 1824 the present sanctuary was given by Henry Morrison Flagler and dedicated in 1890 as a memorial to his daughter Jenny Louise Benedict who died from complications from childbirth. Mr. Flagler, his first wife, Mary, daughter Jenny Louise and grand daughter, Marjorie, are entombed in the Flagler family mausoleum at Memorial. The church is open for visitors Monday-Saturday from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. and for worship on Sunday. We are an active congregation with a full range of worship, music, education, fellowship, and pastoral ministries. Memorial Presbyterian Church members are vitally involved in the life and work of the community and the church reaches into the community and, in concert with others, into the world with the good news of God’s love in Jesus Christ.

Sunday Services Times:

08:30 am: Early Worship Service
09:30 am: Adult and Children’s Sunday School
11:00 am: Worship Service
05:00 pm: Contemporary Worship Service (Music at 4:45)

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The music ministry at Fellowship was made famous by the late Sis. Rilma “Kathy” Thibodeaux. Sis. Thibodeaux served as the Minister of Music of Fellowship for over two decades; and was also one of its charter members.

At the 1998 Annual Musical of the Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in New Orleans, LA. Sis Gwenette Pye sang “High Praise”, written by Dr. Margaret Pleasant Douroux. Bro. Patrick Walker is the Organist; George Brannon, pianist; and Moses Gordon, drummer

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At the Full Gospel Fellowship International Conference in 2006 in New Orleans, LA.

This is the song Bishop Morton sang before he preached the closing sermon for the conference.

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We are honored to have been able to serve and fellowship with Lawton, OK’s own POWERHOUSE Church of God In Christ United! Thank you Minister Dixon for your invitation! Following God’s instruction, Minister Dixon organized a 3 day Texoma Conference. That instruction cemented a divine connection, bringing together churches in fellowship from all over Lawton, OK. This clip is from day 1 of that conference. Connie Hicks led praise & worship on keyboard, backed up by Hellen Marshall on organ and Jehramy Bennett on drums. [PHC2]

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Rilma Thibodeaux and the Fellowship Music Department hosted her childhood friend, Sis. Helen J. H. Stephens, currently of California. Sis. Stephen’s is a world-famous gospel choir director, pianist, and composer/arranger. This is in 1997 and the selection is “Blessed Be the Name of the Lord”.

The music ministry at Fellowship was made famous by the late Sis. Rilma “Kathy” Thibodeaux. Sis. Thibodeaux served as the Minister of Music of Fellowship for over two decades; and was also one of its charter members.

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At the 1998 Annual Musical of the Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in New Orleans, LA. Sis Sophie Holloway of the Pleasant Valley B.C. sang “In the Garden”

The music ministry at Fellowship was made famous by the late Sis. Rilma “Kathy” Thibodeaux. Sis. Thibodeaux served as the Minister of Music of Fellowship for over two decades; and was also one of its charter members.

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What A Fellowship, What A Joy Divine, Leaning On The Everlasting Arms. Tune: Showalter

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The music ministry at Fellowship was made famous by the late Sis. Rilma “Kathy” Thibodeaux. Sis. Thibodeaux served as the Minister of Music of Fellowship for over two decades; and was also one of its charter members.

For this selection, Sis. Jackie Tolbert is the soloist. Bro Lee Jeff is the organist. (Also, notice Full Gospel Presiding Bishop Paul Morton in the congregation. He was known as Rev. Morton back then.)

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