The 9th Annual Wears Valley Convention

(Sat.) Elkmont Chapel, Valley View Baptist Church
(Sun.) Headrick Chapel
Wears Valley, Sevier County, Tennessee
Saturday, September 27, 2025 and Sunday, September 28, 2025

All selections from New Harp of Columbia, Restored Edition, 2001.

Saturday, 27 September at Elkmont Chapel of Valley View Baptist Church

Morning Session:

Andrew Whaley, moderator, welcomed the class, then led 107, Holy Manna.
Prayer, Bill Gathergood
68t, Paradise - Elizabeth Wood
114t, Zion - Leslie Booher, in memory of Martha Graham
109, Bruce's Address - Robin Goddard
42, Lenox - Kathleen Mavournin
41b, Nashville - Nicole Scott
99, Morning Trumpet - Chris Wilhelm, in memory of Cora Sweatt Jones
13, Reflection - Paul Clabo
A52, Evening Shade - Elizabeth Shipp
A184d, Welcome - Grace Shipp
143, Wondrous Love - Verity Shipp
14, Mear - James Shipp
12, Albion - Mary Baumeister
A72, Messiah - Andrew Whaley, with Benjamin, Tristan and Bridger Smith
127, The Rock - Kitty Reusch
A22, Detroit - David Sarten
46, Concord - Jeremy Shipp
80b, Shawmut - Bill Gathergood
104t, Mount Vernon - Elizabeth Wood
181, Boylston - Robin Goddard
A21, Consolation - Leslie Booher
120b, Martyn - Carolyn Ogburn
144, Rowley - Kathleen Mavournin and Bob Richmond: a significant song for them in their many years of marriage
115, Northfield - Bob Richmond
147b, Mexico - Nicole Scott
65, Texas - Chris Wilhelm
47, The Promised Land - Ian Chesser
Prayer before the noon meal - Jeremy Shipp

We enjoyed lunch downstairs with a local group who had filled boxes for Samaritan's Purse Operation Christmas Child during the morning.

Afternoon session:

59b, Arlington - Andrew Whaley
130, Antioch - Grace Shipp
A34, New Salem - Verity Shipp
183, Long Ago - James Shipp
45, Kedron - Elizabeth Shipp
61, Leander - Mary Baumeister, with Walker Kinsler
44, Idumea - Kitty Reusch
A97b, Athens - David Sarten
17, Newport - Jeremy Shipp
64t, Zerah - Leslie Booher
74, Never Part Again - Robin Goddard
53b, Dundee - Carolyn Ogburn
82, Bealoth - Chris Wilhelm
39b, St. Martin's - Kathleen Mavournin
40, Aurora - Nicole Scott
89, Morality - Paul Clabo
51, Mount Olivet - Grace Shipp
18, Windham - Ian Chesser
A184e, Sabbath - Verity Shipp
30, Sion's Security - Elizabeth Shipp
16, Greenfields - James Shipp
52t, Ballerma - Mary Baumeister
Announcements of local and regional singing were made.
27b, Choral Song - Jeremy Shipp
98, Liberty - Kathleen Mavournin
184, Watchman! Tell Us of the Night - Verity Shipp
116, Mile's Lane - Ian Chesser
39t, China - Leslie Booher
43, Pleasant Hill - Grace Shipp
95, Parting Hand - Andrew Whaley
Closing prayer - Jeremy Shipp

Minutes: Chris Wilhelm

Sunday, 28 September at Headrick Chapel

THESE MINUTES HAVE NOT BEEN RECEIVED YET.