Minutes of Sacred Harp Singings

Saturday, October 4

The Ohio Valley Sacred Harp Music Association’s Bob Meek Memorial Convention was held at Harrods Creek Historic Baptist Church, Brownsboro, Kentucky. Saturday song selections were from The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition. The class was called to order by Tim Morton leading 32t. The opening prayer was offered by Jim Herr. Tim Morton introduced Buford Parish, the sexton of Harrods Creek Baptist Church, who welcomed all and gave the history of the historic church building, which was built in 1810.

Leaders: Tim Morton 420t; Bill Hayes 312b; Joel Deckard 313b; Tom Morton 209; Kathy Sweeton 49b; Joy R. Dunn 34b; Doug Trent 68b; Tim Gregg 115; Kelly Toon 318; Randy Webber 236; Ron Pen 455; Keith Seidel 55; Sarah Ward and Teresa Dickson 155; Darrell Lahm 66; Vic Whisman 84.

RECESS

Ray Rechenberg led 40 to bring the class together. Leaders: James Eldridge 402; Katie Huffman 469; Barbara Lehr 56b; Thomas Koehnline 507; Clara Herr 163t; Keith Yutzy and Rhonda Miller 388; Adrian Eldridge 570; Alice Bean 99; Ray Rechenberg 480; Shannon Tibbs 451; John Huffman 51; Jim Herr 544; Jonathon Smith 189; David Carlton 487; Erik Schwab 255; Liz Meitizler Guevara 77t; James Eldridge 95; Erin Fulton 557.

LUNCH

Thomas Koehnline led 76b to bring the class together. Leaders: Sarah Ward 244; Shannon Tibbs 449; Jonathon Smith 67; Adrian Eldridge 198 (in memory of Joan Aldridge); Tim Morton 334; Liz Meitzler Guevara 215; Erik Schwab 315; Jim Herr 182; Thomas Koehnline 472; Michele Cull and Vic Whisman 178t; Tim Gregg 524; David Carlton 467; Ron Pen 146; Ray Rechenberg 105; Clara Herr 106; Erin Fulton 369; Bill Hayes 508 (in memory of Josie Hyde).

RECESS

Tim Morton led 47t to bring the class together. Leaders: Darrell Lahm 142; Randy Webber 150; Melody Luppino 448t; Alice Bean 276; Christian Cunningham 277; Kelly Toon 300; Barbara Lehr 268; Joel Deckard 366; Keith Seidel 214; Doug Trent 495; Randy Webber 496 (by request of Kathy Sweeton); Vic Whisman 547; Joy R. Dunn 457; Tom Morton 566; Michele Cull 475.

Tim Morton led 347t as the closing song. Adrian Eldridge offered the closing prayer.

Sunday, October 5

All song selections on Sunday were from the B.F. White Sacred Harp (Cooper Revision), 2012 edition. Tim Morton brought the class to order by leading 266t (CB). Adrian Eldridge offered the opening prayer. Leaders: Tim Morton 30t (CB); Erin Fulton 504t (CB) (in honor of Laura Densmore), 380t (CB); Ray Rechenberg 133t (CB), 140 (CB); Tom Morton 314 (CB), 132 (CB); Kelly Toon and Phillip Dunnagan 587 (CB), 168 (CB); Vic Whisman 505 (CB), 71 (CB); Barbara Lehr 268t (CB); Barbara Lehr and Adrian Eldridge 511t (CB); Joy R. Dunn 146 (CB), 31t (CB); Adrian Eldridge 515 (CB), 41 (CB); Darrell Lahm 451 (CB), 449 (CB).

RECESS

Tim Morton returned the class to order by leading 49t (CB). Leaders: Alice Bean 68t (CB), 207b (CB); Tim Gregg 559 (CB), 80 (CB); Kelly Toon and Phillip Dunnagan 427 (CB), 47b (CB) (by request of Kathy Sweeton); Liz Meitzler Guevara 39 (CB), 573 (CB).

Erin Fulton offered a lesson on behalf of our absent friends, expressing gratitude that the format of our singings includes ways to take care of one another and be taken care of. The class reported the following people to be sick or shut-in: Cindy Tanner, Mark Graber, Sheila Chitwood, Matthew Hofferth, Pat Waggener, Brenda Waters, Tom Waggener, Sue Duff, Ed Walton, and David Booher.

The class reported the following people to have died: Buell Cobb and Pauline Oliver—Alabama; Tom Jurgensen—Colorado; James “Jimmie” Abingdon and Grady Wade Denney Burgess—Georgia; B.C. “Butch” Morton—Indiana; Corrone Bryant—Maine and Florida; Phil Perrin—North Carolina; Mike Hinton—Texas; Kris Baker and Siena Woestenborg—Washington. Erin Fulton led 583 (CB), and offered a prayer in honor of these absent friends. Ray Rechenberg led 138t (CB). Adrian Eldridge offered a grace over the meal.

LUNCH

The afternoon session was called to order by Tim Morton leading 111t (CB). Leaders: Erin Fulton 243t (CB), 271b (CB); Liz Meitzler Guevara 100 (CB), 96 (CB); Tim Morton 184b (CB), 137 (CB); Alice Bean 162 (CB), 547 (CB); Adrian Eldridge 273 (CB), 380b (CB); Michele Cull 38t (CB), 393 (CB); Tim Gregg 465 (CB) (in memory of Coy Ivey), 55 (CB).

RECESS

The class was called back together by Tim Morton leading 348t (CB). Leaders: Bill Hayes 367 (CB), 274t (CB); Christian Cunningham 183 (CB), 392 (CB); Kelly Toon, Phillip Dunnagan, and Christa Dunnagan 159 (CB); Barbara Lehr and Adrian Eldridge 46 (CB), 45t (CB); Darrell Lahm 38b (CB), 122 (CB); Joy R. Dunn 341 (CB), 274t (CB).

Tim Morton led 62 (CB) as the closing song. The closing prayer was offered by Adrian Eldridge, and the class was dismissed.

Chair—Tim Morton; Secretary/Treasurer—Bill Hayes