JOHN BELL: Scottish composer, teacher, preacher in Sonoma County JULY 10-12!

"Catch the Spirit" Workshop series with the prolific JOHN BELL just $15 per workshop!

Workshops take place July 10th at 7pm in Santa Rosa at First United Methodist Church on Montgomery Dr. and July 11th at 3 pm in Sonoma at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church with a $10 dinner option afterwards. John Bell will also be participating in the worship services at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in Sonoma on July 11th at 7pm and at Presbyterian Church of the Roses in Montgomery Village at 10 am on July 12th. Tickets & Books are available at Church of the Roses, 2500 Patio Ct. Santa Rosa, CA 95405

See more & purchase tickets via paypal at www.churchoftheroses.org

JOHN BELL was born in, resides in, and belongs to Scotland. He is a liturgical composer who writes co-operatively with colleagues in Glasgow; he has a deep interest in music from non-European cultures and a passion for song of the Assembly. Though his primary vocation is as a preacher and teacher, he spends over half his time working in the areas of music and liturgy, both at conferences and in small parishes, and his work takes him frequently into Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia.

With his colleagues, John Bell has produced over 15 collections of songs and octavos, and a wide range of liturgical materials, particularly for use by lay people, and he oversaw the production of a substantial hymnal for the Church of Scotland which, in North America, goes by the title Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise. (Canterbury Press). He has also authored a number of collections of sermons and meditations, is an occasional broadcaster on radio and television, and manages to survive without the benefit of a wife, car, cell phone, camera, or ipod.