Immanuel Bible Foundation

UPCOMING
EVENTS

15th Annual Women's Christmas Celebration 2008
December 6th
8:00-10:00am at
the Interstate Center
- Speaker is Julie Barnhill
more info

Arts

The Van Leer Arts Society is a place where artists from all disciplines - dance, music, painting, performance, poetry, prose, theatre, video, and interdisciplinary arts - can meet to discuss where we fit into the art world.

Here we find our place and share the arts in the context of a home. As one member said, "A full house is a wonderful and warm place to be! This is a place where the church and art coincide." If you have been looking for something like this, you will find many other artists from a wide variety of disciplines who feel and think in a similar way.

We meet the first Thursday evening of each month at 7:00pm at Immanuel Bible Foundation. Come and share who you are and what you are doing!

Our Mission:
We are called by God to use the artistic gifts He has given us, reflecting His creativity in this world & honoring Him through love, unity & humility."

Music

(Note: For links to our Studio Newsletter September 2007, Studio Rates & Dates 2007-08, Sacred Music Lending Library Catalog, & Sacred Music Order Form, please click here)

Immanuel Chorale:
Immanuel Chorale will begin the fall season by recording a Christmas album to be ready for sale at the Women’s Christmas Celebration. This endeavor is being completely student produced with guidance from the IBF staff. Student and chorale member Alexandra Rolfs is arranging all the pieces and producing the recording. The chorale is learning her arrangements and working on design ideas for marketing. I am very proud of the determination and tenacity the girls have shown in this project. Watch for the CD in December!

Studio:
Fall lesson schedules are quickly filling up at IBF, so please call 452-6710 or email music@ibfoundation.org to sign up. We are currently accepting new string students, and expanding our guitar studio.

Teacher Information:
Jane Smolen, Voice & Piano
Phone: (309) 275-3393

Tawnya Smith, French Horn
Phone: (309) 262-5175

Alex Smith, Guitar
Phone: (309) 531-0730

Sam Strakovsky, Piano
Phone: (309) 242-7267

Here are a few pictures from our recent trip to the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. The girls sang in the Rotunda - the sound was inspiring!

Information

Purpose
Immanuel Bible Foundation, a not for profit religious organization, operates the Sacred Music Lending Library to provide quality sacred music to churches and schools with limited music budgets. It began in 1953 by Dick & Kay Hoffland as an outreach ministry for the Foundation.

Our mission to bring people to Christ through sacred music and the arts is realized in this unique library. We enjoy the variety our music brings to the people performing it, whether a school is learning the great masters of music, or a church is worshiping God during Sunday services.

Membership Fees
Membership fees for all choirs are $75 per year. The library fiscal year is September 1st-August 31.

Ordering Email: music@ibfoundation.org	Fax: (309) 862-4121
Snail Mail: Immanuel Bible Foundation 1301 South Fell Avenue Normal, IL 61761	Phone: (309) 452-6710

Stop By: Director of Music, Jane Smolen's office hours will be 9:15-11:30am on Wednesdays as of September 1st, 2008 (and by appointment). Until then our summer hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:00-5:00pm. The general office is open 9:00am-5:00pm, Monday-Friday.

Shipping Music
Outbound:
IBF will pay outbound shipping, and subscribers will pay return shipping. Enclosed will be the music, a copy of the music loan invoice, and a pre-addressed returning label. Immanuel will mail music out on Tuesday and Thursday each week.

Returns:
When returning music by mail, you may use whatever rate is the least expensive. Please show your address on return packages and ensure that all music borrowed is returned. www.usps.com makes it easy to print off mailing labels for music using the media rate.

General Library Rules

Memberships may be purchased at anytime; we prorate at the middle of the fiscal year only.
All unreturned music for the previous year is due back by September 1, of each year.
Quantity music (5+ copies) should be returned within 60 days. If you have further use of the music, please contact office to let us know.
CDs, tapes, and instrument music should also be returned within 60 days.
Examination Copies - You may order single copies of music to examine. Please limit these to 20 songs. Examination copies should be returned within 30 days.
Please refrain from hole punching the music or marking in it in any way. This helps keep the music looking nice for the next church checking it out. We simply ask that you return it in the same shape you received it.
We recommend that Choir Directors keep track of music, and that it is all returned at the same time with the original invoice. We understand this isn’t always possible and if music is lost or destroyed, we ask to be notified in writing to keep our inventory up to date. We are always happy to receive donations for lost or destroyed music. Please use the catalogue prices as a guide, and clearly mark your donation.
If your church is in the position to donate old anthems, please contact Jane Smolen at (309) 452-6710 or via email at: music@ibfoundation.org and provide her with single copies of music to be donated. Existing library titles are always welcome.

Thanks for the privilege of serving you. We look forward to continuing our relationship with you again this year! If you currently not a member of the Immanuel Bible Foundation Lending Library would love to welcome you at any time. We hope you will benefit from the Library, and if you know of any churches that might benefit from the Library, please send them our way!