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Donna J. Butler Donna Butler Douglas has served as Director of Music Ministry at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church of Overland Park, Kansas since January, 2002. A native of Ada, Oklahoma, Donna holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree in Piano from Oklahoma Baptist University and a Master of Music degree in Theory and Composition from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. Over the past 17 she has served churches in Oklahoma, the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex, Kansas City, Missouri and Little Rock, Arkansas. Ms. Butler is an accomplished pianist, soloist and free-lance composer with some 75 compositions in print. Donna Butler has received annual standard awards from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) each year since 1989 and has garnered numerous awards while preparing for her degrees. In 1989 the Missouri House of Representatives passed a resolution in Ms. Butler's honor recognizing her special insights on music leadership. Recently, Ms. Butler was chosen by Oklahoma Baptist University as a "Profiles in Excellence" award recipient. Recently, Donna was married to Gary Douglas. The newlyweds reside in Olathe, Kansas. Donna Butler Douglas is available for composer weekend and commissioned work. She may be reached at donnasong@yahoo.com. Personal Glimpses: "Honoring God's imagination" is the vanguard of my spiritual life. This means not only committing one's present self to God, but also one's potential self. It is this concept that has driven my journey as a composer. To me, writing music is like breathing – I simply must do it to remain alive and vital. Music is my primary conduit to the divine. I feel a sense of God's holiness and majesty most profoundly when I am expressing a thought or feeling through composition. God has blessed my efforts in ways beyond my imagination. |