The Vine Band
This group provides worship for The Vine contemporary services.
If you're interested in learning more, contact our Director of Contemporary Worship, Grant Morgan.
If you're interested in learning more, contact our Director of Contemporary Worship, Grant Morgan.
Schantz Organ
Originally installed in 1966 as a 3-manual, 41-rank Schantz pipe organ (Op. 770) in the old Centenary Methodist sanctuary, the congregation merged with First Methodist in 1967 and relocated the instrument into a new Harold Wagoner-designed sanctuary as the First-Centenary United Methodist Church in 1973.
In 1999, the Schantz Organ Company of Orrville, Ohio added a new 3-manual console (Op. 2187) and four years later, 17 additional ranks of pipes were added along with three digital 32’ stops. The traditional style console with roll top is movable and contains a computerized/digital combination action. The three manual keyboards each have 61 notes and the pedalboard compass is 32 notes.
The current instrument consists of 4 divisions, 71 stops, and 59 ranks of pipes. The 3,514 pipes of this organ are made of wood, tin, brass, and lead, and range in size from 16 feet tall to a fraction of an inch in length. The pipes are placed on electro-pneumatic pitman chests which are located in chambers in the front of the sanctuary.
Dr. Jan McNair
Worship and Music Director
Grant Morgan
Contemporary Music Director
Dr. Jan McNair
Worship & Music Ministry Director
Janice McNair joined the First-Centenary staff as Director of Music Ministries in August 1995. She is responsible for the music ministry and plans the worship services that take place in the Sanctuary. A graduate of DePauw University with a degree in Violin Performance, she went on to study at Southern Methodist University and Perkins School of Theology, graduating with master’s degrees in Violin Performance and Sacred Music. Following graduation, she and her husband, Jonathan, moved to Cleveland, Ohio where Jonathan earned his D.M.A. in Music Composition at the Cleveland Institute of Music. While in Cleveland, Jan enjoyed serving as the Director of Music at Church of the Saviour United Methodist.
After growing a part-time music program into a full-time ministry, the McNair’s along with sons, Ben and Andrew, moved to Chattanooga. Highlights in ministry include study with Alice Parker in 2000 and 2001. In 2003, she was awarded a Sabbatical Grant for Pastoral Leaders funded by the Lilly Endowment and administered through the Louisville Institute. Under her planning and direction, First-Centenary has enjoyed various collaborations with community choirs presenting Rutter’s Mass of the Children, Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concerts, and numerous other worship and concert events. In 2012, Jan earned her doctorate from the Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies and served the Fellowship of Worship Artists as Chair of the Worship Area for Music Week at Lake Junaluska 2019-2023. Jan’s relationship with the Upper Room’s Academy for Spiritual Formation began with the completion of the Two-Year Academy #41 in 2021. She then served as the Music and Worship leader for Spiritual Formation in Today’s World, a one-year online offering from The Academy in 2022 and again in 2024. Currently she is part of the leadership team for the Academy’s newest two-year offering, Academy #44, which will begin in October 2026.
After growing a part-time music program into a full-time ministry, the McNair’s along with sons, Ben and Andrew, moved to Chattanooga. Highlights in ministry include study with Alice Parker in 2000 and 2001. In 2003, she was awarded a Sabbatical Grant for Pastoral Leaders funded by the Lilly Endowment and administered through the Louisville Institute. Under her planning and direction, First-Centenary has enjoyed various collaborations with community choirs presenting Rutter’s Mass of the Children, Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concerts, and numerous other worship and concert events. In 2012, Jan earned her doctorate from the Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies and served the Fellowship of Worship Artists as Chair of the Worship Area for Music Week at Lake Junaluska 2019-2023. Jan’s relationship with the Upper Room’s Academy for Spiritual Formation began with the completion of the Two-Year Academy #41 in 2021. She then served as the Music and Worship leader for Spiritual Formation in Today’s World, a one-year online offering from The Academy in 2022 and again in 2024. Currently she is part of the leadership team for the Academy’s newest two-year offering, Academy #44, which will begin in October 2026.