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We worship and
celebrate God’s love for us through a strong music program. Christ
Presbyterian Church has two active choirs and has a bell choir program
The ADULT CHOIR is
a very balanced ensemble of approximately forty-four members. This
choir provides all service music as well as special anthems and
offertories for our 11:00 a.m. worship. They also provide solos and
special music for our 8:30 a.m. worship service and summer services.
Repertoire for the
choir includes everything from classic to contemporary, from very
serious to very spirited. Rehearsal is held each Thursday evening at
7:30 - 9:00 (with occasional opportunities for overtime.) There are no
formal auditions….just a sincere love of singing and a desire for fun
and warm fellowship with a wonderful group of folks!
Our YOUTH CHOIR at
Christ Presbyterian meets each Sunday morning from 9:25 to 9:45. All
youth from first grade up are welcome. This choir provides special
anthems approximately once a month for the 11:00 a.m. worship service
and is responsible for all of the music at the 7:00 Christmas Eve
Service. The youth have also presented musicals through the years
featuring everyone from Daniel and De-Lion, Moses and Noah, to Zerubbabel!
We have an active 3
OCTAVE HANDBELL CHOIR that plays at selected worship services throughout
the year.
Handbell Choirs:
Both the Adult and Youth Handbell Choirs are seriously looking for
"Ringers". Our Adult ensemble is looking for at least two people who
have some ringing background, to serve as frequent substitutes. Our
Youth Handbell Choir is still in desperate need of two ringers to
complete their ranks. (Youth- 4th grade and up.) If you are interested,
or know of someone who might be good in either group, please call Lou
Ann at 576-9764, or email her at
louapotter@comcast.net. Thank you!!
Lou Ann Potter is
our Music/Choir Director.
Repeat the Sounding
Joy”……
Martin Luther once
said that “next after theology, I give to music the highest place and
the greatest honor.” In 1545, the year before his death, Luther wrote
in the preface to the Babst Hymnal, “Geistliche Lieder”: “Sing to
the Lord a new song: sing to the Lord all the earth! (Ps. 96:1) For our
heart and spirit have been made joyful through God’s dear Son, who was
offered for us to redeem us from sin and death. Those who earnestly
believe this cannot keep quiet about it, they must sing about it
joyfully and exult over it and speak about it so that others also hear
and come to it.”
Wouldn’t you like to join others in sharing your gift and talent with us
in one of these groups? It doesn’t matter if you’ve sung in a choir
before, no prior experience is needed, just a willingness to learn. And
for those of you who are a little shy when it comes to singing, or
consider yourself maybe a little “vocally challenged,” that’s why there
are handbells!
Adult Choir
rehearsal is on Thursday evening from 7:30 to 9:00 P.M. First rehearsal
is on the first Thursday in September. Adult Handbell Choir also
rehearses on Thursday evenings, and our first rehearsal is on the second
Thursday of September at 6:30 P.M.
Our Youth Choir,
for youth from 1st grade and up, meets on Sunday mornings at 9:20,
immediately after the early worship service. We invite all youth to come
join us at our rehearsal on Sunday morning.
Statistics have
shown that across the country, choir numbers have continued to diminish
through these last ten years. It seems that the busier that lives
become, the less one is able to commit to the extra-hours required to be
a choir member. But if we do not continue to make this commitment, our
sanctuaries will soon become silent…………….. Won’t you please consider
joining us, as we continue to “Repeat the Sounding Joy! “
If you have any
questions about the Music Ministry at Christ Presbyterian, please call
Lou Ann at 576-9764, or email her at
louapotter@comcast.net.
“The riches of
music are so excellent and so precious, that words fail me whenever I
attempt to discuss and describe them. Music is the greatest treasure in
the world, next to the Word of God”
Martin Luther
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