Recognizing the universality of music and how it can touch and move us all, our music program is fully incorporated into the life of our church.  Church music lifts us out of everyday experience into the realm of inspiration.  The choral experience affects both the singer and the listener.  Familiar hymns sung during worship services, anthems sung by our choirs, as well as the bonds generated by the communities of our youth and adult programs, all these help us to grow in our faith. 

You are invited to join any of the music groups listed here to attend one of our after worship forums, and above all, to raise your voice in song each Sunday as we worship together.

Cherub Choir (Kindergarten,Grades 1 & 2)
Linda Harding, Director (hardinglr@gmail.com)

Cherub Choir sings in occasional Sunday worship services. Rehearsals are held on Sundays after worship at 11:15 am. Choir practice starts in late September and continues until mid-May.

Junior Choir (Grades 3—6)
Kevin J. McDonald, Director (mcdonaldkevin23@yahoo.com)

Junior Choir rehearsals are held on Sundays after worship at 11:15 am, from late September through Easter. The choir sings in Sunday worship services once each month and more often during Advent and Lent. The Junior and Youth Choir present the Christmas Pageant on Christmas Eve.

“Thursty” Club is offered to Junior Choir members on as a social gathering for your young singers.  These events may occur before or after rehearsals, or other convenient times.

Youth Choir (Grades 7—12)
Kevin J. McDonald, Director (mcdonaldkevin23@yahoo.com)

Rehearsals take place on two to three Wednesday nights per month from 6-7 pm. In addition to occasional Sunday morning worship services, the choir takes part in the Christmas Eve and the Maundy Thursday services.

SENIOR CHOIR
David R. Carrier, Director (carrierdr@gmail.com)

The Senior Choir rehearses each Sunday from 8:30—9:30 am, then sings for the 10:00 Worship Service.  All are invited to join the choir. A solo quality voice is not required, though members should be able to read music.

HYMNS ON WHEELS
Hymns on Wheels travels with a group of 4-6 singers to people unable, through sickness or disability, to attend worship services, bringing the joy and community of hymn singing to them. Open to anyone who likes to sing!

Current audio and words for songs the Youth and Junior Choirs are preparing to sing at Sunday worship.

Rieger Orgelbau, Schwarzach, Austria, 1968

Stops: 43
Ranks: 63
Key action: mechanical
Stop action: electric
Tuning: Kellner

During the summer of 2003 the church underwent major renovations that greatly improved the acoustics in the Sanctuary. Organ pipes were removed, cleaned, reinstalled and tuned. In addition, the tuning was changed to a mild unequal system. This tuning creates a hierarchy favoring standard keys. The relationship of tonic to thirds and fifths is more pure in these keys than the usual equal temperament. The result is that each key has its own character, and no key sounds exactly like another. The intervallic relationships of this particular system were the work of Dr. Anton Kellner, a Bach scholar, who believed this to be the tuning system Bach had in his day.