The Music Group Ministry

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Our Ministry exists to promote the Word of God through music as worship and song as praise.

Music and singing
some thoughts.

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Before Mass. Setting up complete.

If you go to 10 o’clock mass at St. Thomas’s on Sunday, you will already know about the Music Group ministry. Our ministry aims to praise and worship the Lord through music and song. In so doing, we hope to encourage others, i.e. YOU, the congregation, to give praise in song as well.

If you do not go to ten o’clock mass, you may not have heard of us. If so, why not pop along one Sunday to see if it suits your tastes? We sing more than 80 songs from the established Laudate Collection, which includes the beautiful music of Taizé, as well as from other more contemporary sources, such as The Source (compiled by Graham Kendrick) and the Australian Worship collection. This worship music is easy to pick up and is continually gaining in popularity because of its directness and spiritual quality. It is probably true to say that the most popular material is newer rather than older. Kay Fisher, our leader and founder member, describes modern hymns as ‘love songs to God’. Don’t worry about not knowing the words. A song sheet is printed for each mass and new hymns are sung each week for five or six weeks before mass, prior to becoming a part of mass.

The Music Group meets each Tuesday evening at 8pm  for rehearsal in the church. There are usually between eight and fourteen members in our line up but the more people we get the better, because we can try new arrangements and songs. We would also like more instruments so if you feel a need to worship through music, please come and see us.

If you have any comments or questions, or you would like to hear a particular hymn, you can contact us directly at church after mass (we often ‘take tea’ in the Becket Centre), or through the Parish Office. Alternatively, you can email us at the address on the Home page.

 To hear songs performed by the Music Group click here

To read some thoughts on music and singing click here.

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