Songs & Updates for Saturday, December 2, 2017

This Saturday is the 1st Sunday of Advent.

Thanks for a very solid piano Mass last week! We ended up having a couple more instrumentalists out than anticipated. Things balanced out well, though, with a large group of singers and several people on the choir/guitar mics. We may also have a new person interested in singing with us.

Bev, Ginny, Lisa and I stuck around after Mass for a bite to eat and to run some Advent music. We touched on several of the new/less-familiar pieces, as well as one song for Christmas. I wouldn't mind scheduling an additional practice on 12/09 to work out a few more details.

Songs & Updates for Saturday, November 25, 2017

This Saturday is the Feast of Christ the King.

Thanks once again to Bev and Maggie for handling things in my absence! Hope everything went well. I'm looking forward to being back regularly for the remainder of the year :-)

Songs & Updates for Saturday, November 7, 2015

This Saturday is the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time.

We where nearly at full staff last Saturday and Mass went very smoothly. Thanks to everyone who was able to be there!

Tom and I met at 4 PM to review Mass Parts and the music for the liturgy, something we may end up doing somewhat regularly for a while. Feel free to come early and join us if there's something specific you'd like to look at before rehearsal.

On Sunday, Jonathan and I, as well as folks from the 11 AM choir and religious education classes, performed in what turned out to be a pretty successful talent show as part of Father's Stewardship Kickoff event. It was also hinted at that the talent show may become an annual event, so just something to keep an eye out for if you're interested in performing.

Songs & Updates for Saturday, January 10, 2015

This Saturday is the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord.

Last Saturday, several of us didn't make it to mass due to the weather. I also canceled practice to be on the safe side, so I don't have much in the way of news this week.

Songs & Updates for Saturday, January 3, 2015

Songs & Updates for Saturday, December 27, 2014

This Saturday is the Feast of the Holy Family.

First, HUGE THANK YOU for such a successful Christmas Eve mass earlier this week!! I was a bit nervous after our chaotic rehearsal on Tuesday, but it all came together quite nicely!

Songs & Updates for Wednesday, December 24, 2014

**MERRY CHRISTMAS, ALL!**

This is a special post for Christmas Eve Mass in the Parish Hall.

This post will be updated as the final plan comes together in these last few days before Christmas. Please check back for the latest information.

First, this season has been a major experiment for me in planning and leadership, so I really appreciate your bearing with me and all your hard work over the past few weeks! I'm looking forward to seeing things come together on Wednesday!

Songs & Updates for Saturday, December 20, 2014

This Saturday is the Fourth Sunday of Advent.

Nice job last week, folks -- things seemed to go pretty smoothly across the board.

Songs & Updates for Saturday, December 13, 2014

This Saturday is the Third Sunday of Advent.

Thanks to everyone who was at mass last week! We ended up having quite a bit of new(-ish) material to pull together, so I appreciate you guys bearing with us in getting through all that.

Songs & Updates for Saturday, December 6, 2014

This Saturday is the Second Sunday of Advent.

Nice job last week, folks -- there were a few issues with the mass parts, but everything else turned out quite nicely! Also, special thanks to Zach for joining us on bass guitar!

Songs & Updates for Saturday, November 29, 2014

This Saturday is the First Sunday of Advent. Welcome to Year B on the liturgical calendar!

I was not able to make it to mass last week due to the bad conditions, so I don't have too many updates.

In light of what happened over the weekend with weather, please keep an eye on your email and the website on Saturday afternoons for any changes to the plan.

Songs for Saturday, December 28, 2013

Note: not posted or emailed out until after the fact due to an Internet outage at my house.

This final Saturday of the year is the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.

I hope everyone had a chance to enjoy the holiday!

Thank you all for a great Christmas Eve mass on Tuesday, and for all your hard work in putting it together! Things seemed to go very smoothly despite all our concerns with the tight schedule. As some of you know, Karina and I worked the 4 PM Children's mass as well, which ended up being pretty crazy (the Church was well over capacity), but lots of fun.

Songs for Saturday, November 23, 2013

This Saturday is the Feast of Christ the King.

At practice last week, we went over several songs for Advent. First, we took a quick peek at Jonathan's new arrangement of 'Each Winter as the Year Grows Older'. It's now a slow-building piece with dedicated sax, flute, and piano parts.

Songs for Saturday, November 16, 2013

This Saturday is the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time.

We had a visiting priest last Saturday in Father Charlie's absence -- he requested we play a patriotic song due to Veteran's Day, so we created a sped-up arrangement of 'America the Beautiful' as our warm-up song.

Additionally, Father Charlie unexpectedly switched us from using Eucharistic Acclamation 'When We Eat This Bread' to 'Save Us, Savior of the World'. We'll be using 'Save Us' for the remainder of Ordinary Time (this week and next) before switching to Mass of Joy & Peace in December.

Songs for Saturday, November 9, 2013

This Saturday is the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Last week, we practiced after mass to review the music for November. We also crashed through Mass of Joy & Peace to re-familiarize ourselves, since we'll be using that setting throughout Advent and Christmas.

Starting this week, we're back to having regular, weekly practices, although the dinner situation is still up-in-the-air (Jim has it covered this week, though). Please stick around if you can (we've been averaging an 8:30 finish time). We'll focus on our Advent/Christmas music and Mass of Joy & Peace for the remainder of this year, before resuming several uncompleted projects in January.