Songs & Updates for Saturday, January 20, 2018

This Saturday is the 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Thanks for another solid Mass last week! We were down a few people, but didn't really run into any issues. As always, I appreciate everyone's willingness to step up and fill in the gaps. I'm also glad the weather decided to cooperate -- having to come up with a contingency plan would have made things a bit...interesting.

Songs & Updates for Saturday, March 11, 2017

This Saturday is the 2nd Sunday of Lent.

Special thanks to Lisa and Maggie for helping out with Ash Wednesday Mass! With the three of us in attendance, 5:30 was well-represented.

We ran into a few challenges on Saturday, but considering all the new material, it overall turned out well. Besides, we have four more weeks to work out the kinks :-)

Songs & Updates for Saturday, March 4, 2017

This Saturday is the 1st Sunday of Lent.

Mass last week was pretty solid. There were a few minor issues here and there, but nothing serious. Special thanks to Eva for the piano coverage. I'd also like to officially welcome Emiyare to the group on bass!

Songs & Updates for Saturday, February 13, 2016

This Saturday is the 1st Sunday of Lent.

Mass last week went very well! We had piano for the first time in quite a while, and overall, everything sounded much more confident. Moving forward, Kristen will be with us about every other week.

We also started tweaking the sound system a bit to compensate for having piano, including bringing the piano master down and the gain on the other mics up. I also asked all the singers to move to the first two rows to better take advantage of the choir mics. In listening to the recordings, the piano is still a bit overpowering, but we'll keep tweaking the levels in the coming weeks and hopefully find a balance that works.

A few of us stuck around briefly after Mass to look at songs for Lent. Speaking of that, our music for February has been approved without any changes.

Songs & Updates for Saturday, February 21, 2015

This Saturday is the First Sunday of Lent.

I don't have much in the way of updates this week, as we didn't make it to any of the Good Shepherd masses due to the weather and road conditions.