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Parish Organizations

Our music ranges from folk to THURSDAY AFTERNOON
CHOIR
contemporary with praise songs, BIBLE STUDY
bluegrass and gospel to keep it
The Choir is a group of 31 interesting. Led by the Holy Spirit, we
singers, accompanied by an organist will endeavor to grow and change The Thursday afternoon Bible
and a director, who are vital to the and always share our musical gifts to Study Class was started in 1985 to
parish celebration of the liturgy God's glory and praise! Come with a fulfill a perceived need for spiritual
The guiding principle of our song in your heart or an instrument at growth in the parish. Basing our daily
singing has always been that the your fingertips. You will be most living in an ever-deepening way by
choir was an instrument of praise and heartily welcome. learning to know God through His
worship, said Jim Bachman, choir Word was seen as a way to achieve
this goal.
director since 1968. CHILDREN'S CHOIR Lynne O'Steen began the first
The choir prays a special prayer
year of study using the guide "Know-
before each practice.
The Children s Choir has led the ing Jesus" Subsequent years have
O heavenly Father, we have come
singing at the 9·15 a.m. Mass usually used "Joy for Living" This series
together tonight to offer our minds,
on the first Sunday of each month, covers both Old and New Testament
our bodies, our spirits to You in song
since 1987 They also sing at the books to provide a well-rounded
We have gathered in Your name to
Christmas Eve Children s Mass and at view of God s love for us Between
express our faith to adore You as our
First Communion. First through sixth ten and twenty people have partici-
loving Creator, to thank You for
graders practice after Mass once a pated and some of the original
giving each of us an awareness of
month to share music, including members still attend weekly
our identity as creatures of a loving
songs from the Religious Education Continued
God, in whose image we have been
program, so all children
made We offer our humble voices as
can sing along. Children
part of Your heavenly chorale Bless
are an important part of
our efforts, 0 Lord, and let our
our parish life and
numbers grow, so that our crescendos
Children s Choir recognizes
of praise may inspire our community
their talents, encouraging
of worshippers in their effort to praise
active participation in the
You. We ask this, 0 heavenly Father
liturgy
in the name of Your Son, Jesus,
through the Holy Spirit, and with the
perpetual help of Your mother Mary
Amen. OLPH Rectory 1964 (top)
The choir is dedicated to the and 1994 (bottom)
parish. However the members
agreed to travel to Bakersfield to
perform at the ordination of Rev
Robert Wenzinger the son of former
choir member Madeline Wenzinger
CONTEMPORARY CHOIR
The Contemporary Choir began
with just four singers, a guitarist, a
keyboard player and a lot of heart,
on Christmas Day 1985 We have
rarely missed a Sunday since, grow-
ing to as many as five instruments
and over twenty voices We are cur-
rently a "family" of fifteen, sharing
our songs and our lives every
Wednesday night and Sunday
morning.

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