Musical worship at St Nicolas
O' Come let us sing for joy to the Lord, let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Psalm 95 v 1
Music is an incredibly important part of our worship at St Nicolas and we are blessed with both a traditional Choir, with an organist, and those who are able to play more contemporary worship songs as well. All of these people make up an essential part of the life of St Nicolas and both are always eager to welcome new members, passionate about worshipping God through music.
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​Our Choir
Our sung worship at our main 10am service is led by our choir under our Director of Music, Helen Turner. The choir rehearses weekly on a Thursday Evening between 7:45pm and 9pm. A short rehearsal is held before the service at 9:30am.
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For our services of Holy Communion our choir are robed and sing with our organ, played by our organist, Steven Salmon. On the first Sunday of each month the choir are not robed and join with our music group at our services of morning praise.
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The music for our services usually consists of traditional and contemporary hymns and songs with an anthem during the administration of Holy Communion.
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Christmas and Easter
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At Christmas and Easter there are additional services which are led by our choir.
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At Christmas, our choir lead our traditional service of nine lessons and carols, usually held on the fourth Sunday of Advent as well as our midnight communion service on Christmas Eve and our principal service on Christmas Day.
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At Easter, our choir participates in the Maundy Thursday Service, when hosted by St Nicolas, our Good Friday Meditations and our principal service on Easter Day, where they have been joined by our music group.
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Joining the Choir or Music Group
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Any person with an interest in singing or music is also welcome to join the Choir or Music Group, there are no auditions.
Joining the Choir or our Music Group is easy, please contact our Director of Music who will be able to provide further information.