Worship

Worship Services

Leadership at our Services

Music

Music is the heartbeat of the worship service. There are opportunities for all who love music to be part of our wonderful music ministry.

Parish Choir: the choir for adults and high school teenagers. The choir sings anthems in a variety of musical styles for the 10:00 a.m worship service and leads the congregation in hymn singing, sung liturgy and psalms. Rehearsals are on Thursday evenings from 7:45-9:15 with Sunday morning warm-ups at 9:15. They sing for festival Sundays and special musical events like the Diocesan choral festival, a concert with Seton Hall under the direction of our Deacon Candidate, Jeanette Hile and other performances with instrumental ensembles such as Christmas Eve, Easter, the Evensong Service featuring the Schubert Mass in G and our new Jazz service for Pentecost.

Youth Choir

Our choir for children and youth, grades 2 - 8. The choir rehearses on Thursdays from 6:30 - 7:30. The young people will sing introits, anthems and occasional combined anthems with the Parish Choir. They will sing several times a month and for special festivals such as the Choral Evensong with the children's choirs of Grace Episcopal, Madison. They sing for youth services, Christmas Pageant, Christmas Eve, Easter and perhaps a youth musical or other special musical event.

Festival Choir

The combined Parish and Youth Choirs that sings for Youth Sundays and other special festival services.

Instrumental Music

There are many opportunities for those who play musical instruments to participate in worship services. There are preludes, postludes, anthems and special music.

Handbells

We have a 3 octave set of handbells as well as choir chimes at St. Paul's. We will use them to enhance the worship service and if there is interest, begin the development of a handbell choir.

Special Music

Throughout the year, we have special music programs. Past events have included The Schubert Mass in G; a Christmas concert featuring the Vivaldi Gloria and Pinkham Christmas Cantata with Seton Hall choir, under the direction of Jeanett Hile; Jazz instrumentalists for our Palm Sunday procession and for our Jazz Service at Pentecost.