For me the hymns we sing during a normal church service add so much, they can challenge and inspire as well as simply be enjoyable to sing. While Andre and team have met the challenge of the virtual church service very well, I miss the singing. Others have formed virtual choirs and seeing other churches in action I wondered if we could do the same. This is not as straight forward as standing up on Sunday and singing together, each choir member has to record themselves singing and someone has to take all the contributions and put them together.

Responses to an email suggested there were enough choir members willing to take the plunge. That is the easy bit, we need everyone singing in the same key and at the same speed and once we have approximated to that someone needs to pull it all together into a choir. This last bit requires time and expertise and without John Burnside pulling the strands together we would not have completed even one hymn.

 The first one was hard work as we all grappled with technology but having completed one we think we can provide a different hymn each week to be part of the Sunday service. A big thankyou to all those from the Choir, Jubilate and One Bar Rest who sang and to John for making it possible. Join us on Sunday. If you’d like to join ‘The Fifteen’ email me (mpetty8712@gmail.com) and we will happily include you.

Martin Petty