Barbara Mase joined our church as Director of Music on May 1, 2005. Welcome Barbara!

A Celtic Christmas
Tom Callinan and the Morgans

  "A Celtic Christmas," featuring Tom Callinan and the Morgans, was performed in Smith Hall. It featured Irish step dancers and an all-male "Irish At Heart" chorus.
     Approximately 150 folks attended this concert and were treated to beverages and desserts, as well as raffle items. 


 
We extend a welcome invitation to all to join our choirs and become a part of the Sunday morning music ministry. If you are interested, please call the church office at 203-235-5704. Let us sing and make music unto the Lord!
 
Bell Choir member Bob Rader taking a break as he rehearses his ever-popular yodeling routine

First Congregational Church Handbell Choir
 Top Ten List of Excuses & Rules 

No. 10 “God loves the mistakes too.”
No. 9 “I'm pretty sure all those notes that are clear in the middle get two beats.”
No. 8 “No one will ever know.”
No. 7 “The pianist always plays too fast.”
No. 6 “The congregation is going to love us anyway.”
No. 5 “Our choir director should have a full-time day job teaching mathematically challenged students who can’t count to four.”
No. 4 “Rests are actually important.”
No. 3 “Counting helps”  -  also  -  “Don’t bother to count, just listen to the words.”
No. 2 “Let’s blame it on El Niño."
No. 1 “There’s always next year.”   
* Best quote, by an anonymous member of the Bell Choir: “I’m late because my husband Bruce gave me the wrong bum steer.”