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News on our Music Ministries

As you might expect, December is a busy month for music at Baker. We welcome in to our church many community events including the North High School Madrigal Dinner, St.Charles Singers Candlelight Carols and the Illinois Brass Brand. It’s also a busy month for our own music ensembles. On December 14th the Chancel choir along with harpist Erin Freund will present Benjamin Britten’s iconic A Ceremony of Carols during our 9:30 worship service. A Ceremony of Carols was written by Britten in 1942 while on board a vessel heading back to the UK from the US. It is a setting of nine short carols plus Gregorian Chant which bookends the composition. The harp plays the perfect accompaniment for these enchanting carols.  

On Saturday, December 20th members of our Chancel Choir will go out in our community and sing carols and bring Christmas cheer. This year we are singing at Carriage Oaks, the Pearl of St. Charles and Bickford. 

Christmas Eve services at 4 p.m. will include the Wesley Singers and Chapel Chimes to help provide music for this memorable family service. For the 8 p.m. service, our Chancel Bell Choir and Chancel Choir will offer music for this beautiful candlelight service. We are blessed with the many volunteers who take part in our music ministry and grateful for their hard work each week. December is a special month when we can celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ with wonderfully beautiful music, especially for this season. 

Jeff Hunt

Director of Music Ministry