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Last chance to reserve your spot for the Kirk Couples Toast an End to Winter event on March 13! Click here for details and RSVP information.

Lenten SeriesWonderful Wednesdays continue through March 24! Join our Lenten Study Series, Missional Jesus, along with dinner (by reservation). Click here to learn more.

Join our follow-up study of the Missional Church (using Reggie McNeal's book, Missional Renais-sance) on Sundays @ 10:30 a.m.
Click here for more information.

If you missed Mayor Dave Bing's presentation at the Kirk on February 19, audio CDs are available in the Adult Ministry Office.

Youth Choirs
 
The Youth Choirs have grown tremendously under the leadership of our Music Director, Glenn Miller. The choristers (grades 3 and higher) enjoy an active social calendar, with movie nights, field trips, caroling during the holiday season, visits to the bell tower, and an end-of-the-season party. Come join the fun and camaraderie, and be part of this terrific program!
 
For more information, or to schedule an audition, please call Glenn Miller, Director of Music at (248) 626-2515, ext. 109, or e-mail at gmiller@kirkinthehills.org.
 
The Young Children's Choir (YCC), under the direction Vickie Wills, is comprised of children grades K through 2, and rehearses on Wednesdays from 4:45 to 5:30 p.m. in the Youth Facility.  While emphasis is placed on the development of basic musical and vocal skills, the YCC sings occasionally in the St. Andrew's service and the Sanctuary services, in addition to the annual choir festivals.
 
The YCC provides a strong building block towards future involvement in our Junior Boys' and Junior Girls' Choirs, as well as the beginning of lasting friendships through our Kirk choir programs, many which begin in the YCC and continue through the high school years and beyond.
 
The Junior Boys' Choir (JBC) is comprised of unchanged voices grades 3 and higher, and rehearses Wednesdays from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m. in the Choir Room. Emphasis is placed on the development of music reading skills, teamwork, and the cultivation of the unique treble boychoir sound in a disciplined but engaging environment using the Voice for Life curriculum of the Royal School of Church Music. The JBC sings in regular worship, both independently and with the Chancel Choir and Chancel Choir men (as the Kirk Men and Boys' Choir), in the annual choir festivals, and occasionally for weddings and civic events.
  
The Junior Girls' Choir (JGC) is comprised of girls grades 3 through 5, and rehearses Wednesdays from 4:45 to 5:45 p.m. in the Choir Room.  Strong emphasis is placed on the development of music reading skills, teamwork and the cultivation of a beautiful singing tone, all in a disciplined but engaging learning environment using the Voice for Life curriculum of the Royal School of Church Music.  The JGC sings regularly in worship with the Senior Girls Choir and also in the annual choir festivals.
 

The Senior Boys and Girls' Choir (SBGC) with Sloane Artis, assistant director, is comprised of boys (changed/changing voices) and girls grades 6 through 12. This combined group rehearses Thursdays from 6:45 to 7:30 p.m. in the Choir Room, and Sundays from 10:10 to 10:50 in Abbey 31.  The SBGC sings regularly in worship, both independently and with the Chancel Choir, as well as in the annual Advent and Spring Choir Festivals.

The SBGC is a meaningful way for middle and senior high choristers to contribute in the act of worship here at the Kirk. Many SBGC members have been sharing their love of singing and praising God through church music since their early days in the Kirk Young Children's Choir, often forming lifetime friendships in the process.

The Choir Parents' Guild handles behind the scenes details for the YCC, JBC, JGC, and SBGC. These details include: communication between the Director of Music and fellow choir parents; the September Choir Kick-Off Cookout; assigning choir robes; ordering sweaters and ties; movie nights in Seaside Cinema; pizza parties after festival rehearsals; the coordination of refreshments for the annual choir festivals; year-end parties. Membership is comprised of all parents who have children in any of these choirs.