As you can see, we are undergoing a bit of site renovation here. Please bear with things that look strange.
So, what's new?
- Updated blog for our Christmas activities
- New videos from our latest carolling (check out O Holy Night)
- New blog music!
O Holy Night |
Christmas Midnight: This was an impromptu arrangement of this beautiful carol, done but a day before Christmas Eve. Kudos to Aloy and Josh
for being super brave to take this on, last minute. =)
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Ding Dong Merrily On High |
Christmas Midnight: Medley of the Year, 'Ding Dong Merrily on High' and 'Good King Wenceslas', graciously brought to you by Irene!
=)
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What Child Is This |
Christmas Midnight: Joshua on the solo part, a haunting counter melody called...
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O Come All Ye Faithful |
Christmas Midnight: Very grand rendition of O Come All Ye Faithful.
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All Man's Labour Can Produce |
When A Child Is Born |
Christmas Midnight: Yet another impromptu solo, this time, from Steffi. Irene on the emotional soliloquy, and Steffi again on the ending.
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Hark The Herald Angels Sing |
Christmas Midnight: Another grand rendition of this timeless classic. So nice to hear the whole congregation behind us!
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Joy To The World |
Christmas Midnight: Bringing Christmas Midnight 2009 to a joyous end!
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Carolling 2009 |
Carolling 2009: Caroling with Jubilate on 12, 13, 19 & 20 Dec 2009. Madness, but in a nice way.
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For the past few weeks, the Church of St Stephen has been having their Parish Mission conducted by the Redemptorist priests - designed to reach out to its parishioners and bring people back into the Church. It had many aspects to it, including home visitations as well as themed masses all aiming to build a stronger sense of community and membership towards the church.This week marks the grand finale of the Parish Mission with a nine night Novena held in St Stephen's followed by fellowship and mingling.
It has been a major project and a lot of effort has been put into this Mission. Not only did the various priests take the time and dedication to visit every one of the parishioners' homes, they also arranged for announcements to be made in other churches, like Novena Church, to inform others about the Parish Mission at St Stephen's. Having our fellow brothers and sisters keeping us in mind and praying for us was a sign of our potential and the supportive nature of the Catholic church in Singapore.
Internally, members of all the church ministries chipped in to provide logistical support, transport services and putting together the group masses to ensure a conducive environment for this Mission to take place. It was a good opportunity for all ministries to work together as one for the betterment of our church.
It has been a golden opportunity to reach out to members of our community whom we seldom see and let them know that they are welcome and that they have a role to play to contribute to the Church. We hope that this spirit of community and enthusiasm will be sustained and fanned into greater potential that will be beneficial for the church in the years to come.
This Parish Mission has been successful thanks to the effort put in not only from the priests but also from the laity and the parishioners themselves, who sportingly went along with whatever was planned during the Mission. While there will most likely not be a Parish Mission for some time to come, we hope that those parishioners who were touched by this Mission will stay on, and continue to grow and contribute to the Church.
Written by Andrew
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