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The Bell choir needs you!The St. Thomas More handbell choir enjoyed a very successful fall and Christmas season. However, some of our ringers cannot rejoin us for the spring season, and we need your help to be sure we can have a spring season! We need at least four more ringers to have a full handbell choir this spring.
Playing handbells is something anyone can do, even someone who doesn’t know how to read music! It makes a beautiful sound, and it’s a great deal of fun, whether you’re a novice ringer or an experienced musician. Here’s all you need:
· A positive attitude and a willingness to learn
· Availability for practices (restarting soon; most Tuesdays at 6 p.m. until 7 p.m.)
We’ll provide the music, the special handbell gloves, and everything else you’ll need, and we’ll train new ringers in proper technique and basic note-reading. We’ll play for the Easter 10 a.m. Mass and hopefully one other Mass before Lent begins.
If you’re interested, please talk to Director of Music and Liturgy Tim Horneman after Mass, or e-mail him: music @stthomasmorechurch.org
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meet tim!Director of music /liturgyHello! My name is Tim Horneman, and I am delighted to be here at St. Thomas More as the director of music and liturgy. Leading a congregation in song is a great privilege, and I very much look forward to building the STM community and its faith through sacred music.
I am joining STM after four years as music director at Divine Savior Parish in Downers Grove, three years during which I was also the K-8 music teacher at St. Joseph Catholic School in Downers Grove. But my sacred music career started more than 20 years ago, when I was a wee lad of 13, playing my first Mass
at the parish I grew up in.
Over that time, I’ve been able to experience, play and sing sacred music of all types, from the sublime glory of Gregorian chant to the deeply felt soul of gospel music to the emotional pull of contemporary music. I’m happy to present all of this music to the people of STM. I hope that it will serve to enhance your worship of God and deepen your faith.
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Outside of church music, I enjoy bicycling, listening
to vinyl records, and playing with my five nieces and nephews, the oldest of whom is just 5. And I hope one day to be on “Jeopardy!” I dedicate my music ministry to my late maternal grandmother, an
organist herself, who always encouraged my
musical development.
Over the next few months, I intend to re-form our music ministries and bring music back to the noon Mass. As you might imagine, this will take some time and will be dependent on pandemic conditions. In the meantime, please feel free to come up after Mass to say hi, and if you’re interested in joining music ministry as a singer, instrumentalist, or bell ringer, please let me know at music@stthomasmorechurch.org. You’re also welcome to follow my professional Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/TimHornemanMusic.
May God bless you!
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Music has always played a vital role in our Catholic liturgy. Over the centuries, a rich tradition of liturgical music has been and continues to be developed. Music transforms our prayer into a higher form of expression and helps us unite the congregation in one voice of praise and celebration.
At St. Thomas More Church, there are many opportunities for music ministry. If you are interested in joining any of our music ministries, please contact our Director of Music or complete the form below and our director will contact you. -
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Contact Us
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Tim Hornemanmusicstthomasmorechurch.orgDirector of Music and Liturgy
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