Episcopal Press and News

Conference Gathers Musicians Serving Small Congregations

Episcopal News Service. August 31, 1995 [95-1214I]

(ENS) The first national conference for diocesan coordinators of the Leadership Program for Musicians Serving Small Congregations was held at Virginia Theological Seminary, July 2-8. Classes, liturgies and evening programs for the 71 participants were planned to prepare them to return to their dioceses to establish local, self-supporting leadership programs that will help musicians and clergy create effective music ministry in small congregations. The conference introduced participants to course materials from the six courses which lead to the Presiding Bishop's Diploma in Church Music. Bishop Peter James Lee commissioned the conferees at the closing Eucharist.