2nd November Congregational Music Workshop with Nicky Chiswell

Calling all church musos and song leaders

As part of her participation in Jesus all about life at St. Matthew’s Shenton Park. Nicky Chiswell is running a workshop for congregational music.
 Monday, November 2nd, 7:30pm
We are inviting any musos from other churches who might like to join us. Forward this on to interested musicians, and song leaders. (I am not sure who the keeper of the emails is for your music team?)

We encourage you to come. Nicky is a skilled teacher and enthusiast for congregational music. We are strongly encouraging all our musos to come across the congregations.

In the evening, four things will be happening:

1. Reflecting on the privilege of congregational music
2. Making the most of the band (the mechanics of maximising band music)
3. Singing to lead God’s people
4. Reviewing your participation in the church music

This is for musos of all ranges of experience
The workshop is practical so please bring your instrument.

Monday 2nd November 2009.
7:30pm to 9:30pm
St. Matthew’s Shenton Park
114 Onslow Road
Cost $5

RSVP St. Matt’s Office 9381 2640
Gavin Parsons office@stmattsshentonpark.org.au

Nicky Says :

I have 2 distinct parts to my musical life really. I write songs for churches to sing and in this regard I am involved with a small record company called EMU. EMU has as its core business making and distributing great, biblical songs that are cool to sing. We want to help people respond to the truth with depth and joy. But I also do solo /acoustic concerts and the songs I sing at these are very different.

My solo stuff is a folk/jazz/blues/pop / (anything you can think of) / fusion, but with just me and a guitar. I love doing it! It is where I really get to dig deep and deliver. The gigs are arranged by churches who then do up the venue to look like a cafe with candles etc, very warm and atmospheric! I sing mainly original stuff.

Check out Nicky’s website:

http://www.nickychiswell.com/biography.html

Gavin Parsons

Who is Nicky Chiswell? Why Should we be excited she is coming?

Nicky Chiswell is joining us for some of Jesus All about life events.


1. Saturday 31st October Women's High Tea at Church 2-5pm

For more info, Click!
http://stmattstenam.blogspot.com/2009/10/womens-high-tea-31st-october-230pm.html

2. Saturday 31st October The Soul Lounge 7:45 -10:00pm Nicky will be doing two sets on music with Kanishka is giving a short reflection on why Jesus is all about life. This i designed to be comforatable

For more info Click
http://stmattstenam.blogspot.com/2009/10/soul-lounge-ii-all-about-life.html

3. Sunday1st November All About Life services with Kanishka speaking

Nicky will participate in the music of each of the services.

She is a terrific musical artist and your friends will enjoy hearing her.
Invite them along ... Please come eithwer way, sign up today via above websites.

Who is she ? Her promo blurb describes her music in the following way:

Nicky Chiswell is a singer /songwriter with great maturity and depth. Well known for her intimate and moving solo/acoustic performances. Her style has been likened to early Joni Mitchell. She draws upon styles as diverse as folk, rock, jazz and blues. She has also produced a large repertoire of songs for congregational singing in churches.

She is from Melbourne were her husband works amongst unistudents.

She performs regularly as a solo artist and has developed a very warm rapport with her audiences over the years. It is in this environment that Nicky says she gets to "dig deep and deliver".

These performances draw together both her own life experience and her journey of faith. Fellow musician, Nathan Tasker, makes this comment:

"She invites the listener into a world that is real, in that it resembles there own, yet full of hope and wonder. Nicky shares an honesty and vulnerability that engages any audience."

For more info Check out her webite http://www.nickychiswell.com/

Parsons Holiday snaps

Here are a few Parsons holiday snaps, October 2009

Click!

http://picasaweb.google.com/theparsonis/CoralBayOct2009#

GP

Join the China Short Term Mission Debrief

All five of the team who went to China in July (Doreen and Peter Chia, Bec Nielson (CCC) and John and Blodwyn Timms) invite you to the church on Thursday 8th October 7.30p.m. where we will  share our experience of a month in Szechuan Province teaching English to the Yi minority youth. We would love to share our vision with you.

Please join Us

BT

Women's High Tea, 31st October 2:30pm

Beer, Prawns, & Eternity III

Beer, Prawns, and Eternity III

We invite you to a night for blokes.
“What banner do you march under?”
Friday 6th November, 2009.
7:30pm to 10:00pm at the Hotchkins’
76 Keightley Rd, Shenton Park

$10 for food and refreshments.

RSVP St. Matthew’s Church Office
9381 2640 or mailto:office@stmattsshentonpark.org.au

Soul lounge II: All About Life

We invite you to the Soul Lounge

All About life
an evening of music all about life with Nicky Chiswell.
And a reflection on Jesus & life by Kanishka Raffel

Saturday October, 31st, 2009
7:45pm to 10:00 pmish $5

At St. Matthew’s Anglican Church,
Cnr Derby and Onslow

Everyone Welcome

RSVP St. Matthew’s Church Office
93812640 or  office@stmattsshentonpark.org.au