Our Music

The St John's Music Ministry is recognized as a Christ-ce musical offering to our church and beyond. Music is an im part of our corporate worship and the life of St. John's and a SINGING church. Parishioners sing out with joy on all music both traditional and "new!"

We indeed fortunate to have a Director of Music, Organist and Parish Life Director who hold advanced degrees in Conducting, Organ Performance, Collaborative Piano and/or Sacred Music. In conjunction with the Rector, this group carefully plans music for special events and services, primarily focused on supporting and reinforcing the theme and lessons of the day.

We were honored to have both our Director of Music and Organist serve in those same capacities for the Consecration of the 8th Bishop of West Virginia, the Rt. Rev. Matthew D. Cowden. With a mass choir made up of churches throughout the Episcopal Diocese of WV, It was a day of glorious music befitting of the occasion!

Our choir is made up of enthusiastic and highly capable members of our parish and students of Marshall University. It is part of our mission share the love of sacred music by providing several choral scholarships each year to students from Marshall University. We are currently pursuing funds to create an Organ Scholar program at St. John's to help the next generation of keyboardists learn about the "King of Instruments!"