Making a Joyful Sound in the City
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Chancel Choir

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Saint Pauls Chancel Choir consists of enthusiastic amateurs with section leaders who are professional singers. Except for a brief summer hiatus, the choir participates in worship every Sunday and at special services throughout the church year. Both classical and contemporary anthems are performed as well as music from many cultures such as African-American spirituals, Gospel music, German chorales, and Jewish liturgical pieces. Twice a year, the choir performs a major choral work. Recent examples include Faure's Requiem, Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms, Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass, and Rutter's Gloria.

Chancel Choir Director: Kurt R. Hansen, music director

Organist: Kevin Dzierzawski

Rehearsal Time: Wednesday evenings at 7:00 PM.

 

Intergenerational Orchestra

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Active ImageSt. Pauls Intergenerational Orchestra welcomes musicians of all abilities! Participants range from 5th or 6th graders through seasoned professionals. Scheduled to perform at the 11:00 AM Sanctuary Service twice a year, the orchestra rehearses for three to five weeks prior to the performance date.

Orchestra Director: Mark Mosley. Contact Mark at  773/732-0625 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

THE ST. PAULS INTERGENERATIONAL ORCHESTRA will perform in worship service on Sunday, March 27.  Amateur musicians ages 12 to 92 of all abilities are welcome to join the orchestra -- we need strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion!  Rehearsals are immediately after church in the choir room on Sunday 2/27, 3/6, 3/13 and 3/20. Please call Mark Mosley at 773-732-0625 if you're interested in participating.  Dust off the instrument in your closet and re-discover how much fun it can be to together “Make a Joyful Sound in the City.”
 

Aeolian-Skinner Organ

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No ImageDedicated in 1959, Saint Pauls' Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ was the gift of Margaret Sexton, who also endowed a fund for its maintenance. The impressive instrument has been played by many well-known musicians, including Virgil Fox, Jean Langlais, Catherine Crozier and Marie-Claire Alain.

It has 100 ranks over 4 manuals and pedal. It has over 5,000 pipes and has sister organs in the Rockefeller Chapel at the University of Chicago and the Alice Millar Chapel at Northwestern University. Its divisions include the great, positive, and pedal in the south chancel chamber, the swell and choir in the north chancel chamber, and a freestanding antiphonal division with Trompette-en-chamade on the balcony wall.

Kevin Dzierzawski has served as organist of St. Pauls United Church of Christ since July, 2005.
 


Ash Wednesday
Join us for service on February 22, at 7:30 pm
 
Service Schedule
Sunday Worship Service
9:45 am Chapel
11:00 am Sanctuary
 
Lenten Worship
Listening for God in Lent
Wednesdays, February 29, March 7, 14, 21, 28 at 6:00 pm
 
Church School and Adult Ed
9:30 am
(September thru May)

For more information, see Church School and Adult Education

 
Who We Are
St. Pauls is a vibrant, progressive, Christian community in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago. We are a United Church of Christ congregation. Worship is at the heart of our life together, as we make a joyful sound in our city.

With one foot grounded in our faith history, and the other following Jesus into the 21st Century, we are a traditional church, but not conventional. We welcome diversity, and we welcome you - no matter who you are or where you are on life's journey.