St. Andrew’s Leytonstone is looking for an Accompanist/Assistant Organist who will play the piano for choir rehearsals for one hour on Thursday nights and play the organ for at least one Sunday service per month, working closely with the current Director of Music. The successful applicant will be a competent musician with an imaginative approach to accompanying choral liturgy. S/he will be able, or willing to learn, to direct a small amateur choir in a wide range of sacred music, and may be called upon to sing occasionally if appropriate. This appointment will be an opportunity to learn all aspects of Musical Directorship in a friendly and supportive environment, under the experienced direction of Kathryn Rose.

The choir sings at Choral Eucharist every Sunday with additional services at Holy Week, Easter, Advent and Christmas, as well as occasional weddings and funerals. A range of hymns and songs from the New English Hymnal and other collections is used and we are working toward a varied rotation of congregational Mass settings. We offer the successful candidate an opportunity to assist in developing the strong musical tradition here, and hope for someone who will participate fully in the life of the parish.

The church is blessed with a fine three manual Lewis organ, with major repairs scheduled to begin in January 2016, and an enthusiastic, robed, choir of both adults and children, practising for one hour on Thursday evenings and a half hour before services on Sunday mornings. Pay for weekly Thursday night rehearsals will be £20 per hour and for regular services, £40 per service. There are also fees from weddings and funerals depending on the experience, aspiration and enthusiasm of the successful applicant.

Enhanced DBS Disclosure will be required. We are seeking someone who is available to start as soon as possible by mutual agreement. Please contact our Director of Music, Kathryn Rose, at artsyhonker@gmail.com to express an interest.

We are looking to appoint a positive, mission-minded priest on a House for Duty basis for this suburban East London parish, to work collaboratively with the incumbent of the adjacent parish and with other colleagues, both lay and ordained, in keeping with the diocese’s Transforming Presence strategy for growth. The parish is in the Catholic tradition of the Church of England.

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Application form available from the Archdeacon of West Ham
a.westham@chelmsford.anglican.org

Closing date for applications: 12th February

Appointment subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure.

Make this Christmas special!

Please come and join our Community Choir for Carols by Candlelight.

The service will be at 5.30pm on Sunday 14th December and will include a mixture of Advent and Christmas material.

Rehearsals will take place in the choir vestry at 7.30pm on Friday 21st November, Thursday 27th November, Friday 5th December and Thursday 11th December, with an additional run-through on the day at 4.30pm.

Everyone is welcome and you don’t need to be able to read music! For more information contact Kathryn (artsyhonker@gmail.com) or come to the first rehearsal.

As of 25th October, our Top 20 Hymns stand as follows:

We’ve raised a total of £365 and we’ve got a lot to sing this afternoon! I hope you’ll come along at 2pm to sing through these hymns. There’ll be tea and coffee, and a chance to vote on the top three hymns while you’re there. If you can’t make it, it’s too late to vote, but you can still donate at our JustGiving page and help us raise the money we need to repair our beautiful, historic pipe organ!

As of 23rd October, our Top 20 Hymns stand as follows:

We’ve raised a total of £235 and we’ve got a lot to sing on Saturday, but it would be great if we could do even more. Do you have a favourite hymn? Donate at our JustGiving page and help us raise the money we need to repair our beautiful, historic pipe organ!