The Association of Anglican Musicians, an organization of musicians and clergy serving in the worshiping communities of the Episcopal Church and the larger Anglican tradition, will hold their Annual Conference in Tampa from June 15th through 19th. Founded in the early 1970s as the successor to the American Cathedral Organists and Choirmasters Association, AAM's membership today embraces musicians, clergy, and supporters of music in Anglican liturgical life.

Members work and worship in cathedrals, parishes and missions large and small, theological seminaries, and church-related schools. They are organists, pianists, bishops, guitarists, presbyters and deacons, directors and trainers of choirs, teachers of music, and friends of Anglicanism's musical tradition and practice of sung prayer.

As part of the conference program, AAM members will attend a service of Choral Evensong at St. John's on Wednesday, June 17th at 5:30 p.m. This service will be sung by the Choir of St. John's, conducted by Simon Morley and accompanied by Benjamin Sheen, Assistant Organist of St. Thomas, Fifth Avenue, New York City. The service will feature the premiere of an anthem commissioned by St. John's for the occasion and composed by David Briggs to the text 'When in our music God is glorified.' Members of our own congregation are warmly invited to attend.

Simon Morley

Because of a scheduled power outage, the parish offices will only be open from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. on Monday, June 29.

The Soirée at the Woodroffe home was a terrific time to meet and greet people from other service times at St. John's! The flowers by Emily Levy and the amazing appetizers (Ansley's gorgeous cheese and dip!) coupled by the Woodroffe's warm hospitality all contributed to a lovely evening.  

Our lovely hostess Carol Woodroffe, and guest Miriam Faircloth

In-Town Mission Week will take place from July 27 through 31. Mark your calendars and look for more info soon!

Sharon Stoll, CTHP, has been named to the Board of Directors to serve on the governing body of the National Standards Board for Therapeutic Musicians (NSBTM), which consists of leaders in the therapeutic music field who have joined together to develop and maintain standards for therapeutic musician training programs and their graduates. The practice of the therapeutic musician is to use the intrinsic healing elements of live music and sound to provide an environment conducive to the human healing process.

The NSBTM defines the Courses of Study, Scope of Practice, Code of Ethics and other rules of conduct for the certified therapeutic musician.  The following is the NSBTM Mission Statement, and more information is available at www.nsbtm.org.

Mission Statement

To define a body of knowledge, and application of that knowledge, that represents competent practice for therapeutic musicians.

To create and maintain educational standards for diploma programs and continuing education programs that offer training for therapeutic musicians. By providing a forum for communication and collaboration among accredited programs, the NSBTM supports the continuing education and development of the field of therapeutic music and its service to the public.

The Tampa Deanery project for 2015 is to complete the second floor of

The New Santa Cruz Vocational School

the new church for Santa Cruz (Holy Cross) Episcopal Church in the sugar mill (Ingenio) town of Santa Fe on the edge of the city of San Pedro de Macorís (pop ~ 250,000). For the past three years the Tampa Deanery has worked in Santa Fe building the new 2-story reinforced concrete church building. This year's teams will also work at the elementary school doing much needed repairs, and at the new Vocational school being built on the site of the original elementary school. For a flyer with all the information about this year's project, click here.

For more information on how you can support the St. John's effort in Santa Fe, please contact the parish offices by email or call 259.1570.