FEBRUARY 2014
Christ Lutheran Church • Highlands Ranch, CO • Gathering † Gifting † Sending
CLC to Host Douglas County Singers:
Non Profit Community Choirs for Kids CLC will be the rehearsal and performance site for the Douglas County Singers, a new nonprofit that is setting out to take music education a step further by encouraging children to explore the oldest and most natural instrument in our society, their voice. Douglas County Singers provides two community choirs for children; a Primary Choir for kids in grades 1-3 and an Intermediate Choir for kids in grades 4-6. Neither of the choirs require any audition process, all children are welcome, and each choir can have an enrollment of 50 singers. The program was founded by Linda Holcombe, CLC’s Music Director. Linda has a 25-year history in both music teaching in the public schools and in church music, and she has witnessed the joy that music can bring to people’s lives. Douglas County Singers was founded on strong beliefs that music is essential for children’s intellectual and emotional development. Kids can learn about the world, gain social skills and even improve their math abilities through music. Recent cutbacks and reductions of staff and resources in schools have directly affected music programs as part of grade level education, and this is what encouraged Linda to start the Douglas County Singers. Being a nonprofit organization, Douglas County Singers is dedicated to bringing a music experience to all children, regardless of their current singing ability or background. A main goal of the program is making participation in the choirs affordable and accessible for all families. Douglas County Singers is unique in that it will create a fun and exceptional musical experience for children by exploring all styles and genres of music from Classical and Pop to Jazz and Broadway. More information about Douglas County Singers and registration can be found at www.douglascountysingers.com or by calling (866)-981-8559. Rehearsals begin on February 13th, so register online today!
Interfaith Food Drive Our food drive for Interfaith will end on Feb 5th so please bring in any nonperishable food you would like to donate and put it in the blue bins between the doors at our entrances.
Please Join Our Sr. High Youth February 1st & 2nd
as they conduct all services for the weekend. We have been conducting a food drive at CLC during January. We also visited and helped prepare the meal at Grant St. Reach on MLK day. We will be collecting monies "Souper Bowl" weekend for Grant St Reach who feeds meals to the homeless every Monday of the year.