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Music

Vocal

Youth and Adults

The Peace Choir (high school – adults) offers the gift of music with choral and solo repertory from classical, contemporary, spiritual genres and more.

Rehearsals: Thursdays at 7:00 pm

Instrumental

Youth and Adults

Let everything that has breath, praise God! From guitars to clarinets, from flutes to cellos, from trumpets to percussion and more, the Peace Orchestra (middle and high school students-adults) plays four times yearly. Youth and adults routinely play instruments in worship throughout the year.

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Music at Peace

Why do we have music ministry at Peace?

Music is a primary language of the people of God at worship. Breathing together, with voice and instrument, voicing the word of God together, sounding joy and praise and lament together, we express and experience the Spirit of the risen Christ. Martin Luther called the music of worship a “handmaiden of the liturgy.” Liturgy comes from a Greek word meaning “the work of the people,” and Luther promoted that music of various kinds is crucial in the life of a faith community. Music is a vehicle for proclaiming the Gospel and making music is an important part of discipleship.

Who offers music ministry at Peace?

A church is one of the few places today in our culture that people of many ages sing together. Peace is blessed with musicians of many ages, skill levels and abilities. Children, youth and adults at Peace lead music by singing, playing keyboards, guitars, mandolins, banjos and ukuleles, ringing handbells, playing clarinets, flutes, oboes, violins, cellos, saxophones, trumpets, trombones, french horns, tubas, drums, percussion and praying with and for one another. Groups lead music throughout the year for Sunday worship services and special services and events. Musicians also offer vocal and instrumental solos, duets, trios.

Handbells

Youth and Adults

Ring out your joy! The Youth Ringers (middle and high school students) and Adult Ringers play 3 octaves of English handbells monthly in worship. Handbell teams are fun and provide a safe and comfortable environment for close relationships and witness through the art of handbell ringing. Using various techniques, these groups offer hymn and song settings and anthems.

Rehearsals: Youth Ringers - most Sundays at noon.

Adult Ringers Rehearsals - most Wednesdays at 7:00 PM (except Lent).

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Children

The Spirit Singers (three years old through second grade) learns good music skills and singing. Students offer music in worship.

Rehearsals: Sunday School opening 9:45 AM

The Shalom Choir (third, fourth, fifth and sixth grades) learns good music skills, sings, plays rhythm instruments and has fun! Students offer music in worship.

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Music Director

Bryan Rust has served with the Peace community since June, 2009 as Music Director. Originally from New Braunfels, Bryan has lived in Austin since 1994. He attended Concordia University, Austin and studied music, music education and theology. Bryan has served in United Methodist, Lutheran and Episcopal churches in Central Texas and the Lutheran Seminary of the Southwest in Austin.

Bryan's passions are music and worship education and leadership, inter-generational music making and welcoming all people to experience a faith community. He is a member of the American Guild of Organists and the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, among other groups. He has served in leadership in music and worship in the church at the regional level. Bryan is married to Derek Mergele, who is employed at Motion Computing in Austin. Bryan has two daughters.