Dear Grace Community,

I am delighted to share with you that Tyler Morris is our new Director of Music Ministries.  Tyler is a graduate of WSU and is the vocal music teacher at Derby High School.  He comes to us with a strong church music background having directed choirs and a praise band.

Tyler begins work at Grace on December 1.  I am deeply grateful to Ben Rivers and Kelsey Wise for coordinating music this fall.  Their work will allow for a smooth start for Tyler.  He’ll spend December learning more about who we are, working with the band and section leaders, and looking for creative ways to engage more of us in music in 2021.  Tyler is not completely new to Grace.  He subbed here as a section leader and filled in once for Sean Foster on a Wednesday night.  He holds our music program in high regard.

We’ll share more about Tyler in the coming weeks and let him introduce himself.  For now, I want to thank our search team: Pam Head, Dave McIntire, Charlene Randle, Janet Rhoads, and Bill Vavra.  Below are quotes from some team members.

In Christ,

Catherine

We were fortunate to have five excellent candidates to interview.  Tyler stood out, not only as a man of faith, but as an excellent musician that will take our choir to the next level.  I am confident that his personality will fit in well with our Grace family.  – Pam Head

We had several highly qualified individuals apply for this position.  We felt Tyler was the most well-rounded, bringing experience, enthusiasm, leadership abilities and someone our musicians would love to work with. – Janet Rhoads

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