Caradoc mission grant serves Seaforth through community choir development

Caradoc Mission Community Church has been awarded a £2,500 mission grant for their community choir.

The Community Choir for Seaforth started in 2019, and is a much-needed activity for the area,

Colin Trussell, Church Elder and Treasurer at Caradoc URC commented: “The benefits to health and wellbeing through group singing are widely documented. The membership is open to anyone who enjoy singing. It is not a ‘Church exclusive’ group, but we have had choir members engage more in church and our other activities.

“We’re using this URC mission grant funding to pay toward the fees for a choir mistress for one year. This will really help us expand and enrich the musical programme and to grow the choir with effective and productive rehearsals. Overall, it helps us with our mission statement of Serving God, Serving Seaforth.”

“From a personal point of view, I have found that no matter how tired I may feel on a Tuesday night, after doing Foodbank during the day and the school run later, I leave the choir refreshed and ‘light of foot’ and the smiles on other members of the choir is further evidence of its positive effect.”