Sowing Seeds, Bearing Fruit

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Sowing Seeds, Bearing Fruit is written by Jennifer Kerr Breedlove and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1584595965 (ISBN 10) and 9781584595960 (ISBN 13).

Just like a garden, a singing congregation--the fullest flower of a thriving parish music program--comes into being and is sustained through careful planning and ongoing attentiveness. Jennifer Kerr Breedlove, working from her own experiences as a home gardener and a pastoral musician, offers her guidance for building a successful singing congregation from the roots up. Innovative ideas and common sense guide parish musicians through the process: Year One: Gathering information about the parish and its people Year Two: Building on existing strengths, forming the assembly and its ministers Year Three: Various approaches to building a parish repertoire, annual repertoire summaries Year Four: Maintaining the repertoire, dealing with the occasional "dry spell" Year Five: Maintaining stability and doing recruitment, ensuring future success