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The church has choirs for all ages: the Chancel Choir and Bell Choir for adults, the SonLight Singers for high school students, King's Chorus for middle schoolers, the Gospel Gang for upper elementary, the Cherub Choir for lower elementary, and the Angel Choir for kindergarten and pre-school.

In June, at the end of the choir's season, the church traditionally has a "Music Celebration Sunday". All the choirs in the church gather together and present individual selections as well as united choir anthems, during the morning worship service.

Chancel Choir

The Chancel Choir is the church's adult choral ensemble and presents anthems and service music during worship services from September through June. Averaging around 30 voices, they rehearse weekly on Thursday evenings from 7:30 - 9:30. Besides the Sunday morning service they also present two major works each year, usually accompanied by orchestra.

The Christmas concert has changed in design over the years, but currently is called the "Family Christmas Music Festival" and is presented on a Sunday a fternoon (usually 4 pm) and includes all the choirs in the church.

During the Lenten season the choir usually presents a major work with orchestra on Palm Sunday in the morning service. In 2010, the featured work will be "Requiem" (Wilberg), which will be presented with orchestra. The Easter services usually include a brass ensemble to herald this regal day of triumph.

There is no audition required to sing in the Chancel Choir, but some voice training and music reading skill is common amongst the singers. For more information on joining the Chancel Choir, please contact the director, Allan Petker, 310-548-7260.

The schedule for Spring 2012 includes the anthems and special music.

Chapel Bells The Chapel Bells play handbells during worship approximately monthly. Directed by Nan Roberts, they rehearse weekly on Wednesdays from 7:00-8:30 at the church.	SonLight Singers This choir is for high school students. They perform regularly in worship and present a musical annually in a Dessert Theater setting before leaving on tour! Rehearsals are weekly on Wednesdays from 7:15 to 8:15 at the church.
King's Chorus King's Chorus is for middle school students, and they sing in worship and also present a musical in the First Pres Rockin' Diner in the spring. They rehearse weekly on Wednesdays from 6:15 to 7:15 at the church.	Gospel Gang Gospel Gang is for 3rd, 4th and 5th grades students, and they sing in worship several times during the year, including special performances during Advent and in the spring. They rehearse weekly on Wednesdays from 5:00 - 5:45 at the church (from 4:00 to 5:00, there is devotional time and "homework hangout").
Cherub Choir The Cherub Choir is for 1st and 2nd graders. They sing in worship several times during the year. They rehearse weekly on Wednesdays from 4:30 - 5:00 at the church, with a snack and devotional preceding (starting at 4pm), and activity time following (5:00 to 5:45).	Angel Choir The Angel choir is for Pre-K and kindergarters. They sing in worship several times during the year. They rehearse weekly on Wednesdays from 4:00 to 4:30 at the church, a snack and devotional from 4:30 to 5:00, then an activity from 5:00 to 5:45.