Music Ministries
Adult Choir
The Adult Choir leads the music for the 10:30 a.m. Sunday Worship Services, Festival Eucharists for High Holy Days and Lessons & Carols. Comprised of experienced singers, university voice majors, music educators, retired musicians and newcomers, the choir enjoys a wide-ranging repertory of the choral classics from the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical and Romantic to the 20th-21st Centuries.
Canterbury Ringers
Canterbury Ringers is the adult handbell ensemble of Heavenly Rest. The bells ring monthly for the 10:30 a.m. Sunday Worship Services, as well as some special services.
The Heavenly Rest Choristers​
The Heavenly Rest Choristers welcome Boys, 4th Grade through voice change, and Girls, 4th Grade through 12th Grade, who are able to carry a tune and match pitch. Students in the 3rd grade can be considered based on their musical abilities and maturity. The Choristers are taught how to read music, sight-sing, produce a glorious singing voice, pronounce Latin texts, relate music texts and lyrics to scripture, better understand the lectionary and liturgical year, and more!
Children's Choir
The Children’s Choir is a musical education experience for students, 2nd through 5th grade. The singers are taught music reading, pure vocal pronunciation of both English and Latin, as well as church music and composer history.
Chamber Music
Concert Series
The Heavenly Rest Chamber Music Concert Series provides the Abilene Community with free classical music concerts.