I’m very thankful for the time to rest and recharge over the past several months and to also recuperate from my surgery. I’m extremely grateful for your prayers and for Tyler Brandon's leadership while I have been on leave. He has done a wonderful job! Beginning this month, I will be voluntarily splitting the duties of my position at St. Thomas with Tyler to have more time for family. In a nutshell, I will serve as Director of Liturgical Music, responsible for the overall direction of liturgical music and music ministry at St. Thomas, and Tyler will serve as Director of Youth Music, responsible for the development and direction of the children’s (bell) and youth choirs. Tyler will, for the most part, direct music at the 4 pm Saturday Mass, and I will primarily direct the Sunday morning Masses. We will coordinate on many duties and support each other in the music ministry programs. Please feel free to email me (Lauren) at [email protected] or Tyler at [email protected] if you have any feedback about church music ministry, or if you are interested in participating in any of our music groups. We are always looking for more voices and instruments!