Recent visitor to the Island - Reverend Helen Bent - is Head of Ministerial Development at the Royal School of Church Music. Her greatest wish is for people to discover that the RSCM isn't a stuffy old-fashioned organisation, but instead is a place where all types and genres of church music are drawn together and celebrated with equal value.

Find out more about their work by copying and pasting this link into your browser :

https://www.rscm.org.uk

Helen - who is a music teacher, a singer, an instrumentalist and an author, as well as being an Anglican priest - is passionate about empowering churches to make the most of whatever resources they have, and to enjoy enriching their liturgy with music. Her book INSPIRING MUSIC IN WORSHIP - is a short course of 5 guided conversations to help churches do this - look at sample pages and content by copying and pasting this link into your browser:

https://www.rscmshop.com/features/inspiring-music-in-worship

Lindsey Corkill is Charities Manager at Ramsey-based AFD Software, a company famed for its generous support for local, national and global. charities. Discover more about the group :

https://www.mvic.im

The music featured on PRAISE today is ;

He Who Would Valiant Be by Wallingford Parish Church Choir:

Teaching The Truth In Love by Accapella:

Gloria and Sanctus from Communion Service in F by Harold Darke, sung by Wakefield Cathedral Choir:

Psalm 25 from The Psalm Project