At the Church of St Mark & St Peter: from Music Director to Technology Director

At the Church of St Mark & St Peter (CMP), St-Laurent, a confluence of factors have come together that will see the position of Music Director eliminated by the end of August this year, and a new position, Technology Director, added as of September 1. For many years, the Music Director role has supervised both traditional and contemporary music at St Peter’s TMR, then, post-merger, at CMP as well. Over the years, as new members have joined the church, the number of parishioners able to lead the contemporary music has grown from one (Stephen Mullin, the Music Director) to about half a dozen. Within a vision of parishioners leading as much of parish ministry as possible, this means that CMP is now in a position for parishioners to take over leadership of the contemporary music. The positions of Organist and Choir Director will be retained, with Mr Stephen Mullin remaining in those positions.
At the same time, three other developments have converged for CMP around the theme of technology. First, our society (especially younger generations) has become increasingly technology-centric, and so the vision of CMP’s Leadership Team includes figuring out the potential implications for how we do worship, ministry, and mission in such a technology-centred age. Second, the renovations to CMP’s facilities are now completed, and these include advanced audio/visual technology for our present and future needs. Third, the pandemic has opened-up new technological options for how we engage in community life, ministry, and mission, through such platforms as Zoom, YouTube, and social media.
Given this convergence of factors, the CMP Corporation is making technology in worship, ministry, and mission a strategic focus for the future of CMP, and thus has created the position of Technology Director to coordinate and lead our efforts in these areas. This role will also be filled by Mr Mullin, as audio/visual technology is actually his principle profession. We are excited about these changes, and we are eager to see how God will use these new directions in future at CMP.