Mission Statement
Vision for Strings, Etc!
To provide affordable opportunity for children and youth, especially those who are home educated, to develop their musical appreciation and talent within a Christian context so that in word and deed, in choice of music and in attitudes of thankfulness, in understanding the creational foundation of music and in the purposeful direction we take it, we reflect the goodness of the creation and the Creator, offering our time and skills to bring Him honour and pleasure.
Mission for Strings, Etc!
To provide opportunity for choral experiences to a wide variety of children and youths in one of a number of different choirs.
To provide opportunity for orchestral experiences to newer and more developed instrumentalists in one of two orchestras.
To provide choral and orchestral performance opportunities through major twice yearly events and through smaller performences in various venues.
To provide opportunity for older musical youth to teach, mentor, and encourage younger developing musicians.
To provide opportunity for music theory instruction through group classes.
To provide opportunity for home educated youth from across Ontario to gather for a weekend of choral learning and the performance of a final concert.
To provide opportunity for young musicians to rent various instruments at reasonable rates for up to one year, and if necessary, longer.
Statement of Faith
Strings, Etc! offers programs for those families within our community committed to following Jesus Christ, and to nuturing and educating their children in the light of the Bible. It seeks to enrich the local community through its various performances at nursing homes, seniors' events and at its seasonal concerts.
We believe that Jesus Christ, God's only Son, is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Without His death and resurrection we are lost and dead in our sins. We understand Christian to be defined in the most basic way, by the Apostles' Creed. We understand the Bible to be the unfolding story of God's amazing grace.
We believe that God who is three in one (Father, Son, and Spirit) created this world perfectly, that Adam and Eve sinned against God and brought sin into this world, that God in His grace and mercy "did not turn His back on His creation, but turned His face toward it in love, and... set out on the long road of redemption to reclaim the lost as His people and the world as His Kingdom" (Our World Belongs to God), and that "God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life"(John 3:16 NIV).
We represent a variety of Christian denominations and theological traditions. In the midst of this diversity, we are committed to being an example of love and unity in the body of Christ through the power of His Spirit that the world might know that we are Christians and that God will be glorified in the good and pleasant way in which we live and work together.
