{"id":5341,"date":"2021-03-08T12:09:49","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T17:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/?p=5341"},"modified":"2021-03-09T10:15:14","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T15:15:14","slug":"christ-church-bids-fond-farewell-to-chris-psolka-after-20-years-of-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/?p=5341","title":{"rendered":"Christ Church Bids Fond Farewell to Chris Psolka After 20 Years of Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The tenure of our long-serving music director Chris Psolka ran from the Church\u2019s 300<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary to providing music for worship during a pandemic. But Sunday, February 28, 2021 marked the formal retirement of Christine J. Psolka as Christ Church\u2019s beloved organist and choir mistress.<\/p>\n<p>At the 10:00 am service on the 28th, our rector, Mother Lisa S. Mitchell, voiced her gratitude for Chris\u2019s many years of service, presenting her with a framed set of photographs from her years at the church, along with other gifts from the vestry, with several choir members offering her flowers.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5341 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/?attachment_id=5349'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Chris_MotherLisa_FrontOfChurch-USE-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5349\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5349'>\n\t\t\t\tMother Lisa Mitchell lauds Chris Psolka \nfor her 20 years&#8217; service at Christ Church.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/?attachment_id=5347'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Chris_Jamie_FramedPhotos-USE-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5347\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5347'>\n\t\t\t\tChris and husband Jamie Green view framed photos \nfrom her tenure \nat Christ Church.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/?attachment_id=5345'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ChrisMotherLisa-USE-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5345\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5345'>\n\t\t\t\tAn emotional Chris Psolka expresses her thanks to Mother Lisa and the congregation at Christ Church.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/?attachment_id=5350'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Chris_Babs_Sarah_Lynn-USE-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5350\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5350'>\n\t\t\t\tThree members of the choir listen as Chris Psolka is regaled for her music ministry at Christ Church\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/?attachment_id=5348'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Chris_Babs_Flowers-USE-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5348\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5348'>\n\t\t\t\tChoir member Barbara Carroll presents a bouquet to Chris on behalf of St. Gregory&#8217;s Choir.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/?attachment_id=5344'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Chris_ProcessingOut-USE-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5344\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5344'>\n\t\t\t\tChris Psolka processes out of Christ Church on her last day as music minister.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Chris&#8217;s\u00a0service began in 2001 when she was named interim Choir Director\/Organist for the church\u2019s Tri-Centennial Year celebration. That Jubilee Year\u00a0featured much music-making by the Church\u2019s St. Gregory Choir, and collaborations with the choir of Christ Church Middletown and the New Jersey Chamber Singers. Chris was named Music Director in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years she enhanced the worship experience in countless ways through her playing on our tracker organ and the piano and by her own singing. She coached children and adolescent singers, and brought in numerous guest instrumentalists and singers, especially at Christmas and for Holy Week and Easter. She enticed her husband and children\u2014Jamie Green, Annie Psolka-Green, and Kevin Psolka-Green\u2014to play and sing with St. Gregory\u2019s Choir. And she brought her singing friends in MadRegalia to perform in the Church several times, notably at the <a href=\"http:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/?page_id=2899\">300<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of our \u2018Vinegar Bible\u2019<\/a> when the group sang a number of Handel\u2019s contemporaneous Chandos Anthems (including <a href=\"http:\/\/christchurchshrewsbury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/THOU-ART-THE-GLORY-OF-THEIR-STRENGTH2-1.mp3\">Thou Art the Glory of Their Strength<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Chris\u00a0will be missed by all and we hope to see her again at Christ Church functions in the future as a \u2018civilian.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tenure of our long-serving music director Chris Psolka ran from the Church\u2019s 300th anniversary to providing music for worship 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