Songsters

Pictures taken on 3rd March 2023 at the 135th Anniversary of Bedford Congress Hall's mission and service in Bedford.

Up coming dates:

1- Sunday worship October 12th will be led by the Songsters and the Band.
2- Watch out for dates of Carol Services during the Advent Season which the Songsters will take part in.
​The Bedford Congress Hall Songster Brigade has been providing music and ministry in the corps (church) for over 120 years.  The earliest recorded event at which the Songsters contributed to the ministry of the church was in the 1890's.

Today we continue this tradition by participating in morning worship on a weekly basis and through our singing aim to bring blessing, challenge and encouragement to all who hear our music. 

During the month of December, as we have done in previous years,  the Songsters will be visiting various care homes and senior residential complexes in Bedford bringing the Christmas story to life through singing and spoken word.

The Songster Brigade is made up of 24 members, of all ages.  We all enjoy singing and using our voices to worship and praise God.  We are blessed in The Salvation Army with a wealth of musical styles giving us a wide range of music for us to sing.

Songster practice is held every Thursday evening from 7:30 to 8:30.  Anyone who has an interest in sharing fellowship through song is welcome.
Listen to a selection of songs by Bedford Congress Hall Songsters.  These songs were recorded during worship services and so inevitably some background noise can be heard on occasion.
Listen to and watch a selection of songs by the Bedford Congress Hall 'virtual' choir. This choir came about during lock-down when we were missing being able to sing together.  Although not everyone within the Songster Brigade had the technology to be part of this, those that were able to "gave it a go" and as a result the virtual choir came in to being and were featured a number of times during our on-line worship services.  From the summer of 2020 up until the autumn of 2021 we recorded a total of 8 songs, 6 of which are shown here.  To begin with it was only ladies voices but gradually, over time, some of the men joined in as well as other members of our church family.  As a result of this we were able to continue with our ministry of bringing blessing and encouragement through song to those who accessed our on-line worship.

These videos and others are available to watch on the Bedford Congress Hall YouTube channel.  

Archive Pictures:

This picture was taken at the beginning of 2017 in preparation for the Songsters visit to Rushden Salvation Army in May that year to lead a Sunday evening programme.
Page updated 18th January 2024
Photo taken during the Christmas Carol Service at The Bedford Corn Exchange in December 2016.