Community Singing Evening: Social Self-Care Singing

I'm still trying to find a new name of our Thursday Singing Night. 

My Singing Night. 

It's developed into a unique thing. It's not choir, not karaoke, not about improving our voices or learning to read music, it's kind of a self-care singing. 

Maybe you're looking for something to do for yourself, and also an opportunity to get out of the house. This is a good time for a fresh start. This is something you can do. 

I found this definition of self-care: 

Self-care is a conscious act people take to promote their physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional health. 

I do strongly believe that singing together is important for our health, mental and physical, and for our community, building unity and understanding. We're singing like we might sing in our kitchens, or living rooms, but not alone. We are in community here. It's a social night where we hang out with lovely kind souls who also love to sing. 

Self-care is not only a solo activity, as the community—a group that supports the person performing self-care—overall plays a role in access to, implementation of, and success of self-care activities.

A free night of singing a variety of music with a fun and relaxed atmosphere, in armchairs with tea and sweets, talking about the lyrics and the music, life and love is a wonderful gift to the community and to each of us who is refreshed and inspired here every week. 

Thank God for the congregation of Trinity United Church in Newmarket for setting aside the space in the lovely Fellowship Room of the grand old church building in downtown Newmarket!