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Director of Music
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Joni Bedard began her ministry as our Director of Music Ministries here at FUMC in 1998 when she stepped out of the choir loft and into the job she feels God has groomed her for her entire life.
Born in Wichita Kansas and raised in Omaha Nebraska, Joni started her music career in school and church choirs at the age of 7. She studied voice and piano at the University of Nebraska and San Francisco State University then pursued her singing career traveling across country and Canada with summer stock theatres, dinner theatres and, yes, a disco band.
Joni recently completed her certification studies in Church Music at Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University. She is a member of Chorister's Guild, Agehr & The Fellowship of Methodist Musicians. Through the Southwest Texas Conference, she attends adult and youth choir rallies yearly and participates in several Choral Clinics to keep her skills and music awareness updated to the ever-changing music trends in music ministry.
Joni is married to Keith Bedard, and they have two children, Timothy and Teri, who attend school in Llano. Both children are actively involved in church music and school music programs. "Our house is filled with music all the time," says Joni, and she is thankful to God for all the blessings He bestows and the chance to serve Him in this wonderful church family.
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