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Music for the Masses with Jo BoyceAuthor: Jo Boyce
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013 Thirty Years of Music Ministry [Podcast]
Friday, 26 June, 2026
This month CJM MUSIC celebrates its 30th birthday. Three decades of music and ministry — and in this special anniversary episode, Jo Boyce sits down with two of the people who have been at the heart of it all. Andrew Moss has been a familiar face in the line-up even before CJM MUSIC officially existed — in fact, Andrew first met co-founder Mike Stanley all the way back in 1993, through a Roger Jones musical in Birmingham. Claire Wilson, our violinist, first crossed paths with Jo and Mike in a recording studio in Oxford in the early 2000s, putting down string quartet parts for CJM favourites — Bread of Life and May Your Love — in, as she puts it, “the worst possible key for string players ever.” Listen Now Episode Highlghts Together, Jo Andrew and Claire look back over thirty years of music ministry — the memories, the moments, the conviction that has driven everything CJM MUSIC has made and done. We hear how Andrew and Claire each found their way into the CJM MUSIC story — from early recording sessions, Big Sing Liturgy Thing events and legendary 5:30am van journeys. Mike Stanley is very much present in the conversation too, thirteen years on, in the music we still sing and the way we still show up for the ministry he helped build. And Jo looks ahead to the next chapter, a season she describes as being as much about teaching and handing on to others as it is about continuing face-to-face ministry — because, as the conversation makes clear, there is power when music is kept live. Songs & Resources Get Up and Live – from the Jairus’ Daughter musical by Roger Jones Pray for a Miracle – by Jo Boyce (CJM MUSIC) May Your Love – by Jo Boyce & Mike Stanley Bread of Life – Jo Boyce & Mike Stanley Magnificat – by Jo Boyce (CJM MUSIC) Song to the Trinity by Mike Stanley (CJM MUSIC) When I Survey the Wondrous Cross – Boyce & Stanley (Traditional) We would love to hear from you If you’ve got a comment, question or reflection of your own to share for a future episode please leave us a voicemail by calling 01675 466 015 or visit our podcast question page. Or simply leave a message in the comments below. Subscription Links iTunes Stitcher Spotify RSS
