Bill Phillips, Director of Contemporary Music

I studied music privately and in public institutions from age 8 and started my first Christian band (in Ohio) at age 14. My band and I played in churches all over the Midwest until, in my early twenties, I moved the act to Hollywood. Many TV shows and several bands later, I married my wife, Juliann. We ultimately found our way to Washington State and Redmond Presbyterian Church. Years ago at RPC, I put together a children’s choir to encourage my daughters, Jessica and Taylor, to sing with me. Eventually I started the Second Sunday Sing-along, paving the way for the contemporary service which we have today. I believe strongly that the joy of salvation and our passion for Christianity should be present in our music. At Redmond Presbyterian Church we believe that worship is the single most important activity in which a Christian can be engaged. It is the center from which the rest of the Christian life flows. As a church, we enter into God's presence in a special way with other believers in order to give our lives to our Lord so that we can be changed according to his purposes. It is in worship that we see God and ourselves most clearly.