North Coast Oregon Threshold Choir

02/13/2026

Our monthly community Song Bath offering has changed from 2nd Tuesdays to 3rd Tuesdays.

Need TLC? You are invited to receive a Song Bath
3RD TUESDAYS
@ ST CATHERINE’S CHURCH
NEHALEM, OR

Song Bath Receivers need to RSVP to NorthCoastOregonThresholdChoir@gmail.com

• 5:30-6:00 Singers arrive/social/set-up
• 6:00-6:15 Singers warm up while Song Bath Receivers (who have RSVP’d) quietly arrive and be seated on pews

• 6:15-7:00 Singers invite Receivers to sit in the zero-gravity chairs to receive song for whatever needs to be held tenderly.

UPCOMING DATES
→2/17/26
→3/17/26
→4/21/26

North Coast Oregon Threshold Choir (NCOTC)
We gather and sing to heal ourselves and our community…we train to sing for those at the thresholds of life and death.
Whatever level you feel called to participate, we welcome your quiet energy…your resounding spirit…your soothing voice.

For more information:
• Email: NorthCoastOregonThresholdChoir@gmail.com
• www.facebook.com/NCO.ThresholdChoir/

Threshold Choir International (TCI):
• www.thresholdchoir.org

02/10/2026

I think a lot of us have learned to hold our feelings in, not because we don’t feel deeply, but because we’re afraid of how our emotions might affect someone else. We don’t want to be too much. We don’t want to burden the people we love. So we stay quiet. We downplay our pain. We tuck it away to make things easier for everyone else.

I am guilty of this.

But the truth is, that kind of silence can backfire. The more we hold in, the heavier it becomes. And while we’re trying to protect others, we end up hurting ourselves. We all deserve safe spaces to be honest about what we’re carrying. Speaking our truth isn’t a burden, it’s a release. It’s a way of making room for healing, for connection, and for being seen.

I think people often hold in their feelings because they thought they had to, maybe they feel like they were protecting us, maybe I felt like I was protecting someone else when I kept my own pain inside. That didn’t work for me and I have a feeling it didn’t work for many others as well.

I think we can change this pattern by learning to be open with how we feel, and creating a safe space for others to do the same.

So maybe the invitation is this: let’s try to be the safe place. The kind of people others don’t have to shrink around. If someone trusts us enough to share their pain, their fear, or their uncertainty, let’s meet them with softness, not solutions. Because sometimes the most powerful thing we can offer is simply the space for someone to be fully seen and heard.

xo
Gabby
www.thehospiceheart.net

02/10/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/14VD9ram9WA/

01/29/2026

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/lifematters/threshold-choir/8433152

The Threshold Choir sings for people who are on the threshold of life and death: in intensive care and palliative units.

01/29/2026

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/12/he-was-struggling-with-his-breath-i-sat-beside-him-and-sang-the-choir-who-sing-to-people-on-their-deathbeds

Just as lullabies send babies to sleep, so songs can help those at the other end of life on their way. The leader of a Threshold Choir reveals what they do – and the personal tragedies that convinced her we need to get better at dealing with death

12/17/2025

https://www.theguardian.com/society/video/2025/dec/12/threshold-the-choir-who-sing-to-the-dying-documentary

Dying is a process and in a person’s final hours and days, Nickie and her Threshold Choir are there to accompany people on their way and bring comfort. Through specially composed songs, akin to lullabies, the choir cultivates an environment of love and safety around those on their deathbed.

05/16/2025

https://youtu.be/InULYfJHKI0?si=IGayA3xUQXKoIjwX

17,572 singers from 129 countries come together to perform Eric Whitacre's "Sing Gently". Produced by Music ProductionsFilm by 59 ProductionsAudio by Floatin...

04/12/2025

Photo credits:https:
keefer.carteen@gmail.com

04/06/2025

🎶- This Tuesday, April 8th we will share our singing ministry with the North Coast End of Life Collective via Zoom during our 2nd Tuesday Song Bath offering (💜 Wear Threshold Purples 💜). This will be a recorded session, and promoted as part of their curated educational series.

Remember one of our tenants is... Presence...not performance

Here is the Event Description LINK:
https://www.northcoasteolcollective.com/events-one/voices-of-comfort-a-presentation-and-demonstration-by-the-north-coast-oregon-threshold-choir

Ann will be paying a photographer for this event. Donations for this cost can be sent to:
- PayPal.me/AnnOQuinn
- www.venmo.com/u/Ann-OQuinn
- Zelle ID: 503-440-7861

5:00-5:30
Conference Room Singers Practice
Photographer Set Up

5:30-5:50
Conference Room Singers Practice
Photographer Taking Photos (5:40 Group Photo)

5:50-6:00 Bio Break & Quiet Transition to Sanctuary

6:00 Sanctuary Zoom Intro by Margo
6:10-6:30 Ann gives Overview
6:30-6:50 TLC Song Bath Demonstration
6:50-7:00 Q&A

For those who want to attend via Zoom, you must Register Here:

REGISTRATION
https://www.northcoasteolcollective.com/events-one/voices-of-comfort-a-presentation-and-demonstration-by-the-north-coast-oregon-threshold-choir

Join us for a meaningful exploration of how the North Coast Oregon Threshold Choir’s compassionate music can offer solace at life’s final threshold.

12/12/2024

https://www.northcoasteolcollective.com/events-one/virtual-death-cafe-1-m8x48-2klen-rtjfl-m8k7x-ph4rt-t44nx-myjar-87jpc-gh555-wx8ar

Making Visible the Invisible: A Community Conversation about Death an Dying Applying the values of Acceptance, Belonging, Connection, and Legacy, Death Cafe is a cogenerational gathering that aims to create a comfortable and open space for people to gather and discuss topics related to death, dying

12/12/2024

Death & Dying Resources:
Reading Lists, Books, Podcasts, Playlists...

Access a growing library of end-of-life resources at The North Coast EOL Collective. Our curated collection includes informative books, podcasts, and music on topics such as end-of-life planning, grief support, funeral arrangements, and more. Explore our extensive resource library to empower yoursel

11/12/2024

"I have been a caretaker for most of my life.. from Dementia/Alzheimers to Quadriplegia. I think what you are doing is amazing, important and wonderful beyond description. I just wanted to express how grateful I feel for folks who would do this .. it ‘literally’ means “The World” to those who hear these beautiful voices.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you."
-Charles
North Coast, Oregon