Children of Tallis Ministries

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: 1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: * THE PERFORMANCE OF MUSIC AS A FORM OF CHRISTIAN PRAYER AND THE LITERAL WORD OF GOD — IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THAT OF THE SECULAR MASTERPIECES OF THE WESTERN CLASSICAL TRADITION, INCLUDING OF NON-REPRESENTATIONAL WORKS AS EXEMPLIFIED IN THE SOLO PERFORMANCE TRADITION OF THE COMMON PRACTICE PERIOD;* THE DEVELOPMENT AND ADVANCEMENT OF A SACRAMENT OF CLASSICAL ART-MUSICAL PERFORMANCE AS PRAYER — INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE CODIFICATION OF ORDERS OF SERVICE AS IN COMBINATION WITH SPECIFIC REPERTOIRE SELECTIONS;* THE DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE OF MUSICAL WORSHIP WITHIN AN INTERFAITH CONTEXT, INCLUDING INTEGRATING THE MUSIC, TEXTS, ORDERS OF SERVICE, WORSHIP PRACTICES, AND PRACTITIONERS AND BELIEVERS OF OTHER FAITHS;* PROVIDING GRANTS OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES TO CHARITIES, CHURCHES OR OTHER RELIGIOUS ORGANISATIONS AS A PRACTICAL OUTWORKING OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN THE COMMUNITY. 2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ART OF MUSIC FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS THAT EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF MUSIC AT THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF ARTISTIC MERIT. 3. THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, OF PEOPLE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS SERVICES OR FACILITIES AS A PRACTICAL EXPRESSION OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.