Bernice E. Muyskens Meager: Pianist at the Alameda Christian Reformed Church

Carrington Publishers has recognized Bernice E. Muyskens Meager, Pianist at the Alameda Christian Reformed Church, for her dedication, achievements, and leadership in musical performance, directing, and education. Ms. Meagor has been the pianist for the Alameda Christian Reformed Church since 2020, having previously worked as the music director for the Castro Valley United Methodist Church from 1994 to 2020.

She worked as an organist at Richmond’s First Baptist Church in California for eight years. She also worked for the American Baptist Church in Moraga, California, for eight years as an elementary and high school English teacher and four years as an organist and choir leader. Ms. Meagor was also the Berkeley’s president’s assistant.

Ms. Meagor completed her education at Hope College in Holland, Michigan, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in English and music in 1960. She graduated from the Berkeley School of Theology in 1992 with a Master of Theology and is a certified public-school teacher.

She received a Special Appreciation Award in 2008, an Appreciation Award for Outstanding Leadership in Ministry of Music in 2002, and a Jessie Dave Drexler Scholarship Award for Outstanding Competence in the Field of Bible and Theology from the American Baptist Seminary of the West for her accomplishments.

Ms. Meagor attributes her success to having good relationships with the pastors of the churches she played in, and she hopes to continue playing in the coming years.