Clint Campbell applied for a Disciples Response Fund Grant for the praise and worship nights at St. Pius X Parish in Owensboro, where he serves as music director. He is seen in a screenshot from a recent video interview with the Diocese of Owensboro’s Office of Communications. SCREENSHOT
Through Disciples Response Fund grant, music director hopes to ‘meet maximum capacity in people’s hearts’
BY RILEY GREIF, THE WESTERN KENTUCKY CATHOLIC
“To provide people an experience of Christ that tends to the soil of their heart,” is what Clint Campbell said they are trying to accomplish with St. Pius X Parish’s praise and worship nights.
Campbell is the music director at the Owensboro parish. He has held the role for the past year and in that time has worked to grow the parish’s once-a-month praise and worship nights with the help of a Disciples Response Fund Grant from the Diocese of Owensboro.
The grant monies received by St. Pius X go toward paying the musicians who lead the evening in what they hope to be “an atmosphere to encounter Christ,” according to Campbell.
The musicians vary from St. Pius parishioners to musicians from surrounding cities.
“It’s not easy to bring in people that have families to feed and ask them to do things for a volunteer type thing,” said Campbell, in recognition of the importance of compensating the musicians for sharing their talent.
Lee Roessler sings and plays guitar at a praise and worship night at St. Pius X Parish in Owensboro on Nov. 13, 2025. Roessler is one of the musicians hired to serve at the popular gatherings, which are open to all. RILEY GREIF | WKC
Campbell shared his long term goal is to “meet maximum capacity in our parish hall and need a bigger space. Or, if that’s not God’s will, then to just meet maximum capacity in people’s hearts. You know, just to really provide an experience of the Holy Spirit.”
He said one attendee described the evening as “really good for my heart,” and was glad to hear the praise and worship nights would continue in the new year.
Campbell expressed his gratitude for those who made the grant possible by saying that “for anyone who’s contributed to the Disciples Response Fund. I want to say thank you so much, on behalf of myself, on behalf of so many others, we couldn’t have done this without you.”
Disciples Response Fund Grants are one of the many ways that the Disciples Response Fund supports the ministries of the Diocese of Owensboro. Diocesan parishes, schools and organizations can apply for a Disciples Response Fund Grant through the Office of Stewardship and Development for special projects or initiatives.
To learn more, watch the full interview on the diocese’s Vimeo account at https://vimeo.com/rcdok/disciples-response-fund-grant.
The band plays for the praise and worship night at St. Pius X Parish in Owensboro on Nov. 13, 2025. The nights have been supported through a Disciples Response Fund Grant, which has helped the parish pay the professional musicians who lead the music. RILEY GREIF | WKC
Originally printed in the December 2025 issue of The Western Kentucky Catholic.
