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The sound files for the
Choral Evensong for All Souls Day, November 1, 2009 can be found here.
The sound files for A Festival of Lessons & Carols, December 6, 2009 can be found here and as podcast files on iTunes.
The sound files for the Christmas Eve service, December 24, 2009 can be found right here and as podcast files on iTunes.
January 31, 2010
“The most important question concerning Jesus, then, is simply this:
Do we think he is dead or alive?
If Jesus is simply dead, there are any number of ways in which we can relate ourselves to his life and his accomplishments. And we might even, if some obscure bit of data should turn up, hope to learn more about him. But we cannot reasonably expect to learn from him.
If he is alive, however, everything changes. It is no longer a matter of our questioning a historical record, but a matter of our being put in question by one who has broken every rule of ordinary human existence. If Jesus lives, then it must be as life-giver. Jesus is not simply a figure of the past in that case, but a person in the present; not merely a memory that we can analyze and manipulate,
but an agent who can confront and instruct us. What we learn about him must therefore include what we continue to learn from him.”
-- Luke Timothy Johnson,
Living Jesus: Learning the Heart of the Gospel
Prelude: "The Good Shepherd" [Paul Benoit]
Donald Funk, organist
Anthem: "Jesus, Sun of Life, My Splendor" [G.F. Handel]
Immanuel Choir; Donald Funk, organist
Message: Images of Jesus: The Conservative Radical
Rev. Dr. Ed Horstmann
Offertory Anthem: "The Lord is My Shepherd" [Thomas Matthews]
Immanuel Choir; Donald Funk, organist
Postlude: "Fanfare" [Francis Jackson]
Donald Funk, organist
January 24, 2010
“To clasp the hands in prayer is an uprising
against the disorder of the world.”
-- Karl Barth
We Would Be Building
“We would be building; temples still undone
o’er crumbling walls that crosses scarcely lift,
waiting till love can raise the broken stone,
and hearts creative bridge the human rift.
We would be building, Architect Divine,
reveal the shape of life in your design.”
-- Purd E. Deitz
Prelude: "Cantabile" [Cesar Frank]
Larry Allen, organist
Anthem: "Song of Joy"
ImmArts Choir; Larry Allen, organist
Message: Images of Jesus: The Wounded Giver of Peace
Rev. Dr. Ed Horstmann
Offertory Anthem: "Go, My Children, With My Blessing [Jaroslav J. Vajda]
Immanuel Choir; Larry Allen, organist
Postlude: Toccata [John Weaver]
January 17, 2010
“Adam and Eve heard the sound of the Lord God
walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze.”
Genesis 3:8
“Come, let us walk in the light of the Lord!”
Isaiah 2:5
“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I shall fear no evil.”
Psalm 23:4
Prelude: "Our Father in Heaven" [Dietrich Buxtehude]
Sue Hertel, organist
Anthem: "Thy Perfect Love" [John Rutter]
Immanuel Choir
Message: Images of Jesus: The Three Mile an Hour God
Rev. Dr. Ed Horstmann
Solo: "Precious Lord"
Jennifer Lamson, Soprano
Offertory Anthem: "Joy" [Sarah Meneely-Kyder]
Immanuel Choir
Postlude: "Chromatic Fugue" [Johann Pachelbel]
Sue Hertel, organist
January 10, 2010
He is the Way.
Follow Him through the Land of Unlikeness;
Your will see rare beasts, and have unique adventures.
He is the Truth.
Seek Him in the Kingdom of Anxiety;
You will come to a great city that has expected your return for years.
He is the Life.
Love Him in the World of the Flesh;
And at your marriage all its occasions shall dance for joy.
From A Christmas Oratorio
by W. H. Auden
Chorale Preludes on "Jesu, Priceless Treasure" [Johann Walther, JS Bach, Marcel Dupre]
Sue Hertel, Guest Organist
Anthem: "Thee We Adore" [Candlyn]
Immanuel Choir
Message: Images of Jesus: Revealer of Truth and Light
The Rev. Dr. Ralph Ahlberg
Offertory Anthem: "All Praise to God Who Reigns Above" [Lenel]
Immanuel Choir
Postlude: "All Glory be to God on High" [Johann Walther]
Sue Hertel, Guest Organist
