As we celebrate Black Music Month this June, our weekly musical reflection comes from composer Florence Price, whose fascinating life story includes being the first African-American woman to have her music performed by a major symphony orchestra. Adoration, originally for organ solo, is reimagined for cello and piano and features the first socially-distant live recording in our series.
This week’s musical reflection, “Lament, Love, and Fire”, is inspired by Vicar Kevin’s “Litany of Lament” that we prayed on Pentecost. Click here for a listen.
This week we are delighted to hear from CLC member Christine Lightner as she plays “O God Beyond All Praising” with Joy-Leilani Garbutt, our Music Minister! Click here for a listen.
Here’s the most recent news from stained glass craftsman, Andrew Goldkuhle, who has been repairing our stained glass window in the choir loft.
Thanks to our members and friends, Christ Lutheran raised $2,850 for the work of our food pantry! Thanks to ELCA World Hunger who will match our giving with a $500 grant for a total of $3,350. We’re all in this together, and grateful that we can continue to feed the hungry in our midst.
Singer-songwriter LEA visited Christ Lutheran Church in 2018 to perform on our concert series. She continues to make beautiful music and we wanted to share this short and uplifting piece called WHEN I RISE that she just released.
This month the women’s book group will be reading THE VIRGIN OF PRINCE STREET: EXPEDITIONS INTO DEVOTION by Sonya Livingston.
We’ll celebrate the gifts and challenges of life on planet earth this Sunday through hymns, prayers and preaching. We also invite you to view a film called The Human Element and join us later for a zoom discussion on ways we can respond.
This month we are reading The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe by Richard Rohr. The group will be meeting via…
Tonight we’ll remember the woman who anointed Jesus’ and the Last Supper Jesus shared with his disciples. Worship will include anointing and Holy Communion.