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Livestream Worship | Sunday, November 8, 2020

Today the prophet Amos calls for justice to roll down like waters. Paul urges us to encourage one another with the promised coming of the Lord. Jesus tells the parable of the wise and foolish bridesmaids. Surrounded by the faithful of every time and place, we celebrate Christ’s coming in our midst in the word of life and the feast of victory—the marriage feast of the lamb.

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Mid-Week Worship | November 4, 2020

Gather with us Wednesday evening at 7:00 p.m. for a time of reflective worship. Come as you are – bring your worries, joys, hopes, fears, exhaustion- all of it is welcome.
In song, prayer, silence, and scripture we’ll join together with one another and with creation as the day comes to a close.
We encourage you to have a candle with you to light during the service.

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All Souls | Mid-Week Worship | October 28, 2020

Originally All Saints day, which remembered the canonized saints, was followed by All Souls day which was a time for people to remember the saints of their own life. Throughout history when there has been great loss of life in the world, All Souls has been a powerful container for people of faith to pour out their named and unnamed grief. We return to this ritual tonight.

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Livestream Worship | Sunday, October 25, 2020

Jesus’ summary of the law in today’s gospel echoes our first reading from Leviticus. We are called not only to love God with heart, soul, and mind, but also to love our neighbor as ourselves. It is out of such deep care that Paul shares the gospel with the Thessalonian community. In the confession of sins, we acknowledge that we have not loved God, neighbor, and self; yet we gather to hear the word of forgiveness and to be strengthened by word and meal to be signs of God’s love and mercy in the world.

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Livestream Worship | Sunday, October 11, 2020

In Isaiah we are given a vision of the great feast to come, when God will wipe away death forever. In Jesus’ parable about a great banquet, those invited do not come, so the invitation is extended to others. In our liturgy God spreads a table before us. Even amid anxiety and hardship we rejoice in the peace of God which surpasses all understanding. With great joy we feast at the table of the Lord, and we go forth to share the wonderful invitation with others hungering and thirsting for the abundant life of God.

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Livestream Worship | Sunday, September 13, 2020

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Martin and Marty | Music Mondays

Music Monday: Which Marty Is It?

Today we meet and hear music from two important musical Marty’s in the Lutheran church; Martin Luther and Marty Haugen. Luther is most known for posting the 95 Theses in 1517, teaching the doctrine of justification by faith alone, and translating the Bible into the German vernacular, but we also largely attribute hymn-singing as we know it today to him, too! He encouraged a new style of congregational participation: the chorale—unison singing in which all the stanzas are sung to the same music and in a language (German) everyone would know.

Marty Haugen, a living composer, has provided the church with many memorable texts and tunes—over 400! Good Shepherd is probably most familiar with Marty’s “Holden Evening Prayer” liturgy and some hymns like “Shepherd Me, O God.” Enjoy learning and listening to music of two important Lutheran Marty’s.

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Livestream Worship | Sunday, August 9

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Songs of Comfort and Strength | Music Mondays

Whether written as prayers and petitions, praise and thanksgiving, or promises of commitment, the hymns of our Christian faith tell the story of God’s faithfulness and of his great love.

Some hymns were penned as a response to adversity and sorrow. Others burst forth as expressions of exuberant joy, yet all are timeless. Although they have passed from generation to generation, their ability to bless and comfort has never diminished because they are based on the truths of the Word of God—and God’s truth never changes!

In dark and difficult times, recalling the words to these precious songs can offer “comfort and strength”. In 1 Samuel 16:14-23, a distressing spirit of the Lord tormented Saul, and it was only when David played the harp that Saul found peace.

Piano Organ Duets arranged by Joel Raney; performed by Judy Kalan and Jared Stellmacher.

“Shall We Gather at the River”

“Softly and Tenderly Jesus is Calling”

“Great Is Thy Faithfulness”

“God of Grace, and God of Glory”

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Toccata pour Grand Orgue Belier | Sunday, August 2 Postlude

Sunday, August 2nd Postlude

Gaston Bélier (1863 – 1938) was a French organist and composer, a student of Eugène Gigout at the Conservatoire de Paris, and he was titular organist at the Saint-Maclou of Pontoise Cathedral from 1892 to his death in 1938. Bélier is mostly known today for this piece…his “Toccata pour grand orgue in D minor” published in 1912.