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Read the September 2020 Edition of The Messenger
Get the latest edition of The Messenger The September 2020 issue of Good Shepherd’s monthly newsletter “The Messenger” is now available to read online. Print copies have also been mailed…
Read MoreMid-Week Worship | September 9, 2020
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Livestream Worship | Sunday, September 6, 2020
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Join the Prayer Chain
“Pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17) During this uncertain time, prayer gives us a way to feel connected to each other and Christ. It gives us something we can do…
Read MoreThe Sun Sets on a GSLC Summer | Update from Pr. Chris Enstad
The “Sunshine List” Last Sunday, I referenced a “Sunshine List” that our Director of Faith Formation, Sarah Iverson, compiled as we prepared for our online Congregational Meeting in June. Many…
Read MoreMid-Week Worship | September 2, 2020
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Livestream Worship | Sunday, August 30, 2020
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Mid-Week Worship | August 26, 2020
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Livestream Worship | Sunday, August 23, 2020
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The Man Behind the Camera | Meet Eric Holmer
You’ve seen his work. Now it’s time to get to know him.
Ever wondered who’s responsible for putting together the live-streamed worship services? Wanting to know who takes care of the Good Shepherd media department? Meet Eric Holmer, Good Shepherd’s director of media.
That’s a Wrap! | 2020 Summer Media Internship
I’m sad to see it end but excited for what the future holds. This summer with Good Shepherd has been an absolute blessing and I know that it was God’s…
Read MoreBach’s Fantasia Fugue Chorale | Music Mondays
Welcome to another Music Monday at Good Shepherd, and thank you for tuning in.
Today, we hear organ music by one of the greats: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750).
Bach’s “Fantasia and Fugue in G minor” is often associated with his journey to Hamburg. Many believe Bach wrote this work as an audition piece for the organist position at St. Jacobi Church. Although he did not get the position, his musicianship certainly did impress his interview panel, including Dutch organist, Johann Adam Reinken. The dark and dramatic Fantasia is composed in the popular North German style where the toccata (improvisatory-like) sections are contrasted with quiet fugal ones. The fugue is interestingly based on a lively dance-like Dutch folk tune, which some scholars believe Bach might have used in honor and/or to impress Reinken at the audition.
For most of his life, Bach worked as a dedicated Lutheran church musician and composed many chorale preludes based on familiar Lutheran hymns. One of his most beautiful chorales preludes is “Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele”, BWV 654. This hymn is an invitation to communion (Soul, adorn yourself with gladness, leave the gloomy haunts of sadness; ELW 488). Felix Mendelssohn is known to have said the following about this piece: “ ..if life had robbed me of all hope and faith, Bach’s chorale would restore them again.”
Livestream Worship | Sunday, August 16, 2020
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Livestream Worship | Sunday, August 9
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Mid-Week Worship | August 5, 2020
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