A few weeks ago,  Dennis & Kathryn Johnson of Bloomington gifted their harpsichord to the church. It has already been featured in worship and a wedding. This month we will formally inaugurate it. Our Director of Music, Dr. Kris Rizzotto, will perform with the Lake String... Read More →

Many Roman Catholic and Protestant churches celebrate the life of St. Patrick as a missionary to Ireland. Irish pirates kidnapped and sold Patrick into slavery in Ireland, when he was sixteen.He himself admitted that up to this point he cared little for God. After six years, he... Read More →

The Corona Chorus will celebrate a Festive Service of Lessons and Carols on Sunday, December 20th, the Fourth Sunday of Advent. The traditional service dates back to Christmas Eve 1918, when the newly appointed Dean of King’s College Cambridge, Eric Milner-White, a former... Read More →

PROGRAM String Trio No. 5 in C minor, Op. 9 No. 3 (1797-98) Ludwig van Beethoven Sarah Grimes, guest, violin Tom Turner, viola Tom Rosenberg, cello   Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano (1925) Carl Frühling David Townsend, guest, clarinet Laura Sewell, cello Horacio Nuguid,... Read More →

Many Roman Catholic and Protestant churches celebrate the life of St. Patrick as a missionary to Ireland. At sixteen, Patrick was kidnapped by Irish pirates and sold into slavery in Ireland. He himself admitted that up to this point he cared little for God. He escaped after six... Read More →

PROGRAM Mozart piano trio No.6, KV 548, in C major  Leslie Shank, violin Tom Rosenberg, cello Ivan Konev, piano Debussy Sonata in g minor, L 140 Helen Chang Haertzen, violin Ivan Konev, piano Tchaikovsky String Quartet no 1  David Leung & Joanne Opgenorth, violins Sifei... Read More →

In the Syriac Christian Church, the Sunday before the beginning of Lent is marked as Cana Sunday. The gospel for that day is read from St. John’s writing which recalls Jesus’ first miracle at the wedding of Cana where he turned water into wine. It is a day to... Read More →

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St. Lucia was a young Christian of Sicily who was martyred in 304 AD during the persecution under Emperor Diocletian. According to tradition, she had decided to devote her life to God and to give her possessions to the poor. In Sweden in the late 1700’s, there were legends... Read More →