“Nice to meet you!”
Getting to know the new songs of Christian Worship
Description:
With this hymnal "the Wisconsin Synod has finally come into its own" (CrossAccent, Summer 2023).
Learn about (and sing!) hymns in Christian Worship from WELS poets and musicians, along with some of the contributions from the wider Christian church of the 21st century.
Date/Time: Saturday, Oct 14th at 3:00 pm
Location: Nain Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1665 South 57th St., West Allis, WI 53214
Speaker:
Dr. Jeremy Bakken has been Director of Worship and Sacred Music at Northwestern Publishing House since September 2016. He participated in the development of Christian Worship as a member of the Hymns Subcommittee, contributed four tunes to the new hymnal (along with several harmonizations), and has played a key role in developing support resources, especially the Easy Hymns Accompaniments and Musician's Resource. Jeremy serves as adult choir director and liturgical ensemble coordinator at Trinity Lutheran Church in Waukesha. He holds music degrees from Wisconsin Lutheran College (BS, 2004), University of New Mexico (MM, 2013) and University of Southern California (DMA, 2022).
Registration:
The lecture is free and registration is optional, but kindly requested, so that the coordinators can plan accordingly.