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Manz Tage: The Journey Was Chosen
Friday”“Saturday, October 28”“29, 2011
A two-day conference on the life and ministry of Paul O Manz, Cantor at Mount Olive from 1946-1983, then at Christ Seminary/Seminex and St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church, Chicago. Simultaneous to serving these specific communities, he served the Church at large around the world mostly with his memorable hymn festivals. What can we learn from these vast and profound experiences? How do we carry this ministry on?
Hymn FestivalÂ
Friday, 10/28: 7:30 pm.
“The Journey Was Chosen When Water was Poured” Mount Olive Cantorei, David Cherwien organist and director
PresentationsÂ
Saturday, 10/29
Victor Gebauer: “Twin Cities: Called to an Expanding World”
Mark Bangert: “Chicago: Fulfilling God”'s Calling”
Paul Westermeyer: “Cantor: the Lutheran Calling”
David Cherwien: Workshop on Liturgical Improvisation
Samuel Backman: Organ recital, music by Praetorius, Bruhns, Bach, Manz
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Ingebretsen”'s Saga: A Family, A Story, A Legacy in Food An East Lake Street Saga as told through a family history and a lot of food.
By Carsten Smith
“The project took nine months. I could have had a baby in that period, but a book is much easier to care for after gestation. I”'m glad I opted for the book,” says Anne Gillespie Lewis, author of Ingebretsen”'s Saga, which is now available at Ingebretsen”'s Scandinavian Gifts. The idea for the book had been percolating for years, but a chance conversation at the store with Julie Ingebretsen, the store manager, spurred Anne and Julie into making the book a reality.
Julie Ingebretsen had often wished for the time and opportunity to put some of the many recipes shared at the store into a book. There is rarely a staff meeting or a birthday or even an obscure holiday that passes at Ingebretsen”'s that staff members don”'t pull out the stops and bring food to share with their co-workers. Julie really wanted to have some of those recipes in writing.
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Taste Of Phillips Dedicates Mural At Hans Christian Andersen School October 29!
Taste Of Phillips: October 28-29. Mural Dedication. October 29 at 11:00am at Andersen School between 26th and 27th Streets on Andersen Lane, and will be part of St. Paul”'s Annual “A Taste of Phillips” Art Festival. Local artists will display their work at St. Paul”'s, beginning with a reception and poetry/spoken word/music night, Friday, October 30 at 7:00 pm. Saturday”'s activities include an art scavenger hunt and hands-on activities, in addition to the dedication. Â
For the past 16 months, St. Paul”'s Lutheran on 28th Street and 15th Avenue has been teaching mosaic and mural arts, through its Semilla project.  You may have seen the beautiful mosaic planters popping up at various locations in the community. St. Paul”'s Artist-in-Residence, Greta McLain, is an accomplished muralist and mosaic artist, having taught at South High, Windom, Ramsey and El Colegio, and worked on murals in Philadelphia, Memphis, Buenos Aires and Paris. She worked on the mosaic pillars at Seward Coop, the inside mural of Plaza Verde and with St.… Read the rest “Taste Of Phillips Dedicates Mural At Hans Christian Andersen School October 29!”
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