Posts from the ‘Music Ministry’ Category

Children in SONshine Choir, Joy Choir, Ring Forth, Kids’ Place, and Class Ring should have brought home information about these two upcoming events. On Wednesday, May 2, all groups will be visiting Parkview Care Center, and on Wednesday, May 16, all groups will be celebrating the end of the year with bowling parties at Huikkos. [...]

Thank you to all who have enriched Zion’s worship services this year with their music. Joyful Ringers play for the last time on April 22. SONshine Choir, Joy Choir, Ring Forth, and Class Ring will finish their year with a bowling party at Huikko’s on May 16. Youth Choir will also celebrate on May 16 [...]

Do you play the drums? Do you like the idea of spreading the Gospel through song? The First Sunday Praise and Worship Team is looking for a new drummer. Their song list includes music played almost daily on 98.5 FM (KTIS.) Give it a listen and if you are interested contact Pam Freer (612.280.2726) or the [...]

Sunday, April 22 will be a day filled with praise and celebration at Zion. The Zion Pipe Organ task force has completed its work of study, fundraising, and refurbishing of the sanctuary pipe organ and it is now time to celebrate with special worship music plus an evening concert! A Morning of Praise Sunday morning [...]

This year an additional worship service is offered at Zion. Worship services will be held in Trinity Hall at 10:45 as well as 9:45am. Those two services will be led by guest musicians Aimée and Joel Pakan, called Tangled Blue (pictured). The Trinity Hall space is an “allergy free” zone for those who can’t be [...]

Musical friends, family members…people who say  “I’ve always wanted to try playing bells…” are all invited to join the Family Ring bell choir. The music is manageable to any music reader (Grade 4-adult). If needed, your notes can be circled to make music reading easier. Parents and children are welcome to come together but having [...]

Mike Christian, our friendly neighborhood organ tuner from M.G. Christian Organ Company in Paynesville, Minnesota has finished the task that began at Christmas Eve worship 2010. A rebuild of transmitters, digital connections, air blower systems, diodes, chimes, and other “musical geek” technical/mechanical details was a necessity. The pipe organ task force also decided to add [...]

A young girl sat in her favorite red hand-me-down dress, cross legged on the floor. Her hair in ponytails and a smile across her face as she awaited the brunette lady with the guitar who would sit in front of her and all the other children for the Sunday morning sing-a-long. The young girl took [...]

On Christmas Eve 2010 Diane Johnson began playing one of the biggest worship services of the year. During worship she realized that all of the presets of the organ were not working. Thanks to Diane’s experiences with a few minor problems in the past, she was able to steer around the problem and continue playing [...]

Luther College Nordic Choir, one of the top college choirs in the nation, will present a concert at 8pm on Saturday, February 4, at the Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Conducted by Dr. Allen Hightower, the choir will perform sacred choral works. $20 adults, $10 students; for tickets visit www.luthertickets.com or call 1-800-4-LUTHER. They [...]

The mission of Redeemer Lutheran Church is to be a beacon of hope to residents of the Harrison Neighborhood, to the people of North Minneapolis, and for the greater church around the world. In this light, RLC wants to support forming the Redeemer Music Arts Academy (RMAA). This is an outreach ministry in the North [...]

Do you call yourself a flute player? flutist? flautist? fluter? piper? What ever you’d like to be called, you have an invitation to be a part of the Zion Flute Choir, a new short-term ensemble for the Christmas season this year. If you have two years or more of flute experience, you are welcome! The [...]

The Christmas season will be here soon and that brings out the Scandinavian in many Minnesotans! We’ll eat our share of lutefisk and meatballs, lefse and the rest of the Scandinavian treats including krumkake. This holiday season the Zion Pipe Organ task force will help you with your holiday baking by offering krumkake for sale. [...]

It’s not a survivor challenge or a biggest loser challenge; not the play-offs on the football field but hopefully a way to “play on” for many years with the pipe organ at Zion. As mentioned last spring, the pipe organ at Zion needs to be refurbished. The look and sound will remain the same, but [...]

My name is David Scherer and I go to Redeemer Lutheran Church in North Minneapolis.  What’s my profession?  I am a Christian rapper!  ”How does someone go about becoming a Christian rapper?” you might ask.  I would like to tell you a little bit about my journey. Eleven years ago, I was a wide-eyed college [...]