Gloria Dei

Festival Worship Services commemorating Gloria Dei's 100th Anniversary held on April 6, 2008
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On Sunday, April 6, 2008, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Presiding Bishop Mark S. Hanson was our guest preacher for the 8:15 and 11:00 a.m. Festival Worship Services commemorating Gloria Dei's 100th Anniversary.

To read Bishop Hanson's Sermon, click "This Far By Grace."

Between services, the celebration continued with a "Scandinavian Reception" in the Gathering Place.

About Bishop Hanson... The Rev. Mark Hanson has been Presiding Bishop of the  ELCA since 2001. He was re-elected to lead the ELCA — with its nearly 5 million baptized members and 10,500 congregations — in 2007. The Rev. Hanson is a Minneapolis native and served as pastor at several Twin Cities area churches from the mid 1970s to 1995. He was elected bishop of the Saint Paul Area Synod of the ELCA in 1995 and has served as president of the Minnesota Council of Churches and was vice chair of the ELCA Conference of Bishops. The Rev. Hanson has since 2003 been president of the Lutheran World Federation. He also serves on the executive council of the executive board of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. 



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Get Acrobat Reader  Worship Bulletin - April 6, 2008  
  Centennial Fanfare & Processional Hymn
Fanfare: "This Far By Grace" Processional Hymn: "Lift High The Cross" Written (and conducted) in celebration of our Centennial by Jim Johnson, Member of Gloria Dei; Gloria Dei Brass; Carole Weatherby, Organ.

  Hymn Of The Day
"Rise, O Church, Like Christ Arisen" Text by Susan Palo Cherwien; Music by Tim Strand; Brass, Descants, and Interlude by Jim Johnson; Gloria Dei Brass; Carole Weatherby, Organ.

  Departure Hymn: "We Know That Christ Is Raised"
Text: John Geyer; Music: Charles Sanford; Introduction written by David Cherwien; arranged for brass by John Ferguson and Jim Johnson; Carole Weatherby, Organ.

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April 6, 2008 Bulletin
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