Monday, November 9, 2009

A Service of Praise & Thanksgiving

On Sunday afternoon, 800 relatives, clergy, organists, musicians and friends gathered at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in St. Paul for an extraordinary, eucharistic memorial service for Paul O. Manz. Paul was renowned in the Lutheran world as an amazing organist, composer, recitalist and teacher.

The National Lutheran Choir sang "E'en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come" by Paul Manz and the Nunc Dimittis by Alexander Gretchaninoff.

Paul Manz's son, John, is one of the associate pastors at our church.
www.GloriaDeiStPaul.org

Soli Deo Gloria

16 comments:

Lowell said...

Nicely done, Safe Leif. I knew not Manz (other than by reputation), but it appears he had a lot of friends and relatives.

Irredento Urbanita said...

Faith is an energy.

Regards

Valery

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Gunn said...

Høytid og stemning i denne vakkre lyse kirken!

Vi har nok hatt ulike musikkopplevelser denne helgen.
Men som jeg sier på min profil. Jeg liker forskjellig musikk.

Kate said...

You captured the scene quite well with your photograph. You were in my neighborhood!!

arabesque said...

a very grand church, one i would love to visit if i have the chance.
it's very bright and white and clean, it's doesn't have too much ornate details to it...^-^

Lois said...

That is a wonderful picture of the service!

cieldequimper said...

Wow, that's quite a turn out.

Ineke said...

Wow that must have been amazing!

Pat said...

A timeless scene, and I love organ music.

VP said...

A lovely celebration, organ music is wonderful.

Andreea said...

Beautiful service; you can always tell when someone was an amazing person when so many people come to join in celebrating his life

Kaori said...

What a beautiful beatiful church! I like that it's so bright inside :)

BlossomFlowerGirl said...

A very nice church, very light and airy. It is good to see so many people at church. That's an impressive looking organ in the far left and side - it must sound wonderful when played.
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emily michelle said...

You're right, that's a beautiful church! Great picture.

Naazju said...

What a beautiful interior! My goodness, it leaves me speechless.

Louis la Vache said...

Oh, Wow! Paul Manz!
What a beautiful worship space Gloria Dei is!