You are cordially invited to join our new organization, founded to promote knowledge and usage of the rich tradition of the Lutheran Chorale hymns, with its extensive liturgical, theological and biblical roots.
The S.P.L.C. was founded in 2006 in Jamestown, North Dakota, by church musicians. We seek to promote the ongoing use of this extensive heritage of hymnody as well as the vast organ repertoire associated with it, including compositions from the 17th and 18th centuries and extending to the present day.
The SPLC has recently sponsored Vespers services at various locations in central North Dakota, including rural, urban and collegiate sites.
We seek to maintain community and regional knowledge of -- and respect for -- this tradition, and we are especially interested in traditions relating to smaller communities, including congregations where respect for the Western liturgical traditions continues.
The Society's Newsletter will be available soon, so please revisit this site to check for this upcoming feature.
Prospective members are asked to simply return an email to the address indicated on the lower left portion of this web page.
In addition, we have recently established a post office address:
S.P.L.C.
P.O. Box 835
Jamestown, ND 58402
by Sarah Kirkeberg Raugland,
formerly in the Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Pettibone, ND
Presently in the Vesterheim Museum, Decorah, Iowa
North Dakota - Advent Vespers 2007
- Advent Vespers, Historic Voorhees Chapel, Jamestown College, Jamestown, North Dakota
- Evening and Closing Vespers, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Pettibone, North Dakota
- Lenten Vespers, Voorhees Chapel, Jamestown College
- Good Friday Vespers, Voorhees Chapel
- Vespers for the Feast of the Reformation, Voorhees Chapel
- Annual Festivals of Music, United Presbyterian Church, Oakes, North Dakota
Programs Currently being Planned:
- Organ Repertoire: Resource Sharing Sessions (ongoing, in Jamestown)
- Lenten Vespers, United Methodist Church, Edgeley, North Dakota (historic Carnegie Organ)
- Organ Crawl: Pipe Organs in Selected Churches in Jamestown
- Church Music Workshop, Summer 2008 (one-day), Voorhees Chapel Jamestown College
More / Fewer
More organ pipes. Fewer drum sets.
More Orders of Service. Fewer projection screens
More hymnal hymns. Fewer bulletin inserts.
More musical training. Fewer temper tantrums.
More informed worship planning. Fewer outbursts from participatants.
More prayerful worship. Fewer talent-show presentations.
More theologically-based texts. Fewer personal oversimplifications.
