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Director of Music Ministry, Position Description
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Jan 2021 Director of Music Ministry Position Description ROLE TITLE: Director of Music Ministry POSITION SUMMARY: The Director of Music Ministry collaborates with the pastoral staff to create in-person and virtual worship services, choosing and integrating hymns, music and liturgy appropriate to the church season, and the bible texts of the day. The Director will conduct choral and instrumental music programs for adults and work to re-energize children’s and youth choirs. The Director will lead the…
Director of Music Ministry, Position Announcement
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church January 2021 Position Announcement Director of Music Ministry HOLY TRINITY’S MISSION STATEMENT: Called by God’s grace to share the Good News, we are the hands of Christ: opened in love, joined in worship, offered in service, reaching for justice. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church is an ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) congregation located in Port Angeles, Washington on the North Olympic Peninsula. The congregation, founded in 1894, has been a significant part of the rural…
St Peter’s Basilica, the building that helped to split the medieval church.
St Peter’s Basilica, the building that helped to split the medieval church. The church of all churches is St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. It is the largest church in the world, a cultural heritage site like no other, but it came with a huge price tag. One of the ingenious ways to finance that building and its exquisite art was the sale of indulgences. Indulgences are an official church document that forgives sins for a fee. The sale of…
Relics! – Would You Like A Piece Of Saint?
Relics! – Would You Like A Piece Of Saint? One of the more “special” aspects of medieval piety is their obsession with relics. Relics are things that are left over, like the bones of famous saints or objects that played a major role in the history of Christianity, like nails from the crucifixion of Jesus. It was believed that this holy objects could help the people find favour with God. Venerating these objects could give you holy credit and you…
Frederick The Wise, Protector of Luther and Fat Groundhog
Frederick The Wise, Protector of Luther and Fat Groundhog The Holy Roman Empire was always defined by the power struggles between the territorial princes, the emperor and the pope in Rome. One of those princes was Frederick III, who was also called “The Wise”. He was Grand Elector of Saxony and the founder of Wittenberg University where Martin Luther taught. He was the prince who protected the renegade monk when Empire and Papacy wanted Martin Luther dead. Due to his…
A Fugger Loan For A Second Son
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A Fugger Loan For A Second Son Albert Margrave of Brandenburg has the bluest blood possible. He is as highborn as one can get, but unfortunately he is only a second son. His brother will inherit the title and so Albert needs something else to lord over. Why not go into religion? And because high born people don’t need to study anything Albert buys himself position in upper ranks of the church hierarchy. That was common at the time.…
Messy Church May Fest Dance
[vc_row 0=””][vc_column 0=””][vc_column_text 0=””] Messy Church May Fest Dance The rhythm of life brightened our worship experience at our Messy Church on May 1st at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Port Angeles WA. We broke bread together, we celebrated Christ and then we cranked up the stereo, held hands and had some fun Norwegian style. The excitement of the dance was followed by meditation and story telling. Now we’re sure, spring is here. Messy Church is an intergenerational worship…
The Reformation Is The Perfect Storm That Sweeps Away The Middle Ages
The Reformation Is The Perfect Storm That Sweeps Away The Middle Ages The emerging Reformation hits a world that already experience profound change. Europeans discover and start to plunder the Americas. The Ottoman Turks storm the northern shore of the Mediterranean and threaten Western Europe. Warfare changes from swords to guns, cities rise, nobles decline and the new empires are on the horizon. The theological insights of the reformation are the straw that break the Camels back and Germany descends…
Purgatory
Purgatory Purgatory is the little brother of hell and a washing machine for sins. Hot, scary and completely absent in bible. The “Reformation Factoids” are a weekly video series to commemorate 500 Years of Reformation. We will publish a new video every Wednesday on our website www.go2trinity.org , on Facebook and on our YouTube channel 1517GraceGuerrilla. Please LIKE and SHARE! And click here to SUBSCRIBE to our Youtube channel.
The Pope
The Pope Imagine someone on the papal throne who is not even a priest when they elected him. But what can you do? He is a Medici, and he wants to enjoy the papacy,and he needs money to do it. The popes of today are from a different caliber than the pope old Martin Luther had to deal with. The “Reformation Factoids” are a weekly video series to commemorate 500 Years of Reformation. We will publish a new video every…
Martin Luther’s Roman Holiday
Martin Luther has a hard bite from the reality Sandwich. His order sends him to Rome, and he experiences the real existing sinfulness of the church. The “Reformation Factoids” are a weekly video series to commemorate 500 Years of Reformation. We will publish a new video every Wednesday on our website www.go2trinity.org , on Facebook and on our YouTube channel 1517GraceGuerrilla. Please LIKE and SHARE! Please SUBSCRIBE to our Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv2aB-i9zHPqgh3NjUJ5-lg www.go2trinity.org