Invitation #1:
MLK Interfaith Prayer Breakfast
Monday, January 20, 2014
7:30 - 9:30 am
D'Andrea's Banquets
4419 Route 14
Crystal Lake
You are cordially invited to the Fifth Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Interfaith Prayer Breakfast on Monday morning, January 20, at 7:30 am. Atlanta's Plemon El-Amin, the Imam Emeritus of one of America's largest African American Mosques, will give the keynote address. The program will include the reading of a winning essay by a local middle school student on the theme, "My Dream for the World". Representatives from various faith traditions will offer prayers.
Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students. The breakfast is a vegetarian buffet. Tickets are available now in the Bethany church office!
Invitation #2:
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago’s
Annual “Bach for the Sem” Concert
Sunday, January 12, 2014, 4:00 p.m.
Don’t miss this Bach for the Sem Concert!
(Note: Pastor Carrie & Bethany member Cathy Peters will be singing with the choir again this year)
Long-time director, Dr. Mark Bangert, has announced that the 2014 Bach for the Sem concert on January 12 will be the last one he will lead. Stating that he has accomplished what he hoped to with the project, Bangert says it’s time to open up the opportunity for ventures that others might wish to do.
The 2014 Bach for the Sem concert will be hosted at Grace Lutheran Church, 7300 West Division Street, River Forest, Ill. Part 6 of the Christmas Oratorio by J.S. Bach, is on the program along with favorite pieces by Mendelssohn, Reger, Tavener, and “Epiphany Carol,” by Robert Hobby.
Tickets are $20 in advance and $22 at the door ($10/$12 for students and seniors). Call 773-256-0710 or e-mail Emily Abrahamson at eabrahamson@lstc.edu.
-- Listen to excerpts from Bach for the Sem, January 2012.
