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06/23/2015
Alleluia! Jesus Is Risen! Hymn Festival Sept 11 2015
When: Friday, September 11, 2015 at 7 p.m.
Where: Trinity Lutheran Seminary, 2199 E. Main St., Columbus, OH 43209
Presented by: Trinity Lutheran Seminary, ALCM Columbus: Cantor Connection, and the Center for Church Music at Concordia University Chicago
The public is warmly invited to join family, friends and former students of the late Rev. Dr. Walter R. Bouman for a hymn festival on the 10th anniversary of Bouman’s death honoring his life, teaching and writings, titled “Alleluia! Jesus is Risen!”
It will take place at Trinity Lutheran Seminary on Friday, September 11, 2015 at 7 p.m.
Music to be sung will include a variety of beloved hymns in festive settings, as well as Bach’s Cantata Erhalt uns, Herr, von deinem Wort, BWV 126, performed by the Muskingum University Chamber Singers under the direction of Dr. Zebulon Highben, and the premiere of a new motet by Carl Schalk on Psalm 118:17 dedicated to Bouman, “I shall not die, but live.”
Featured organists are James Gladstone of Saginaw, Michigan; Linda Kempke of Rocky River, Ohio; and May Schwarz, of Trinity Lutheran Seminary. All are former Bouman students.
The freewill offering will go to the Walter R. and Janet A. Bouman Chair in Church Music at Trinity Seminary.
The hymn festival also heralds two new publications—Jesus Is Risen: Theology for the Church, Bouman’s two-volume systematic theology prepared posthumously by Dr. Ann Lee Haut, and Alleluia!, a commemorative volume of essays on topics of lifelong concern to Bouman, written by leading scholars, pastors, and theologians who knew him. Both are published by Lutheran University Press.
The systematic theology is available at http://www.lutheranupress.org/new-titles/.
Walter R. Bouman was the Edward C. Fendt Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology at Trinity Lutheran Seminary from 1971 until his death 10 years ago. He was thoroughly devoted to the church, to its people and especially to his students. His curriculum vitae featured long lists of lectures, presentations and sermons he delivered throughout his career. Walt taught and preached the Word of God around the globe – from Holden Village in the North Range of the Cascade Mountains of Washington to New York City, from small towns in Australia to tiny villages in Africa and on to cities of Europe. Face-to-face interaction always energized him. Bouman’s theology is grounded in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. “The resurrection of Jesus was and is the starting point for Christianity, for its faith and witness, for its mission and calling,” he wrote in a popular handbook on discernment handed to every entering student at Trinity Lutheran Seminary.
For more information, call 614-214-2639, write to admin@walterbouman.com, or see the seminary’s web site at http://www.tlsohio.edu/news-events/upcoming-events/hymn-festival-for-walter-bouman.
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