It's Choir Season; Performance Notes; Rehearsal Schedule; Welcome to New Members; Prayer Corner; Traffic Link

It's Choir Season

As the leaves turn color and we are embraced by the finest season of the year, an equal wonder has begun to work its magic again, in places grand and humble, with numbers large and small, as men, women, and children gather for the ancient purpose of singing, together. It’s choir season. More...

Performance Notes

Both gym masses Sunday, October 12, at 9 & 11AM. Our guest soloist is Robert Robinson.

Warm-up and short rehearsal at 8AM (Sharp!) on the risers. Being on time is critical for a successful and enjoyable performance.

Wear: Black (Shirts, tops, slacks, skirts) and very comfortable shoes.

Music line-up:

Prelude: Wake Your Power, Bambalela
Gathering song: For the Beauty of the Earth
Solo: You Raise Me Up
Gospel Response: Open the Eyes of My Heart
Solo: We Are Not Alone
Mass Setting: Farrell
Communion: Take My Hand Precious Lord, Let the Giving of Thanks, Jesus Won't You Come By Here, Peace Prayer

Bring only the music you'll need; leave the rest at home. No music will be available at the performance.

A Continental Breakfast, St. Joan's style, will be served before and
after rehearsal and between masses on Sunday. Goodies include Bruegger's
bagels w/cream cheese, coffee, cider, fruit juices, donuts, muffins,
andanything that might have been left over from an event held on
Saturday. (Note: Harriet Horner would like some help cleaning up
afterwards.)

ISAIAH Conference on Sunday, October 12, 3PM, at St. Paul River Center

Warm-up and short rehearsal at 8AM. Event at 3PM. Tee-shirts will be passed out to all who are participating. Wear very comfortable shoes.

Music Line-up

Be Still for the Presence of the Lord
Que Alegria/I Rejoice
We Are Not Alone
On the Mountain of God
Help Me Lift Him Up

Bring only the music you'll need; leave the rest at home.

Bring a bag lunch. We'll try to bring left-over bagels, etc. from that morning's con- tinental breakfast.

Charter bus leaves SJA at 12:30PM, returns by 4:45PM. We have a 50 person bus for some 30 choir members, so if you have a spouse/partner/significant other/friend/fellow parishioner who wants to attend with us…sign them up to ride along at choir at rehearsal or show up at the bus.  It will be a first come- first served basis.

Rehearsal

Our rehearsals are on Thursdays, from 7-9PM, in the church. We are preparing for our performances on Sunday, October 12 at the gym liturgies and the ISAIAH Conference that afternoon.

We rehearse every Thursday evening, from 7-9PM in the church.

Welcome to New Members

Please welcome Carol Beste, Michelle Dehn, Karen Johnson, Sheila McGinty, Gloria Meulepas, Helen Schwartzhoff, LaRae Thompson, Lisa Wald, and John Winters.

Prayer Corner

Darlene Engbarth Wheeler would appreciate prayers for her mother, Viola Engbarth Manion, who is dying of complications of Alzheimers.

I-35 Crosstown Reconstruction Traffic Link

All of us know by now that the I-35 Crosstown reconstruction and other work along the interstate corridor from 46th to 66th Street is a royal pain. To ease the pain MnDOT provides a link on their website you can use to see what the current construction conditions (lane, ramp, and bridge closures, etc.) are. The link is: http://www.dot.state.mn.us/projects/crosstown/index.html

It’s not fool proof, but it is the most up-to-date information available. I’ll keep this link permanent on our web page (http://www.stjoan.com/choirfr.html ) til construction ends.

Hope this helps!

Web Page Update

I update our web page about once a month (on or about the last Sunday of the month), just before performances, or as activity warrants, whichever comes first.

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