The music for worship at The Lutheran Church of the Ascension is carefully selected each week to move people to rejoice, to repent, to feel sorrow, to reflect, and much more. Our hymnody for each service primarily comes from the Lutheran Service Book, but we have the Lutheran Book of Worship and With One Voice available in all of the pews and use hymns from them as well. The organ music ranges from the early Baroque Era to modern music. The choir is extremely talented and capable of rendering anthems from various genres, mostly Classical but sometimes Gospel and others.
Two great attributes of The Lutheran Church of the Ascension are the reverberant acoustic paired with the beautiful aesthetic qualities of the sanctuary. The acoustic makes the space wonderful for singing, speaking, and playing other music. The space also has a very worshipful presence upon entering.
We are currently working on building our concert series. On Sunday, March 6th, 2011, we had a recital complete with a vocal duet, a vocal solo, an organ solo, and a brass quintet. We will be planning regular organ recitals and other events – please check back to the website regularly for more details!
There are multiple goals of the music ministry. We strive to make church worshipful, yet exciting so that people yearn to come to church. Ultimately, we hope to create an environment that welcomes people to feel comfortable experiencing and expressing emotions and acts of adoration and praise–to worship the One who has given us both life and the gift of music.