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Wednesday Nights

Wednesday Evenings
at St. Mark's

6:00 p.m. Midweek Supper
All are welcome to join for a community dinner prepared by church members in Heritage Hall prior to worship.
6:45 p.m. Midweek Worship
You are invited to give yourself a gift in the middle of your week. This worship service will refresh you and leave you with a sense of calm and security. You will be fed through singing, and quiet contemplation of scripture. In our peaceful Sanctuary lit with candles, you will feel God's presence and trust more deeply that you are God's beloved child. Come and be fed.

7:30 pm Adult Choir Rehearsal

7:30 pm Journeys Through Revelation, Apocalyptic Hope for Today

An 8-week study on Wednesdays, taught by Pastors Elizabeth Ekdale and Christian Jennert

Revelation is one of the most difficult books of the bible, full of mysterious symbolism. Its twenty-two chapters can be intimidating. The message of Revelation is, most of all, one of hope. Come and explore this amazing, hopeful, and mysterious book of the Bible with the Pastors and one another. You will truly be surprised and inspired by studying this scripture in community. Cost: $10.00 to purchase the study guide which will be available on Sep. 12 at the Ministry Fair and at the first class.

Music

Taylor and Boody Organ

St. Mark's Lutheran Church, San Francisco

Taylor and Boody Organbuilders, Opus 37, 2006

www.taylorandboody.com

Mechanical key and stop action

Compass: Manuals 56 notes, Pedal 30 notes

Kellner Temperament

Wind System: Three large bellows for foot pumping or blower winding

Stops in parentheses are prepared

Hauptwerk

16’ Bourdon

8’ Principal

8’ Spillpfeife

(8’ Viol da Gamba)

4’ Octave

4’ Spitzflöte

2 2/3’ Quinte

2 2/3’ Nasat

2’ Octave

(IV Cornet)

IV-V Mixtur

(16’ Fagott)

8’ Trompet

Positiv

8’ Gedackt

8’ Quintadena

4’ Principal

4’ Rohrflöte

2’ Octave

(2’ Gemshorn)

1 1/3’ Quinte

II Sesquialtera

IV Scharff

8’ Dulcian

Couplers

POS/HW

HW/PED

POS/PED

Pedal

16’ Subbass

8’ Octave

4’ Octave

(V Mixtur)

16’ Posaune

8’ Trompet

Tremulant

Wind Stabilizer

Pedal Reeds Off

Zimbelstern

A word from organ builder George Taylor

Building the new organ for St. Mark's Church has been a singularly rewarding experience. St. Mark's has long been recognized for its rich German heritage. In respect of this it seemed fitting to build an organ which would focus without compromise on the great musical tradition of the Lutheran church. While the history of the European organ reaches back well over a thousand years, no influence on its development has been more profound than the arrival of the Lutheran Reformation and its invention of vernacular hymnody. In the earliest days the faithful converts sang so lustily that they needed no accompaniment. Only gradually did the organ find a new role in leading the congregation in its hymns. Through this identity with the people's song the organ and its music flourished, so that by the 18th century the instrument had reached heights of unsurpassed refinement and beauty. It is to this tradition that many organbuilders today turn for inspiration. Thus, every aspect of the new organ for St. Mark's, from its design and construction to the voicing of its pipes can be traced to the surviving examples of 17th and 18th century organs of the Lutheran church. It is the clarity of this mission which gives the St. Mark's organ its unique identity in the Bay Area.

Dr. Timothy Zerlang

Director of Music

Pr. Ekdale, Pr. Jennert, and the Congregation Council are pleased to announce that Dr. Timothy Zerlang will be starting as St. Mark’s Director of Music on September 1. Dr. Zerlang comes to us after serving for 25 years at Grace Lutheran in Palo Alto. He received his Bachelors and Masters in Music Performance from CSU Fresno, and his Doctor of Musical Arts from Stanford University, where he continues to be a lecturer in piano and carillon. He has performed on organ, piano, and carillon, and has served as Executive Director of the El Camino Youth Symphony and the Fremont Symphony Orchestra. Tim is excited to join our community, and we are grateful that he will be bringing his extraordinary musical gifts to St. Mark’s.

Installation

Tim will be installed into this position as Director of Music on Sunday, October 18, 2009. Mark your calendars for this special liturgy of installation at the 11:00 am service.