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Sunday Worship, 10 a.m.
Rev. Max Lynn
The Centennial
Celebration
Come and join our friends and neighbors for a joyous celebration of 100 years of Spirit filled service for the God of Grace and Peace!
Honor us with your presence as we present a whole weekend of festive events, highlighting brilliant music, social justice, worship service, guest speakers, world class artists, and delicious food to celebrate St. John¹s centennial.
Visit our sanctuary and learn from our exhibit of photographs, videos, artifacts and documents about St. John¹s history and its legacy as part of Berkeley¹s progressive community. Souvenirs, gifts and a historical book will also be available.
Friday, June 22 7:00 PM
Reflections
The centennial celebration weekend opens with a performance by singer and composer Sanford Dole, offering his own composition set to Mary Child's poems at the church¹s sanctuary. The event includes a special presentation of St. John's history, followed by a social hour with dessert and coffee reception in Hunter Hall.
Saturday, June 23 4:00 PM
The Centennial Concert
St. John's Presbyterian Church is blessed to have among its congregation some world-class musicians, frequent guest artists at concert halls in the U.S. and Europe. Here these distinguished performers come together to commemorate St. John's centennial with brilliant music and a joyous celebration. Well known to SF Symphony audiences, oboist William Bennett was prominently featured last fall on PBS in the national telecast of Michael Tilson Thomas' award-winning educational series, "Keeping the Score." This time, Bill leaves his tux and tails at home, and we get a rare opportunity to hear his vivid musicality and technical brilliance applied to favorite standards by Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and George Gershwin. Internationally acclaimed in opera and concert for her radiant interpretation of baroque and classical repertoire, soprano Christine Brandes is joined by the St. John's Church Choir in the heavenly Laudate Dominum from W.A. Mozart's Solemn Vespers, K. 339. Maestra. J. Karla Lemon conducts. For this very special concert, we will also hear the premiere of a new work by composer Brian Mountford, commissioned by St. John's and set to poems by Wallace Stevens, Henry Reed, William Butler Yates and Joyce Kilmer. The group also includes Canadian organist Leon Chisholm and accomplished pianist Charles Lee. Advance tickets recommended -- contact Karma Dewitt at (510) 864-8653. ($10/$20 suggested donation)
Saturday, June 23 5:30 PM
St. John's Centennial Dinner
Join your friends and family for a festive dinner after the Centennial Concert, offering a delicious menu served as a sumptuous buffet. Advance reservation suggested ($25 per person); please call (510) 845-6830 for a RSVP card or more information, call Karma Dewitt at (510) 864-8653.
Saturday, June 23 7:00 PM
GUEST SPEAKER: Dr. George Hunsinger
The distinguished McCord Professor of Systematic Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary and president of the Karl Barth Society of North America, Dr. Hunsinger presents a timely lecture entitled "Torture Is the Ticking Time-Bomb", which proposes that no exceptions exist to the moral prohibition against torture, while challenging the so-called ticking time bomb scenario. As the founder of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, Dr. Hunsinger has been an eloquent voice against the war, and a prominent human rights activist.
Sunday, June 24 10:00 AM
Centennial Sunday worship service
led by Pastor Max Lynn, past St. John¹s church ministers and other special guests. Special summer brunch after service, with live 1900¹s turn-of-the-century folk music; games for children and social time with friends, family and neighbors.
To download the Centennial PDF,
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