This Sunday the Joyful Noise Orchestra led worship. Most of the service’s recording is useless because the brass are so darn loud, but one song survived without distortion. “Lamb of God,” written by Lawrence Probe has been sung during Eastertide for years at COS. This Sunday we doubled the normal piano accompaniment with the strings. […]

This Sunday (4/13/08) we sang a brand new song by AnnaMae Bush called “Living and Dying in Hope.” She was inspired by the sermon passage 1 Peter 1:3-9. The song and scripture have been especially appropriate this week as we mourn the loss of Ben Fackler.

The twenty-third psalm is the nightingale of the psalms. It is small, of a homely feather, singing shyly out of obscurity; but, O, it has filled the air of the whole world with melodious joy, greater than the heart can conceive. It will go singing to your children and my children, and to their children, […]

Benjamin Fackler, beloved son of Mark & Ann, brother of Jon and Ted, died suddenly on Friday, April 4, 2008.
The memorial service, followed by a reception, was held at Church of the Servant on April 9, 2008, at 5:00pm. The following words were spoken at the memorial. CDs of the entire service are available for […]