This is the sermon from 8:30 am morning worship on June 4, 2017. It was based on Numbers 11: and titled “Indecently and Disorderly.” It was Pentecost Sunday and our three worship services includes 3 baptisms by full immersion in Lake St. Clair. It was also Peter Henry’s last sermon before his sabbatical.
Join us as we welcome carilloneurs from around the region as they play the 48 bells of our tower. Concerts are 45 minutes in length and seating is provided (or you can bring your own) on our front lawn.
This is the sermon from 10:30 am morning worship on May 28, 2017. It was based on John 17: 1-11 and titled “What’s Mine is Yours.” It was Memorial Day weekend.
This is the sermon from 11 am morning worship on May 14, 2017. It was given by Joel Ortega Dopico, our 2017 Ecumenical Minister from Cuba. Joel’s sermon was based on John 14: 1-14.
This is the sermon from 11 am morning worship on May 7, 2017. It was given by Peter Henry on a communion Sunday. It is based on Acts 2: 42-47
This is the sermon from 11 am morning worship on April 30, 2017. It was given by Sarah Godbehere on Confirmation Sunday, a day we received 17 new members of the church through our Seeker/Confirmation program.
This is the sermon from morning worship, given by Chris Lambert Sunday, April 23, 2017. Chris, an ordained Baptist pastor, is the CEO of Life Remodeled. Life Remodeled rehabs 300 square blocks of Detroit each year, mobilizing 10,000 volunteers for this task. This year Life Remodeled made a two year commitment to the neighborhood around Central High School. This was the location of the start of the 1967 riots/unrest in Detroit. His sermon is based on the opening verses of Leviticus 25.
Back by popular demand, the Lakeshore Chorale presents Paul Winter’s “Missa Gaia,” or Earth Mass, Sunday, April 23 at 7 p.m. The concert, performed to a standing-room-only audience in 2016, is offered as part of the ongoing Music at Memorial series at Grosse Pointe Memorial Church.
In tribute to Earth Day, the event will include a free-will offering for The Greening of Detroit, which for more than a quarter century has enhanced the quality of life for Detroiters by re-purposing vacant land to create beautiful and productive green spaces.
“We greatly enjoyed sharing this energetic, joyous work with last year’s enthusiastic audience, and are excited to present it again,” said James Biery, artistic director, Music at Memorial, and director of the Lakeshore Chorale. “We are also happy to give concertgoers the opportunity to contribute to the excellent efforts of The Greening of Detroit, bringing even more meaning to the music through highly local impact.”
Written in the early 1980s by the Paul Winter Consort with organist Paul Halley, Missa Gaia combines traditional forms of the mass – such as the Kyrie and Sanctus – with calls of wolves and loons, whale songs and jazz instrumentation. “We are pleased to once more feature the fabulously talented jazz artists Keith Kaminski on soprano sax, and Cliff Monear on piano,” Biery said.
The Lakeshore Chorale was organized in 2015 under the auspices of Music at Memorial. Performances have included choral masterworks by Handel, Haydn, Vivaldi, and Brahms, as well as a 2016 world premiere of a chancel opera by James and Marilyn Biery. The April 23 performance will also include “Beautiful Savior” and music by John Rutter, Kenneth Jennings, Daniel Pinkham, and Sergei Rachmaninoff.
General seating for Music at Memorial concerts is $20; and $10 for students with a valid ID. Tickets are available at Grosse Pointe Memorial Church or online at ticketriver.com. Parking is available behind the church at 16 Lakeshore Drive in Grosse Pointe Farms. For more information call (313) 882-5330.
This is the sermon from morning worship, given by Peter Henry on Easter Sunday, April 16, 2017. The title of the sermon is “Baby Steps.” It is based on Romans 6: 3-11. It is the last of our sermons related to the theme, “Baptized in Christ, Clothed with Christ.”
This is the sermon from morning worship, given by Peter Henry on April 9, 2017. The title of the sermon is “Same but Different.” It is based on 1 Corinthians 12: 1-13 and is the sixth of our Lenten sermons which are all related to the theme, “Baptized in Christ, Clothed with Christ.”