Festival of Faith and the Arts

WINDOWS Visual Art Exhibit May 1 – 30 (SE Lobby) Festival Director, Forrest Guittar, offers a photography exhibit featuring windows found in churches in Europe and the United States.

BETHANY CHILDREN’S CHOIRS Sun. May 20      9am Worship Service In what has become an annual tradition, the Caroler’s Choir and Jubilation Singers present their spring musical.  This year join them as they present the story of Noah and the Ark in THE RAINBOW EXPRESS!

PALMS AND PASSION SUNDAY Worship Sun. Apr. 1      8am    9am   10:30am Bethany’s children’s and adult choirs provide music leadership, as Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem and the beginning of His journey to the cross are remembered.

MAUNDY THURSDAY Worship Thu. Apr. 5      Noon &  7pm Christ’s Last Supper is celebrated. At the evening service, foot washing and first Communion for youth occur, with musical leadership by the Jubilation Singers.

GOOD FRIDAY Worship Fri. Apr. 6     Noon & 7pm In these moving services, Christ’s death on the cross is remembered. Bethany’s Chancel Choir leads worship at the evening service.

EASTER VIGIL Worship Sat. Apr.  7     6pm In this service of preparation and expectation, our Lenten journey closes with fire, darkness and Holy Communion.

EASTER SUNDAY Worship Sun. Apr. 8 6am Sunrise Service 7:30am    9am     10:30am With joyous exclamations of “He is risen indeed!,” the resurrection of Christ is proclaimed and celebrated to the sounds of choirs, organ and brass!

JOURNEY TO THE CROSS Sun. Mar. 4    9am (Free Event) In a dramatic telling of the Passion Week, participants move through six stations, filled with scenery, props, lighting and music to hear the story come alive through storytellers.

ASH WEDNESDAY Worship Noon       7pm In services with a reflective atmosphere, we mark the beginning of Lent.  Each service features Holy Communion and the Imposition of Ashes.

THE LENTEN LABYRINTH Wednesdays in Lent Feb. 22 thru Mar. 28 (Room 412) With a walking meditation, journey with those who have walked its path since before the time of the early Christian pilgrims.

FESTIVAL LENTEN DEVOTIONAL & VISUAL ART EXHIBIT Go Down, Death Sun. Feb. 25 thru Easter Sunday   In recognition of National Black History Month, Festival Director, Forrest Guittar, offers a visual art exhibit focusing on the stories behind a number of African – American spirituals. Southeast Entrance lobby.   Devotional available for download Sun. Feb. [...]

NEW YEAR’S DAY Service of Remembrance Worship Sun. Jan. 1, 2012    8am, 9am, 10:30am Join the people of Bethany as we gather for a time to worship as the New Year begins, and a time to remember and celebrate the lives of those who have passed to eternal rest.

BETHANY SUNDAY SCHOOL MUSICAL   Sun. Dec. 11    10:30am Worshp In an annual tradition, join the hundreds of Sunday School students as they present their holiday musical during the 10:30am worship service. Filled with joyous music and costumes, it is a program you will not want to miss.

ALL SAINTS SUNDAY Worship Sun. Nov. 6      8am, 9am & 10:30am We recognize the saints who have gone on before us and those who have been baptized in the past year.

THANKSGIVING EVE Worship Wed. Nov. 23       7pm Shall We Gather At The River –  Folk Service Join the Chancel Choir, Jubilation Singers, Carolers Choir and Carillon Bells of Bethany Lutheran Church as we celebrate our many blessings. Special offering for Project Sanctuary.

CANTO DEO CHAMBER CHOIR Advent Service of Lessons and Carols Sun. Nov. 27     4pm (Free Event) The Lessons and Carols service, among the most anticipated each season, is filled with scripture exceptional music, and presented by this outstanding Denver based Christian choir.

FESTIVAL ADVENT DEVOTIONAL   Magnificat Available from the website Sun. Nov. 27 Festival Director, Forrest Guittar, releases the annual Advent Devotional, this year centering on Bach’s masterpiece, and the theme ‘My soul magnifies the Lord.” Available free at the Festival website. If you would like to make a contribution to the Festival to support continued [...]

MUSIC SERVING THE WORD MINISTRIES & SPIRIT IN THE DESERT RETREAT CENTER Jazz Vespers Sun. Oct. 2    6pm (Free Event) Come learn about the unique ministry at Spirit in the Desert Retreat Center in Carefree, Arizona and experience a moving Jazz Vespers worship with Bob Ravenscroft and his jazz team. Dessert and coffee will be [...]

CASE LECTURE SERIES Al Staggs – as Martin Luther Wed. Oct. 12     6:30pm (Free Event) Twenty years ago Al combined two passions – writing and performing – and wrote a one-person play that took his audiences into the prison cell of the German theologian Dietrich Bonheoffer. Later he began a career as a full-time performing [...]

REFORMATION SUNDAY Worship Sunday, Oct. 29     8, 9 & 10:30am Bethany celebrates the Reformation in word & music.