Reformation Celebration

mikemarquardt — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:19:08 +0000

Tomorrow is the Milwaukee Area Reformation Festival at Christ Lutheran Church in Pewaukee, and I’m really looking forward to it. I was asked to be the music director for the service and wound up having to set the liturgy, pick hymns and even determine the scripture readings. It was more than I thought I would be doing, but I’m glad I was able to do it. I’ll be directing the festival choir during the service and right now I know of about 14 people that will be singing in this choir. While I know that there will be a few others that will show up to practice before the service, it is a lot fewer people than I thought we’d have for this choir. Not sure what the reason is but I suspect it has something to do with a certain football game at Lambeau Field tomorrow.

Fortunately for me, my neighbor, who is also singing in the choir, offered his DVR, big screen TV and beer for a post-Reformation service football party. I think if Luther lived in Wisconsin at this time, he would be a Packer Fan. But watching all the games would really cut into his writing time.

I’m all aGlo!

mikemarquardt — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:15:46 +0000

I just ordered a copy of the Glo Bible, new Bible software put out by Zondervan just two weeks ago. I found out about Glo at the Wisconsin State Teacher’s Conference in a sectional about digital Bible study, led by Martin Spriggs. I was blown away by the amount of content found in this software. It includes maps, diagrams, CGI representation of things like the tabernacle, commentary on the bible, interviews, fine art images, interactive timelines and topical reference. I can’t wait to use it on my Smart Board in my Bible history lessons. I really feel it will help my lessons come alive and help the kids to understand more about the lessons we read.

I heard it was at a few stores in Milwaukee for $80. I looked for it on Amazon.com and found it for $50. After using my $20 gift certificate (Thanks, Jon and Erin!), I am able to get this with free shipping for $30. Awesome!

The following link takes you to youtube videos that Glo has posted that gives you detailed information on what Glo has to offer. It’s a pretty advanced but intuitive tool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PBtg27K_0c&annotation_id=annotation_234177&feature=iv

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Reformation Celebration

I’m all aGlo!