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Choir Advent Concerts 1999-2018

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Here are the major works sung by the Chalice Choir over the past 20 years.

Chalice Choir Advent Concert Featured Major Works

1999 J.S. Bach Cantata #140:  Wachet Auf

2000 Britten  Ceremony of Carols

2001 J.S. Bach  Christmas Oratorio, Part 1

2002 Haydn  Missa Sancti Nicolai

2003 Dvorak  Mass in D

2004 J.S. Bach  Christmas Oratorio, Part 2

2005 Poulenc  Gloria

2006 Mozart  Vespers K.339

2007 Handel  Coronation Anthems

2008 Vivaldi  Gloria

2009 J.S. Bach  Magnificat

2010 Schubert  Mass #6 in Eb

2011 Vivaldi  Magnificat 710a

2012 J.S. Bach  Cantata #63:  Christet, ätzet diesen Tag

2013 Britten  Ceremony of Carols

2014 Collection of Kyries (Josquin, Bach, Mozart, Dvorak, Stokes)

2015 Dvorak  Mass in D

2016 J.S. Bach  Cantata #140:  Wachet Auf

2017 Gounod  St. Cecilia Mass

2018  Gjeilo  Dark Night of the Soul & Luminous Night of the Soul

Advent: Science and Religion Sermons

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Science and Religion Sermon

Rev. Epperson has preached a sermon on science and its insights that challenge and nourish our religion for the first Sunday in Advent. Always well-researched and thought-provoking, here are some examples.

First Advent Sunday Services 2002-17

2002 Evolution

2003 Birth of the Moon

2004 Life from the Seas

2005 Plate Tectonics

2006 Size of the Universe/Sea of Knowledge

2007 Cell: Smallest Living Thing

2008 The Astonishing Atom

2009 Photosynthesis

2010 The Feeling Brain

2011 Teenage Brain

2012 View from the Center of the Universe

2013 The Advent of Us: How We Became Human

2014 On Human Consciousness and Goodness

2015 A Dangerous “Advent?”

2016 The Important Stuff is Invisible

2017 The Invention of Air