Hymn writer Martin Franzmann was born Jan. 29: 1907: in Lake City: Minn. His friend Robin Leaver, author of “Come to the Feast,” a book about Franzmann, writes that the boy “grew up within the ...
Like most Lutheran communities, the church I grew up in placed a particular emphasis on the musical aspect of worship. Lutherans’ musical roots run deep: Many of the great German composers, including ...
The creative ability of Lutheran hymn writer Martin Franzmann appeared early on. Even as a youngster, he was known for his cleverness with language. To entertain his chums, he’d sometimes make up ...
Why do more than 400 people attend an event that many can’t even pronounce? Because the visitors to this event at Mountain View Lutheran Church share a common love of the German language and customs. ...
On Sunday, Dec. 18, nearly 400 Arizona residents attended the second German Christmas service at Mountain View Lutheran Church in Ahwatukee. Most of them were first-generation Germans, but there were ...
Wayne E. Lessmann comes from generations of Texans. So, naturally his first words and early religious experiences were in ... German? "The Lutheran church where we went when I was a child still had ...
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