Peace and joy to colleagues and friends this December: This past All Saint’s Saturday, November 1st, we had the privilege of attending Evensong at Church of the Ascension in Seattle’s Magnolia neighborhood. The service was hosted by David Boech, followed by a delicious reception. David Boeckh and Zachary Hemenway played the prelude and postlude on the Paul Fritts organ. David demonstrated the organ, complete with its manual pumping mechanism in the event of a power outage. The choir led the evensong liturgy and sang the anthem, The Road Home by Stephen Paulus for the service. Thank you to Rev. Heather Wenrick, David Boeckh, Zachary Hemenway, the choir, Church of the Ascension parish, and everyone who made this a meaningful All Saint’s event.

 

Our Orgelkids kit is here, and we are excited to share it with you! We were privileged to try out a kit at an event last year and it was a huge hit. There will be mini classes on how to assemble the kit, put it away in its cases and David Lepse will handle scheduling the use of the kit. Please contact him for more information: davidlepse62@yahoo.com.

 

The next Seattle AGO chapter-hosted event is January 24, 2 pm at the home of David Toy to see his Hauptwerk “virtual organ” software at his home. His address is: 7624 67th St NE Marysville, WA 98270. David Toy will demonstrate his new Hauptwerk set-up and answer questions. Attendees are welcome to try it out. Carpooling is recommended.

 

There are several positions on our Executive Board to be filled in 2026 (please complete the survey in the link below). We are in the process of forming a Finance Committee to help our Treasurer and Executive Committee with managing our chapter finances. If you are interested in serving as a volunteer on this committee, please email our Dean, Lucy Kay Osborne (Dlktutti@comcast.net), and include a few sentences about your interest in serving and your background related to financial matters.

 

We invite you to complete this survey, which will help us learn more about your interests and strengths and to ascertain what will best serve our membership. This link will take you to the survey: Survey

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Please look at the extensive list of December events in the area and support those providing beautiful and meaningful music for the holiday season.

 

Wishing you a safe, healthy,

and joyful New Year! Fondly,

Lucy Kay Osborne, Dean