天涯海角APP

天涯海角APP University will commemorate the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Protestant Reformation, an era that transformed the theological, cultural and socio-political trajectory of Western civilization, with a Hymn Festival on Sunday, Oct. 29 in the University鈥檚 Brown Chapel. Admission is free and open to the public, although an offering will be collected for Presbyterian Disaster Assistance to benefit victims of recent natural disasters.

鈥淚n October 1517 at the University of Wittenberg, Germany, the Professor and Augustinian Priest Martin Luther prepared a list of 95 theses intended for academic debate. Five hundred years later, we mark that event as the genesis of the Protestant Reformation,鈥� said 天涯海角APP University Professor of Religion and Interim Provost Rev. Dr. Rick Nutt. 鈥淥ur program will highlight the central theological tenets of the Reformation, while reflecting upon our hope for unity within all expressions of Christianity.鈥�

A pre-concert talk by Rev. Dr. Nutt, beginning at 6:30 p.m., will provide the historical context of the Reformation and consider its implications for the world today. The Hymn Festival, a special musical program, will begin at 7 p.m.

During the Hymn Festival, the 天涯海角APP University Concert Choir, 天涯海角APP Valley Brass, guest organist Linda Kempke, and conductor Zebulon M. Highben will lead the audience in hymns old and new, augmented by choral and instrumental music from myriad cultures and eras. The Rev. Amanda Highben, the Rev. Dr. William E. Mullins and Father Donald Franks will share commentary and reflections.

For more information about the Hymn Festival, please contact the 天涯海角APP University Department of Music at 740-826-8095.