Last October 19, 2024, my church hosted a concert celebrating 100 years of activity in our community. I promised I would send you a link when a recording was available. It was a fun and inspiring event for all involved.
Talented musicians that have sung and played at our services over the years participated, including Olin Ensley, Molly Holleran, Kelli Kruse, Ellen Fillion, and Evan Mehlenbacher, along with Grace Perez from our Sunday school who led the Grand Finale, “This little light of mine.”
Here’s a link to the event, SHINE.
And the program…
SHINE Program
I Got Rhythm Gershwin
Olin Ensley, Evan Mehlenbacher
Motion Casarotti
Olin Ensley
We’ll Light the World Pace
Kelli Kruse Words by Hales
Over the Rainbow Arlen
Ellen Fillion Arr. Shearing
Intermezzo in A Major, Opus 118, No. 2 Brahms
Evan Mehlenbacher
Just One Candle Stamegna
Molly Holleran, Kelli Kruse
Nuvole Bianche Einaudi
Olin Ensley
Amazing Grace Arr. Kim
Olin Ensley, Evan Mehlenbacher
Prelude in G Minor Rachmaninoff
Evan Mehlenbacher
The Steady Light Unterseher
Molly Holleran Words by Dunlop
Ovation No. 3 Vandall Olin Ensley
This Little Light of Mine Loes
Olin Ensley, Evan Mehlenbacher Arr. by Raney
Kelli Kruse, Molly Holleran Arr. By Hayes
Grace Perez, Audience Arr. Kirshbaum
Enjoy!
Oh wow that was amazing thanks for sharing.
What an absolute delight..And SHINE IT DID…
Great example of the divine shining through human and bringing out the best!!
Beautiful. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you! I very much enjoyed this Everyone is so talented! The video is the next best thing to being there.
What a delightful concert! Thank you to all involved. How magnificent snd precious the talent of each and every one. What fine performances by all! Evan, thank you for your gracious MCing and piano playing, and for sharing.
A number of people commented about Daniel Jensen’s articles in yesterday‘s SV. He is one of my favorite speakers. For anyone who’s interested you can listen to several of his talks, including Starting Rightly, online. There are two posted on Christiansciencect.org in the human voice (not synthesized) section, including Starting Rightly. The other one posted there, Practical Wisdom, I think is also excellent. The Arden Wood site also has several of his talks that I think are great. That site is ardenwood.org. Although the format on that site is not as conducive to listening in my opinion. There are two options, one directly on the site, which does not allow you to pause and come back to pick up later if the playback has reset. The other option is the YouTube format, which is interrupted periodically with annoying ads. nevertheless, the talks are well worth listening to in my opinion.
Sorry, meant “To Begin Rightly“, not Starting Rightly.
What a delight !
Grateful thanks to all the performers and to you Evan for bringing your concert to us all here.
Sharing
Harmony
Is
Naturally
Endearing…….well done all❣️
So lovely and joyous! Thank you for sharing this with us. It is so inspiring.
Really amazing .. the wonderful upbeat music is so pleasant to listen to…
Thank you for Shining this beautiful light on us all. Love it.
Lovely!
Bravo!
Bravo! Bravo Evan! Wonderful playing of Brahms and Rach! What a treat to see and hear you play. I wish I could have been there in person. I’ve been working on the Intermezzo so I really appreciate hearing you play it so soulfully. The Rach is above my level–nicely done. You’ve really got some chops there!. What a beautiful program. Thank you for sharing. So many talented folks in your church community.
and I love the message of the program “to let our light shine!”
Wonderful! Thanks so much for sharing it!
Wonderful concert and inspiring performances!
Thank you Gregg for sharing the information about Daniel Jensen. He’s a favorite of mine too. I posted this link a week or two ago that includes his talks. Posting it again:
Daniel Jensen talks:
https://danieljensenassociation.com/articles/
J, agreed. They are all great. I particularly like “Improving Our Models“. You can listen to that one on the Arden Wood site as well.
Wonderful! Thank you, Evan,
I was grateful to attend in person and your message throughout the concert was wonderful and uplifting. Truly enjoyed watching how the younger piano students in the audience appreciated the skill with which the performers executed their presentations. Holding this event in the church edifice was a reflection of the love and commitment church has in the community and may be the first or only experience to affect those young people. Incredibly well done!
Thankyou Evan for the concert I shall enjoy later.
And thank you J for the link to Daniel Jensen’s talks. I love his talks and shall read them again.
For anyone praying for S. California, the winds picked up again today. Thank you all for your prayers.
Dear Evan, thank you very very much. I truly enjoyed this gorgeos concert LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE in your church bildung in Pasco! And specially the prelude by Rachmaninoff you played so wonderfully powerful, so amazing. I love it very much, thanks a lot!
I’m very grateful you gave us this previlege to enjoy a divinely uplifting hour of great and lovely music! ❤️
Great concert Evan! Everyone there let their light shine brightly! 🙂
Thanks Eva, to you and the entire group. Wonderful.
This is terrific! What a great idea for celebration, sharing, and outreach! Great talent! Thank you very much for sharing this with us. Much love to your dear church.
What a treat! Thanks so much, Evan, for sharing this.
Just got to watch this well put together show. Each number is a gem and the performers delightful. The Rachmaninoff was a thrill to hear. I especially liked Nuvole Bianche which I had never heard—so beautiful. Thank you.