{"id":11063,"date":"2022-11-14T19:36:36","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T19:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/?p=11063"},"modified":"2025-09-03T14:51:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T14:51:14","slug":"43rd-annual-advent-vespers-returns-in-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2022\/11\/14\/43rd-annual-advent-vespers-returns-in-person\/","title":{"rendered":"43rd Annual Advent Vespers Returns In Person"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/11\/vespers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11064 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/11\/vespers-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Augsburg's Advent Vespers takes place in the sanctuary of Central Lutheran Church, with choir, orchestra, and packed pews.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/11\/vespers-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/11\/vespers-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/11\/vespers-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/11\/vespers.jpg 1704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>For more than four decades, Augsburg University has ushered in the Advent and Christmas seasons with <span class=\"s2\">Advent Vespers<\/span>, a magnificent experience of music and liturgy, focusing on the theme of preparation and culminating in the joyful celebration of the Incarnation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The 43rd Advent Vespers will be held in person at Central Lutheran Church in downtown Minneapolis, with one livestream option available.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 8 p.m. (open dress rehearsal)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Friday, December 2, 2022 at 7 p.m.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 2 p.m. (<span class=\"s2\">with livestream<\/span>) and 5 p.m.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The event is free, with a suggested donation of $30 per person. Seating envelopes are required for entry and are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. They can be requested online, by mail, or in person at the Augsburg Music Office.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Shuttle service will be available from Augsburg\u2019s Anderson Music Hall to Central Lutheran and back, with limited parking available in lot A on Augsburg\u2019s campus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For more than four decades, Augsburg University has ushered in the Advent and Christmas seasons with Advent Vespers, a magnificent experience of music and liturgy, focusing on the theme of preparation and culminating in the joyful celebration of the Incarnation. The 43rd Advent Vespers will be held in person at Central Lutheran Church in downtown &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":499,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3235,5,4,3231,7,8],"tags":[89],"class_list":["post-11063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","category-events","category-faculty","category-donors","category-media-advisories","category-staff","category-students","tag-advent-vespers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/499"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11063"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11929,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11063\/revisions\/11929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}