{"id":2206,"date":"2011-11-28T10:01:23","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T16:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inside.augsburg.edu\/news\/?p=2206"},"modified":"2011-11-28T10:01:23","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T16:01:23","slug":"advent-vespers-brings-in-holiday-season-with-music-and-liturgy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2011\/11\/28\/advent-vespers-brings-in-holiday-season-with-music-and-liturgy\/","title":{"rendered":"Advent Vespers brings in holiday season with music and liturgy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2208\" alt=\"vespers2010\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2013\/04\/vespers2010.jpg\" width=\"202\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2013\/04\/vespers2010.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2013\/04\/vespers2010-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/strong>For more than thirty years, Augsburg College has observed the beginning of the Christmas season with Advent Vespers, a joyous celebration of the holidays.This year the College will mark this 32nd annual event with services highlighting the theme &#8220;He comes to us as one unknown.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This event takes place in the remarkable neo-Gothic sanctuary of Central Lutheran Church in downtown Minneapolis, with a ceiling that soars 65 feet and large stained glass windows similar to those of London&#8217;s Westminster Abbey. More than 300 musicians, liturgists and banner carriers will participate in this dramatic and uplifting event.<\/p>\n<p>Seating envelopes are required for the service and are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Suggested donations, received at the door, are $10 per person or $25 per family. Non-perishable food donations will be collected before each service for distribution to community food banks. For more information, call 612-330-1265 or visit the Vespers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/vespers\">website<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Watch the 2009 Vespers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/augsburgcollege#p\/u\/27\/tCquyCaIC-k\" target=\"_blank\">video<\/a> on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>December 2, 2011 at 5 and 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>December 3, 2011 at 2, 5, and 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the 2 and 5 p.m. services on Saturday, December 3 are full. If you wish to be added to a waiting list for either of these services, please contact the Music Office directly at 612-330-1265. You will be notified by Thursday, December 1 if tickets become available.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For more than thirty years, Augsburg College has observed the beginning of the Christmas season with Advent Vespers, a joyous celebration of the holidays.This year the College will mark this 32nd annual event with services highlighting the theme &#8220;He comes to us as one unknown.&#8221; This event takes place in the remarkable neo-Gothic sanctuary of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[89,600],"class_list":["post-2206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-advent-vespers","tag-christmas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}