{"product_id":"musical-offering-ruth-m-buenting-9780788015274","title":"Musical Offering","description":"This companion volume to \u003ci\u003eGloria: Letters From Hymnwriters\u003c\/i\u003e provides: \u003cbr\u003e - a brief commentary for each season of the church year\u003cbr\u003e - imaginative letters from the writers of traditional hymns\u003cbr\u003e - suggested hymns by the writer of each letter to be sung by choir and congregation\u003cbr\u003e - original descants for several hymns, including \"Hark The Herald Angels Sing\" and \"A Mighty Fortress Is Our God.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Buentings entice us back into the neglected riches of our own tradition... Packaging these \"letters\" along with the hymns associated with their \"authors,\" and creating a Hymnfest that takes an entire congregation through the church year together, is a stroke of genius from a deeply pastoral heart... We owe much to Ruth and James Buenting, and to Joy Berg for her lovely descants. What a memorable experience any congregation that celebrates this unique Hymnfest has in store for itself.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e J. Robert Jacobson, First Bishop\u003cbr\u003e Synod of Alberta and the Territories\u003cbr\u003e Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuth M. Buenting\u003c\/b\u003e, who contributed the letters from hymnwriters for this collection, is the author of \u003ci\u003eGloria: Letters From Hymnwriters\u003c\/i\u003e as well as the \u003ci\u003eCanadian Lutheran Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e, part of the \u003ci\u003eWhole People of God \u003c\/i\u003eseries. Her husband, \u003cb\u003eJames Buenting\u003c\/b\u003e, pastor of Christ Lutheran Church in Kelowna, British Columbia, provided the comments on the church year seasons, and \u003cb\u003eJoy Berg\u003c\/b\u003e arranged the hymn verses and supplied several original descants. Ms. Berg is Visiting Professor of Music at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ruth M. Buenting\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0788015273\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780788015274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e CSS Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.42h x 5.23w x 0.23d","brand":"Ruth M. Buenting","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48441346195711,"sku":"9780788015274","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9216f3cd-28da-496a-ad16-4c9e5e094e9d.jpg?v=1777190302","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/musical-offering-ruth-m-buenting-9780788015274","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}