The Concordia Seminary Chorus, St. Louis, Missouri, announces its Spring Tour 2000. The Rev. Henry V. Gerike is the director of the choir. The Concordia Seminary Chorus will present a service of congregational hymns, readings and settings of psalms and spiritual songs for the season of Epiphany on the following dates:

February 13 at 5:00 p.m. – Concordia Lutheran Church, 505 South Kirkwood Rd., Kirkwod, MO; 314-822-7772
February 19 at 7:30 p.m. – Christ Church Lutheran, 3901 East Indian School Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85018; 602-955-4830
February 20 at 8:00 a.m. & 10:45 a.m. – St. Luke Lutheran Church, 807 North Stapley Dr., Mesa, AZ; 602-969-4414
February 20 at 7:00 p.m. – Fountain of Life Lutheran Church, 710 South Kolb Rd., Tucson, AZ; 520-747-1213
February 21 at 7:00 p.m. – Ascension Lutheran Church, 6520 Loma DeCristo Dr., El Paso, TX; 915-833-1009
February 22 at 7:00 p.m. – Grace Lutheran Church, 7550 Eubank Boulevard NE, Albuquerque, NM; 505-823-9100
February 24 at 7:00 p.m. – First Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 301 South Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV; 702-384-6106
February 25 at 7:00 p.m. – Hope Lutheran Church, 1041 East Foothill Blvd., Glendora, CA; 626-335-5315
February 26 at 7:00 p.m. – St. John Lutheran Church, 154 South Shaffer St., Orange, CA; 714-288-4400
February 27 at 9:00 a.m. – Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 15710 Newton St., Hacienda Heights, CA; 626-333-9017
February 27 at 7:00 p.m. – Grace Lutheran Church, 3993 Park Blvd., San Diego, CA; 619-299-2890
February 28 at 7:00 p.m. – Christ Lutheran Church, 2556 South Engler Ave., Yuma, AZ; 520-726-0773
February 29 at 7:00 p.m. – Christ the Redeemer Lutheran Church, 8801 North 43rd Ave., Phoenix, AZ; 623-934-3286
March 12 at 4:00 p.m. – St. John Lutheran Church, 302 West Holmes St., Chester, IL; 618-826-3545

Music for the service of Evening Prayer includes the hymn “O Morning Star, How Fair and Bright”; Jeffrey Smith’s “Psalm 103 “; Carolyn Jennings’ “Pengyou Ting,” a Chinese carol about Jesus Christ; Healey Willan’s “Magnificat.”

The touring choir of the Concordia Seminary Chorus consists of 29 students who are preparing to become pastors in The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. They represent a portion of the full Concordia Seminary Chorus, which numbers over 100 singers.