FORSAKEN

Remembering the Last Days of Christ

HOSANNA!  WE SING!          palm branches

GOD’S HOUSE OF PRAYER        coins & whip

TO SHOW OUR LOVE FOR GOD        scrolls

SO RARE A GIFT                     alabaster jar

                   solo: Jenn Wadholm

TORCHES AND SWORDS       bread and cup

                   solo: Dean Johnson

O, MY SOUL, WHAT DARKNESS                

                          crown of thorns and sword

DEATH LAY HEAVY                            cross

PRAISE THE GOD OF RESURRECTION!     

                                                   white linen

2009 KARLSTAD AREA CHOIR

Dan Hellerud, Director

Kirstin Olson, Accompanist

SOPRANO                       TENOR

Lori Anderson                           Dan Bass

Kathy Englund                           Shawn Collins

Lola Germundson                        Everett Englund

Jackie Hellerud                         David Ingraham

Gail E. Johnson                          Dean Johnson

Rebekah Knapp                          Gene LaDoucer

Rachel Knapp                             Jim Pederson

Rose Knapp                               Jacob Waldorf

Michelle Waldorf                      Jesse Waldorf

Meridith Walton                       Joshua Waldorf

Gina Wollin

ALTO                            BASS

Diane Grandstrand                     Kurt Aakre

Ruth Halverson                          Darwyn Anderson

Jenny Ingraham                         Gary Halverson

Ruth Knapp                               Paul Knapp

Bonnie Loveness                         David Waldorf

Margo Soltvedt                         Matthew Waldorf

Jenn Wadholm                           Brad Wubbels

Abby Waldorf

Sara Waldorf                           PROP GIRLS

                                                Claire Koland

NARRATORS                            Christina Knutson

Elaine Ruud                               Brita Swenson

Marcus Wagner                         Sierra Swenson

 “Most worshippers know that on Palm Sunday Jesus rode into Jerusalem amid shouts of “Hosanna, blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!”  Nearly everyone remembers that only four days later He was praying with His disciples in the garden of Gethsemane when Judas betrayed Him with a kiss.  But, how well do we know what happened on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of this eventful week in Christ’s life?  Forsaken is a reflection on and commemoration of the last days of God’s Messiah.  This work was written to help worshippers fully understand the events of Christ’s last week on earth and to help us all worship the risen Savior.”

                                                   Mark Hayes, music

                                                   John Parker, lyrics

                                            Audra Parker, narration

Our thanks to Kay Bostrom and Amy Knutson for organizing the props, and to Emojean Anderson, Carol Britten, Jeanne Collins, and Corienne Jacobson for serving the lunch, and to Carl & Carol Britten for ushering.  Each church provided two pans of bars for tonight’s lunch.

Special thanks to Dan Hellerud and Kirstin Olson for their dedication, inspiration, and patience, and to the choir members for coming together from many churches to sing of the one Savior who unites us all in one faith.