Hymn Festival Celebrating the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation

Join us as we celebrate the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation at a Hymn Festival led by Dr. Jim Marriott, Director of Worship Arts at Concordia Seminary. Dr. Marriott, along with Organ, Brass, instruments and youth and adult choirs from, Immanuel, Downers Grove, Zion, Hinsdale, St. Matthew Lemont, and Trinity, Lisle will lead us in the singing of beautiful hymns and songs. The Hymn Festival is FREE! All are welcome!

Dr. James F. Marriott serves as the Director of Musical Arts for Concordia Seminary, where he teaches worship courses and oversees a diverse range of musical activities associated with the worship and ministry life of the seminary community.  Holding undergraduate and graduate degrees in Parish Music from Concordia Nebraska and Concordia Wisconsin, respectively, he recently earned a Ph.D. in Liturgical Studies from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, IL, with an emphasis in liturgical inculturation.  He is a frequent composer and performer, with recent hymn festivals including churches in Missouri, Alabama, Illinois, and Texas.  Jim and his wife, Kristi, have been married for fourteen years and are blessed with two children, Joel and Kirstin.