has taken some beautiful pictures of the installation of Pr. Mark Braden at Zion Lutheran Church, Detroit. Pr. Petersen featured them them on his blog, but I didn't realize that Jen took them. They show the beauty of Zion and a parish that does not believe in "least common denominator" liturgics. Enjoy!
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ReplyDeleteAww shucks. *blush*
ReplyDeleteIs there an antiphonal organ behind the altar at Zion?
ReplyDeleteJust wondering. I'm married to an organ geek!
Beautiful pictures, Jen. Oh - wait - I guess those are darkened stained glass windows, not a decorative screen. Church looks like it was built in the mid twenties. Am I right? Does anyone know?
It was built in the 20s/30s and it was built from the limestone of the old post office in Detroit that was torn down around that time.
ReplyDeleteAs far as I know, the organ and it pipes are in the balcony. At least I remember the sound coming from the back of the church.
I have never seen a more beautiful Lutheran church in North America.
Thank you, Jon. I like architecture.
ReplyDeleteOh, and *cough, cough* you've obviously never been to the church I was married in, Trinity Downtown, Milwaukee. :) Although Zion does look beautiful.
-Jenny
Jon's right. The pipes are in the back. These photos were taken after the sun had set so the stained glass is very dark.
ReplyDeleteHistoric Trinity in Detroit is really beautiful too. It's smaller, but taller and grander-feeling. It has wonderful carved wood and icons. I thought it was prettier than Zion... but Zion's liturgy is richer.
www.ziondetroit.org
Thanks!
Jen:
ReplyDeleteI was a member at HT for a while, Zion has it beat, by virtue of the two statues in the front and the stations :)
Re. the organ. There is an antiphonal organ in the chancel. It is in a chamber above a sacristy on the Gospel side (liturgical north) of the altar.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, the most beautiful Missouri Synod church in America is St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne. It will blow your mind.
ReplyDeleteI think Pr. McCain may be right. At the very least, the en chamade trumpet (the one that sticks out from the casework) on that Austin organ will blow your mind!
ReplyDeleteDeacon M. Thanks. I thought I could see an organ screen to side of the windows!
why is the pulpit on the wrong side of the chancel?
ReplyDeleteJeff
There is a lectern on the left and a pulpit on the right (which also happens to be nearly true North).
ReplyDeleteDoes Zion still have the shrine to Mary complete with vigil candles?
ReplyDeleteYou mean the statue of Mary holding infant Jesus? Yes. There's a statue of Jesus as well. Both have space around them for candles. I think you have to bring your own candles though.
ReplyDeleteYou might remind Pr. McCain, Jen, that IF you want to have a statue of the infant Christ, the most natural way to do so would be to show Him in His mother's arms. Hence, not so much a shrine to Mary, as a shrine to the Child of Mary!
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