Faith + Fiction: A Canticle for Leibowitz
Faith + Fiction on Wednesday, May 6 at 5:30pm in Green-Meldrim House. We’ll be discussing Walter Miller Jr.’s novel A Canticle for Leibowitz. I Please come and bring friends. There will be snacks, and we end promptly at 7pm.
Savannah Sacred Harp Singers
Shape Note Singing from the “red” and “blue” books. There will be plenty of books and chairs for all who join us at the Whitefield Center.
The signing is from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Faith + Fiction: The Last Battle
Faith + Fiction on Wednesday, June 3 at 5:30pm in Green-Meldrim House. We’ll be discussing C.S. Lewis’s The Last Battle. Please come and bring friends. There will be snacks, and we end promptly at 7pm.
Savannah Sacred Harp Singers
Shape Note Singing from the “red” and “blue” books. There will be plenty of books and chairs for all who join us at the Whitefield Center.
The signing is from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Savannah Sacred Harp Singers
Shape Note Singing from the “red” and “blue” books. There will be plenty of books and chairs for all who join us at the Whitefield Center.
The signing is from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Savannah Sacred Harp Singers
Shape Note Singing from the “red” and “blue” books. There will be plenty of books and chairs for all who join us at the Whitefield Center.
The signing is from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Savannah Sacred Harp Singers
Shape Note Singing from the “red” and “blue” books. There will be plenty of books and chairs for all who join us at the Whitefield Center.
The signing is from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Savannah Sacred Harp Singers
Shape Note Singing from the “red” and “blue” books. There will be plenty of books and chairs for all who join us at the Whitefield Center.
The signing is from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Savannah Sacred Harp Singers
Shape Note Singing from the “red” and “blue” books. There will be plenty of books and chairs for all who join us at the Whitefield Center.
The signing is from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Creature Clean-Up
A Collective Clean-Up of the areas around the Truman Linear Bike Trail. Details to come . . .
Pysanky Easter Egg Decoration
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Savannah Sacred Harp Singers
Shape Note Singing from the “red” and “blue” books. There will be plenty of books and chairs for all who join us at the Whitefield Center.
The signing is from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Faith + Fiction: Four Quartets
Faith + Fiction on Wednesday, April 8 at 5:30pm in Green-Meldrim House. We’ll be discussing T.S. Ellliot’s The Four Quartets. Please come and bring friends. There will be snacks, and we end promptly at 7pm.
"Southern Harmony" Compline Service
Compline is a short prayer service where participants "say goodnight to God." This 30-minute observance will combine monastic chant with music from the shapenote tradition.
This offering of compline will resource songs from the American shapenote songbook.
The regular choral compline service is held every Sunday evening at 8 p.m.
Here is the music we are planning for the order of service:
Pre-Introit - I Will Arise and Go to Jesus (Alice Parker Arrangement)
Introit - I Hear the Harps Eternal (Alice Parker Arrangement)
Confession - Set to Idumea 47b
The Preces - Set to Sometimes I Feel (Alice Parker Arrangement)
Psalm - Portions of Psalm 84 set to Not Made With Hands 571 in Cooper Book
Office Hymn - Captain Kidd aka God is Seen (Alice Parker Arrangement)
Nunc Dimittus - Set to Gospel Trumpet 99 in Denson
Lord’s Prayer - Set to Old One Hundred 49t in Denson
Anthem - Evening Shade 209 in Denson
Final Preces - Set to Hallelujah 146 in Denson, concluding 146 with verse 4 from the hymn
Please visit this link if you are interested in partiipating as a visiting choir member in this service.
"All-Day" Singing (Sacred Harp)
The Savannah All-Day Singing will be held in the nave (sanctuary) of Christ Church Anglican, 2020 Bull Street, on Saturday, March 28th. The singing begins at 10am. A traditional “Dinner on the Grounds” will be served at Noon. Local cooks are encouraged to bring food to share. Singing resumes from 1pm until 3pm. We will sing from the new 2025 Edition of The Sacred Harp.
Savannah Music Festival Screening of "Awake My Soul"
Matt and Erica Hinton will present their revised documentary film “Awake My Soul - The Story of The Sacred Harp” on Friday, March 27th, 12:30pm, at the Telfair Museum of Art in presented by the 2026 Savannah Music Festival. A short demonstration singing and Q&A session will take place immediately following the film.
Irish Shindig Fundraiser
Irish music and dancing with dinner and live auction.
Admission: $15 for adults, $10 for ages 15-11, 10 and under are free.
Proceeds from the event go to fund upcoming mission activities in Honduras and Uganda.
Savannah Sacred Harp Singers (Copy)
Shape Note Singing from the “red” and “blue” books. There will be plenty of books and chairs for all who join us at the Whitefield Center.
The signing is from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Art in the Parlor: Folk Art Forum featuring Chris Roberts
An installation in the parlor (Bull Street Entrance across from Big Bon Bodega) featuring folk art featuring works by Chris Roberts.
Faith + Fiction: Lying Awake
Faith + Fiction on Wednesday, March 4 at 5:30pm in Green-Meldrim House. We’ll be discussing Mark Salzman’s novel Lying Awake. Please come and bring friends. There will be snacks, and we end promptly at 7pm.
Savannah Sacred Harp Singers (Copy) (Copy)
Shape Note Singing from the “red” and “blue” books. There will be plenty of books and chairs for all who join us at the Whitefield Center.
The signing is from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Art in the Parlor: Hampton Watts
An installation in the parlor (Bull Street Entrance across from Big Bon Bodega) featuring portraits by Hampton Watts.
Faith + Fiction: Wise Blood
Faith + Fiction - Wednesday, February 4 at 5:30pm in Green-Meldrim House. We’ll be discussing Flannery O’Connor’s Wise Blood. Please come and bring friends. There will be snacks, and we end promptly at 7pm.
Luther College Nordic Choir at Messiah Lutheran Church
Nordic Choir, founded in 1946, enjoys national and international stature as one of the premier collegiate choral ensembles in the United States. Acclaimed for the way it honors the Lutheran choral tradition while also featuring new and innovative choral works, the choir showcases versatility, artistry, and technical mastery across many genres of music. Nordic Choir is Luther College’s principal choral ensemble.
Since 2017 Nordic Choir has been under the direction of Dr. Andrew Last ’97. Previous Nordic Choir conductors include Sigvart Steen (1946-48), Weston Noble ’43 (1948-2005), Craig Arnold (2005-10), and Allen Hightower (2010-16).
Longstanding traditions within the Nordic Choir include holding hands during performances, wearing sapphire blue velvet robes, and, since 1948, singing Pavel Chesnokov’s O Lord God as the signature benedictory.
East of Eden Reading Group
A study on this classic by John Steinbeck gathering on Wednesdays at 6:00 p.m. in Hebron Hall at Christ Church Anglican.
Savannah Sacred Harp Singers
Shape Note Singing from the “red” and “blue” books. There will be plenty of books and chairs for all who join us at the Whitefield Center.
The signing is from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Savannah Sacred Harp Singers
Image of Siloam Presbyterian Church from the website Historic Georgia Churches
Savannah Sacred Harp Singers
Image of Siloam Presbyterian Church from the website Historic Georgia Churches
Savannah Sacred Harp Singers
Image of Siloam Presbyterian Church from the website Historic Georgia Churches
Savannah Sacred Harp Singers
Shape Note Singing from the “red” and “blue” books. There will be plenty of books and chairs for all who join us at the Whitefield Center.
The signing is from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Hard Heart Phone Collaborative Time
Hard Heart Phone Collaborative Time
A listening party and discussion with Nate Spanos (aka Lord Sycamore) as he shares his tracks from his musical “Hard Hard Phone.” We are going to gather, listen, ponder, sketch, and collaboratively pontificate our way through the freshly mixed tunes.
The working telos is to give Nate input regarding as the project works its way towards live productions and a possible illustrated rendering.
Fourth Friday at Wesley Gardens
A monthly (free!) retreat at Wesley Gardens.
8:45am: Coffee/tea at the gazebo
9am-12:30pm: Morning prayer retreat (gently guided & no experience needed)
12:45pm: Lunch at the pavilion
1:30pm: Artist retreat begins
3pm: “Structured time” ends, but you’re welcome to linger and continue creating on your own
Fourth Friday at Wesley Gardens
A monthly (free!) retreat at Wesley Gardens.
8:45am: Coffee/tea at the gazebo
9am-12:30pm: Morning prayer retreat (gently guided & no experience needed)
12:45pm: Lunch at the pavilion
1:30pm: Artist retreat begins
3pm: “Structured time” ends, but you’re welcome to linger and continue creating on your own
Fourth Friday at Wesley Gardens (Copy) (Copy)
A monthly (free!) retreat at Wesley Gardens.
8:45am: Coffee/tea at the gazebo
9am-12:30pm: Morning prayer retreat (gently guided & no experience needed)
12:45pm: Lunch at the pavilion by @twojacketjulie 💛
1:30pm: Artist retreat begins
3pm: “Structured time” ends, but you’re welcome to linger and continue creating on your own
Fourth Friday at Wesley Gardens
A monthly (free!) retreat at Wesley Gardens.
8:45am: Coffee/tea at the gazebo
9am-12:30pm: Morning prayer retreat (gently guided & no experience needed)
12:45pm: Lunch at the pavilion
1:30pm: Artist retreat begins
3pm: “Structured time” ends, but you’re welcome to linger and continue creating on your own
