The new telephone number for the Seattle Latvian Lutheran Church is:
(206) 362-9894
Address and map information can be found by clicking HERE.
Be sure to check the Newsletters / Forms page for downloadable copies of the church bulletins from January 2009 through November/December 2010.
Wittenburg Germany—in the city where Martin Luther lived and studied, a Luther garden is forming. The idea is to have all the worldwide Lutheran congregations plant a tree in the garden, so that by the 500 year anniversary of the reformation (October, 2017) all would be represented there. Our outside-Latvia congregations board (LELBĀL) met in Wittenberg in September and planted a tree in this garden—a mountain ash. The Wittenberg mountain ash will also have sister trees planted in Rowfant, England and Washinton D.C. Our Seattle congregations board, together with the Seattle Latvian Centers board have responded to the invitation to also plant a tree on our property. Sunday, October 31st, after the Reformation Sunday service please join us in planting this reminder of our church’s origins – our tree will also be a mountain ash.
Reformation Sunday Service with Communion — 10:30 am
Followed by the planting of the Luther tree and coffee service.
Tags: Luther Tree, Reformation Sunday, Seattle
8:00pm Saturday, October 30, 2010
Holy Rosary Cathedral
At the corner of Richards and Dunsmuir, Vancouver, Canada
Vancouver’s Phoenix Chamber Choir presents AMAZING GRACE, an evening of very special sacred music sung in the stunning acoustics of Holy Rosary Cathedral. The concert opens with a rare Canadian performance of the Latvian composer Ugis Praulins’ Missa Rigensis, an a cappella work written in the spirit of the great Renaissance masses and yet completely fresh, unique and riveting in its language. This mass was written for the great Riga Dom Boys’ Choir and premiered at Easter 2003 in the vast acoustic of Riga’s medieval cathedral.
Phoenix will then be joined by organist Roy Campbell and the Shaughnessy Heights United Church Choir for Fauré’s exquisitely intimate and serenely beautiful Requiem. A dazzling arrangement of Amazing Grace by the young headlining Latvian composer Eriks Esenvalds rounds off a musical evening not to be missed.
Tickets available on-line: www.phoenixchamberchoir.bc.ca,
call 604-584-4755 or at the door.
Adults: $25/ Seniors & Students: $20
Groups of 10 or more purchased in advance: Only $15 each
Tags: Amazing Grace, Canada, concert, Esenvalds, Phoenix Chamber Choir, Praulins, Vancouver
Below is the Seattle Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church bulletin for September and October 2010.
2010-09 September/October Newsletter - .pdf (332.28 kB)
Svētdien, 5. septembrī, Reitumkrasta Izglītības centrā, Šeltonā
Brīvdabas dievkalpojums pulkst. 12os
Sprediķos viesis no Rīgas Lutera draudzes, māc. Indulis Paičs
Piknika pusdienas pulkst. 2os
$10 pieaugušiem, $5 jauniešiem. Lūdzam pieteikties pie māc. Dairas.
(206) 674-9600 vai (206) 406-9071 (mob.)
Pēcpusdienā — peldēšana, pastaigas vai iepazīšanas ar dažādām Draudžu dienu
nodarbībām: dziedāšanu, labirinta iešanu vingrošanu kopā ar meditāciju…
Pulksten 5os – Koncerts
Esiet mīļi gaidīti!
Below is a brief newsletter from Pastor Daira Cilnis, along with the planned schedule for Draudžu Dienas 2010 in Shelton:
Draudžu Dienas 2010 August News (Latvian & English) (161.39 kB)
Draudžu Dienas 2010 Dienas Kārtība (Latvian) (69 kB)
Draudžu Dienas 2010 Schedule (English) (67.63 kB)
Draudžu Dienas 2010 Pieteikšanās Veidlapa (Latvian) (206.37 kB)
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If you wish to make a separate donation via Amazon.com to
support the 2010 LELBA Retreat / Draudžu Dienas event,
please enter the amount and click on the link below:
Attached is the latest information and a brochure (sorry, currently only in Latvian) for the LELBA retreat (Draudžu Dienas) that will be held from September 2-6 at the West Coast Latvian Educational Center (Kursa), in Shelton. Our own pastor Daira Cilnis is organizing and leading this event, so we hope to get lots of our congregation members to participate for at least one or two days – there will also be lectures and discussions in English. We will also be kicking off the celebration of our congregation’s founding 60 years ago with a salmon barbeque and picnic on Sunday, September 5th.
Draudžu Dienas 2010 June News (132.72 kB)
Draudžu Dienas 2010 June Brochure (Latvian) (163.88 kB)
The Latvian Consulates in the United States and Canada are offering mobile passport centers this summer, with Seattle and Vancouver BC offered as possible spots. At least 40 people in each city are desirable for the mobile center to come to our city. If you are interested in renewing an expired (or no longer valid, older) passport, or have never applied for a Latvian passport but have been assigned a person code, please fill out an application before June 15th and mail or e-mail it to the appropriate Consulate. A valid passport is required in order to vote in the upcoming Saeima elections. For more information please refer to the following article on Latvians Online http://latviansonline.com/news/article/6663/.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of our congregation member Aldonis Ābers on May 21 in Latvia. No memorial serivce is scheduled in Seattle, but will be held instead in Latvia in July. The family wishes that donations in Aldonis’ memory be made to the Seattle Latvian Ev. Luth. Church.
