The Concordia Seminary Chorus, under the direction of Rev. Henry V. Gerike, boarded a tour bus early this morning, leaving the Seminary campus on its more than 3,000-mile Spring Tour. The Chorus will visit Lutheran churches in Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska and Iowa on its 2006 Spring Tour. The Chorus will provide evening sacred concerts which will include prayer, Scripture reading and congregational singing. In two congregations, the Chorus will offer vocal selections during Sunday morning worship services.

Saturday, February 18, 7:00 p.m.—St. John Lutheran Church, 901 SW Fillmore Street, Topeka, Kansas

Sunday, February 19, 10:00 a.m.—St. John Lutheran Church, 114 2nd Aliceville, Kansas

Sunday, February 19, 4:30 p.m.—Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 600 North Greenwich Road, Wichita, Kansas

Monday, February 20, 7:00 p.m.—Peace Lutheran Church, 5675 Field Street, Arvada, Colorado

Wednesday, February 22, 7:00 p.m.—Grace Lutheran Church, 1815 East 9800 S, Sandy, Utah

Thursday, February 23, 7:00 p.m.—St. Andrew Lutheran Church, 1309 East Grand Avenue, Laramie, Wyoming

Friday, February 24, 7:00 p.m.—Redeemer Lutheran Church, 808 South 1st Street, Atwood, Kansas

Saturday, February 25, 5:30 p.m.—Christ Lutheran Church, 605 South 5th Street, Norfolk, Nebraska

Sunday, February 26, 10:00 a.m.—Zion Lutheran Church, 102 North Sixth, P.O. Box 159, Plainview, Nebraska

Sunday, February 26, 4:30 p.m.—Pacific Hills Lutheran Church, 1110 South 90th Street, Omaha, Nebraska

Monday, February 27, 7:00 p.m.—Trinity Lutheran Church, 520 North Garfield, Algona, Iowa

Sunday, March 12, 3:30 p.m.—Zion Lutheran Church, 3866 Harvester Road, St. Charles, Missouri

The touring choir of the Concordia Seminary Chorus consists of students who are preparing to become pastors in The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. They represent a portion of the full Concordia Seminary Chorus.

For more information, contact Communications, Concordia Seminary, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO 63105; (314) 505-7374; communications@csl.edu.