Songs and Stories of A Civil War Hospital tells the authentic history of a Civil War hospital in its original setting: diaries, music, poetry and costuming
Songs and Stories of A Civil War Hospital tells the authentic history of a Civil War hospital in its original setting—Christ Lutheran Church. Songs and Stories was first performed in 1999, and has been presented Saturday evenings each summer since then, except for 2004 when the church was undergoing restoration and renovation. To date, over 14,000 people have attended Songs and Stories of a Civil War Hospital.
Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. with music on the church steps (weather permitting) followed by the main program in the church nave at 8 p.m. The main program features a violin prelude, a brief history of the church, accounts of Chaplain Howell’s death and a woman’s miraculous escape into the bell tower, readings from the journals of a wounded soldier and a compassionate citizen-nurse, key passages from Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, and authentic Civil War music performed by local musicians including songs with audience participation.
Books and CDs
For more information about Christ
Lutheran’s role as a Civil War hospital,
we invite you to purchase our new book,
A Sanctuary For The Wounded.
Additionally, if you wish to relive
Songs and Stories of a Civil War Hospital,
we invite you to purchase a copy of our
professionally produced recording.
The CD contains additional musical
selections that are not included in our
regular evening performances.
Books and CDs are available for
purchase after the program and
through our web site at
www.candlelightatchrist.org.
Donations
Donations are gratefully accepted. Boxes
for free-will donations are located near
the church entrance & exit.
Donations and the proceeds from our
book and CDs will be used exclusively
to sustain Songs and Stories into the future.
An Invitation to Worship
We invite all to worship with us in
this historic setting. Our regular
Sunday worship services, led by the
Reverend Stephen R. Herr, Pastor, begin a
t 8:15 and 10:30 a.m. A Celtic service
is offered at 6 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th
Sundays each month.
