Markoldendorf. People at intervals on a meadow next to a church looking at a piece of paper? You can’t see what is special about the photo: They are people who sing, accompanied by trumpeter Ole Schmidt. This highlight was made possible by the planners in Markoldendorf at the end of the musical service. This took place with Pastor Sarah Coenen on the second Advent in the Martinskriche. Taking into account the hygiene requirements, the church was very well attended.
“Vom Himmel hoch” on the organ, in a Bach arrangement, played by Kathrin Kantner from Rotenkirchen, formed the beginning. Complaints filling the church space brought “Advent is a shine”, “We are the World” and “All Of Me” with Stefan Guhl from Relliehausen on the piano and Ole Schmidt from Göttingen on the trumpet. Astrid Becker from Markoldendorf played the violin, accompanied by Guhl “I don’t know what it should mean”, “Go tell it on the Mountains” and “Green Sleeves”.
The three of them lined up here just for the photographer. At the end the four artists and experts could also applaud, explained Coenen and there was also a thank you present. Another planned violinist had canceled because she and her family had voluntarily isolated themselves until the festival so that they could celebrate Christmas Eve with their grandparents. The reading by Ulrike Beismann dealt with the fifth chapter of the James Letter: »… You should be just as patient.
Make your heart strong, because the coming of the Lord is at hand. ”Patience, that hits the nerve of the times, said the pastor in her sermon. “Patience is difficult if you don’t know how long.” It was clear to the first Christians that when God came, this life would be over. In today’s radicalism, one no longer thinks that. But every year in the Advent season the longing for the healing of the world is awakened and as if everything were happening for the first time. Strengthening the heart, as James put it, also means to be happy about what is still possible: candles, Advent music, stories of faith and the conscious perception that one is missing people in relationships. Kantner’s organ playing ended this part.
Everyone then found standing places outside in the meadow marked blue at intervals. So everyone could sing together, wearing masks of course, “Open the door.” If you can say that at a church service: Impressively organized and successful.of
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