"Learning To... " is led by Pastor Carolyn Hetrick and Pastor Scott Schul of Grace Lutheran Church, State College, PA. Each week features breath prayer, a passage from scripture, music and reflection before sending you out with grace. Today we are "Learning to Be Amazed" as we join the women who show up at the tomb of Jesus expecting to grieve but are met with astounding news- Christ is Risen! Have you ver heard something that seemed too big to take in even when it was good news? Or maybe a burden was rolled away and it seems too good to be true. Or maybe like Peter there is a place where you wish you could have a "re-do." Wherever you have been or hope to be amazed, Jesus' story with us continues. Let's keep learning and rejoicing together!
Our in person Bible study at Grace resumes on APRIL 3RD and stay tuned for another podcast series in the fall for Advent.

Today's Scripture: Mark 16:1-8
Today's Music:
"Jesus Christ Is Risen Today"- Thomas Keesecker's setting of Jesus Christ is Risen Today, from Easter Hope, was recorded with Adam H. Smith on piano for worship use for Grace Lutheran Church, State College, PA. Copyright (c) 2020 Birnamwood Publications (ASCAP), a division of MorningStar Music Publishers. Non-commercial recording made available with permission from MorningStar, March, 2022. Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-700989. All rights reserved.
"Easter Medley for Flutes"- This composition by Laurel Sanders features three familiar public domain tunes: O filii et et filiae, Hyfrydol, and Puer nobis. Originally intended as an onsite greeting on Easter Sunday 2020 in our main entrance and intended to be played by flute, clarinet and cello, it was subsequently rewritten for two C flutes and bass flute, as you will hear in this recording.

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"Learning To... " is led by Pastor Carolyn Hetrick and Pastor Scott Schul of Grace Lutheran Church, State College, PA. Each week features breath prayer, a passage from scripture, music and reflection before sending you out with grace. Today we are "Learning to Give Ourselves Away." The woman in Bethany honored Jesus by anointing him. It demonstrated she really knew who Jesus was. She gave everything she had to him- including her heart. How is Jesus helping you give yourself away?

Today's scripture: Mark 14:1-9
Today's music: "It is Well With My Soul"- Flutist Judy Nishimura's peaceful arrangement of this beloved tune, © 2020 ALRY Publications, is recorded and used with permission from ALRY Publications LLC, www.alrypublications.com, a partner of United Media & Music Partners.
"What Wondrous Love is This"- Judy Nishimura's peaceful arrangement of this beloved Southern Harmony tune (1835), What Wondrous Love Is This, was recorded by Laurel Sanders, flutist, with permission of ALRY Publications (www.alrypublications.com)

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"Learning To... " is led by Pastor Carolyn Hetrick and Pastor Scott Schul of Grace Lutheran Church, State College, PA. Each week features breath prayer, a passage from scripture, music and reflection before sending you out with grace. Today we are "Learning to See." We are not given the gospel, God’s good news, as a way to avoid mortality or loss. Jesus is predicting his own death, which is overwhelming to consider, but Jesus also challenges us to ask: Are there ways we love our life so much we fail to see the harm it does to others? Are there ways in which we should let our way “die” so something new can come to life? Where do we need to see Jesus?

Today's scripture: John 12:20-26
Today's music:
"Air Andante," a public domain 'air' part of a Baroque-era collection called "Select Aires or Duets for 2 German Flutes and a German Flute and Bass by Handel and other authors," published during their lifetime by John Walsh. www.imslp.org. Laurel Sanders, flute.
"Moonlight Sonata," public domain by Ludwig van Beethoven. Laura Pauley, piano.

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"Learning To... " is led by Pastor Carolyn Hetrick and Pastor Scott Schul of Grace Lutheran Church, State College, PA. Each week features breath prayer, a passage from scripture, music and reflection before sending you out with grace. Today we are "Learning to Love." Nicodemus was one of the religious leaders of his day. At this point in his story, he wasn’t a follower of Jesus – that would’ve been a very risky thing for him to do. And so under cover of night he came to visit Jesus and asked questions that probed at the scope and depth of God’s love. Listen to how Jesus responded with love.
Today's scripture: John 3:14-21
Today's music: Public domain version of the second movement (Adagio) of C.P.E. Bach's Sonata in a minor for solo flute, available from IMSLP at www.imslp.org. Laurel Sanders, flute.

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"Learning To... " is led by Pastor Carolyn Hetrick and Pastor Scott Schul of Grace Lutheran Church, State College, PA. Each week features breath prayer, a passage from scripture, music and reflection before sending you out with grace. Today we are "Learning to Focus." Jesus is telling people their way of living has lost focus. We too have ways we need God to restore us, but change is hard even when we know we need it. Even in these times, we can count on Jesus to cts out of mercy for our world.
Today's scripture: John 2:13-22
Today's music:
"O, the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus" (Thomas J. Williams; arr. Molly Ijames). Copyright © 2018 Beckenhorst Press, Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Recorded by Laurel Sanders, flute and Cynthia Mills, piano.
"What Wondrous Love Is This" (Appalachian; setting by John Carter). Copyright © 2011 Beckenhorst Press, Inc. All rights reserved. Recorded and used with permission from the publisher, Beckenhorst Press, Inc. Laurel Sanders, flute; Cynthia Mills, piano

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"Learning To... " is led by Pastor Carolyn Hetrick and Pastor Scott Schul of Grace Lutheran Church, State College, PA. Each week features breath prayer, a passage from scripture, music and reflection before sending you out with grace. Today we are "Learning to Rethink." Jesus tells his followers that everything they thought was wrong. He will face rejection and they will face struggles too. The savior we receive is hardly like popular figures in our world. Can we rethink who Jesus is and what it means to follow even when the changes we face are hard, unpopular or inconvenient? We know that love carries Jesus into our midst in these times.
Today's scripture: Mark 8:31-38
Today's music:
"Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence," (arr. Judy Nishimura) Copyright © 2019, ALRY Publications, LLC. Available at www.alrypublications.com. Used with permission from the publisher. Recorded by Laurel Sanders, flute.
O, the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus (Thomas J. Williams; arr. Molly Ijames). Copyright © 2018 Beckenhorst Press, Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Recorded by Laurel Sanders, flute and Cynthia Mills, piano.

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This is the first episode of our series, "Learning To... "available each Monday through April 1, 2024. This episode is led by Pastor Carolyn Hetrick of Grace Lutheran Church, State College, PA. Each week features breath prayer, a passage from scripture, music and reflection before sending you out with grace for the journey. This episode is "Learning to Trust God" as we think about Jesus in the wilderness that seemed unending and challenging, and yet where God promised to provide for him and did.
Today's scripture: Mark 1:9-15
Today's music:

• Thomas Keesecker's "Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley," from The Quiet Journey, was recorded by pianist Adam H. Smith . Copyright (c) 2018 Birnamwood Publications (ASCAP), a division of MorningStar Music Publishers. Tune: LONESOME VALLEY and SOJOURNER. Non-commercial recording made available with permission from MorningStar, March, 2022. Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-700989. All rights reserved.
• Judy Nishimura's restful and joyful arrangement of "Just As I Am" (© 2020 ALRY Publications, www.alrypublications.com, United Music & Media Publishers) is used with permission from ALRY and was recorded for use by Laurel Sanders, flute.

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1. Gabriel's Voice (Ian Higginson). MUSIC: Ian Higginson. TEXT: Carol Gunn. © St. James Music Press. Streamed with permission of St. James Press, License #21540. Grace Lutheran Church of State College choral ensemble. Laurel Sanders, Director
2. I Saw Three Ships (Anna M. DeFoe). MUSIC: Anna M. DeFoe. TEXT: William Sandys (1833; public domain). © St. James Music Press, 2010. Streamed with permission of St. James Press, License #21540.
3. Still, Still, Still (arr. Catherine McMichael). MUSIC: Still, Still, Still from A Lyric Noel. Austrian Carol, arr. Catherine McMichael. © 2003 ALRY Publications, LLC. Used and streamed with permission from ALRY Publications (music available at United Music & Media Publishers, https://ummpstore.com). All Rights Reserved. Recorded by The Whistle Tones (thewhistletones.com).
4. Good King Wenceslas (arr. Catherine McMichael). MUSIC: Good King Wenceslas from A Renaissance Noel, English Carol, arr. Catherine McMichael. © 2001 ALRY Publications, LLC. Used and streamed with permission from ALRY Publications (music available at United Music & Media Publishers, https://ummpstore.com). All Rights Reserved. Recorded by The Whistle Tones (thewhistletones.com).
5. ‘Star Carol’ by John Rutter. © Oxford University Press 1972. Licensed by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
6. Von Himmel hoch, da komm'ich her (Johann Pachelbel), P.52 from Orgelkompositionen II (Editor: Max Seiffert). Publisher: Breitkopf and Härtel (1903). Public Domain.
7. Mary Had a Baby, John Carter's setting of the traditional Spiritual. Laurel Sanders (flute) and Cynthia Mills (piano) for Grace Lutheran Church with permission from the publisher, Beckenhorst Press (https://www.beckenhorstpress.com). © Copyright 2010 by Beckenhorst Press, Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission. ONE LICENSE #A-700989.
8. Joy on Earth Now Appearing (Charles H. Giffen). MUSIC: Traditional Ukrainian Carol; Charles H. Giffen. WORDS: Traditional Ukrainian; translation by Charles H. Giffen. Copyright © 1973 (translation), 1992, 2004, 2019, 2022 (music) by Charles Giffen. Music available at www.cpdll.org. Used with permission of Creative Commons License CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.en. All other rights reserved.
9. Lullaby for the Sleeping Savior (Robert J. Powell). MUSIC: Robert J. Powell. WORDS: Beverly Easterling. © St. James Music Press 2010. Used with permission of St. James Press, License #21540.
10. A Child is Born (Samuel Scheidt). MUSIC: Samuel Scheidt from Cantiones Sacrae Octo Vocum, arr. for four voices by Mark Schweizer. © St. James Music Press 2010. Used with permission of St. James Press, License #21540.
11. The Holy and the Ivy (arr. Richard Shephard). MUSIC: Traditional English; setting by Richard Shephard. © St. James Music Press, 2010, www.sjmp.com. Used with permission of St. James Press, License #21540.
12. "Christmas Medley for Four Flutes," arr. Laurel Sanders includes: Es ist ein Ros, Warum sollt ich, and O Sanctissima (Lo, How a Rose; All My Heart Again Rejoices; and O, How Joyful). Permission to stream this music granted by ONE LICENSE, License #A-700989.
13. Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella (arr. Catherine McMichael). MUSIC: Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella from A Lyric Noel. French Carol, arr. Catherine McMichael, © 2003 ALRY Publications, LLC. Used and streamed with permission from ALRY Publications (music available at United Music & Media Publishers, https://ummpstore.com). All Rights Reserved. Recorded by The Whistle Tones (

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