On this Sunday the Church appeared to be nearly filled to capacity. Although we didn't look around closely it appears that there are a number of side building and meeting rooms that are part of the church. Some comparisons can be made between the service of this Lutheran Church and the Sacramento Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, the church we visited last month. There were many sung and spoken recitations between the Pastor and the congregation. There is a children's chorus and a choir.
Children have a prominent part in the service and in church activities.
The children's groups sang well and could easily be heard. The sound system is excellent. I found most of the music I was expected to sing too difficult and complicated for a non-singing type to follow along to. The congregation was not particularly rousing with volumes of song, at least that's how it seemed from where I was seated. The parishioners were predominantly white.