Annette Morgan

Patti Hintze and Carleen Crespo sing "Stabat Mater" during the evening Good Friday service at Crusader Lutheran Chuch, Rockville, MD, on April 2, 2010. John Alves accompanies on organ. The Latin text is from a 13th century meditation on the suffering of Mary - Jesus Christ's mother - during His crucifixion. The music was composed in 1736 by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi. Original Latin: "Stabat mater dolorosa, juxta Crucem lacrimosa,dum pendebat Filius." English translation: "The mother stood in anguish weeping, next to the cross, while the Son hung."

Carleen Crespo sings the African-American spiritual, "Were You There," during the afternoon Good Friday service at Crusader Lutheran Church, Rockville, MD, on April 2, 2010. John Alves accompanies on organ.

Sermon - February 21, 2010 - Pastor Sandra Cox Shaw - Crusader Lutheran Church - Rockville, MD - God's Love & Truth Can Lead Us Out of Any Wilderness - By fending off the Devil's tempting lies, Jesus us shows how to hang tough in an emotional or spiritual wilderness - and emerge from the experience transformed.

Sermon - March 14, 2010 - Pastor Sandra Cox Shaw - Crusader Lutheran Church - Rockville, MD - The Prodigal Son Revisited: Who's Really The Star of the Story? - God reveals that it is He - like the father in the cherished parable - who is truly extravagant and lavish ... with love, grace and forgiveness.

Sermon - February 17, 2010 - Pastor Sandra Cox Shaw - Crusader Lutheran Church - Rockville, MD - Our Lenten Journey: Toward a New & Stronger Relationship with God - Advent teaches that Jesus dwelt with us - and that God is with us everywhere. Now, on Ash Wednesday, it's time to ask: What are we going to do about it?

Sermon - February 28, 2010 - Pastor Sandra Cox Shaw - Crusader Lutheran Church - Rockville, MD - Pray Boldly: God Wants to Hear the Good Bad & the Ugly - Abram shows that we can share frustration, confusion and even anger during prayer. God patiently listens ... loves & protects us ... and keeps His promises.

Sermon - March 7, 2010 - Pastor Sandra Cox Shaw - Crusader Lutheran Church - Rockville, MD - The Lesson of the Fig Tree: Don't Wait to Get Right With God (or Others)- God doesn't always operate in a cause-and-effect manner. But we will ultimately be held accountable for our choices ... and now is the time to repent.