JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION OF LUTHERAN CHURCH MUSICIANS VOL 22, NO 3 | Fall/Winter 2014 CHRISTIAN FUNERAL: SINGING RESURRECTION HOPE VOL 22, NO 3 | Fall/Winter 2014 JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION OF LUTHERAN CHURCH MUSICIANS CROSSACCENT is published three times per year by the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians. Subscription is included PRELUDE with membership in ALCM. Libraries may subscribe at $60 per year by contacting 2 Editorial Comment —Jennifer Ollikainen the Business Office. Copyright © 2014 by the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians. The views expressed on the pages of the TAKENOTE journal are those of the authors and do Staff Changes—Nancy Raabe not reflect official positions of the editorial 3 board of the Journal or of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians. COUNTERPOINT This periodical is indexed in the ATLA Religion 4 Funeral Music in Early Christianity Database®, a product of the American —Carl Bear Theological Library Association, 300 S. Wacker Dr., Suite 2100, Chicago, IL 60606, USA. e-mail:
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