Pillar and Ground Publishing, out of our church, Bethel Baptist Church, in El Sobrante, CA has a new book in publication.  It is in pre-publication, that is, the book is about to go to printer.  Here’s the cover.  After publication, the price will be $15 per book and $12 for multiple copies.  Pre-publication price will be $12 for a single copy and $10 for multiple copies.  You can purchase the book pre-publication right now at Paypal by clicking on the Buy Now Button.

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Most of you readers know that we have sermons on audio from our church.  There are several ongoing series.  If you click on each of the following, it will take you to the place where you can listen or download.
1 Corinthians (Sunday Morning series by Kent Brandenburg)
1 Kings (Sunday School series by Kent Brandenburg)
Luke (Wednesday Evening series by Kent Brandenburg)
Exodus (Sunday Evening series by David Sutton)


I haven’t written about this, but two of our daughters are presently in Europe with Young People’s Symphony Orchestra (of which I’m on the board of directors), the second oldest youth symphony in the United States and the oldest in California.  They play violin, and have already had one concert (tonight, June 23).

Here’s the itinerary:

Concert No. 1 in conjunction with the Benda Chamber Orchestra in Dvorak Hall at the Rudolfinum. 
Prague, Czech Republic 
Saturday, June 23 
Program: 

Karel Stamic – Sinfonia in F “Lovecká” (La caccia)
(some YPSO string members joining BKO) 
Jan Krtitel Vanhal – Concerto in F for Bassoon
Jaroslav Kubita, soloist, and solo bassoonist of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra 
Smetana – Vltava (the Moldau) 
Rimsky-Korsakov – Capriccio Espagnol
Dvorak – Slavonic Dance in C Major, Opus 43 No. 1
(some members of BKO joining YPSO for the Dvorak Slavonic dance) 


Concert No. 2 at the Slovak Radio Concert Hall 
Bratislava, Slovakia
Tuesday, June 26
Program: 
Dvorak – Scherzo Capriccioso
Bruch – Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Marian Svetlik, Soloist
Smetana – Vltava (the Moldau) 
Rimsky-Korsakov – Capriccio Espagnol 


Concert No. 3 at the Musikverein
Vienna, Austria
Thursday, June 28
Joint Performance with New Jersey Youth Symphony and Camerata Medici 

YPSO’s Part of Program: 
Dvorak – Scherzo Capriccioso
Debussy – La Mer


The latter venue is considered to be one of the greatest concert halls in the world and is home to the Vienna Philharmonic.  It is called the Great Hall and the Golden Hall.  The building was inaugurated on January 6, 1870.  Brahms conducted there.  The Rudolfinum is home to the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.  It opened in 1885 and is one of the oldest concert halls in Europe and of the finest acoustics.