LUCC Members Yoko Nogami and Roxanne McGlashan worked with students at the Pinellas County Center of the Arts at Gibbs High School in St. Petersburg to turn the lobby of the school’s theater into an extension of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris for the school’s production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, staged through Friday at 7pm. Portraits of 103 students and staffers who were the victims of school shootings, from the 1999 columbine High School shooting to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS are part of the installation. For tickets call (727) 893-5452, ext. 2029.

The service started outside around the cross and after the blessing of palms proceeded with a processional inside. Later in the service new members were received into the church.

photos by Yoko Nogami

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(above photos and video by Yoko Nogami)
soloists & duos from the pre-service concert, left to right: Denise Williams, voice/guitar; Yoko Nogami, banjo & Margaret Radens, cello; Jim Andrews and his son, Zach Blair-Andrews, guitars.

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Wonderful having all those instruments up there.

The transcript of Rev. Wells’ sermon is found at lakewooducc.org/2017/11/19/sermon-thanksgiving-sunday-11-19-17/.

photos: Yoko Nogami