Singing for the saints

Lutherans gathered Nov. 1 for the second annual Lutheran Musicians of Central Oklahoma music festival. Last year the event drew more than 700 people, with more expected this year. "For All the Saints," held at Messiah Lutheran Church, Oklahoma City, featured a 150-voice choir, brass choir, bell ringers and organists — musicians come from ELCA and Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod congregations and independent Lutheran associations. "We're one family, praising our one God, with one glorious voice," said Manuel Carrillo, music director at Peace Lutheran Church (ELCA), Edmond, Okla.