In Memoriam: Deacon Lorraine S. Brugh
We pray for the family and friends of Deacon Lorraine S. Brugh, who died Saturday, January 25, 2025. A service will be held on Friday, 2/21/2025 at Pinnacle Presbyterian (25150 N Pima Rd Scottsdale, AZ 85255). We are unsure of the time, and will share more information as we receive it.
Deacon Brugh was the Frederick J. Kruse Endowed Chair in Church Music at Valparaiso University. She helped lead the development of the ELCA’s Evangelical Lutheran Worship and was co-author of The Sunday Assembly, published in 2008 to help church leaders incorporate the hymnal’s materials into worship services. She was involved in the development of Lutheran music and worship practices for many years and is a past-president of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians. At our 2024 assembly, along with Deacon Kate Adelman, she organized Wild Life: A Hymn Festival.
“O God of grace and glory, we remember before you our sister, Deacon Lorraine Brugh. We thank you for giving her to us to know and to love as a companion in our pilgrimage on earth. In your boundless compassion, console us who mourn. Give us faith to see that death has been swallowed up in the victory of our Lord, Jesus Christ, so that we may live in confidence and hope until, by your call, we are gathered to our heavenly home in the company of all your saints; through Jesus Christ, our Saviour and Lord.”