Henry V.Gerike

Henry V. Gerike, with an undergraduate degree from Concordia College (University), St. Paul, MN, and a Master’s Degree in Church Music from Concordia College (University), River Forest, IL, served as a teacher for 15 years in Lutheran elementary schools in Missouri and Illinois, before entering Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO, and received a Master of Divinity degree. Since his student days, he has conducted the Concordia Seminary Chorus. His other duties include being an editor and writer for Concordia Publishing House and Kantor at Church of the Reformation—Lutheran, Affton, MO. Most recently he completed a book of devotions for church choirs, Christ in Our Hearts—Christ on Our Lips, published by Concordia.

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