Photo Essay by John Nation Graceful harmonies bl/files/storyimages/in the voices of the Bethany Baptist Church choir. The congregations of Cherokee Road (Highland Baptist, Highland United Methodist and Church of the Advent-Episcopal) gather at Highland Presbyterian Church for a choir festival of music ministries. 
Sunlight shines through the soaring stain glass windows onto pipes that date from the late 1800s in the organ gallery of downtown’s St. Boniface Catholic Church. 
Session player Rick DeBow blows sax with bassist William Simmons at Old Louisville’s lively gospel-inspired West End Baptist Church. 

Jose Guillermo Andino and the parishioners of St. Rita’s Catholic Church gather as the area’s largest Spanish-speaking congregation.
Services performed by Rabbi Nadia Siritsky and Rabbi David Ariel-Joel during a Shabbat observance at The Temple help preserve the heritage of Reform Judaism. Energy shakes the many enthusiastic members of the Cable Baptist Church choir. 

Children at the Louisville Islamic Cultural Center on River Road recite from the first and last chapters of Al-Qur’aan. Behind burning candles symbolizing holiness and renewal, guitarist Steven Stuhlbarg accompanies Alef Services at The Temple. 

Dressed in her Sunday best, a member of Cable Baptist Church worships in the capacity-filled gym of The Potter’s House. A member of Christ Church Cathedral (Episcopal) since she was eight years old, Ginny Dozier has been its bell-ringing coordinator for the past 10 years, still striking the tower bells by pumping handles. 

Organist William Lincoln also serves as choir director at historic St. Boniface Catholic Church. 


