Fine Arts Series at St. Marcus

Hymn Festival | Benjamin Foster

Join us at St. Marcus Church on Friday, September 25 at 7:00 pm for a Hymn Festival featuring organist, Benjamin Foster. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated to offset costs. A reception will follow.

If you are interested in singing with the special choir during the evening, please contact Pastor Jeske.

| About
Benjamin Foster is from Michigan and grew up in a musical family. He began playing the organ at age 12. He enrolled at Martin Luther College in New Ulm to prepare to be a staff minister with an emphasis in church music. He studied with Prof. Craig Hirschmann, Thomas Bara, and Darlene Greenman-Ross. During the 2025-2026 school year, he served as an intern at St. John’s Lutheran Church on S. 68th Street in Milwaukee with Levi Nagel. His current position is Staff Minister of Discipleship and Music at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Green Bay. Ben is a rising young star in the WELS music ranks. He was the lead organist at the national worship convention in 2024, and he played the organ for the synod convention’s opening and closing worship in 2025.

The St. Marcus Fine Arts Series launched in September of 2019 shortly after the rebuild of its spectacular 34-rank pipe organ. The series aims at bringing together the greater community to hear notable music by expert talent. Concerts take place in the beautiful church sanctuary built in 1913, with its wonderful acoustics. Concerts are followed by a beer and wine reception to visit with artists and fellow attendees. Concerts are free and open to the community.

Fine Arts Series Committee Members: Mark Jeske, Lenny Hanson, Jerry Seigmann, David Porth, and Shelly Fink