Uploaded December 2021 | Updated September 2026, 25 minutes ago
"Brethren Voices" features Mike Stern, in concert, performing songs from his album and song book, "Stand Up!." Mike is a Seattle folksinger, songwriter, and resource leader with roots in the farms and apple orchards of rural, Ellisforde, Washington. He recently retired from a long career as a Family Nurse Practitioner and research clinician, focused on vaccine development for preventable diseases.
Mike credits his mother for creating his interest in music. As a child she would sing lullabies for him. This has led him to singing to many groups of all ages for many years. He has traveled extensively while singing and working for peace and justice. Mike's music evokes feelings of passion, joy, and wonder of the beauty of creation and human diversity.
Folks in the Church of the Brethren, know him well, as a regular at the annual Song & Story Fest held prior to the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference. In 1973, Mike served in Brethren Volunteer Service for a Head Start Program in Dayton, Ohio.
This "Brethren Voices" program features some of Mike's creations, performed at a benefit for the World Friendship Center of Hiroshima, Japan. Bill Jolliff, also a frequent performer at the Song & Story Fest, provides accompaniment on guitar and banjo.
TAGS: Songs With a Message; Oregon Coast; Columbia River Gorge; Songwriter; Folksinger; Peace & Justice; Brethren Song & Story Fest; "Stand Up," - song book of sheet music;
"Brethren Voices" features Mike Stern, in concert, performing songs from his album and song book, "Stand Up!." Mike is a Seattle folksinger, songwriter, and resource leader with roots in the farms and apple orchards of rural, Ellisforde, Washington. He recently retired from a long career as a Family Nurse Practitioner and research clinician, focused on vaccine development for preventable diseases.
Mike credits his mother for creating his interest in music. As a child she would sing lullabies for him. This has led him to singing to many groups of all ages for many years. He has traveled extensively while singing and working for peace and justice. Mike's music evokes feelings of passion, joy, and wonder of the beauty of creation and human diversity.
Folks in the Church of the Brethren, know him well, as a regular at the annual Song & Story Fest held prior to the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference. In 1973, Mike served in Brethren Volunteer Service for a Head Start Program in Dayton, Ohio.
This "Brethren Voices" program features some of Mike's creations, performed at a benefit for the World Friendship Center of Hiroshima, Japan. Bill Jolliff, also a frequent performer at the Song & Story Fest, provides accompaniment on guitar and banjo.
TAGS: Songs With a Message; Oregon Coast; Columbia River Gorge; Songwriter; Folksinger; Peace & Justice; Brethren Song & Story Fest; "Stand Up," - song book of sheet music;
