Monday November 10, 2008

 

 

Youth Bible School Chorus

Charity Ministries

 

 

Our granddaughter Abigail and Cerwin in the foreground.

We arrived early – hoping to get good seats for the 667-member choir last night.  Most seats were reserved by those who had been there all afternoon, but we did find three seats next to the bass section. 

 

 

It was interesting to watch the principals and matrons organizing the massive choir.  Each of these young men and women participated in the Youth Bible School during the week, and came from across USA and a variety of foreign countries.

 

 

The one that really mattered to us was our granddaughter Hannah – who you may remember spent the week with us while attending the Bible school.

 

 

 

 

Getting ready for a final practice by singing a verse of one song.

 

 

It may appear that there are more girls than guys, but I think it was fairly equal.  The girls were in the front-center, while the guys were in the back rows.

 

 

 

 

By 7:00 p.m. there was barely a empty seat to be found.  I expect there were about two thousand people in the building – including the choir.  The a cappella singing was fabulous.  When the audience joined in singing several songs, it seemed that we could have raised the roof.

 

 

This program was the close of the Youth Bible School and evening revival meetings.  I am not real familiar with Charity Ministries, but was impressed by the evening.

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Hannah and her friends headed back to Maine this morning.  She called shortly after 5:00 p.m. to let me know that they had arrived home safely.