March 5: Furman Singers in Worship at FBC
Furman Singers is recognized as one of America’s premier collegiate choirs, touring annually throughout the Southeastern United States. Over its 70-year history, the Furman Singers has achieved a national and international reputation for choral excellence. Beginning in 1974, biennial summer concert tours abroad have taken Furman Singers to many of the great churches and cathedrals of Europe. Under the direction of Dr. Hugh Floyd, the Singers have performed in Austria and the Czech Republic, England, Wales, Ireland and Germany.
Annual Benefit for National Center for Children and Families Sunday, May 7, 2017
Please help to support NCCF while enjoying a wonderful dinner and performance of “Beauty
and the Beast” to benefit the youth in the Greentree Adolescent Program (GAP) on Sunday, May 7 at Toby’s Dinner Theatre of Columbia, MD at 5 pm. Tickets, including dinner, show, and gratuity are $56 per person ($10.00 tax deductible). The NCCF (formerly Baptist Home for Children) is a private, non-profit agency serving the national capital area. The residential programs serve homeless families, victims of domestic violence and vulnerable adolescents. Other programs include treatment foster care, social services for family reunification, parenting education, independent living, and stabilization of families in the community. If you cannot attend, but would like to make a contribution so that the youth from GAP may attend as our guests, we would be very grateful. Checks should be made payable to the Board of Church Representatives, NCCF. Please make your reservation or make a contribution by March 19. For tickets or donations, please contact Bonnie Jorgensen: bonnie.jorgensen@gmail.com, (240-418-2788).
Ash Wednesday March 1 7pm
Can’t make it to the Ash Wednesday service this Wednesday evening? Associate Pastor Alyssa Aldape will offer the Imposition of Ashes on the front steps of the church (16th Street) from 8am until 10am this Wednesday morning (March 1).