Music Blog
Latvia Musical Mission - Golf Classic
Jul. 19, 2007 Haley SmithWhen: Wed. August 1st 2007 @ 1:00pm
Where: Eagle Point Golf Club (Hwy 280)
Donation: $100.00 per player
Format: 4 person Scramble (If you can’t put together a 4-some sign up anyway and we’ll take care of you!)
Lots of prizes!
Please consider being a Corporate Hole Sponsor. $100 donation with your Company name posted at one of the tee boxes. Any donations are appreciated.
Call the church office at 879-1737 for any entry form.
The United Methodist Church is sending a Musical Mission Team to Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in August. The team is made up of 9 musicians from the state of Alabama. The musicians are some of the finest in Alabama and a few are considered some of the best in the world. The team will be representing two different genres of music. A Brass Quintet will play more formal music in cathedrals and United Methodist Churches, and a Dixieland Band will play in outdoor festivals and less formal venues.
The purpose of the trip is to promote Christianity in the Baltic States. Our goal is to do so through the gift of music. During the reign of Communism in the former Soviet Union., American jazz was abolished and the people there did not have access to it. Since the fall of Communism there, that type of music has been very popular among the people. In our presentation of music, our goal is to invite people back to the United Methodist churches that are emerging there and to other Christian congregations.
In addition to sharing our faith through music, the team will be promoting the Hope Center and Camp Wesley in Latvia. The Hope Center is a facility that offers a single, young, pregnant woman a place to go to give birth to and nurture her child. Camp Wesley is a youth camp, designed for spiritual formation of youth in the Baltic States. The Children of Chernobyl have also been to this camp to enjoy its’ facilities.
We now have the opportunity to reach out and extend the hand of Christ and to help revitalize churches in these countries.
Your participation in this golf tournament will help us do this!