Tabernacle Baptist sends 20 choir members to Israel in July | Georgian times
Alvin M. Keeling
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A 20-member contingent from the Tabernacle Baptist Church Choir in Carrollton will travel to Israel next month to perform concerts in several locations.
According to the Reverend James Kimmel, worship pastor of the church, the Tabernacle group will combine with 80 other choir members from Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in Marietta and Hunter Street Baptist Church in Birmingham to participate in the trip. musical missionary to Israel, July 6. -16.
We will be performing at several locations in Israel and hope to be good ambassadors for the United States,” Reverend Kimmel said.
Local citizens will be able to get a preview of the concert when the entire band performs a free pre-trip concert at the Tabernacle on Sunday evening, June 26 at 6 p.m.
{p class=”p1″}The idea for the trip was born over a year ago, according to Reverend Kimmel.
All three churches wanted to come out of the walls of their buildings after a period of caution during the pandemic,” Kimmel explained.
Moreover, a trip to Israel for any Christian brings our faith to life when we see the places where Jesus Christ walked and taught. The hope is that we would come back changed and renewed after seeing important sites that we read about in the Bible,” he said.
He added that singing for the people of Israel will give members of the group the opportunity to share the hope of Christ with others and also to be good representatives for the country.
A sampling of the musical selections that will be performed include “In Christ Alone”, “I Believe in a Hill Called Mount Calvary”, “How Great Thou Art” and “Thou, O Lord”, in addition to new songs like “Le nom de Jesus is lifted up”, “Is he worthy? “, “Christ our hope in life and death” and “Christ is risen, he is truly risen”.
The combined choirs from Tabernacle Baptist and the other two churches will sing during morning worship for a Messianic Jewish congregation, the Peniel Fellowship, and will also perform a full evening concert for members and members of the public.
We will also sing a full concert on the south steps of the Jerusalem Temple,” he added, “and we will have more informal opportunities to sing at other times and places as we see different sites around Israel.” .
