With guest artists: Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir
And sensational Abbotsford singer – Crystal Hicks
Saturday, March 7, 7 p.m.
Silent Auction, 6-7 p.m.
Bakerview Mennonite Brethren Church
2285 Clearbrook Road, Abbotsford
Tickets: $20 at Level Ground Church Office (604-854-8181) and House of James
www.lifebridgeministry.com
Motown meets Gospel
for LifeBridge
Benefit Concert“Heal the world, make it a better place”… Michael Jackson
Take
the infectious hand-clapping, toe-tapping, finger-snapping energy of over 90
singers in the Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir, the thrilling voice of Abbotsford’s
very own Crystal Hicks, and rhythms of the Good Noise band, all under the
direction of Gail Suderman, and you have a rocking, raising-the-roof evening of
Motown influence and Gospel music for the LifeBridge
Benefit Concert on Saturday, March 7 at 7 p.m. in the Bakerview Mennonite
Brethren Church at 2285 Clearbrook Road.
Keith
St. Jean, director of LifeBridge Recovery Ministries, an organization that
bridges the gap between community, church and those in recovery, says, “Last
year’s concert was fantastic. People were and are still talking about it.”
While
the concert is a fundraiser for LifeBridge, says St. Jean, “Most importantly, it
tells our story. LifeBridge helps people on the road to finding their life,
their spiritual direction, and provides a foundation for their future. We all
desire meaning and the ability to find someone and something we can trust in;
and we all need love, to be loved, to love. How do we heal the world? One
corner of the world at a time, even if it’s only one person - then we have
helped make the world a better place.”
Motown meets
Gospel:
Says Suderman, “The songs we have chosen for this concert support all that
LifeBridge is doing, responding to people’s daily needs, looking after our
fellow human. The lyrics are awesome! It’s Motown meets Gospel – Motown with a
Gospel flavour.”
Says
St. Jean, “I’m really excited! These are all on my own playlist!”
They couldn’t
be more perfect: Stevie Wonder’s ‘Have
a Talk with God’; Billy Preston’s ‘That’s
the Way God Planned It’; a riveting, heart-melting, spine-tingling medley
of Michael Jackson’s ‘Heal the World’
and ‘We Are the World’; and Jackie
DeShannon’s super hit, ‘Put a Little Love
in your Heart!’
A special
tribute:
Suderman adds, “Andrae Crouch changed the whole face of Gospel music. He passed
away just a few weeks ago, so we are adding a tribute to him with some of his
favourites.”
The Good
Noise choir:
Now in their 11th season, the Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir has performed
many benefit concerts for charitable organizations and has shared the stage
with Barbra Streisand, David Foster, Holly Cole, Dee Daniels and Jim Byrnes, to
name a few famous artists. The choir has also appeared on many television
shows, like ‘Gospel to Go’ for Vision TV.
Feel good
music:
Suderman explains, “One of the reasons why we are and do what we do, and how I
choose the music, is to bring a sense of love and hope for everyone. The
audience was wonderful last year in Abbotsford. They sang along, with tears in
their eyes – that’s just one of the reasons why we said we’d love to come back.
And, we are having a lot of fun preparing the music!”
You
can hear and see the choir perform on video at www.goodnoisevgc.com, then come along
and see them LIVE! There’s nothing like the real thing!
Silent
Auction:
To help in raising funds for LifeBridge there will also be a silent auction.
The doors open at 6 p.m. with time for viewing before the show and during intermission.
Tickets: Are $20 and
can be purchased at Level
Ground Church Office, 31216 King Road (phone 604-854-8181) and House of James,
2743 Emerson Street, Abbotsford.
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