“An Evening With The Gospel” Concert

I’m giving a concert Saturday night, 6:00 p.m.

This Saturday—the 9th.

St. Matthew has two of the best singers around, our choir director and our “star soloist.”

They are in on most of the shows in our new concert series, but not this one.

It’s just me.

So, tell me again why I am doing this?

It’s a fundraiser to keep Friday’s Word going and to support our music program.

We consider this little box in the paper a kind of ministry. It’s a way to reach—well—you with a sane message about faith when there is so much nonsense around.

But it ain’t cheap.

That’s where our Second Saturday Concerts come in. We’ve had two, and they seem to be working.

But this one is just me.

Ol’ Max.

Or old Max. And can Old Max still sing?

Or could he ever?

I’m clearly not the one to answer that. But I have been doing something like it all my life.

As a teen, I almost had a career singing How Great Thou Art.

When the great Dr. Charles Allen came to our small town to preach, I was trotted out to sing—yes—How Great Thou Art.

I sang it at 17 funerals in a two-year period.

But in recent years, with great singers around, I haven’t done much solo work.

So, why am I doing this concert? Want the truth?

I love to sing. It’s a spiritual experience for me to bring a song to life.

The concert is called An Evening with the Gospel.

It lasts an hour. It’s free, as is the dinner after.

We will take an offering. Consider coming at 6:00, tomorrow night, Saturday the 9th, at St. Matthew.