I hope you all had a wonderful Easter celebraing our risen Savior. He lives!

On Sunday, April 22nd, at 6:00pm, the GospelFest Singers will be presenting "An Evening with Fanny Crosby" at Our Savior Lutheran church in Washington, IL. This hymn-sing event will take us through the life of America's most prolific hymnwriter while singing her best-known hymns, including "To God Be the Glory," "Blessed Assurance" and "He Hideth My Soul." No tickets--a love offering will be taken. We always hear from numerous people how much they love learning about the life of this remarkable woman, blind from 6 weeks of age.

Choir Rehearsals for the Patriotic GospelFest begin Monday, April 30th at 6:30pm at Crossroads UMC in Washington (corner of Main and US 24). Come and join us! This is our 20th Summertime GospelFest concert and we want to pack the choir loft. Don't worry if you can't make all, or even most, of the rehearsals. We'll provide you with a practice CD and all the music you'll need. The concert will take place on Monday, July 2nd, at Five Points Washington.