We’ve posted spring tour dates and locations to our website. See the music events page linked below for details. We hope you can join us at one of our concerts.

http://www.fbep.org/events/musical.html

Please join us for a choir program at one of the following locations.

May 24, 2009 9:30 AM – Bradford Mennonite Church, Bradford, PA

May 24, 2009 7:30 PM – Crystal Valley Mennonite Church, Dundee, NY

May 25, 2009 7:30 PM – Faith Mennonite Church, Wellesley, ON, Canada

May 26, 2009 7:30 PM – Traverse Bay Mennonite Church, MI

May 27, 2009 7:30 PM – Bethany Fellowship, Kokomo, IN

May 28, 2009 7:30 PM – Fairhaven Amish Mennonite Church, Goshen, IN

May 29, 2009 7:00 PM – Calvary Chapel, Sturgis, MI

May 30, 2009 7:30 PM – Maranatha Fellowship, Millersburg, OH

May 31, 2009 9:30 AM – Hartville Conservative Mennonite Church, Hartville, OH

May 31, 2009 6:30 PM – Faith Builders Educational Programs, Guys Mills, PA

Thanks to Emily Turner for snapping these shots Friday evening.

Please join us for FB’s Christmas Concert December 7, 2008, at 4:00 PM, in the Faith Builders gymnasium in Guys Mills. Refreshments will be served after the concert. For more information about this free concert, call (814) 789-4518 ext. 348. You can also download a promotional brochure below.

Thanks to the men who participated in the Heart & Voice Men’s Music Weekend! We’re hearing some great things about the weekend.

Brandon Mullet wrote,

We had a very good weekend! Forty-seven men in the group and a wide range of ages and backgrounds made it especially rewarding. The programs were well attended (374 at Sandy Ridge and approximately 650 at Fairhaven). People were appreciative and affirming. We also enjoyed having David Seitz come and work with us for about an hour on Saturday. He sang with us for an hour or so of rehearsal in the forenoon, then rehearsed several pieces with us after lunch. He was just ecstatic at the privilege of working with a group like ours, largely because he felt so connected to his roots. David lives in Elkhart, IN, but used to teach music at EMU and was a one of the voices of the Mennonite Hour. He has arranged quite a few pieces over the years and we sang three of his arrangements in our program. He attended our Sunday afternoon program. I was also distinctly privileged to have several of my Grace College music professors at the afternoon program—a  very special connection for me.

A guest at a program wrote,

As a fan of Heart and Voice, I think it was definitely the best program I’ve heard. There was something other-worldly about such a big group of men singing such beautiful music. I loved your selections. Sometime programs have a section that kind of drags, but this one kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. It was moving, worshipful, and beautiful in ways I have rarely experienced. Thanks for blessing us all with that!

 

A participant in the weekend wrote,

My participation in the Heart & Voice Men’s Music Weekend continues to be a highlight of my year.  I am always challenged and encouraged to pursue musical   excellence.  I enjoy working with this group of committed men who share a passion for great music.  New friendships are formed and old ones renewed.  To see the audiences drawn into authentic worship is deeply gratifying.  Long after the programs are done, my soul continues to be refreshed by the melodies, harmonies, and text in which I have been immersed.  These are some of the reasons I keep coming back for more.

Program bulletin posted here (PDF, 92 KB)

You are invited to experience FB’s Music Weekend Heart & Voice for these programs in November.

Nic Miller posted a video of the 2007 Heart & Voice group singing “Christmas Angel” on Youtube (external link to Youtube video).

Update: Link to cached copy on FB’s network

We invite you to experience Faith Builders Chorale this spring! The group plans to offer music programs at the following locations.

• Sunday, May 18
  9:30 AM – Crossroads Mennonite (Richfield, PA)
  7:30 PM – Valley View (Belleville, PA)
• Monday, May 19
  7:30 PM Pequea (Narvon, PA)
• Tuesday, May 20
  TBA
• Wednesday, May 21
  7:30 PM Shippensburg Christian Fellowship (Shippensburg, PA)
• Thursday, May 22
  Bowery Mission (New York City, NY)
• Friday, May 23
  7:30 PM Haycock Mennonite (Quakertown, PA)
• Saturday, May 24
  7:30 PM East District Mennonite (Watsontown, PA)
• Sunday, May 25
  9:30 AM – Shady Grove (Mifflinburg, PA)
  6:30 PM – Faith Builders Educational Programs (Guys Mills, PA)

Updated: added confirmed times for programs

Join the Men’s Music Weekend Heart & Voice for these programs in November:

1. Saturday, November 10 – 7:00 PM, Mine Road Amish Mennonite Church, Gap, PA
2. Sunday, November 11 – 10:00 AM, Pleasant Valley Mennonite Church, Ephrata, PA
3. Sunday, November 11 – 2:30 PM, Midway Mennonite Reception Center, Lititz, PA

More information about Heart & Voice is located on our main website…

Faith Builders Chorale leaves tomorrow on their choir tour through Maryland, Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, and Pennsylvania.  Our itinerary is posted here and the choir program bulletin is posted here.

Join us if you can!

You are invited to experience a choral program by the FB Chorale!  Join us at any of the following locations:

• Sunday May 20 10:30 a.m. (following SS at 9:30)
  Dry Run Menn. Church, Accident, Md.  21520
• Sunday, May 20 7:30 p.m.
  Calvary Mennonite Fellowship, Harrisonburg, VA  22802
• Monday, May 21 7:30 p.m.
  Pickens Menn., Pickens, SC 29671
• Tuesday, May 22 7:30 p.m.
  Lake Grace Menn., Jesup, GA 31545
• Wednesday, May 23 7:30 p.m.
  Whispering Pines Menn., Abbeville, SC 29620
• Thursday, May 24 7:30 p.m.
  Ebenezer Menn., South Boston, VA 24592
• Friday, May 25 7:30 p.m.
  Pilgrim Amish Menn., Stuarts Draft, VA  24477
• Sunday, May 27   9:30 a.m.
  Beth-El Menn., Belleville, PA 17004

For a GoogleMap of this trip, click here.  See you at a stop along the way!