GUEST CHOIR AND FREE CONCERT AT THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF WALPOLE

This Sunday, March 17 we welcome the Hamilton College Choir. They will join us in worship and lead hymn singing as well as offering a special choral introit and anthem during the service. At noon, they will perform a free concert in the sanctuary which we want to share with the Walpole community. We are the final stop on their New England tour, which began in Boston on Tuesday.

Last month, we received the following email from the company managing the tour:

The last stop of their tour is in the Westminster/Keene,NH area and their director was hoping to do an outreach activity for a Sunday service at a local church.  I looked at the churches in the nearby cities, but also wanted to give them an option of a smaller, community church who might not otherwise get many such performing groups stopping in their area to offer something unique.  I found your church online and it looked like a lovely, place, with a tight knit congregation. The director loved the idea of visiting a place outside the more traditional churches in the city!

This is a wonderful opportunity to hear special music in our sanctuary and we want to share! Following worship, we will have coffee hour as usual, while the choir has lunch and gets ready for the concert.