Church Coffee House Raises Hands in Praise and Funds for Outreach

The raised voices of praise and fellowship of about 100 people joined with the best area gospel and fellowship talents on Friday, October 9, 2009 in our Fellowship Hall. From 7:30 pm until close (sometime after 10 pm), the hall was awash in the sometimes classical, sometimes pop, rap, folk, but always beautiful songs and poetry from the greater Matawan and Bayshore area. The event raised $200.14 for Mission Matawan, a community outreach program to help the needy with home repair and maintenance.

Special guest visitor was Dave Sturt, recently moved to Austin, Texas. Other guest performers included the poetry of Cheryl Moore, the music of Common Thread, The Church Street Ramblers, headed by Ray Rettger, Barbara Spann playing and singing gospel with piano, the St. Joseph's Women's Gospel Chorus, and the rapping talent of Nico Araco, who performed "I Like Fishing" (Like link below):



Also performing were Peggy Knowles, Don Day, Sheila Dott, Bettie Karlovich, Hart and Liza Divinigracia, the Overtones.

Organized by Graham McKinley, food and fellowship was sponsored by the First Presbyterian Church Choir, while the beverage barista for the evening was Diana Noble (yours truly), who is the project manager for Mission Matawan. (revised 26 Oct 2009)