Music festival

Union College welcomes high school choir students

Cntrd

New monthly worship event

This weekend, Union College is excited to welcome many high school students to its campus as they prepare for the Spring Music Festival. The event will focus on the choral arts. Union College is hosting student vocalists from all over the Mid-America Union of Seventh-day Adventists.

The participants will spend time practicing during different sessions throughout the long weekend as they gear up for large performances Friday night at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday night at 5 p.m. The performances will be live at College View Church and live streamed via uTV.

The Music Festival is a way for attendees to learn more about music from talented music professors in a hands-on environment. Be sure to greet all our visitors with a friendly wave or smile, as many of them will be on our campus for the first time.

Towards the end of last semester, Campus Ministries (CM) decided to change up the environment for its regular Friday night “Family Worship” service. The event was successful, and CM decided to make it a regular occurrence on campus.

“CNTRD” is a different sort of worship service where the stage is not used. CM staff rearrange chairs in Woods Auditorium to accommodate for the worship team to be directly in the center of the audience. The entire program is focused on worship music, prayer and testimonies.

The first CNTRD program was hosted on Dec. 9, right before the end of the Fall 2022 semester. Worship leaders Kianna Frishman, a junior social work major who serves as CM Worship Coordinator, Andy Obregon, a sophomore business major, and others led the songs. The audience joined them in praise. Many students shared testimonies with a roaming microphone as well.

CNTRD is destined to have a serious spot in our campus’ event schedule, centering our campus on worship and praise to Jesus.