February 2014

COVENANT’S GOT TALENT

Members of Covenant’s Journey Youth Choir are warming up their vocal chords and hope that church members will, too. The choir is sponsoring a talent show and silent auction (with delicious desserts) on Saturday, Feb. 1, at 6 p.m. in FE 200. The choir invites kids and adults ages 10 and up to show Covenant members and friends their best talent.

Jaco Botes will emcee the show and Journey will sing a few concert numbers to start the evening. Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for children and free for performers. It includes dessert and a drink. Tickets may be purchased at the door, from a Journey member or by contacting Stacy Curtis at scurtis@covenant.org. Childcare will be available.

The idea for the talent show was the brainchild of Asia Gaines. Three years ago, the then-second grader suggested a choir talent show. “We did it and it was so much fun!” said Journey Director Stacy Curtis. “Since then, I have thought it would be fun to have a church-wide talent show. When the subject of raising funds for Journey’s tour came up this year, it was the first thing that came to my mind. I attribute the idea to God working through Asia.”

Silent auction items include two lake house rental properties, a $50 gift card to Outback Steakhouse, gift cards from Kerbey Lane, Opal Divine’s and Main Event, and bowling at Highland Lanes.

The funds raised will help send the choir to New Orleans and Galveston. Journey’s officers met this summer to discuss a possible tour. Tom Brown suggested that the choir travel to New Orleans.

“There are so many fun things to do there and ways to serve the community that it was a perfect choice,” Stacy said. The choir will work with Trinity Loaves and Fishes, a ministry operated by Trinity Episcopal Church. They take meals to homeless and nonprofits who work with the poor, as well as people helping with the rebuilding that is still going on in the area.

The choir will stop and perform both on the way there and on the way back. Enroute, the choir will stop in Jennings, La. Journey will give a concert and sing in worship at the church where choir member Emily Banks was baptized. Heading back, the choir will stop in Galveston and perform at League City United Methodist, Stacy’s grandmother’s church.

Students expect to pay two-thirds of the trip cost and are trying to raise the money for the remainder. They performed a fundraising concert at Barnes & Noble in early January. Read the next issue of Cornerstone when Journey members contribute an article about the trip.