Sound Forth His Praise! 2014-2015 Alumni Project Set to Raise $60,000
Under the leadership of Frank Owens, the Alumni Association adopted the following project that will support the music ministry of the college. The project will be carried out in three stages: Stage One: The College Choir has not produced a recording project since 2007, due to ongoing budget constraints. Free Will Baptists have missed the quality music produced by the Music Department of our alma mater. Former students are urged to underwrite the cost of recording and producing a new release by The College Choir. Stage Two: Traveling ministry teams have been on the road with antiquated sound equipment in poor working condition. At times, they have had to borrow equipment from local churches for concerts and youth functions. Updated sound equipment is well overdue. Stage Three: The audio-visual equipment in Memorial Auditorium is old and slow. It has not been updated in many
Three Stages for the Project — N ew CD project featuring The College Choir ($15,000 Spring 2015) — N ew sound systems for traveling ministr y teams ($20,000) — N ew audio-visual equipment for Memorial Auditorium ($25,000) years, and pieces have been added and taken away, causing conflicts and problems in smooth transition and quality sound. The third stage of this project will underwrite the cost of a quality A/V system, with equipment that will move to the new campus after relocation.
Thank you, Frank! Frank Owens (79) served as Alumni Association president for 10 years, with 16 years of service on the Alumni Association Executive Committee. Under his leadership, the association successfully completed several projects: Restoring the Glory (renovation of Ennis Hall), startup for online learning, and Relieving the Burden, Releasing the Dream (funding the Bert and Dianne Tippett Alumni Scholarship). He led the association to adopt the new project Sound Forth His Praise, highlighted above.
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