| NEXT ON GREAT AMERICAN VOICES
Feed My Sheep: A Benefit for Feeding American West Michigan Sunday, June 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM Free Admission - An offering will be taken
We close out our 2025-2026 Great American Voices season at 3:00 PM on Sunday, June 14, as we present Feed My Sheep: A Benefit for Feeding American West Michigan. The concert, featuring the choirs of First (Park) Congregational Church and All Souls Community Church of West Michigan (Unitarian Universalist), celebrates the excellent work of Feeding West Michigan and supports their effort to keep that work afloat in the wake of enormous cuts in their federal funding.
This concert is offered free of charge. There will be an opportunity to donate to Feeding America West Michigan. All production costs are paid by Park Church and generous individuals committed to supporting accessibility to the performing arts in our community.
The focal point of the concert is the 30-minute work A Vision Unfolding by the composer Kyle Pederson, with spoken word and lyrics by the poet and singer/songwriter Shanelle Gabriel. The work, originally centered on themes of social justice, evolved into the question, “What sort of vision do we want to cast for the audience and the singers?” The completed work re-articulates and explores what the United States has stood for in its best moments, as we find powerful declarations of a nation rooted in equality, freedom, justice, and inclusion.
It is our hope at Park Church and All Souls that we lean into the invitation to reach beyond our comfort zone and seek to build bridges of care and connection. That we stand in solidarity with those whose voices are too often dismissed, regardless of their skin color, sexual orientation, faith background, or other characteristics. That we resist the urge to dismiss, disdain, and judge those whose politics are different from ours, but that we make the uncomfortable effort to see them as people, treating them with respect and dignity. Join us!
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