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DECEMBER EVENTS
- SAY A PRAYER FOR SOMALIA CHRISTMAS CONCERT & DINNER
- A TRUTHFUL WITNESS SAVES LIVES!
- WHEN:
- SATURDAY DECEMBER 17th, 2011.
- WHERE:
- PARKER HALL
- ASBURY METHODIST VILLAGE
- 409 RUSSELL AVE. GAITHERSBURG, MD (Directions Below)
- ADMISSION: ADULTS $ 10; CHILDREN $ 5!!!
- DOORS OPEN @ 4 PM EST. CONCERT BEGINS @ 4:30 PM PROMT.
- ARRIVE EARLY. LIMITED SEATING. DOORS CLOSE AT CAPACITY.
FACE OF HARVEST will be hosting the
SAY A PRAYER FOR SOMALIA CONCERT & DINNER to support its ongoing response [
link to current work in region] to the drought and emergency food and medical crisis in the 'Horn of Africa' (East Africa).
FACE OF HARVEST has selected the theme of
“A Truthful Witness Saves Lives” in that we feel an obligation to truthfully bring to light the plight of an estimated 12 million people across the Horn of Africa in dire need of humanitarian assistance due to a deadly combination of drought, escalating food prices and armed conflict.
Among the most vulnerable to the drought and famine are 2 million children under the age of five in Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti.
Malnutrition rates are at critical levels as the region suffers its worst dry spell in almost 60 years, compounded by rising food prices. The United Nations has declared famine in five regions of Somalia, including in camps for displaced families.
In these famine zones, almost 10% of the children under age 5 die every 3 months (Source: UNICEF).
The benefit concert will feature multiple artists and humanitarian advocates who will address the current crisis taking place in the 'Horn of Africa. Featured artists and speakers will include (but are not limited to):
- Ntambo & the FoH African Band, Recording Artist, Director of FOH Music & Founder of African Night of Worship, Maryland, USA
- Elva, Recording Artist, FoH Chief Council, California, USA. Official Artist Page
- Elva Diaz, Recording Artist, Arizona, USA
- DJ Joash Okare, NxT LvL Music, New Jersey, USA
- Isaac, FOH Founder, FoH Executive Director, Washington DC, USA
- Please visit our FACEBOOK Event Page @ FB EVENT PAGE. See you there!
Should you not be able to join us for the event, we would still encourage you to help fund initial efforts of providing supplemental food for at-risk groups in the Eastleigh community of Kenya and select refugee camps (on the Somalia/Kenya border region).
To make your donation select the “FOH Relief Program” in the secure donation form. In the comments section, feel free to add “Horn of Africa Famine.”
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Directions: Asbury Methodist Village Parker Hall. 409 Russell Ave. Gaithersburg, MD.
Traveling North on 270 From the Washington Beltway:
Take the Montgomery Village Avenue exit (11). Proceed through the light at end of exit ramp on Montgomery Village Avenue. Continue through the light at Route 355 (North Frederick Avenue). Turn right onto Lost Knife Road. Continue through the stop light at intersection of Lost Knife Road and Odendhal Avenue.
When you arrive at the Gate House, ask the attendant for the FACE OF HARVEST concert at Parker Hall (ask for campus directions, or follow 'event' signs.
From Frederick and points North:
From Interstate 270 South, follow signs to Exit 11 (Route 124 East Montgomery Village Avenue). Proceed on Montgomery Village Avenue through the light at Route 355 (North Frederick Avenue). Turn right onto Lost Knife Road. Continue through the stop light at intersection of Lost Knife Road and Odendhal Avenue.
When you arrive at the Gate House, ask the attendant for the FACE OF HARVEST concert at Parker Hall (ask for campus directions, or follow 'event' signs.
*Note for GPS, Google Maps and MapQuest Users:
Driving directions from online sources and GPS devices will take you to the Russell Avenue entrance of the Asbury campus which will make finding the theater more challenging. If you enter the Asbury campus from the Russell Avenue entrance, you will need to turn left to proceed around the campus to the Parker Hall, Building 405.
‘We are busy in the harvest-field—why don’t you come join us?’