FBC Montgomery hosts annual State Youth Choir Festival

More than 500 middle and high school students from 15 churches representing 11 associations participated in the annual State Youth Choir Festival held Sept. 24 at FBC Montgomery. The time of worship featured four anthems from the combined choirs, one combined ensemble performance, a focus on students on mission and a challenge to students from FBC Montgomery Pastor Jay Wolf. Students also led in Scripture readings and prayer. The event was sponsored by the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions (SBOM) and coordinated by Ed Cleveland, minister of music at FBC Montgomery. More than a dozen music leaders from around the state provided assistance with section rehearsals and a praise band. Keith Hibbs, director of the office of worship leadership and church music for SBOM, said, ‘It’s exciting to see not only all the music education that’s going on across the state, but even more significantly the discipleship that’s taking place in our student choirs.’