Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity

— News Release —

Concert Oct. 6 Benefits Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity

Aurora, Ill. (Sept. 20) — First Presbyterian and First United Methodist churches, both in Aurora and adjoining neighbors, will team up to present “Raising the Roof,” a concert by local musical artists to benefit Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit housing ministry.

The event will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, at First UMC, 60 S. Lincoln Ave. in Aurora.

The public is invited. Admission will be free. A freewill offering will be received.

Performing will be the “Men of Praise,” a men’s choral group from First Presbyterian. Karen Roberts will direct the group in several songs from the Promise Keeper movement.

Dr. Keith Hampton, organist and choir master at Aurora’s Wesley United Methodist Church, will play the First Movement Widor’s 6th Symphony on First UMC’s Moeller organ.

Also performing at the organ will be Wesley UMC member Robert Sundlof Jr. of Aurora. Sundlof has made previous appearances in the last years at the First UMC organ console. He will play Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Fantasia and Fugue” in G minor.

Ron Newman of Aurora, organist at Aurora’s St. Mary's Catholic Church and a WBIG-AM radio staff member, will present the well-known Bach/Gounod work “Ave Marie.”

Mary Zahora, Naperville, First Presbyerian organist, will play the hymn “Rejoice in the Lord.”

The event will feature audience participation in hymn singing with organ accompaniment.

After the concert, the public and artists will be served refreshments at a special reception.

Founded in 1989, Fox Valley Habitat is a Christian, ecumenical low-income housing ministry based in Aurora. The 1,000-volunteer group serves the greater Fox Valley area and has built or rehabbed 12 homes housing over 50 people. Current projects are adjacent, three-bedroom, frame ranch-style houses at 801-805 Bishop St. in Aurora.

Donations and volunteers are needed to continue the ministry. Call Steve Bauserman, coordinator, at (630) 896-7500 or the Habitat Hotline, (630) 851-1400.

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