June 27 -- The Foresingers presented a sampling of martyr and early American songs in German and English at the annual meeting of the Boehms Chapel, Willow Street, Pa. Recently restored, the oldest Methodist meetinghouse in Pennsylvania was built in 1791.
The Foresingers presented six songs, two new ones added on the occasion of the 350th anniversary of the Martyr’s Mirror.
The featured speaker was Bishop Peggy Johnson, the spiritual head of some 1,000 Methodist churches in eastern Penna.
Singing in costume under the direction of Glenn Lehman were Laura Metzler, Lynn Sommer, Gretchen Thomas, Stephanie Horst, Sarah Shrock, Sandi Harnish, Stu Metzler, and David Sauder.
Sample the type of music used by the Amish in both worship and social singing in German and English.