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Wednesday, Jul. 08, 2009

Ugandan Thunder boys choir to perform at Bonaire church

Friday, members of Unity Baptist Church in Bonaire will see some of the fruits of their donations to an international ministry.

The church will open its auditorium to Ugandan Thunder, a choir made up of eight Ugandan boys performing songs from their native culture.

According to Judy Defore, office manager for Unity Baptist, the church has supported Pennies For Posho, the ministry of Dr. Ted Moody of Zebulon, Ga., for about two years.

According to Pennies for Posho’s Web site, Moody visited Bugiri, Uganda, in East Africa on a mission trip and wanted to find a way to continue helping people in the village after he left. A pastor there told him food was what was most needed for the children in schools and orphanages there, and Moody’s passion became to feed them.

Unity Baptist Church found out about Moody’s mission program through the Georgia Baptist Convention, Defore said. Pennies for Posho’s Web site says it is a nonprofit organization that not only raises money to feed children in Africa, but personally delivers the food it purchases to four Christian schools and orphanages. The organization serves about 3,000 children, according to the Web site, and hopes to add six more schools to the program. The Ugandan Thunder tour is intended to raise money for the program, with performances in several locations in Georgia and the Southeast this summer.

Defore said Unity Baptist has always supported mission groups, whether its own or those of other churches. She said Chuck Meservey, the church’s youth minister, found out Ugandan Thunder would be in the area and invited the group to come to Unity Baptist to perform.

Ugandan Thunder isn’t charging Unity Baptist money for the performamce but will collect a love offering during the concert.

The boys will perform praise and worship song both in English and Lugandan. The concert also will feature native drums.

“I hope this makes people aware of hunger around the world and makes them more aware of diseases children are dying of that we never even thought of, such as malaria,” Defore said.

She said the church’s auditorium holds about 400 people and they hope to fill it.

If you go: Ugandan Thunder will perform at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Unity Baptist Church, located at 479 Ga. 96 in Bonaire. For more information, call (478) 922-0063.