Boston Rescue Mission 2013 Day of Thanks

We had the wonderful privilege of singing at the Boston Rescue Mission's Day of Thanks earlier this afternoon. The Day of Thanks is a special annual event held at the Boston Rescue Mission where volunteers serve a hot turkey dinner as well as give out Thanksgiving baskets filled with turkey and all the fixings to enable these folks to cook a proper American Thanksgiving meal at home next week.

Earlier Mayor Menino and his wife were actually there, though they had left by the time we arrived.

It was crazy cold out today and there was definitely a HUGE crowd of hungry people who showed up. Because it was so cold outside, the organizers allowed everyone to come inside while waiting to receive their food and baskets. It was a huge blessing for us to have the opportunity to serve them with our music. We loved their energy and kind words to us.

We sang three songs: Change in My Life, God Will Make a Way, and Thank You.

I believe there are videos and other photos out there, so this post may be updated soon with some more content!

Top of the Hub - Surprising Tamiko & Matt

 One of our dear members, Tamiko Everson, is moving away from Boston. She had always thought it would be fun to get somewhere nice and get dressed up together. We surprised her with an fun outing at the Top of the Hub in Boston.

 

ArtSpeak at High Rock Church

We had a chance to perform at at special event hosted by High Rock Church called ArtSpeak. ArtSpeak is High Rock's annual arts event and features all different sort of artists.

The 2012 ArtSpeak theme was Vices and Virtues, which paralleled Highrock’s study of the Seven Deadly Sins during the season of Lent.

We sang "Change in My Life" and"I Live for You".

Christmas is Coming!

Thanksgiving is fast approaching, which means that we are working up our Christmas music!  We've been getting excited about the approaching holiday season, especially because of this:

Baby Reindeer!

That's right, we'll be singing at the Stone Zoo again this year for their annual Zoo Lights display.

Zoo Lights Christmas Show!
Wednesday, December 12th.
7 PM.
Stone Zoo, Stoneham, MA.

May God bless you with joy and peace in the upcoming holiday season. We hope you are as excited about the holidays as we are, and that we'll see you at the zoo soon.

Love, Boston Found

Christian a Cappella Leadership Summit

Boston Found hosted the first ever Christian a Capella Leadership Summit at MIT in October of 2012. We had student leaders from area schools come together to discuss and share ideas, struggles, and vision.

Some examples of things we talked about:

Why was your group founded? Has the purpose changed? If so, why?

What was your group doing on campus 4 years ago? What is the group doing now?

What does your group value?

How do you live out these values?

What does "success" mean to your group? How do you measure success?

One of our members, Tamiko, made huge efforts to provide awesome snacks for the day.

We had representation from Tufts, BU, BC, Wellesley, and MIT.

All in all, it was a great way to get to know some of the student leaders, to share, learn from each other, and also pray together.

Auditions!

We are looking for some new members to join our group!

This fall, we will be rehearsing on Wednesday evenings, 7-10PM.

We will be having auditions the last week of August and the first week of September. If you are interested in auditioning, please fill out this form here. You can also contact us via e-mail at info@bostonfound.org.

Auditions typically last for approximately 20 minutes.

We will ask you to sing:
- a few musical exercises (scales, intervals, and sight reading)
- a memorized unaccompanied solo of your choice
- a learned excerpt with the group that will be e-mailed to you after you sign up for an audition

We will also ask you a few questions about your survey answers and give you a chance to ask us questions as well.

Singing at Boston Common

It's gorgeous outside! 

Come to Boston Common at 7:30PM TONIGHT to hear Boston Found sing our latest songs. 

We'll be there until around sundown, so maybe 8:30-8:45 or so?