South Park Baptist Church Gospel Choir Event

Northern Black Choir Performance at South Park Baptist Church Chicago:

I am a part of the Northern Black Choir also known as NBC. One of the performances we had to perform was a concert at this church on the South Side of Chicago. I've always gone to church and singing in choirs is something I have always done as well. The choir that I am in sings predominantly African American gospel music, but is inclusive to all people of different races to participate in. This concert in particularly was different because for church attire we had to dress more traditionally for church rather than for a contemporary laid back service. We had to wear stockings, skirts, and brooches as females, and suits and ties as men. The attire added more to the fun we had with the concert seeing another way a sacred religious area had for a dress code.

The service had great rapport between the choir, everyone was in tune with the music and people weren't afraid to be vulnerable in the sacred space of the church. One thing that I have noticed as an active member in church is that sometimes when participating in worship or giving praise to God, we as humans become complacent in our rituals and worship and those motions just turn into something we do manually and value can potentially be lost. But that was not the case for the South Park Baptist Church, everyone was screaming and shouting and the band was going crazy. The congregation kept begging my choir director to allow the band to keep playing so the congregation can keep praise dancing and shuffling. It was such a positive experience and it was one of  the most powerful faith based experiences that I ever had and I will never forget it.