Years ago the tithe money of Worldwide Church of God members went to help restore the Wanamaker pipe organ in Philadelphia. Check out the following video to see your tithe money actually being put to use in something worthwhile, instead of supporting some splinter group and it's Dwight Armstrong hymns.
Just this past weekend, shoppers at the the Macy's in Philadelphia (the old Wanamaker building) were surprised when over 600 choristers who were there mingling with regular shoppers suddenly burst into Handel's Hallelujah Chorus. It's pretty awesome.
The Opera Company of Philadelphia was instrumental in bringing it together to perform one of the Knight Foundation's "1000 Random Acts of Culture" which they'll be doing over the next three years across the country. Accompanied by the Wanamaker Organ - the world's largest pipe organ - the singers burst into song at exactly noon.
Hi! Love you blog and must say - impressive video. I like "Random Acts of Culture.".
ReplyDeleteI don't recall the WCG supporting the restoration of the Wanamaker Organ. I am curious if this has been confused with the support of Sam Wanamaker who was responsible for the rebuilding/restoration of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London - something that WCG under Tkach Sr. definitely spent some bucks on.