Mennonite Men's Choirs from three states will come together in June to raise their voices in song and raise money for world relief efforts as part of the 2011 Mennonite Men?s Choir Festival. The festival, which will feature men?s choirs from the Michiana area, Kansas, and Ohio, will culminate with a free public concert on Saturday, June 11 at 7:00 p.m. in Sauder Concert Hall, on the campus of Goshen College.

Admission to the concert is free. A free-will offering will be taken, with all proceeds benefitting Mennonite Central Committee?s world relief efforts.

Performing will be the Michiana Men?s Chorus, directed by Darrel Hostetler; the Kansas Mennonite Men?s Chorus, directed by Greg Bontrager; and the Ohio Mennonite Men?s Chorale, directed by Tim Shue. The three choirs combined include singers that hail from Indiana, Ohio, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Colorado, and Missouri.

The choirs will perform individually, and will also combine as a mass chorus to perform forks by Alice Parker, Allen Pote, Glen Burleigh, and J. Harold Moyer.

Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), a worldwide ministry of Anabaptist churches, shares God's love and compassion for all in the name of Christ by responding to basic human needs and working for peace and justice. MCC envisions communities worldwide in right relationship with God, one another and creation. For more information, visit www.mcc.org.