Donald Lawrence to Headline The City of Praise New Year’s Eve Celebration

Dec. 30, 2011 - PRLog -- Joel R. Peebles Pastor of City of Praise Church in Landover, MD announced that the church will host its annual New Years Eve Concert.  This year’s concert will feature Stellar and Grammy Award Winner Donald Lawrence. The New Years Eve event, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 9pm with a movie on December 31st and will continue into the New Year on January 1, 2012.   The concert will take place at City of Praise Church on Bishop Peebles Drive next to FedEx Field.

“Donald is an outstanding artist.  He has been a blessing and benefit to the Body of Christ and The  City of Praise for many years," said Pastor Peebles. “We are excited to have an artist of his stature take time to join us and bring in the New Year with praises for the Lord.”

Pastor Peebles began the tradition of having a packed-house Christian concert two decades ago when his father and mother, the late Bishop James Peebles and Apostle Betty Peebles, were leaders of the church.  In the years since the tradition began, great recording artists such as Vickie Winans, Beverly Crawford, Tye Tribbett and Shirley Caesar have performed at the New Year’s Eve Concerts.

Schedule of Events
9:00 pm – Movie
10:30 pm – 11:00 pm – Praise Worship
11:00 pm – 11:50 pm – Powerful Word from Pastor Joel R. Peebles Sr.
12:05 am – Water Baptism
12:30 am – Live Concert

Featuring:
Donald Lawrence
City of Praise – Dancers
City of Praise Mass Choir
Outreach 24/7
Sheri Jones Moffett

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About City of Praise: The City of Praise Church, located in Landover, MD, is fully committed to honoring and serving God by winning families to Christ one person at a time. Services can be viewed online each Sunday morning by visiting http://www.cityofpraisechurch.com. Joel R. Peebles and Ylawnda Peebles are pastor and first lady.