President and Two Students will Present Musical Programs in Palm Springs Area

Here's a good reason to take that trip to Palm Springs you've been wanting to take since the first snow fell:  Dr. Haynal and two CUC students, Antoniel Roca, pianist, and Joel Brousson, cellist, will be presenting three musical programs in the Coachella Valley January 24 and 25. 

Dr. Haynal and a couple of CUC students have presented programs in the Palm Springs for three years primarily because there are so many CUC friends, alumni and Canadians who winter down south.  "These concerts give us the opportunity to meet many current and potential CUC supporters," explained Haynal.  "Because the students I've taken are so talented, the programs have also become a source of pride for our alumni and friends."

This year's program will feature arrangements of familiar hymns that have a Canadian connection.  "Many people have no idea that songs we love like What A Friend We Have in Jesus, His Eye Is On the Sparrow, and So Send I You, were written by Canadians," said Haynal.

George Beverly Shea

The song, Little Is Much When God Is In It, was written by an American Kittie Suffield, who married a Canadian, Fred Suffield.  Kittie first met Fred when she was one of several passengers from a train stalled in a snowstorm who sought refuge in his home.  After the storm she wrote to thank Fred for his kindness, he answered her letter, more letters were exchanged, and a romance blossomed.

Fred Suffield was brought to a relationship with Jesus Christ by a Pastor Adam Shea.  After this he and his wife spent many years holding evangelistic series in Ontario.  In 1926, at a Methodist camp meeting in Westport, Ontario, Frank and his wife talked Pastor Shea's 17-year-old son, George Beverly, into singing his first solo in public.

At this year's program Dr. Haynal and Joel Brousson will sing a duet version of, So Send I You, while photographs of CUC graduates who have served as missionaries are shown in the background.

Program Schedule

• Friday Evening, January 24 at 7 pm at the Desert Hot Springs Seventh-day Adventist Church
• Sabbath, January 25 at 9:30 am at the Palm Springs Seventh-day Adventist Church
• Sabbath, January 25 at 11 am at the Palm Desert Oasis Seventh-day Adventist Church