Sunday, January 25, 2026, 3:00 p.m.

Rise Up! celebrates the immeasurable contributions of women as musicians, poets, authors, scientists, artists, activists, matriarchs, and peacemakers. Featuring music and poetry composed by women, we honor and amplify stories of resilience, courage, strength, and hope. We pay tribute to those who confront injustice, spark movements, and inspire lasting change — women whose legacy endures. This concert will be performed in collaboration with the SV-Five ensemble of  Sisters’ Voices directed by Leandra Merea Strope. 

Tickets for First Pres members are available at the door for the group rate of $15. Just ask at the ticket table.

Pay-what-you-can tickets are also available if you purchase tickets in advance online:  https://womensvoiceschorus.org/concerts/

As Christians, our beliefs are rooted in the beatitudes: Blessed are the poor, the dispirited, the bereft, the meek, those who hunger for food or for righteousness, the merciful, the pure in heart, the peacemakers, and the persecuted (Matthew 5:1-12). We cannot, therefore, be reserved in our witness to God’s Kingdom, living as we do in a world that values wealth, profits from war, and persecutes prophetic dissent. Our calling is not to be silent but to be like a city built upon a hill, to be the salt of the earth, to be the light of the world.