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AUBURN — Phil House and Mitch Thomas will have a concert at 2 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 4, at the Park Street United Methodist Church, to benefit Orre-Ann
Alexander’s Mission of Peace trip to India. The concert will include
piano music and singing for all ages.

Alexander is one of three youth in New England selected to go on the
Mission of Peace 2010 to India, where she will work with religious
leaders around Mumbai and learn about their culture as well as work
with a local church on their property with some of the people of
Mumbai. The Mission of Peace group is a Methodist group that has been
traveling all over the world for many years, to places such as Cuba,
Nicaragua, Eastern Europe, China, the USSR, South Africa and Brazil.

Alexander is a senior at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. She
is a member of the Bolsters Mills United Methodist Church, a member of
the Youth Council, on summer staff for Camp Mechuwana, the United
Methodist camp in Winthrop, and a member of the New England Conference
Council for Youth Ministry.

She needs to raise $5,000 for the trip. There will be a free will
offering at the concert for those wishing to help support the Mission
of Peace. The trip is from Dec. 27 through Jan. 14, and upon her
return, she will be speak at various places to share her experience
with others.

Those unable to attend the concert who would like to make a donation
can do so by making checks payable to Bolsters Mills United Methodist
Church and in the note/memo area write Orre-Ann Alexander MOP 2010.
Checks can be sent to 579 Plains Rd., Harrison, Maine 04040.

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