IF YOU GOThe concert will be May 24 at 7 p.m. CDT at Sequatchie County High School.
Shaky economic times are sometimes more poignant in rural areas because help is often far away or hard to reach, said Bill Wolfe, pastor at Lee Station Baptist Church in Bledsoe County, Tenn.
“We live in one of the poor parts of the state, and we want to help make a difference in people’s lives,” said Wolfe, who is among organizers of a May 24 fundraiser to benefit the church’s Rick and Lois Smith Food Bank.
“Ivan Parker, who is a Southern gospel singer from Nashville, is coming to do a ticketed event for us to raise money for our food bank,” he said.
The ministry’s outreach has grown in the past few years and provides food and other necessities, Wolfe said. The food bank gets help from individuals, businesses and other churches in the Bledsoe-Sequatchie area.