BELTON â The 50th annual God and Country concert offered a patriotic tonic to a near-capacity crowd Sunday afternoon at the First Baptist Church of Belton.
Directed by Gary Bledsoe, the churchâs minister of music, the choir, with an orchestra, combined the worship choirs of the First Baptist Church in Belton, Taylorâs Valley Baptist Church in Temple, First Baptist Church in Temple and Eastside Baptist Church in Copperas Cove.
The choir opened with the âStar-Spangled Bannerâ and brought the crowd to its feet with its closing song, âBattle Hymn of the Republic.â In between those two songs, the choir performed seven numbers, which were interspersed with five patriotic videos.