Welcome! Voices In Praise exists for the glory of God and in service to others. As the youth choir of Friendship United Methodist Church, the group is open to all youth in grades 6 -12 who have a desire to sing and a willingness to make the commitment to the group. Singers are not required to be a member of the church or to have any background in singing. Our doors are open to everyone!

The choir rehearses on Mondays. Girls rehearse from 6:30pm – 8pm; Guys rehearse from 7pm – 8:30pm.

New singers are welcome any time. Feel free to contact Director Holly Reynolds Lee at 301-728-1748 with questions!


Want to learn more about Voices In Praise? We made this video as part of a fundraising campaign in 2014. Meet Director Holly Reynolds Lee and learn more about our music and ministry.

Thursday Report

Yesterday, we did a lot of touring during the day, and had one concert. In the morning, we went into St. Petersburg and took a boat tour through the city, which was very interesting because we got to see some of the most famous sites in St. Petersburg, from a boat! It was very cold and rainy outside, but a lot of us stayed on the top deck of the boat so that we could take lots of pictures, and really get to see everything while our tour guide told us about each important site. After the boat tour, we went to St. Isaac's cathedral, which is one of the largest churches in the world, and had the opportunity to go and look around by ourselves, and just absorb the beauty that St. Isaaac's held. While we were at the cathedral, some of the VIP's and parents climbed about 260 steps to the top of the cathedral, with an amazing view of the city. After we left St. Isaac's, we went to lunch at a local restaurant. Then, we went to a market, where we had the opportunity to shop for souvenirs, which was a lot of fun. After we left the market, we took a tour of Peter and Paul fortress, which we saw as a part of our boat tour, but we got to also see the inside of the fortress, along with the rest of what it ha to offer us. The inside of the fortress was very cool because when we went into the main building, it contained the tombs of previous Russian leaders and their families! After we left the fortress, we went to a very nice restaurant, and had a traditional Russain meal before going back to the university dorms. When we got to the dorms, we held a concert in the assembly hall on the campus for 3 different local Methodist congregations. Partway through our concert, they told us that they had a surprise for us,which turned out to be a Russian folk group who played instruments, sang, and danced to traditional Russian music, which, without any other word to describe it, was amazing! It was so much fun singing and dancing with the group, and then after the concert, we gave the churches toys and puppets for their ministry work with children. We ended the night with devo, and went to pack our suitcases because tomorrow we would be embarking on the next leg of our adventure, Veronezh!