On Sunday, February 15 at 5:00 p.m., the sounds of old school gospel will rise in testimony, protest, and praise at the Old School Gospel Concert 2026, themed “Black Power, Resistance, Calling.”

This powerful evening of gospel music is a fundraiser benefiting St. John’s UCC Beloved Communities, a Black-led, radically inclusive faith community rooted in North St. Louis. Drawing on the tradition of gospel as both sacred song and freedom cry, the concert centers Black spiritual resistance and collective calling in a time of profound social, political, and economic upheaval.

Proceeds from the event will directly support the ongoing ministries of St. John’s Church, including the maintenance of North St. Louis’ only vocally abolitionist, Black Queer Feminist faith space, and the expansion of community care programs serving Black queer and trans youth.