MEMBERS OF THE interdenominational Kittamaqundi Community Church invite Columbia residents to search for flea market bargains and enjoy contemporary music while helping the needy at Hope for the Homeless on Sept. 26.
The all-day event will be held, rain or shine, at Oliver's Carriage House, 5410 Leaf Treader Way in Town Center.
Proceeds will benefit Frederick Rescue Mission, a Christian-based homeless shelter and addiction recovery center in Frederick.
Coordinating the event is Swansfield resident Frank Turban, a church member who works as a probation agent in the state's Drinking Driver Monitor Program.
A recovering alcoholic, Turban deals with a range of individuals, from social drinkers to hard-core addicts.
He noted that Howard County has no facilities to treat addicts who are homeless, so some of them go to the mission in Frederick.
"I wanted to get the church involved to help the mission," said Turban, who was recently elected to the mission's board of directors.
Five years ago, Turban founded Serenity Center in Kings Contrivance to provide 12-step recovery programs. He said the center now holds 43 meetings each week of every type of 12-step recovery program available.
Turban's wife, Ellen King, is organizing the flea market, which will be held from 9 a.m. to noon.
Tables can be rented for $10 each.
Donations of clothing, furniture and household items are being accepted for sale at the mission's table.
To reserve a table, call Ellen King at 410-997-5414.
The mission will provide a truck to accept donations unsold from the flea market. The donations will be sold at the mission's used clothing and furniture stores in Frederick.
A free concert will be held from 1 p.m. to 4: 30 p.m. Cash donations will be accepted and food will be available for &L purchase.
Starting the entertainment will be the Remnants, a New Age musical group from the mission.
L Scott Selby, the mission's lay chaplain, is the lead singer.
Next on the program will be folk singers and musicians Sue Trainor and Christina Muir.
The two perform individually, as a duo, and as part of the trio Hot Soup.
Trainor, who lives in Town Center, was named Best Female Vocalist in the Children's Music category by the Washington Area Music Association in 1996 and 1997.
Also performing will be a recently formed jazz dance group called the Theme Girls.
