AT UNION TEMPLE A 'PETER, PAUL & MARY' FRIDAY NIGHT SERVICE

In a creative twist on the Friday night Sabbath Service, Long Island folk-rock harmony trio Gathering Time will perform songs of the spirit and social conscience made popular by iconic folk group Peter, Paul & Mary. 

The Long Island-based trio, made up of Stuart Markus, Hillary Foxsong and Gerry McKeveny, is frequently compared in sound to the folk legends who rose to popularity in the folk wave of the early 1960s. They are currently touring in the northeast, and have performed Peter, Paul & Mary's music regularly over the nearly seven years they've been together.

Markus, the only Jewish member of the trio, worked together with a Rabbi and Cantor on Long Island to plan which songs will match up with which prayers during the service. In place of the rabbi's sermon, Gathering Time will play a mini-set of other songs that also feature a spiritual, socially conscious bent.

People of all faiths are invited to the service, and to bring an instrument for the guided open folk sing immediately after, about 8:45 p.m. 

There is no admission charge.