Lewisburg concert series returns Sunday at First Baptist Church
Don-Paul Kahl and Daniel Linder were set for Lewisburg’s 3 p.m. Sunday concert at First Baptist Church, a recurring downtown series tied to the county seat’s summer calendar.
Lewisburg’s summer concert calendar stayed active Sunday afternoon as the Ruth L. Blankenship Concert Series returned to First Baptist Church of Lewisburg, bringing Don-Paul Kahl and Daniel Linder to 51 S. Third St. at 3 p.m. June 28. The recital gave residents a downtown option that fit neatly between church schedules, lunch and other weekend plans, with the church sanctuary serving as the kind of small, familiar space where an afternoon concert can feel close to the audience.
The performance was part of a series the church has formally promoted on its website and in its June programming. A June 27 local listing named Kahl and Linder as the featured performers, turning the earlier community notice into a fully scheduled concert rather than a general calendar item. The church’s June 2026 newsletter also listed “The 2026 Ruth L. Blankenship Concert Series” for June 28 at 3:00 p.m., confirming the event as one of the congregation’s regular music offerings.
That continuity matters in Lewisburg, where First Baptist Church has been building the series for several years. Church social media shows the concert series was introduced by at least March 2022, when the inaugural performance featured the Mansfield University Concert Choir. Posts and listings in 2023, 2024 and 2025 show the program did not fade after its first year but kept returning as a summer tradition in the borough’s downtown core.
The church’s location adds to the appeal. First Baptist sits at 51 S. Third St., in the middle of Lewisburg’s civic and commercial center, where Union County government offices and the courthouse anchor the borough as the county seat. That makes the concert easy to fold into a day downtown and helps explain why even a modest recital belongs on the same weekend calendar as larger public events.
The setting also fits the way Lewisburg churches often double as gathering places for the wider community. With Union County’s America 250th Celebration prominently featured on the county website in 2026, smaller arts events like the Blankenship series help spread that civic energy beyond one marquee attraction. The concert at First Baptist gave the borough another reason to draw people downtown, and another reminder that local music still has a reliable home in a church sanctuary.
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