A Washington native will return to his hometown this weekend for two concerts, one of which will raise money for a choir trip to England.

David Jernigan is director of music and liturgical arts at St. Thomas’s Episcopal Church in New Haven, Conn.

Jernigan, a 26-year-old graduate of Washington High School and East Carolina University, will give two concerts in First Presbyterian Church at 211 W. Second St., Washington.

Jernigan will play the organ, an instrument he has studied extensively.

“I’m really excited about it,” Jernigan commented.

The first concert will be a floating event from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. Friday during the Music in the Streets festival held in downtown Washington.

Jernigan will demonstrate the church’s organ by playing one or two classical pieces for anyone who stops by.

The public is invited, and no admission charge will be levied.

The second concert will take place at 4 p.m. Sunday at First Presbyterian.

This concert will feature music from France, England and Germany, Jernigan said.

Admission to Sunday’s concert comes with a suggested donation of $10 per person.

Friday’s concert will be a fundraiser for the St. Thomas choir, which is trying to generate money for a singing trip to England.

The choir’s fundraising goal is $15,000.

As of Tuesday afternoon, the group had taken in $12,000 of the needed cash, according to Jernigan.

Choir members who can afford to pay their own way are committed to doing so, but the fundraising is focused on those vocalists who can’t shoulder the cost of the journey, he explained.

The trip will be made by 18 singers, Jernigan said.

People who wish to make donations to the choir may do so by mailing checks to St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 830 Whitney Ave., New Haven, Conn. 06511.

Donors are asked to write “Friends of Music” in their checks’ memo lines.

If the organizers bring in enough funds to make the trip a reality, the choir will perform at multiple locations in England, including a prestigious venue — Windsor Castle, the official residence of Queen Elizabeth II.

In the meantime, Jernigan is readying himself for a sort of homecoming in Washington, and reveling in being able to play at First Presbyterian.

“I’ll be able to play their wonderful new organ for them,” he said.

Jernigan is the son of John and Jolene Jernigan, both of whom live in Washington.

“Both events will be great, and Friday night will be the lighter side of the organ literature, whereas Sunday’s afternoon concert will be more of the traditional concert material,” Mike Morgan, organist and choir director at First Presbyterian, said of the weekend’s concerts.

Morgan has heard Jernigan play the organ.

“He is very gifted,” Morgan said. “He is studying with some of the country and some of the world’s greatest teachers right now.”