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Earlier this week, we decided to leave KC on Saturday and head up to IA for our morning service today – mostly because the 9:30 start time for the service meant a 3am departure time from KC but partly so we could spend the evening together talking and sharing just as brothers and friends. When you spend as much time together as we do, it is really a joy to just enjoy some friendship time, and last… evening was certainly no exception.
This morning we were blessed to be with the folks at the Christian Reformed Church in Prairie City, IA, just a few miles east of Des Moines. It was a repeat visit for the group, and we really enjoyed getting to know the people and pastor (and his lovely family) better after the service at the FANTASTIC covered dish dinner they provided! We have already been invited back for a future date, and we’ll be working on making that happen!
But as He has done SO many times in the past few weeks, God allowed us to meet one of His very special people this morning. This time, it was a dear sister named Leona who heads up the church’s “quilting ministry.” This group of ladies – 10 to 15 at a time, just a couple of days each week – have, in the last ten years, provided over 20,000 quilts for homeless and needy people across IA and even farther from home!!!! They are part of a ministry called “My Brother’s Keeper” This ministry got started when a PA family visited New York City and met a cold, shivering homeless person on the streets there. They gave him a blanket they had in their car, but couldn’t forget about all the OTHER people they couldn’t help that night. From that small beginning, a ministry that now spans the US was born. The quilts and blankets from this small ministry in Prairie City have been used to bless families after tornadoes (like Joplin), hurricanes (including Haiti & New Orleans) and many other disasters, plus thousands of homeless people and other needy families. They are currently working on their second truckload of quilts for an AR town that was destroyed by a tornado earlier this year. It is another beautiful example of everyday, ordinary people who daily give of their skills and their love to bless others. We were moved by Leona’s simple faith, her love for people she has never met, and the enthusiasm that she and her companions in ministry (including one lady now 96 years old!!!) exhibit as they serve Him with virtually no recognition or applause – just a deep and abiding love for God and people. It ought to be a challenge to all of us…..
Next Sunday, a couple of Thanksgiving dinner services with some good friends close to home! By the time all this food is over with, we should be up to about 300 pounds each! Diets for New Year – here we come!
Being part of a ministry like 4 His Love has lots of “perks” – little blessings that come from time to time. They are different for each of us, but we all get to enjoy personal favorites when they come along. This weekend, Danny & Bob in particular got to enjoy a slice of Americana that’s rapidly disappearing….
The weekend started with our first ever appearance at the 12th Annual MAGMA (Mid-America Gospel Music Association) Convention in Farmington, MO. This great organization includes groups like The Lesters, who have been part of the Southern Gospel Music tradition for more than 80 years! What a joy it was to share the stage with such a talented group of musicians – but more importantly, our brothers and sisters in ministry! The reaction from the audience AND from the other groups was overwhelming! Most oft-repeated comment? – “Where have you guys been hiding?!?!?!” Our invitation has been confirmed for next year, and we look forward to the return. But we also made a number of contacts for additional services and concerts in Eastern MO, and we look forward to developing more of a presence and a following there! If you know of a church in that area you think would enjoy a visit from 4 His Love, make sure to recommend us to them, or send us the information so we can contact them!
We drove an hour and a half – through some REALLY SERIOUS boondocks! – to spend the night in Rolla, MO, and woke to discover we were right next door to one of the original landmarks along the famous Route 66 – a general store / lunchroom / gas station called The Totem Pole. Route 66 was once the main route cross country from New York to California, and only a few miles and a handful of these businesses still remain from it’s “glory days”. Dan & Bob are HUGE history buffs, and we had a tough time dragging them back out to the van to keep moving! They have posted a couple of pictures below – enjoy!
In the afternoon, we got a tour of the current site of the Ronald McDonald House at the University Hospital in Columbia. This building has suffered severe flood damage, the university has asked for its return and the hospital has moved its children unit 15 minutes away from the current site – so the plan is to build a completely new, larger, handicapped-accessible facility right next door to the new hospital location. We made a small contribution to that dream by performing a benefit concert in Jefferson City on Saturday evening – along with a local bluegrass gospel group called “Spiritual Strings” – that raised over $1600 for the new building project. Our thanks to the host church – Capital City Christian Church – for allowing us to use their facility for this worthy cause. Looks like this will also become an annual event. On Sunday morning, we shared special music in Capital City’s two worship services, and got a chance to be part of a special outreach project – packing backpacks with “winter survival supplies” for the Salvation Army to distribute to homeless people in the Columbia / Jefferson City area! Being the hands and feet of Jesus….
One last thing: If you’re ever in the capital area of Jefferson City, MAKE SURE to visit the CENTRAL DAIRY ice cream shop at 610 Madison St. I can’t begin to tell you how good their ice cream is! – and I have been forbidden to tell you HOW MUCH ice cream some of us ate!!!!!
From history to ice cream, it was a “sweet” weekend, and the Lord met with us at every turn. Thanks for your love and support; those are the things that make this ministry possible!
It was a relatively quiet weekend, according to the schedule. We left early Sunday morning for our only concert at Freedom Baptist Church in Brookfield, MO. The church was packed and the crowd very responsive – AND we got to hear an excellent message by Pastor Ron Adrian as well! But like last week, the highlight of the day came from an unexpected source.
As we began our singing, we couldn’t help… but notice a boy with a big smile sitting about halfway back in a chair designed for children with special needs. After the service, we had the opportunity to talk with the parents and found out that this child had been severely abused when he was a baby and suffered severe brain damage, and that this family had adopted him and his two siblings (also abuse victims, though with less drastic results) into their family. And they didn’t stop there – they have also adopted another child, and are in the process of adopting their fifth – all in addition to three biological children of their own! It was an inspiring story, and we were blessed to meet them.
BUT it turned out that wasn’t the end of the story! We were invited to lunch with some dear friends of 4 His Love’s ministry, and discovered that this family had also been invited – so we got to know them and their children even better. As we learned more and more about them, we realized what a beautiful picture their lives were of the amazing love of God. They took the broken and bruised of society – children rejected, abandoned, abused, neglected and destined for disaster – and gave them not just shelter, food and clothing, but love, hope and a sense of meaning and purpose. That’s exactly what Jesus did when He gave His life for us! From the very beginning of His ministry, He offered His grace to those society called worthless and changed them completely by bringing us all into His great family.
One of the most beautiful things this special mother (I am not sharing her name to protect the family from unwanted attention.) shared with me was that people sometimes ask how they can love “other people’s children” so much. Her response? “I can’t explain it. But when we meet one of these children that God has led us to, it’s like they are OUR children, not someone else’s. And our biological children feel the same way – they are real brothers and sisters to them, not intruders.” And God – because He is God! – has taken this to a whole new level. He hasn’t just adopted us, but he has changed our spiritual DNA so that we truly ARE HIS SONS & DAUGHTERS! It’s something Jesus called being “born again” – a process Paul tells us in I Corinthians 5:17, makes us completely NEW CREATIONS – GOD’S REAL CHILDREN! And the best part of that story is that it is available to ANYONE who wants to be a part of His family!
So once again, 4 His Love sends our deepest appreciation to a beautiful family that is reflecting the love of God in a very special way. We went away weeping, in awe once again of His goodness and His faithfulness. We are so blessed..
SO – here we are back home after another amazing, tiring, uplifting weekend! The range of things we experienced is amazing.
Friday: Early rising and a 3+ hour drive to The Palace Theater at Adventureland Park in Altoona, IA (just east of Des Moines) for the MidWest Quartet Association Convention 2011. More than 20 of the finest Southern Gospel (and we use that term loosely – many different variations on the theme represented) trios, quartets and family groups from all over the Midwest were there. It’s always fun to sing to audiences who come because they truly love the music – but also a joy to have the opportunity to spend time with others who share the passion for singing and ministering. We were encouraged and empowered all day – and a long day that was – concert from 12 noon to 4pm, then back again from 6pm to 10pm. 4 His Love sang at 2:40, then stayed to enjoy the rest of the groups. Our own Jeff Rudloff was MC for the Friday session, so he got to work the WHOLE DAY. Needless to say he was even more ready than the rest of the group to crash immediately after it all at our hotel.
Saturday: Members of the groups met at 8:30 for the Association’s business meeting. We acknowledged the work of previous leadership, then elected some new servant-leaders (including our own Bob Smith and Dan Roberts) to continue striving to make this the premier Southern Gospel event in the Midwest! A short break and some “brunch” at the truckstop (That sounds like a contradiction in terms, doesn’t it?!?!?) then back to the theater for Day 2 of the MWQC. 4 His Love wasn’t scheduled to sing until 8:20pm, but we spent the day there encouraging our friends and fellow-laborers, then tearing down our product table after the concert before fnally heading back to the hotel. Some good friends of the ministry – you know who you are! – spent the night at the same hotel where we were staying, planning to follow us around to our Sunday concerts, so Danny & Darryl visited for a while and helped them dispose of some left-over pizza. The two “old guys” – went to bed! Turns out, that was the right thing to do!
Sunday Morning: We left at 6am for the 1-hour drive to Lynnville Friends Church, where we had a 9am service. (See why going to bed was the smart move?!?) This is a sister congregation to one we had visited earlier this year, and we were very warmly welcomed. But even more special was the opportunity we had to meet a young lady named Stella who is 4.5 years old and suffers from a condition similar to Lou Gehrig’s disease. Seeing that beautiful young family worshiping the Lord and loving the people around them just blessed all of us so much – made that early morning rise and drive all worthwhile. Stella’s mom told us she could tell by the girl’s responses that she really enjoyed the music, and we told her (struggling through our tears) what a joy they had all been for us to meet. We left reminded yet once again of how fortunate we were to be loved by such amazing God, and challenged to look beyond our circumstances to the One who holds us all in His mighty hands.
Sunday afternoon: A quick fast-food lunch, and we were off to Grand View Lutheran Church in Des Moines for a 3pm concert. This was the 20th in a series of concerts promoted by a friend we made at last-year’s MWQC, funded by money left by his parents – who were BIG Southern Gospel fans – to bring Southern Gospel music to that church and community. We had a wonderful time with a very special group of people there, and enjoyed ourselves so much that we just sat and chatted with the pastor, our host and members of the audience for nearly 2 hours after the concert was over. (The punch, coffee and cookies helped keep us there, too!) Once again, we left feeling like we had received from these people much more than we had given. There was one couple whose simple, quiet faith and love for God was evident throughout the concert, who again blessed us in a very particular and special way. We found out after the concert that he had been a pastor for more than 60 years! What a beautiful tribute to the faithfulness of the God we serve.
Conclusion: We came home from one of the busiest weekends of our year physically drained and spiritually recharged. God has beautiful people all over the world, and we were fortunate enough to run into several “pockets” of them this weekend. They came for their own set of reasons, but God had other plans they knew nothing about. They brought their love for Him and shared it with four gospel singers who needed – as we all do – a reminder that this ministry isn’t about us at all. We gave a little bit of what God has given us, and received back from them in great abundance. Luke 6:38 – “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap.” (NIV) And as the chorus to the classic gospel song says:
His love has no limit
His grace has no measure
His power has no boundary known unto men
For out of His infinite riches in Jesus
He giveth, and giveth, and giveth again.
(He Giveth More Grace, words by Annie Johnson Flint)
Thank you to our friends at the MWQA!!!!!
Thank you, Lynnville Friends Church!!!!!
Thank you, Grandview Lutheran Church!!!!!
Thank you to the Bittinger family!!!!!
And most of you all, thank you LORD!!!!!
by Jeff Rudloff on Monday, October 24, 2011 at 11:46am
I’ve been promising a day-by-day account of our Northeast tour, so here it is:Thurs 9/29 – Gathered at Bob & Yo Smith’s home in Polo; loaded the van and trailer and were underway shortly before midnight
Fri 9/30 – Arrived in Findlay, OH in the early afternoon, spent some time with Dan’s sister (who is on staff at First Presbyterian Church in Findlay). First concert that evening at FPC with Jericho Road and Heather Peterson – a joy to get to work with other brothers and sisters in ministry who really care about the message of what they sing!
Sat, 10/1 – Up early and on the road to Canton, PA – WAY up in the hills of north-central PA. Winding roads to a small church full of people who loved the music AND love the Lord and fed us really well! Then a confusing (we got a little lost!) drive up to Waverly, NY where our morning concert was scheduled.
Sun, 10/2 – A precious time in our morning service with Pastor Paul & Rhea Montague (friends of Jeff) at First Church of the Nazarene in Waverly, NY – and another good feed! Dan got his first taste ever of rice pudding and we all got to sample Rhea’s cheesecake – mmmmm!!! – and then she gave us one to take along on the trip! (And you wonder why we are all the size we are!!!)
Evening service in the beautiful Sanctuary at Centenary United Methodist Church in Bath, NY with Pastor Jeff McDowell (recommended to us by Jeff Steinberg – Masterpiece In Progress! – thanks Jeff! Too many Jeff’s involved in this conversation!) We had a very enthusiastic crowd and met some very special people! Then, back in the van again for our drive up to Niagara Falls!!
Mon, 10/3 – Spent the day visiting Niagara Falls, including a ride on the Maid of the Mist right up to the base of the falls! What an amazing demonstration of the power and the glory of our God! After dinner, we headed down the road again to Carlisle, PA – our base of operations for the next few days.
Tues, 10/4 – Spent most of the day relaxing (recuperating from the 4 previous days!), doing laundry and talking about plans for the future of 4 His Love, then a trip to PA Dutch country and dinner at the Shady Maple Smorgasboard in East Earl, PA!. If you ever get anywhere close, you MUST experience this place for yourself. Average weight gain per person from this one meal – 4.3 pounds!!! (Not really – but it felt that way when we got up from the table!)
Wed, 10/5 – Spent the day in Philadelphia with Jeff’s daughters and their families. Jeff is originally from PA, so he helped plan the activities for this part of the trip, which included stops at Independence Hall, Ben Franklin’s Tomb, and Valley Forge Battlefield. But the most amazing part of that day was singing the National Anthem while standing right next to the Liberty Bell! We have video of this (which has been posted on Dan’s page) and which we will be posting on YouTube soon so you can all enjoy it.
Thurs, 10/6 – A morning of laundry and recup time at our home base in Carlisle, then a quick trip to the Vanity Fair Outlet Centers in Reading, PA. Dan & Bob and their checkbooks were very happy the visit was not any longer than it was – Kim & Yo not so happy!!! Then northward to McKeansburg, PA & Steigerwalt’s Church of God – the church Jeff pastored for almost 15 years. What a homecoming it was – the church was packed and the audience very enthusiastic about both the music and ministry!
Fri, 10/7 – After loading the van for the start of our return trip, we spent most of the day at Gettysburg battlefield. It was an awesome reminder of the cost of freedom – something we should never take lightly! After taking the tour, we headed west through the PA mountains again, and stopped in western PA for the night.
Sat, 10/8 – We miscued a little on our departure time in the morning and were later than we planned in arriving at Central Heights Church of God (Anderson) in Columbus, IN – but all went well and the concert came off without a hitch. Darryl even received a special surprise gift – his wife, Cindy and their daughters, Abbie & Emma had driven in from KC to spend the rest of the weekend with him! The group was again well received and people are already asking for us to come for a special event in 2012! After packing up, we headed up to Indianapolis, where we were to spend the night with friends and family of Dan’s wife, Kim.
Sun, 10/9 – We were blessed to provide special music for the people at First Church of the Nazarene in Indianapolis, IN at both of their morning worship services – but even more blessed to sit under the anointed preaching of their pastor, Michael P. Morris! His challenge to the church to open their hearts to the hurting all around them should be required listening for e…very believer! I encourage you to visit their website and hear it for yourself! (http://indynaz.org/296854.ihtml – Oct 9th am service))Our final concert was at First Nazarene that evening – and we truly blessed as we ministered to these wonderful people in this dynamic and life-filled congregation! We have already been invited back by the pastor, and have been invited for the first time to other churches represented in that audience.
Mon, 10/11 – Took our time getting out of town and back on the road for the trip home. We finally pulled in to Bob’s house at about 9pm, and we all gathered our possessions and headed for home. We learned a lot of important lessons on our trip: (1) It’s not easy to put 7 very different people with all their differences together in one van for 11 days, but that God’s grace and love overcomes all the problems we allow Him to! (2) God is opening up some exciting doors for us that we are anxious to follow – but we need His wisdom and guidance to make it happen! (3) Ministry always happens in HIS strength, not ours! We had some vocal issues tied to sickness and fatigue, but the Spirit always touched hearts! (We knew this already – but a reminder is always a good thing!) (4) We all love what we do – not just because we like to sing, but because we know God has CALLED us to sing! And when anyone is operating in their calling and anointing, the sense of fulfillment and purpose is amazing! We don’t know exactly when and where our next extended tour will be, but we know that this is part of what God has for this ministry – and we can’t wait!!!
What a weekend! We left Polo. MO (where Bob lives) at 6:15am Saturday and drove all the way to Sheridan, IN. (About 20 miles from Indianapolis – Dan’s wife Kim has family there.) We sang an outdoor concert Saturday evening, then back inside the Six Points Wesleyan Church sanctuary for the Sunday morning service. (Would have stayed outside, but there was a threat of rain.) There was a beautiful spirit of worship and healing at both services, and many reports of lives touched – well worth the nearly 20 hours of driving! Your prayers and your giving make this all possible – thank you to everyone who supports this ministry in every way that you do!
Here are just a couple of the reports we got back through Joanna – Kim’s mother:
“It was wonderful to meet Travis (Jeff’s son who has been helping out with some of the “heavy lifting” so the old men don’t wear out so fast!) … you have every right to be very proud of him and thankful for what God is doing in his life. What Darryl said about him last evening really spoke to a 2nd cousin who is really wondering ‘where is God when I need Him so much?’
One of the … ladies came to me first thing this morning with tears and thanked me for having you come last night. She said she’s been really weak recently and needed to know she’s not alone.
Another 2nd cousin said that he hadn’t realized how much Jesus loves him until you asked for ALL of us to sing with you ‘Jesus loves me’!”
During the Saturday concert, we shared a little about Bob’s bout with prostate cancer, and how God has worked healing in his life. Afterwards, a young lady came up to talk to him about her father, who is facing his own battle with kidney cancer. Bob told us he thought of his own daughter (about the same age), and the look of of fear, concern and uncertainty he often saw in her face when they talked about his condition – the same look he now saw in this young woman’s eyes. They wept together as they prayed for wisdom, strength, courage and healing for both the girl and her father.
Please pray for this family, and all the others whose stories we don’t know, as they walk on in the new grace God is bringing to bear in their lives! Your prayers for them are as much a part of our ministry as your prayers for us directly, because the thing that matters most to us is that we have an impact for the Kingdom through the grace and the power of God through His Spirit! His ongoing ministry in their lives is a testimony of His faithfulness, and we rejoice when that happens!
We have next weekend off, then we start our first-ever 10-day tout to the Northeastern states – OH, PA, NY & IN again – on Sept 28th. Start praying NOW, and let’s see what God can do!!!
OK – so we got home Sunday night later than we expected and we were all just too tired to share about the weekend. But it truly was a wonderful time! It started Saturday with the Apple Festival at First Baptist Church of Raytown, where we joined other area groups in helping to raise money for the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home. In addition to singing for a very appreciative audience, we also had the opportunity to see former members Jeff Lane & Dave Taylor singing together again as part of Jeff Lane and Made Worthy. Then we moved over to Berean Free Will Baptist Church in Independence for a truly anointed time with some wonderful people. Sunday started in Parkville at Harmony Free Will Baptist Church for their Homecoming Sunday – some VERY special people and a REALLY WONDERFUL dinner that we ate REALLY TOO MUCH of! Then we spent the evening with the men of the Kansas City Rescue Mission. I can’t tell you how blessed I was sharing with people who have faced incredible tragedies and struggles, and still keep their heads up. I am sure that they were more of a blessing to me than I was to them. It was truly a weekend to be remembered….
But let me tell you of two other things that happened – off the stage and out of the limelight – that made last week even more special…..
Back in July, 4 His Love participated in the Pella Gospel Sing, an all-day gospel music festival in Pella, IA. Festivals can be very enjoyable times – the opportunity to sing for new audiences we haven’t met before, time to re-connect with brothers and sisters in the same ministry, etc. But they are also VERY long and sometimes frustrating days: leaving early in the morning, spending the entire day at the festival with a couple of opportunities to sing but long waits in between, and often, you really have no way of telling whether you accomplished anything for the Kingdom at all.
But this past Thursday, we received an email from a lady who lives in Kentucky, but happened to be in Pella on the day of the festival. She told us what a blessing our music had been, and that she had bought our CD’s and they were still blessing her every time she listened to them. That one note made the entire festival worthwhile for us. And I hope that it won’t be too long til we can visit her home area in Kentucky and sing for her again!
The other incident occurred after our Saturday night concert. We stopped – as we often do – for a snack after we sing, this time at a Perkins just off 39th St. by 291 highway. The night shift manager recognized me from a previous visit, and when she saw that we all had our 4 His Love shirts on, asked if we wanted to “sing for our supper.” We readily agreed and sang a new acapella arrangement of “It Is Well With My Soul” that we recently added to our program. We got a lot of attention and a lot of applause from the other diners and the staff, then headed to our table to order.
While we were waiting for our food, a couple came to the table and told us that they had really enjoyed our singing, that the husband had been part of a group in his younger days and how much they enjoyed Southern gospel music. Then, tears coming into her eyes, the woman said, “We took my mother to the hospital today. She is in critical condition, and we were on our way home when we decided to stop in here for a bite to eat. We were nearly finished when you came in and started to sing. That message was exactly the one I needed to hear tonight – no matter what happens, it IS well with my soul!”
We never know who is listening, who is watching, who is waiting for an encouraging word from the Lord that He intends to come from OUR lives and OUR lips! We could have refused to sing in the restaurant, following the “politically correct” path of not offending anyone with the mention of the name of Jesus. But He is just as worthy of our praise in a Perkins lobby as He is in church on Sunday morning – and perhaps the people at the Perkins need to hear His Name even more than those people in the church! Thank God for the opportunity to be used for His glory literally EVERYWHERE we go!
Keep us in your prayers. We don’t want stories like this to be unusual; we want them to happen every single day!
His servant, and yours,
Jeff / 4 His Love
Every weekend in a ministry like ours is different – different places, different churches and events, different people. And some weekends, the differences between one concert and another can be pretty dramatic as well.
Labor Day weekend was like that for us. For a number of years, 4 His Love took the holiday weekend mostly off, with the exception of sharing from the Gospel Stage at Santa-Cali-Gon Days in Independence. This year, we had a request to be part of another town’s festival – The Labor Day Celebration in Essex, IA – and what a special weekend it became!
Santa-Cali-Gon is a HUGE event here in the greater Kansas City area; crowds are estimated at 200,000 during this one 4-day weekend. The Gospel Stage certainly doesn’t draw ALL of those people, but many of them walk by and hear the music; some stop to listen for a while, and that means we – and the many other artists who share there – have the opportunity to tell them just a little bit about Jesus. As always, that was a humbling experience, and one that we really enjoyed. And to top it off, we all had a number of friends and family members who came to lend their support and love. Original 4 His Love members Dave Taylor and Jeff Lane even stopped by to see how we were doing without them! They will always be special to us, and we thank them for helping to bring the group to where it is today!
Essex, IA, by contrast, is a community of about 700 people – and our host pastor told us that he thinks there are a few dogs included in that count! But it was still a very special day for us and for them. We came in Saturday so we could set up for one of our two services on Sunday, then enjoyed a WONDERFUL dinner with Pastor Jim & his lovely wife. Sunday we shared 4 songs in the community worship service at St. John’s Lutheran Church at 10am, then a rushed 3-block trip back to Faith Evangelical Covenant Church (Pastor Jim’s “domain”) for a 1pm concert. These people have become real supporters of 4 His Love in our two visits there – and we are already scheduled to celebrate the holiday with them again next year!
After the concert, we all piled back into our BRAND NEW (to us) VAN for the trip home. This vehicle is a real blessing, and a BIG part of the direction God is taking this group for the future! We are all able to ride together, instead of running at least 2 vehicles like we used to when family members went along. The van performed flawlessly – but ask Dan about the key incident when you see him next! (If he’s too embarrassed to tell on himself, ask one of us and we’ll GLADLY fill you in!)
One last thing….
We took I-29 north from St. Joseph as far north as possible on our way to Essex, and were able to see once again the massive flooding still affecting parts of the Missouri River Valley. Just because you are not seeing it on the news every day, don’t forget to continue praying for those people caught in this situation. I heard from a friend this week that relief efforts are just beginning for people who are finally able to return to their homes after months of flooding, but that less than 25% of those hit by the flood are even beginning to rebuild. For the rest it could still be months before they can go home. Do what you can to help, if God gives you the opportunity.
Next weekend will be the LAST CONCERTS IN THE KC AREA FOR THE REST OF 2012 unless the schedule changes in the next few weeks – so if you are part of our local fan base, be sure to come see us at one of these concerts. Check our schedule page here or on Facebook for complete and regular updates.
See you next week….
2011 Mid America Gospel Music Convention