Lot’s of News!
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009Well, a lot has been going on with Heavenly Journey since June. We’ve been to town festivals, Sherwood, been sick, weddings, reunions, band concerts, Lou’s Pavilion, Puckett…we’ve been busy!!
Back in June, you may recall, our niece Katie got married. Well, this past Sunday, our niece Charlene got married. She and Brad (fiance) were at our church Sunday morning (real glad to see them!), and afterwards, she asked Reverend Tim Hendricks if he would marry them. After some thinking (about 1/2 second), he said he’d be glad to! Sooooo, we began looking for an open date. Hmmmmm. Then he asked them “when would like you like to get married?”. Char answered, “how about this afternoon?!” Wow!! They had the license and all they needed was a preacher! We ate lunch at Dad & Clara’s (Clara is Char’s grandmother), then we had a wedding! Complete with a cake left over from a funeral. <rofl> It was wonderful! Be sure and see the pictures on the website.
Just the other week, we attended the Fall Gathering of the Mississippi Gospel Music Association in Ellisville, MS. Also attending were Chronicle, Stubborn Love, Forever Changed, Little River Trio, Hearts Desire and One Way Quartet. We had a special guest that night, also - ANDREW ISHEE, formerly with The Kingsmen, Palmetto State Qt and The Dixie Echoes. In case anyone has forgotten, he is now a member of Heavenly Journey (non-traveling and non-exclusive) as creative consultant. Andrew is a wonderful talent, a wonderful person and a wonderful Christian. The singing was one of the best we’ve been to. We especially enjoyed getting to meet members of Stubborn Love and Forever Changed. It had been a while since we had heard our friends One Way Quartet, and boy, did they do a great job! Better than ever, guys!
Now we are preparing for an all day revival at Forest Hill Nursing Home. This is where Tim preaches every Sunday. The revival is scheduled to have six preachers and six music ministries, all in one day! The patients there are really fired up about this. Some of them haven’t been to a revival in ten years or more.
Coming up soon, we will be singing at the Delta Quartet Convention. We are especially excited about this since we have never been there before AND we will get to see our good friends the Layman Quartet. Also, we are starting to get into gear with plans for next year’s Mississippi Gospel Jubilee. In 2010 we will have a number of ministries who were not with us in 2009. Unfortunately, that means some of the people who were with us in 2009 will not be with us in 2010. We have a big announcement about the 2010 Jubilee, but that will wait for another posting. Until we see you again, be blessed and keep looking up.