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Hi,
Glad you stopped by
We have been on the road quite a
bit lately and have been meeting a lot
of old friends as well as a bunch of
wonderful, new Brothers and Sisters.
I wish I could express how
blessed we are to do what we have been
doing.
The joy of the Lord abounds and
this year has been especially full of
blessings in so many wonderful ways.
The congregations have been so
warm and loving.
The Lord has shown us His will on
several fronts and we look forward to
His guidance, counseling and further
service to Him. What a wonderful God we
serve!
BLACKWOOD CONCERT:
Everything is in place and we are
looking forward with great expectations
for the concerts with "The
Blackwood Brothers".
Please look on our schedule tab
for locations, times, etc.
We are blessed beyond measure
getting to work with this great group.
Please plan to attend, I
guarantee you will be blessed.
While I am on this topic a heart felt
thank you goes out to the Churches and
individuals that have been working to
make this all happen.
They are great individuals that
have a deep appreciation for great
Gospel Music but most of all they are
children of God and have the heart to
serve.
May God richly bless them!
NEW CD:
Last week we recorded our new CD "Time
to go Home"!
As I write this up-date it is in
production.
We should have it in our hands by
the first week in July.
The songs are, for the most part,
original songs that have never been
recorded.
We went through over 300 songs to
select the 12 that are on this record.
They are songs with great words
of encouragement and in some cases like
with "Some won't make it back to the
fold" songs with great challenges.
We have been performing these
songs for several weeks now and they
have been richly received.
We have also included a crowd
favorite "The Old White Flag".
It has a bluegrass influence and
we love performing it.
It has been quite an experience working
with the writers and composers!
What a great bunch of Christians
they are.
I can truly say that, to the
person, they write only to please God.
When I talked with them, they
express a desire that their songs would
be a blessing and be used to glorify
God.
Several told me that their desire
was that the songs be used to bring the
lost to Christ!
We were privileged to have recorded with
Ken Dravis at
Aspen Leaf Recording Studio in
Grand Junction.
He is a wonderful man with the gift of
music.
He has a great ear for music
details.
His studio is state of art,
spacious and inviting.
He was very kind to us and showed
great restraints and patience!
I can not say enough about this
remarkable experience.
If you ever need a recording
studio I highly recommend Ken at Aspen
Leaf Recording Studio.
CGMA WESTERN CONVENTION:
We will be leaving next week for a trip
into
Nebraska
to attend the Western Convention of the
Country Gospel Music Association.
We are looking forward to being
with the friends we have made over the
years and meeting new ones!
It is always great to be with a
group of people that enjoy the music,
the fellowship and of course the love of
the Lord.
We will be doing a few concerts while we
are there.
Please keep us in your prayers
for a safe journey and that we will be
able to minister to those that the Lord
would like us to do so.
Well I better close for now,
God Bless
CrossWalk
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5-20-2010 |
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Greetings,
Brothers and Sisters in Christ
As you have noticed we finally updated our web
page.
A BIG thank you goes out to John at "J
and M Solutions" for a fantastic job.
I highly recommend them if you need any
web designs.
They are wonderful Christian people and
will do you a great job!
We decided to take a break after December to
learn new songs and to re-group.
We originally planned to start back up
after May 15th.
God had different plans however and so we
have done 12 or so Church Services, Concerts and
Funerals since the first of the year.
It seems that a lot of our dear family
and friends have gone onto Glory.
We were honored to participate in their
homecoming celebrations.
A lot has happened since we last wrote about our
journey.
We had such a busy year in 2009, doing
over 80 concerts and along the way met a lot of
wonderful Brothers and Sisters.
We have enjoyed the fellowship so much
and have made friends that we know will be dear
to our hearts, not only here but for eternity.
2010 is looking like a busy year already!
We have listed on our schedule tab the
dates that we know for sure.
Check it out often as we will be adding
dates quickly now.
Please plan to come and see us if we are
in your area, we would love it!
There are several other dates in the
planning stages.
We are waiting for the final details to
get worked out before we post them.
If you would like us to come to your church
please let us know as soon as possible.
We are working with
The Blackwood Brothers yes
the Blackwood Brothers to do 5 concert
dates in July!!
We met this wonderful group in March at
the Rocky Mountain Quartet Convention in
Denver.
We had the privilege of
spending three days with them.
After we did out 1st concert,
the Bass singer (Randy Byrd) came over and
introduced himself.
What a wonderful man and BOY
can he
sing!!!
We spent several hours with them and are
blessed beyond belief that they have asked us be
their opening act for these concerts.
If you do not know who the "Blackwood
Brothers" are then check out there web page.
They are celebrating their 75th
Anniversary this year as a group!!!
The Blackwood Brothers Quartet was formed
in 1934 with brothers Roy, Doyle, James and
Roy's, son R.W. That heritage of gospel music is
carried on today as James' oldest son Jimmy
joins tenor great Wayne Little, the smooth bass
of Randy Byrd and the baritone singing of Billy
Blackwood to present a modern-day version of
that great quartet.
Jimmy's
Father, James Blackwood was the last surviving
member of the original group; many of you will
remember him on the "Gaither Homecoming" videos.
He went on to Glory 8 years ago.
I was expecting their
sound to be great but I was not expecting the
concerts would be so lively and inviting.
They interacted with the crowd, threw
jabs and jokes at each other and the whole time
were inviting each of us to a closer fellowship
and understanding of our wonderful Savior.
The last 10 minutes of the concert they
invited the crowd to just yell out song names
and they would immediately start singing it with
such wonderful harmony that you would swear they
had been rehearsing it all along.
What a great experience.
The joint concerts will be in
Colorado
so please keeping checking our schedule to find
out the locations and times.
We have also been asked to
be the kick off concert for the Arkansas Valley
Fair in August.
The Arkansas Valley Fair in Rocky Ford is
the oldest County Fair in
Colorado.
They are having a "Pie
Social" followed with CrossWalk in a Gospel
Concert.
If you're in the area please join us.
(They also have the best watermelons in
the world)!
It's a fact!!!
We are planning to go into
the recording studio to record two new CDs.
We are doing original music this year
that has never been recorded and they are great!
We have songs written by writers from all
over the
United States
including Dee Gaskins from
Nashville.
Dee has been writing hit songs all her life and
is known around the world. Nominated and
Finalist for the DOVE Awards (1980) and won the
"FAN AWARD" at the National Quartet Convention.
Had song of the decade in gospel music
1980 to 1990 "Come Morning" - "Singing News ".
Dee has had six number one songs including one
country and five gospel.
Working everyday in her home she has calls for
her material from all over the globe and as a
publisher she handles material for 48 other
writers.
She truly is a wonderful person and has
just the sweetest little "Grandma" voice you
will ever hear.
You just want to reach through the phone
and give her a hug!!!
We have been singing a few old Hymns in our
concerts and are constantly being asked to
record them.
So we decided to do a Hymn CD with all
our old favorites, hopefully you'll like them as
well.
We will keep you posted on how this is
coming along.
Well I better close this down
We are looking forward to seeing you all
this summer and fall.
God truly has blessed us with so many
wonderful friends and we truly look forward to
getting out on the road again proclaims Jesus
Christ as our Savior and Lord.
Please
keep us in your prayers.
We really do appreciate them and know
from our hearts that God hears each and every
one of you.
We are facing new challenges this year as
we try to understand what it is that God has
called us to do.
We feel that God is wanting us to do more
but not knowing what that exactly is?
We have fervently prayed that in everything we
do, Christ receives the glory and praise.
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Take care
In Him,
CrossWalk
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We just found out that our
service in Trinidad on August 23rd
(click here for full schedule) is going to
be recorded for a DVD! This Church was
started in the late 1800s with the current
building being built in the 1920s. They have
done several remodelings and updates, but have
always kept it looking "original". They still
use the original pews / pulpit and such. What a
joy it will be to worship in a building
dedicated to Our Lord for such a long time!
Join us if you can!3-1-2009
We now have a date for our
concert with
the “Bost
Family Tradition”! We'll be
performing with this amazing family at the
Valley Community Church in Colorado City,
Colorado on
June 28th, 2009!
(click
here for a map to the church)
This is one of those events you won't want to
miss. Come an join us for the fun and a
terrific blessing for your soul!
What a blessed time we had in Branson this
year! It was great to see
friends from last year and to meet new ones.
God is so good and just keeps on giving
blessings on top of blessings. We were
awarded 2nd place for Vocal Group, Reciter,
and Young performer.
Deede and Penny were named Whistlers of the
year. This is their second year! We
were so proud of Jansen and Selah. It is
not easy for little kids to get up in front of
large group but they really had a good time!
Take a look at the pictures on our
photo tab!
We were fortunate to meet
Barbara Fairchild. She was the MC for the
awards show. She did a fantastic job and
really is a God filled, down to earth Christian.
She is very quick witted and always had a cute
comeback or a joke to keep things going
smoothly. We got a
picture with
her!
We will be taking some time
off to catch up on home stuff and to learn new
song for next year. We will do a few
concerts during Christmas time and then start
back up in March, 2009. We already have an
Arizona, Kansas and New Mexico trip planned for
next year and have a tentative date in May set
to do a joint concert with the “Bost Family
Tradition”! What a great family and talk
about great sound and testimony… We will
keep you posted on this one…
We are looking forward to
next year, God has opened up so many doors for
our ministry and we just can’t wait to see what
He has planned! If you would like us to
come to your Church next year please give us a
call.
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