http://www.garmentofpraiseqt.com Fun Gospel Accapella Music Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:07:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Brian Fox, as the choir director of Fairview Christian School chorus for the last 15 years, is calling for all alumni to join in a FCS reunion concert. They have been blessed over the years with many good times singing, as they prepared for Christmas programs, Spring programs, and Conventions.  Their goal is ... http://www.garmentofpraiseqt.com/general/alumni-concert/ The guys rented a 15 passenger van and headed out towards South Carolina on Tuesday evening.  SNOW is the word that resonates in people's mind on the East Coast when we think of Tuesday and Wednesday, February 9 and 10.  Well, snow characterized the Garment of Praise's trip down to the ... http://www.garmentofpraiseqt.com/general/sc-prison-ministry/ The Petersheim family enjoyed trying their hand at recording in their own "studio".  Daryl has a small recorder that he uses for some of his songs he's written.  He sings the melody, then adds  additional parts with his own voice; this helps Garment of Praise in learning one of his new songs. [caption ... http://www.garmentofpraiseqt.com/behind-the-scenes/recording/ A couple of gentlemen from our area organized a Best of Berks Bluegrass Haiti Benefit Sing which we participated in.  Christian Leinbach, our county commisioner, was in charge of it; Wendell Yoder, Daryl's former boss, ran the sound system (his group will be singing on a subsequent night).  This was to ... http://www.garmentofpraiseqt.com/general/haiti-benefit-sing/ Garment of Praise sang at Oley Valley Mennonite Church on January 31 Sunday morning. The Petersheim family debuted their new song with their children: "God makes a lot of a little". [caption id="attachment_591" align="aligncenter" width="555" caption="Oley Valley Mennonite Church on Sunday morning"][/caption] This church holds some fond memories for the Petersheim brothers--their dad grew up here.  ... http://www.garmentofpraiseqt.com/general/oley-mennonite-program/ Please pray for Caitlin and Molly (Jason's) as they mourn the loss of their mother. She passed away January 18th. http://www.garmentofpraiseqt.com/behind-the-scenes/jasons-family-caitlin-and-molly/ Finally, another bus trip was underway! It had been awhile since we were on the bus. We headed out Saturday afternoon at 2:30 pm for Greencastle, PA. We took our supper along and ate on the road.  These pictures are a good example of what we keep busy doing while ... http://www.garmentofpraiseqt.com/general/upton-church-of-the-brethren-january-23-2010/ This was our first program this year, after being off for almost six weeks.  We usually take off over Christmas because of more church and family activities.  It was good to get back together to sing and minister on Sunday evening. The program was at Metzler's Mennonite near Ephrata, PA. It ... http://www.garmentofpraiseqt.com/general/metzlers-mennonite-church-january-10-2010/ [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="604" caption="Wives and daughters playing Sequence."][/caption] [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="604" caption="Guys had fun playing dice"][/caption] [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="604" caption="Shane and Marshall cheese for a picture."][/caption] http://www.garmentofpraiseqt.com/general/gop-christmas-banquet/ It was good to be out singing again this Sunday. We took the bus, and the families, except for Brian's three girls. Daryl had a pretty bad cold, but God kept him singing, and the program went well. We left at 6:30 am from the church parking lot.  The trip was ... http://www.garmentofpraiseqt.com/general/stony-run-crossroads-november-15-2009/