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It was our distinct honor to be the special guests of the well known and distinguished Low Country Presbyterian Church in Bluffton, SC. This is a beautiful resort area only a few miles from Hilton Head. It was a different experience for us and one I will cherish for the rest of my life. As you can see in the pictures at the bottom of the page, the church is gorgeous, featuring soft pastel colors in decor and an absolutely breath taking cross. But more than that, it was confirmed that the family of God reaches all people in all churches, as the spirit of the Lord was awesome in all three services. Pastor Jerry Kramer and all the wonderful parishioners were so kind and thoughtful throughout our visit.

On Saturday evening our concert was presented in the usual format to a full sanctuary. We were joined by many Baptists visitors along with Methodists, Catholics, Episcopal and Pentecostals. It was great to see and feel the unity of the body exhibited in such a loving manner as everyone worshiped and enthusiastically responded throughout the concert. At both the 8:30 and 10:30 am services on Sunday we were privileged again to sing and minister to hundreds, some hearing our style of music for the first time. One lady said she had never heard this type of music before and thought it was heavenly, as she was getting several of our CD's. It is very rewarding when people tell you how your music has touched them. Many bought our CD's and we sold out of some and I will be mailing them out this week.

This will now be an annual date for us and I am already looking forward to returning. Also, I want to give a special thanks to Elder Jim Dove, who set up this visit and to our dear friends, Andy and Nancy Shearhouse, for inviting us to be their guests at their six bed room six bath home on the river. We are still enjoying Andy's special recipe of the delicious fig cake that he made for us.

PRAISE THE LORD!
We have just been notified that when the deadline came at 12:00 noon on October 15, and the votes were counted on all the hundreds of songs from the DJ's across the nation, the Georgians new hit single received enough votes to debut at No. 50 on the Singing News top 80 chart. We are very excited as this is the first time this has ever happened. Needless to say, we are overwhelmed, but know it is because of favor with our Lord. Both our recording company and radio promotion company are ecstatic as this will open some more doors for our ministry. I am thrilled that a song with this title and message was that well received, "It's Called Amazing Grace". To know that at a crucial time in our nation, DJ's and listeners realize that we need God's 'Amazing Grace' more than ever. We ask for your prayers that next month will be even higher on the chart.

This song was written by a pastor friend of the group that Elbert introduced us to in Rison, Arkansas. We have been his guest twice at his church. He recently told me some time ago now that he was studying for a sermon, and kept being reminded of so many things that had happened to him, as well as the simple things of life like listening to the birds sing, or seeing a flower bloom, because of God's grace. So, he was inspired to write this song at that time. I might add he has written many other fine songs. Thank you brother Jim Tollison.

We were recently honored to be the guest at Happy Gospel Church in Bradenton, Florida where noted gospel music promoter Bill Biley is the pastor. This was one of those very special services where God's presence was very strong from the start to finish. The stage was set as the service began with water baptism that included a lady in her nineties getting re-baptized that moved everyone so much we could hardly stay in our pews. After pastor Bill led us in worship with some 'old fashion' singing with great music the Georgians sung their hearts out with the congregation joining in to worship by continually standing and praising the Lord. Many times I wish I could convey the spirit that is felt during our services as it seems God's favor is with us more than ever in a mighty way. We give him all the Glory.

Also, a special time was at Northwest Baptist Church in Gainesville, FL. This is the home church for Elbert and Pat. What is amazing is that all churches are different, but we all part of the family of God, so even though the worship sometimes varies, we are in one accord and one spirit. We had a great time in the Lord even as some senior citizens responded excitedly and expressively. It is always delightful to see our friend Michael Mosby, the minister of music, and we got to meet Pastor John Johnson.

Georgians with Pastor Jerry Kramer