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Another opportunity to see Riverside Church's "A Christmas Carol"

At Riverside Church in Monticello-Big Lake, Minnesota

Friday, December 9th 7:00pm

Saturday, December 10th 4:00 and 6:30 pm

An Extra Performance just added for this almost sold out event:

Thursday, December 8th 7:10pm!

From "Bah Humbug!" to "Merry Christmas!"  Come experience Charles Dickens' timeless classic 'A Christmas Carol' like never before.  Much like Scrooge, the twists and turns of life often change us, sometimes turning us into someone we never intended to become.   But we don't have to stay where we are.  Please join us this Christmas season and witness the story of transformed life.

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Christmas: When Love Came Down

This past Sunday, I had the privilege of producing St Cloud Minnesota's Spirit 92.9 Radio (www.spirit929.com) Christmas concert, entitled "Christmas: When Love Came Down".

In addition to a visit from St Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, from the 3rd century, we hosted six very talented local vocalists, all of whom were winners or finalists from previous "Opening Act" vocal competitions sponsored by the radio station.

These gifted people (Sara Joh Skjonsby, Scott Baker, Jessica Schlangen, Shelby Olson, Brian Rodriguez, and Christy Freeman) took our audience through the joys of family and community at Christmas time and set the scene for the real "Reason for the Season": God's love for us and the special gift of His Son as a baby who came to save us all.

In addition to their message in song, Jenni West, and her students from "Dancing for Jesus" gave us a new perspective to worship through dance and a moving interpretation of God's love and  Mary's obedience, calling us to worship His Great Name.

The emphasis for the evening was on The Love that came down that night more than 2000 years ago and how we should share it with others today...and not just our loved ones, but all of God's loved ones...And, in observing the capacity crowd leaving the hall that evening, I believe God accomplished sharing the message He had for all of us...Share His Love with all the world and tell the Good News proclaimed in John 3:16-17

Guest worship leader at Buffalo Evangelical Free Church this Sunday, 8/14/11

Christy Freeman is a wife, a mom, and a musician. She lives in Sartell with her husband, Chris, and her children, Caden (2 1/2) and Clara (6 months). With a few years of experience in both children's ministry and worship leading in the church; she recently felt God calling her to focus specifically on being a mom, and also growing her music ministry. After being first runner up in Spirit 92.9's Opening Act competition 2 years ago, she began working with Mike Talbott through Joyful Noise Ministries. Her first album of all original music is soon to be released! Her music has been known to specifically reach teenage girls and women; but can engage your whole family! Christy is excited to be venturing into her new music ministry, and would love to hear from you! Her goal: to share the joy of Christ through engaging music ministry! Contact her for your next youth, church, or camp event: christyfreemanmusic@yahoo.com or catch her on facebook: www.facebook.com/ChristyFreemanMusic  or email Mike Talbott,  michael.talbott@gmail.com , Principal at Joyful Noise Ministries.

Matt Brouwer Concert Sunday July 24th 2011

Here's a great concert opportunity the hear Juno Award winner (Canada's version of the Grammy Award) Matt Brouwer coming up this Sunday (7/24) at Riverside Church in Monticello that's family friendly and inspiring. Tickets are only $10 in advance, $15 at the door, and, get this, with advance tickets, your maximum per family is $30!

Matt's music comes from his deep life experiences, and his faith discovery and growth journey with deeply revealing lyrical content delivered in an easy to listen to musical style sure to please all ages. To hear some of Matt's music and order tickets go to the link we've posted for you. Join us for this event at Riverside at 6:00 (doors open at 5:30 Sunday night, 7/24!

More on Matt from his Wiki:

Matt is a Juno Award winning Canadian singer/songwriter who got his start in the music industry while studying music at school in Alberta, Canada. While in college he and fellow students founded the band Monday Night Worship (MNW).^[1] Because of the spiritual content of his lyrics he was 'discovered' by a Nashville record company in 2000, and in 2001 recorded his solo debut CD Imagerical. The album was released on May 29, 2001 on Reunion Records. He then formed his own label called Black Shoe Records and released an album titled Unlearning in 2005 and Where's Our Revolution (Universal) in 2009. Brouwer's music has been hailed for its relentless vulnerability as he shares his life's story of tragedy (the death of his father) and hope (his Spiritual pilgrimage) with his listeners.^[2]

 

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