On May 5th, Ardo Draper agreed to join our prison ministry team. He has accompanied us on our last 4 prison visits. Ardo is a tremendously gifted speaker who is able to deliver the message to prisoners in a way few can. Ardo is a former prisoner himself. He served
Continue readingIf you’ve been following the news lately, you’ve most likely heard of the frustrations from the community of Muskegon regarding their rising crime rate. Although we live in Grand Rapids, it seems Muskegon is becoming a home away from home as we are invited again and again to come into
Continue readingOur visit to the Carson City Correctional Facility was a great day of fellowship with the men we had met back in May 2013 after having done a first time concert there. We promised the prisoners that we would come back and so we we’re eager to see them again. Wayburn
Continue readingSunday Morning I woke up early and went to my computer to write. Wayburn had asked me to share something with the prisoners that evening for our annual “Fathers Day Concert” at Brooks Correctional Facility in Muskegon. Wayburn would be singing 12 songs and singing with gusto for 300 people
Continue readingToday was a glorious day in Ionia at Bellamy Creek maximum security correctional facility. There were 45 men who were given an unusual opportunity to get out of their cells to attend a Christian Concert. Being only allowed out of their cells 4 hours a day, in a 24 hour
Continue readingIf you’ve ever traveled to Northern Michigan, near the Traverse City area, you most likely have memories of large pines, highways lined with beautiful wild flowers, rolling hills and of course we can’t forget the majestic Great Lakes shoreline. These are among my fond memories as I have traveled there
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2010 was our first experience in prison ministry. Janae and I were invited to tour a few prisons in Michigan, leading worship and special music for the late Chuck Colson founder of Prison Fellowship and former White House aid to Richard Nixon. Since then we have volunteered our time performing concerts in
Continue readingWe are grateful for the opportunities we have received in the last few weeks to broadcast both nationally and locally on behalf of Janae’s former student Saulo Montalvo. Janae has been working tirelessly to get Saulo out of prison. Saulo was 15 years old when his family was experiencing some
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Twenty Seven of our friends joined us at Earnest C. Brooks Correctional Facility in Muskegon for an incredible concert on March 13 2015. What an unbelievable time of worship and praise as we all had a wonderful time in the Lord. Doug Beiden, the producer of four of our last
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