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Concerts in the WI area on Oct 17, 18, and 19... 2008
For this weekend, I took Friday off of work, and took of at 6am on Friday, to
get up to Black Creek, WI. Not only was I doing concerts in this area, but my
older brother, Walt, also lives up there, so I was staying overnight with him
and Sandy on Friday evening. I got up there around noon, and Walt and I went out
to eat at a small restaurant, right there in Black Creek. Old place, but great
food! We both had Haddock. Then we visited for awhile, watched part of Maverick,
and I slept for an hour. Then we went about 2 miles over to Community Bible
Church, to start setting up for the concert that evening...
The concert there was going to be in a huge outdoor tent at 7pm, with a chilly
dinner before. Some great people there at the church, very down-home and fun to
be around. It was great to meet Pastor Bernard and chat for awhile. Not a lot of
people, as it was quite a cold evening to be outside, but I think it was a good
visual to let people know that Christian things are happening in that small
town! They had the Franz Family come and sing for 2 different years before. We
talked afterwards about getting all of the area churches together for an evening
of music and testimony in the
coming year.
On Saturday, we all enjoyed some great BBQ ribs that Walt made on the grill with his own recipe of sauce and coke. They fell off the bones!!! Their son also got a buck the night before, and was gutting it out in the barn. Walt has been playing country music for many years, and is a very accomplished player. We always get together and jam together when I am there. I would be glad to show you some of his songs, if you get ahold of me.
That
Saturday afternoon, I took off for Green Bay, to share a concert with the First
United Methodist Church, that evening. It was quite a large, beautiful older
church right downtown. They had a Sat evening service, and then provided a Brat
dinner for those who wanted to stay afterwards, and then I gave a concert to
about 40 people after that, in their Fellowship Hall. They were a very loving
bunch pf people, who also brought in kids with special needs.
One young man was
constantly playing guitar with me from his chair!! (The young man below, in the
blue shirt at the far right).We 
all
had a
great time together with just growing in Christ! I have never sung in Green Bay,
and there seemed like a number of opportunities to maybe come back and sing
there for a number of churches and coffee houses, like Cup-O-Joy.
After
everything was torn down and packed in the van, I took off for Valders, WI that
evening, and stopped at the home where I was staying for the night. I met
Dennis, and we went on to Faith Lutheran Church and set up that night and was
done around midnight or so. It was a really large church, in a small town. We
went to his home and I met Cathy, his wife, and the family, and we talked for
awhile at the kitchen table. The room I stayed in did not have a door, so we had
all kinds of jokes told in the morning... The service went really well, and the
people were very quite, but really seemed to listen. They had communion as well
that morning, so I shared "Grace Works That Way" just before it was
taken.
Afterwards, I went out to lunch with Dennis and Cathy and another couple in
Manitowoc. Then I took my time and headed home down through Chicago. Got home
about 7:30pm or so. Overall, it was a lot of driving, but a great weekend to be
out sharing songs for the Lord!!
This next weekend now, I am looking forward to going to the prison again in Ionia, MI again, and having some great fellowship with a gymnasium full of men who REALLY love to worship!! I will write more about that sometime next week. I am also leading worship for my home church on Sunday morning.
Thanks for listening, and God bless!!
Marty
www.MartyMillerMusic.com
Marty Miller Ministries
2596 Lynhurst St, NE
Belmont, MI 49306
616-365-1185
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