Jerry’s back!
Welcome back, Jerry! The Patriots are so glad to have Jerry Shepherd back as tenor. After some health issues and adjusting to a new job caused Jerry to have to turn in his microphone at the first of the year, things have smoothed out for him and he’s back. Paul Stearman who had joined the group in January felt called to go in a different direction and rejoin a group he had previously sung with, Jubilation. Paul did a great job singing with our quartet and the project we recorded while he was with the Patriots, Quartet Classics, is being very well received. It has some of everybody’s favorite songs on it. We wish Paul every success in the world and enjoyed our time singing together.
But it’s great how the Lord works things out. Jerry was ready to sing again just as the door was opening for him to come back and sing with the group. We’re looking forward to doing a lot of singing this fall. Be sure to check out our schedule to see when we might be in your area. And of course, we’ll be at the National Quartet Convention where we’ll be part of the “Artist Spotlight Showcase” on Monday afternoon from 12:30 to 4 p.m. in the South Wing Conference Center and another showcase at the Executive Inn Wednesday morning. Please come visit us at our booth and check out our music. We’d love to talk to you.
We’ll also have the just published book Angels at the Crossroads, on our table. That’s Jerry Shepherd’s amazing testimony and life story written by Darrell’s wife, Ann H. Gabhart, author of the novel The Scent of Lilacs. Jerry had long wanted to write his story down to try to encourage others not to go down some of the wrong roads he went down as a young man, and Ann has long been a writer. So it just seemed meant to be when on a long trip to Florida, Jerry started telling some of his stories and Ann started listening and thinking about writing down this inspirational story of one man’s journey toward redemption and love. With the Lord’s help Angels at the Crossroads is now a book, and many readers are saying it’s one of the most inspiring stories they’ve ever read. Jerry and Ann have been going to churches to present the story of Angels at the Crossroads and will be at Bruner’s Chapel in Mercer County, Kentucky on September 3, 2006. The quartet is taking Labor Day weekend off, but we’ll be back singing the next week, and we hope to see you somewhere down the road.