Redeemed Quartet - April 11, YAH Luncheon

We enjoyed the gospel quartet music of the "Redeemed Quartet" for our April 2017 Luncheon. This quartet is made up of two sets of brothers aged 19 to 22. They come from Southeastern Indiana where their fathers are pastors. The quartet is comprised of lead Ben Duncan, his brother Nate - tenor, baritone Caleb Koble, and his brother, Josh - base. 

The brothers work together flipping houses, when they are not singing. This means they are their own bosses and gives them flexibility to sing on a variety of venues and different times and dates. If anyone needs a home in southeastern Indiana, their first house is completed and available!

We had lots of great comments and requests to bring them back. I will certainly see if we can arrange for that to happen again, next year.

I didn't record the program, as we normally do, because this kind of program does not work well that way. However, I did video record most of the music, so rather than just listen, you can see them! Check out the videos attached to this Blog.

Lisa and her team provided an outstanding meal. She was very short handed but the results didn't reflect that. We had meatloaf, mashed potatoes, coleslaw and finished with a banana/pineapple cream pie. I will try to include some of the recipes in the newsletter.

Now, for the quartet videos:

Day Trip - April 7, 2017 - Away in a Basement

This is our first Day Trip of the 2017 season. This was an easy trip with a short drive down to Springboro and LaComedia. We enjoy the shows at LaComedia and they rarely disappoint. A big plus is the large luncheon buffet.

We had a decent number of people for this trip with 18 going down on the bus and another 5 driving on their own. We met at the church, then boarded the bus at 10:15 for the short drive down to LaComedia.

We're met at the theater by a hostess with Cookies! However, I stash the cookies for energy on the return trip. :-)

This time we got tables a lot higher up, near the level where we enter the dining room. Actually, the only downside to this seating location is the fact that we need to carry our food up a good number of steps. Fortunately, no one tripped and all of the food made it safely to our tables (and tummies).

From the standpoint of viewing the play, I liked our location. It worked well. Nancy and I and a friend where located a bit to the side, and I found the speakers weren't ideal for this location, but the remainder of our group were located face on to the stage.

The food was great. They do a good buffet with a huge selection of meats, veggies, etc. We were served our salads prior to going down to the buffet. And our Christmas Cake after the meal. 

The play was a typical Church Basement Ladies play and musical. In fact, most of the performers where the same, except for the pastor. This time the theme was about preparation for the annual Christmas Program. The play was not a Christmas program but was about the activities of the ladies and pastor in preparation for the program, so it didn't seem like a Christmas program for us viewers. I was pleased with that. There was an interesting romantic twist to this program that was unexpected. However, I didn't feel that this was one of their better programs. In fact, I would say it  was my least favorite Church Basement Ladies play.

I took a number of photos prior of the play. We are asked not to take photos during the play and I comply. Lighting is terrible for photography but I think I got some decent shots, although some were a bit fuzzy. Check them out below.

As always, you can click any image to see a larger version!

March 14, 2017 Luncheon - Dave Harney

This is our first Luncheon Program of 2017. A few years ago we decided to discontinue the programs during January and February to avoid issues associated with the winter weather. God had other plans for this year. Our dates for January and February would have been OK but today we are snowy and cold. Fortunately, we didn't have a significant accumulation of snow. So, we still have a decent turnout of around 100 people plus our volunteers.

We started the program with a nice piano duet by Chad Brandt and Fred Scheffler. Fred teaches piano and Chad is one of his students. Nice job, guys. I always enjoy nice prelude music so we can visit with a good musical background.

Following the piano program I opened with our traditional activities then turned the program over to Dave Harney. Dave has been a part of our luncheon programs for longer than I have. He introduced some of his CDs and T-Shirt products.

And Dave is so much better than I am at telling stories and jokes. Maybe he has a better writer!

Of course, our program with Dave wouldn't be complete without some of his good old down home Gospel Music. I have a couple of examples here. "Beulah Land" and a medley with "The Brush" and "Something Beautiful". First, the medley!

I thought some of you would like to read the words of this song:

·    Life started out like a canvas, and God started painting on me,
But I took the paintbrush from Jesus, and painted what I wished to see;
The colors I painted kept running, and the objects were all out of size.
I had made a mess of my painting, my way now seemed so unwise.
So I brought my painting to Jesus, all the colors, all the pieces, so wrong,
In the markets of earth it was worthless, but His blood made my painting belong.
He worked with no condemnation, never mentioned the mess I had made.
Then He dipped His brush in the rainbow, and He signed it,

"The Price Has Been Paid." 

When I gave the brush back to Jesus, when I gave the brush back to Him.
He started all over life's canvas to fill,

When I gave to Jesus the brush of my will.

and "Beulah Land"

After the music we went to the gymnasium (our dining room) for a nice Irish Meal and a delicious dessert.

Next month, we'll enjoy more music by a Gospel Quartet from Southern Ohio and Indiana - "Redeemed". Be sure to join us April 11 for another great musical program.

Carillon Brass Concert - December 13, 2016

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

We had an awesome Christmas Luncheon Program and meal, in spite of the snow! Unfortunately, the weather did impact our numbers, so instead of a record turnout, we had about 100 brave soles. So, now all of the rest of you will have to make do with this blog!

To start, Grace Averitt played the Piano for our prelude. Grace will be leaving for Florida soon, so we are going to miss her around here for a couple of months.

Carillon Brass is a subset of the brass section of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra. They regularly perform in schools to build an appreciation for music in our students. The Carillon Brass comprises five top musicians from the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra: Charles Pagnard, Principal Trumpet; Alan Siebert, Second Trumpet; Aaron Brant, Principal Horn; Chad Arnow, Trombone; and Tim Northcut, Principal Tuba. We were also pleased to have Claire Northcutt (Tim's 14 year old daughter) sing for us.

They performed a very good selection of Christmas music, some familiar and some not. Actually, they have a way of making some familiar music sound unfamiliar!  LOL (I mean that in a good way, of course)

You can enjoy the entire music program HERE,

 Aaron Brant             Alan Siebert              Charles Pagnard

Chad Arnow           Tim Northcut

The Carillon Brass

Claire Northcut

Thank you Carillon Brass for a fantastic Christmas Concert!

After the concert, we adjourned to the gymnasium for our Christmas meal. Lisa and her staff of volunteers prepared and served a very good Christmas meal of Ham, Sweet Potato Casserole, Baked Apples and Cheese Cake!

We will not have another Luncheon Program until March 14, when our old friend Dave Harney will sing for us. So, Happy New Year!  And keep warm and dry,

Young@Heart Luncheon Program – November 8, 2016

Our luncheon program started with nice prelude piano music by Judy Comer. This is the first time that we've used Judy but I promise to ask her again. Thank you Judy for the nice background music as we visited.

Following our acknowledgements and announcements, we enjoyed some more great music by a ladies’ trio from Washington Heights Church. This trio consisted of Grace Averitt, Nancy Jensen and Annie Orme.

They sang two numbers; "Lord You are My Everything" and "We are So Blessed". What a great way to introduce our Thanksgiving program and Luncheon. You can see a couple of incomplete video clips below or listen to the music in much better sound HERE. It's my fault for the poor-quality sound of the videos. I was using a new phone and apparently covered one of the microphones, I also erred in starting the first one and inadvertently clicked the stop button during the second one. Don’t waste time searching for the errors but listen to the audio file for a better listening experience.

Lord You are My Everything

We are So Blessed

Following the music, we introduced our Lead Pastor, David Kisner. Dave is my boss and preaches and teaches in our Sunday Morning Services. He has been in our pulpit now for over 20 years and we love him. Today, he spoke on a topic of particular interest to those of us who are senior citizens. This was informative and I found it helpful and interesting. You can listen to his talk HERE.

Pastor David Kisner

As always, our kitchen volunteers and Lisa prepared an outstanding Thanksgiving meal. I think this one is worthy of a place in one of our future newsletters. It would be a great way to make good use of Thanksgiving Dinner leftovers. 

Next month, be sure to join us for another terrific musical performance, as we celebrate Christmas with the Carillon Brass. You won't find a better brass musical group in our area. All five of these men are performers with the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra. They will also be performing downtown at the Victoria Theatre Loft; but you can avoid the crowded conditions of the theater and parking issues by hearing them here. So, JOIN US DECEMBER 13 at 11AM.

Young@Heart Luncheon – October 11, 2016

This week, we had a great musical program. We began with Toni Crouch Smith playing the piano for our prelude time of fellowship, prior to the program. Listen to the prelude Piano Music, HERE. Later, Toni accompanied Robert Rhodes as he sang a wide variety of musical pieces.

Robert is our Pastor of Worship Arts. That is the big name for leading the praise singing part of our services, choir, band, orchestra, etc. Robert has been with us a few months and is fitting in very well. He rarely sings solos for our services, but he did a very good job with the music for this program. His range of music is very broad from classical, Broadway, and Popular to Country and Contemporary Worship!

Robert led us through the program by playing a little quiz game of “Who and What am I?” with us.

You can hear Robert's entire program HERE. Or watch a few YouTube video clips below. Incidentally, the audio for his entire program is far superior to what is in the Videos. So, for your best listening pleasure, listen to the audio HERE.

After the program we moved into the dining area for another one of Lisa’s very good meals (they’re all great!). We had fruit salad, Mexican chicken, and Peach Cobbler for dessert.

Scioto Hills - Seasoned Saints - Day Trip

Today, we enjoyed a nice trip to God's Country in South Central Ohio. Scioto Hills is a children's campground during the summer months but hosts a number of other events including this Seasoned Saints during the off-times.

Driving to Scioto Hills is a bit of a hike but well worth the drive, at least when someone else is doing the driving. Thanks to Al Brothers for doing this for us. Someone asked me what town the camp is near; answer - Scioto Furnace. That's not much help, I'm sure!

There was at least a little color

The program consisted of a nice meal (chunky tomato soup and turkey croissant with chips followed by a delicious oatmeal bar), Scioto Hills property update by Scott Bruns (they are purchasing more property to give them better highway access), and a musical program by GloryWay Quartet.

I have the recipe for the Chunky Tomato Soup which was excellent! I'll share that in a future newsletter.

Lunch Time! 

Scott Bruns gives Scioto Hills update

GloryWay Quartet is a group headquartered out of Mansfield, Ohio. One of the singers is from Bellbrook. He is Justin Sayger the Bass. He is really BASE, too! Two others are from Ohio and the fourth is from Nashville. The group sings over 200 times a year and takes bookings all over the USA.