Every other year the High School Youth Choir at Quail embarks on a “significant” mission trip both in days on the road and total cost.  Our mission is to provide a message of hope and change to troubled teens in detention centers, juvenile prisons, work release centers and shelters.  Our trip will be from May 28 through June 9.  An added bonus this year will be to honor the men and women who serve in our military as we spend five days in the Washington D.C. area.  To help offset the cost to our students, we are proud to host our Bi-Annual Dessert Fellowship & Homemade Pie/Cake Auction after the Evening service on Sunday, April 18.  All donations, tips, and auction proceeds go directly to the student servers.  You will never know how grateful we are for your generous and loving support.  This one evening will be the only way many of our students can afford to make this trip a reality.  I’m sure you will agree that these students fully embrace “on the ground” ministry and service.  God has and will continue to honor them as they proclaim the gospel through music and service to a troubled world.  To donate desserts call Cindy in the music office at 302-3006.

On Tuesday, May 11, 2010 the Singing Churchwomen of Oklahoma will present a concert of celebration in honor of their 20th anniversary at Civic Center Music Hall in Oklahoma City.  The concert is free and open to the public.  Under the direction of Ken Gabrielse, the SCW is made up of volunteer, professional, church-vocational and lay musicians that number more than 450 women from Southern Baptist Churches in Oklahoma. 

In 1991 the SCW sang at Prai-Sing in Nashville and in 1994 the doors opened for a mission/concert trip to Brazil. In 1998 the Singing ChurchWomen, the Singing Churchmen and the Oklahoma Baptist Symphony were invited to provide the music for all of the sessions of the Southern Baptist Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah. No other combined choir or instrumental organization has ever before been asked to participate in the Convention on such a large-scale. This speaks of the quality of musical excellence as well as the heart of Baptist Church Music in the state of Oklahoma. In June of 2004 the SCW participated in a mission/concert trip to Romania & Hungary where over 1,500 people came to know the Lord. The SCW were invited as the featured performing group, to participate in the premiere of the new Baptist Hymnal at Glorieta in July of 2008.  

This will be largest choir ever assembled on the stage of the Civic Center Music Hall.  Quail Springs has 14 women who are currently members of the choir:  Sylvia Boothe, Kathy Gossen, Joanne Lynn, Pat Boone, Betty Brown, Jeanne Deaton, Betty Dixon, Linda Foreman, Jana Gabrielse, Linda Green, Donna Green, Arlene Marion, Linda Schoenhals and Cindy Wallace.

Bethel University’s award winning Renaissance Quartet is coming to Quail Springs Baptist Church on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. in the QSBC Worship Center.  The group’s appearance is free and open to the public.

     The group took top honors this past September at the 2009 National Quartet Convention – gospel music’s largest annual event. They bested 41 other quartets to win the convention’s group talent contest, and they were the only group composed of full-time college students.

     Director Matthew Holt, who is a former member of the well-known gospel group the Perrys, pointed out the magnitude of the Renaissance Quartet’s experience.

     “There were thousands of people at this convention who have spent their entire lives hoping to sing on the quartet convention stage,” Holt said. “As the winners of the competition, the Renaissance Quartet made it to the main stage and sang to an audience of 23,000.”

     Currently, the group also has released its debut CD, and one song on it, “Givin’ in to Givin’ Up,”  has already spent some time in heavy rotation on 93.1 WWGM out of Jackson, Tenn., one of the biggest radio stations in gospel music.

     As the winners of the Quartet Convention talent show, the group will also head back to the studio courtesy of Cross and Crown Music to record another album.

    The group is composed of Dustin Doyle of Chalybeate, Ky., Blaine Sumler of Lexington, Tenn., Anna Pirtle of Bolivar, Tenn., and Josh Murrell of Paris, Tenn. They are accompanied by director Holt and by students Adam Catt of Bowling Green, Ky., and Roger Morris of McKenzie, Tenn.

     Bethel University’s Renaissance Quartet is a component of Renaissance, the Bethel Performing Arts Experience, which encompasses vocal talent, instrumental talent and dramatic talent. Serving as ambassadors of Bethel University, Renaissance performs a wide range of musical styles and inspires its audiences to praise God. Renaissance has wowed audiences across the nation and even abroad.

     Those interested in being a part of Bethel University’s Renaissance program can call 731-352-6414 for more information.