Jim Rice
Founding Member
Mike Wilson
Gordon Jenewein
Mark Craig
Larry Myers
Dan Patterson
Kevin Watkins
We did the Hume Lake Christian Conference Center 80th Anniversary Celebration over Labor Day weekend as well as Sonrise Church Clovis . Then this last Friday night we played the Rubicon Theatre in Ventura.
We performed a few songs that we wrote and recorded so long ago and then let slip through the cracks. Now that we have added them to our performance set list, we’re wondering how that happened. Hero, I’m Not Ashamed, I Love Being Old, and Whisper Me To Sleep, all have received great audience response and are all great message songs. I think we’ll keep these in the line-up for a while. We have so many songs with great backstories that inspired the composing of each. It’s hard to choose only enough of our songs for each performance. When we are at Hume Lake for a weekend doing several performances, we get to weave many more songs into the mix and bring great thread of encouragement and joy to those in attendance. Lots of satisfaction for us in the band.
Next month, Mark and I will travel to Frisco, Texas to be a part of the Insight For Living podcast with Chuck Swindoll and also do some music and speaking to the Insight Staff folks a well. I remember the times I used to go encourage his staff when they were located in Fullerton California. It was always a great time and I still love being a part of that whole ministry operation. Wish they were still near me here in Southern California. Wouldn’t have to fly. We played on one of IFL’s first cruises back in the 80s and many after that including their last one which was to Alaska a couple years ago. We have a had great times and now a wonderful history with Insight and Chuck. Great memories!
I’m looking forward to some home and family time as we approach the holidays. We all have kids and grandkids. Mark Craig (bass and our record producer), Mike Wilson (guitar and vocals), Larry Myers (mandolin and violin), Kevin Watkins (drums and vocals), Gordon Jenewein (keyboards), Dan Patterson (acoustic and electric guitars), and me (Jim Rice), all of us are happy, healthy, and joyful about getting to keep using the gifts God has given each of us and enjoy our families, also gifts from God.
May each of you enjoy the holidays and the time with your families and friends as we all look forward to what God has in store for us in 2027. God bless you all.
