Date: March 1, 2014
Time: 6:00PM CT, doors open at 5:00PM CT
Place: Colonial Hills Baptist Church in Tyler, TX
Address: 7330 S Broadway Ave, Tyler, TX 75703
Special Guest: Don Francisco
Webcast: www.colonialhills.com (If you are not in Central Time, be sure to adjust to your time zone.)
Cost: Love offering
If you are watching the webcast, go to this link: www.colonialhills.com. At the lower left portion of the screen that link takes you to, click either "iPhone/iPad, Low Bandwidth, or High Bandwidth, depending on what your internet connection is. The webcast will begin at or just before 6:00.
All are welcome! Bring a friend. Judging from last year’s attendance, we are expecting 800-900 people, so if you are particular about where you sit, be sure to arrive at 5:00PM for the best seats. As always, there will be giveaways and laughs, but mostly, worship. I will be debuting a new CD project, Timeless Truth: For Times Like These. Here’s a link to a downloadable, printable flyer. Also, if you would like to help us advertise, make this photo your cover photo on Facebook. Download it to your computer, then upload it to Facebook as your banner.
DON & WENDY FRANCISCO
with MIKE BANTA
He’s known best for his powerful story songs like “He’s Alive”, and “Gotta Tell Somebody”, and songs of comfort like “I’ll Never Let Go of Your Hand”. For over 35 years, 25 albums, and two GMA Dove Awards, Don Francisco’s ability to paint a picture and deliver a message through song has been the foundation of his worldwide ministry.
Wendy-- best known for her recent YouTube song and cartoon, “GoD and DoG“, as well as stellar work in the folk duo 'Wendy & Mary'-- has recorded six albums, with such favorites as "The Wind Came Singing", "Someone for You", and “We Will Ride“. An accomplished guitarist and vocalist as well as a world-class songwriter, she brings a musical and lyrical beauty to the concerts that adds to Don's style and message in a perfect balance.
Mike Banta’s abilities on guitar (both acoustic and electric) have astounded even very talented players. His compositions and sensitive playing are both lyrical and technically proficient. Mike adds to the trio vocally as well, with well-blended harmonies. His latest album, No Words, is a tour-de-force of guitar-based music.
Don’s songs first hit the top of the charts in the 70’s and early 80’s, and hundreds of thousands around the world have witnessed their continual impact in concerts up to the present day. His newest CD Let It Ride contains all new songs and is a combination of his trademark “story” songs from the Old and New Testament as well as others of many different styles.
Wendy began recording with Sparrow Records in the early 80's, and her songs, too, often tell stories from the Bible. Her latest CD, The Deeper Song, gives the listener a musical picture of God's love and grace.
Of their ministry as a whole, Don and Wendy say, “A song can affect body, soul, and spirit, simultaneously opening doors and shutting out the world. When the Word of God is alive in a song, He can touch the deepest parts of the heart. Our calling is to write songs that live like that.”
Don, Wendy, and Mike continue to travel the world today, their concerts featuring Don's best-loved story songs, as well as others by each of them that reaffirm God’s grace and unchanging love for His people.
“You can’t hear too much about grace, healing and forgiveness,” they say. “We've known so much of it in our own lives that we just want to be vehicles for God to deliver that message, and to bring freedom, joy, and healing with it.”
Don's
Brother of the Son 1976 NewPax
Forgiven 1978 NewPax/Benson
Got to Tell Somebody 1980 NewPax/Benson
The Live Concert 1981 NewPax/Benson
Holiness 1983 NewPax/Benson
The Poet* 1985 NewPax/Benson
The Power 1987 StarSong
High Praise 1988 StarSong
Live in the U.K. 1989 Word, UK/Window/StarSong
The Early Works* 1991 NewPax/Benson
Vision of the Valley 1991 StarSong
Come Away 1992 StarSong
Genesis and Job 1994 StarSong
Word Pictures* (Europe only) 1996 Word, UK (no U.S. release)
He’s Alive 1997 Airlift Recordings
Beautiful to Me 1998 Airlift Recordings
Grace on Grace 1999 Airlift Recordings
Only Love is Spoken Here 2001 Airlift Recordings
The Promises 2003 Airlift Recordings
The Package 2003 Airlift Recordings
That I May Know You 2005 Airlift Recordings
The Sower 2007 Airlift Recordings
Let It Ride 2009 Airlift Recordings
*Previously Released Tracks
Wendy's
Out of the Fullness 1981 Sparrow
The Wind Came Singing 1983 Sparrow
Battle of the Heart 1985 Sparrow
People of Promise 1987 Sparrow
Land of Your Heart 2001 Airlift Recordings
Deeper Song 2005 Airlift Recordings
Mike’s
Fire 2004 Homebound Records
No Words 2007 Homebound Records
