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Southern Gospel "Friends By Grace" at FUMCi

Southern Gospel Trio Plays at Kum Doubles Sunday School Party

Friends By Grace, a Southern Gospel trio made up of husband and wife team Randy and Judy Melton and lead/tenor Lonnie Royal. We were greatly blessed and entertained and are truly grateful to Windell Baggett for asking them to be our guests of honor at our infamous, annual November Drop-Pot Soup Bowl party. We used to bring ingredients for the cooks to drop into the pot and make one big pot of soup. However, the crowd is growing larger and larger so now the soup is made in various homes and brought in to the Fellowship Hall and then served. Just the ticket on a cool November evening. If your not there by 6:00 PM or shortly thereafter you may only get the dregs!

Friends By Grace has been singing since 1998 and has, since its start, devoted every word, every note, and every message in song to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. They told us that if just one person was blessed by what they were singing that evening, then they have done what God has asked of them. We were assuredly all blessed. Each of us in attendance were there not only for the soup and fellowship, but for the good gospel music, too. Friends By Grace is GOOD Southern gospel music! There was plenty of wit and humor rolled in between sets and songs too. There were plenty happy moments when our Friends (especially Judy) had us in stitches.

If you ever have the opportunity to hear Friends By Grace by all means do so. You will be thoroughly entertained and blessed with God's Word delivered to your spirit in harmonious, Southern Gospel music. Friends by Grace can be contacted by email or phone at 214-770-9246.

Our friends begin to gather The crowd begins to thicken

Our friends begin to gather

The crowd begins to thicken
Old friends shake hands People find themselves a table
Old friends shake hands People find themselves a table
Ruth decorated the tables nicely

Autumn was in the air

Ruth decorated the tables nicely Autumn was in the air

The harvest theme was gorgeous

We are ready for SOUP!

The harvest theme was gorgeous We are ready for SOUP!

We had the young ...

and the not so young

We had the young ... and the not so young

Friends By Grace began while we were finishing up

They sang gospel

Friends By Grace began while we were finishing up They sang gospel

They sang more gospel music

They even sang Christmas gospel music

They sang more gospel music They even sang Christmas gospel music
Then they sang,"Four Days Late". Wonderful! Lonnie Royal
Then they sang, "Four Days Late". Wonderful! Lonnie Royal
Judy Melton Randy Melton
Judy Melton Randy Melton
David Duz Dishes There is always one pumpkinhead.
David Duz Dishes There is always one pumpkinhead.
   
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