Friday, July 18: Travel to Carmi Illinois to the Baptist Children’s Home.  Participate with residents and enjoy team building, ropes course, and ball games.  A concert for FBC Carmi and residents of the Children’s Home is in the works. Housing will be provided by the Children’s Home and FBC Carmi.

Saturday, July 19:  Travel to Branson.  We will either spend the day at Silver Dollar City and sing a concert, (still to be confirmed) or we will sing warm-up for and enjoy a stage show.  Housing will be provided by New Site Baptist in Monet, MO.

Sunday, July 20:  Sing at New Site Baptist Church in all three of their morning worship services.  We will stay close and probably sing again in the evening. I am still waiting for confirmation of the evening worship and housing.

Monday, July 21: Tahlequah, OK.  We are working on singing possibly in a joint concert with the National Cherokee Youth Choir or if that doesn’t work out, we will host a worship concert with the Cherokee people and lead worship in a Cherokee Baptist Associational event.  The youth will be doing personal evangelism during the day.  We will stay in the Associational camp that night.

Tuesday, July 22:  We are still working to coordinate an event but have two good options.

Wednesday, July 23:  Minister at the Omaha Baptist Center in Omaha, NE.  Stay in the associational mission housing.  (This is also awaiting final confirmation). Sing for the community at a block party hosted by the Center and minister to Hispanics and Arabic speaking people of the neighborhood.

Thursday, July 24:  Sing at AdventureLand (a 6 Flags type park).  Sing one performance in the morning and enjoy the park the rest of the day.  Travel to Rockford for a late arrival at Machesney Park FBC.  House for the night, sleep in the next morning

Friday, July 25:  Sing at Machesney Park FBC for our Homecoming Concert.  Enjoy the day with the youth of Machesney Park followed by a concert in the evening.  I will work on reserving a block of motel rooms at a reduced rate for parents wanting to spend Friday night before heading home on Saturday.

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 We will seek to train and encourage leaders to use music more effectively as a gospel tool to reach people for Christ and build more passionate disciples and worshippers.  It is our zeal to teach that worship is not a style but an experience with God by establishing, enlarging, improving the quality of worship and the music ministry in the local church.

 To accomplish these ministry goals, we will offer worship leader’s retreats which will train and encourage full-time, part-time, and volunteer worship leaders in available literature, worship trends, problem solving and team building.  The Illinois Baptist Singing Men will serve as not only a performance organization designed to give Illinois church musicians an opportunity to sing together, but will offer a network for fellowship and skill building. 

 Future leaders will be trained via children’s music camp, youth music camp, All-State Choir and Mission tour, and handbell festivals.  I will be surveying to find the need for an Illinois Baptist Worship Orchestra to give a venue for players around the state to use their instrumental skills for the glory of God. 

 We want to serve and encourage you in accomplishing your God-given mandate to reach the lost and strengthen the church.

Blessings,  Steve Hamrick
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