Well… It’s a wrap! Sandi Patty in the Big Apple was an extraordinary ministry trip that we will remember for a long, long time!
Incredible night last night at Carnegie Hall as we had the opportunity to minister to a huge crowd from many countries around the world! So grateful to be able to partner with such great ministers of music and choirs from all across America!
Special thanks to great friends Larry Harrison, Ross Johnson, Joshua McClain, Jon Skelley and Phil Anderson along with the one and only VERITAS! Love these guys!
To God Be The Glory!

Another incredible day on the Sandi Patty in the Big Apple Ministry Trip in New York City! Buffet breakfast, Brooklyn Tabernacle and an awesome lunch cruise around New York Harbor! Carnegie Hall tomorrow! Can’t wait!

What a day! Awesome rehearsal this morning for Monday night’s concert with Sandi Patty and Veritas at Carnegie Hall! Special thanks to Larry Harrison, Jon Skelley, Joshua McClain, Phil Anderson and Ross Johnson for bringing their choirs on this great adventure called “Sandi Patty in the Big Apple!” 25 choirs from 18 states and one province!

So what does this Celebration Concert Tours fabulous team do after sending 320 people off on buses towards Birmingham? Of course… they go to the Yankees game! Proud of these guys!

The New York Worship Project is a wrap as we put over 300 folks on buses going to the airport today. What an awesome time of worship, ministry, sightseeing and fellowship over these last five days!
Carnegie Hall with David Phelps on Saturday! Ministry projects on Sunday! World-class sightseeing on Monday! Lunch cruise around New York Harbor and Brooklyn Tabernacle yesterday!
Thanks to Michael and Linda Adler, Pastor Danny, Joe Estes and Frank Jones for their leadership on this great trip! Looking forward to next time!

THE NEW YORK WORSHIP PROJECT!
Great time of ministry yesterday as we divided the 320 folks from Birmingham into five different ministry groups going to five different churches…an awesome privilege and opportunity to encourage these young churches! Some real quality ministry time in each church! Today was a free day for everybody to explore NYC and have a blast! Wonderful lunch today with Roger and Linda Breland!

An absolutely incredible night of worship at Carnegie Hall last night with Michael Adler, Joe Estes, Frank Jones and the combined choirs of Shades Mountain, Hunter Street, First Baptist Trussville, and the great David Phelps! Also… Roger Breland and Voices of Mobile knocked it out of the park! What a powerful night of worship! Grateful… as the Lord was lifted up in this great Hall!

So what does the wonderful, awesome Celebration Concert Tours staff do after welcoming 320 Travellers from Birmingham at all three New York airports? Of course – take a nap and then go to Roxy’s deli!
Looking forward to an awesome concert in Carnegie Hall tomorrow with David Phelps and conducted by great friends Michael Adler, Joe Estes, Frank Jones and the great Roger Breland! Let’s do this thing!

Great time last night at FBC Simpsonville, South Carolina as we did the orientation for The Best of Britain trip! So glad to have wonderful friends Kevin and Teresa Batson (Taylor’s First Baptist Church) and Randy and Lynne Kirby ( FBC Simpsonville) joining together on this awesome ministry trip next month!

WOW– what a night! Almost 300 folks turned in interest information sheets last night for PRESTONWOOD IN DC! Really looking forward to working with Michael Neale, Rick Briscoe, Larry Brubaker, Heather Reed, Pastor Jack Graham and the entire team at Prestonwood on this great outreach to our nation’s capital in coordination with the National Day of prayer next year! Going to be awesome! Can’t wait!

Just finished a spectacular day in Nashville with the finest players on the planet recording The Carols of Christmas to premiere at Carnegie Hall this November and be released by LifeWay Worship next May, 2019! Great job to Bradley Knight (arranger), Daewoo Kim (recording engineer), Ken Barker(editor)and all these super players for making this an Epic Choral Collection for Christmas next year!!!
Great to have wonderful friend Greg Crane with us today from FBC Hendersonville! His choir will be the recording choir on this unique and powerful collection for Christmas 2019!!!

Awesome day with great friends Brent and Jill Dyer at Champion Forest Baptist Church in Houston doing the orientation for Discover Britain in July 2018! Can’t wait for this extraordinary trip with these wonderful folks!