Thursday In Pics

 Hey Friends,

There's not much time for words. We have been preparing for two of our Christmas concerts this weekend. The first one is tonight at Dryden Road at 7PM. 

It is an honor to have Bro. Philip, Sis. Deidra and Colton Deane with us. We are excited to be singing with Colton! Bro. Philip preached very well at Dryden Road Pentecostal Church last night. 

Here are pictures from Thursday. It was a full day. Now it is Friday and time for a nap before our day begins again. 

We appreciate your prayers this weekend. See you later. 

Odie 

Practice Practice Practice

 Hey Friends,

Here is a picture from practice at DRPC last night. I know I told you about our mini Christmas tour earlier this week. Read that post by clicking HERE.

BFM is in full out panic and prep mode. The band is sounding awesome. I just hope we can remember everything. I might be singing Christmas songs in my sleep. 

Please keep us in your prayers. Pray for our minds to work properly and our bodies to be well without voice problems.

It is already Thursday as I write this post. I am going to try to get a little rest. 

See you tomorrow. 

Odie 

DRPC Children’s Christmas 2025

 Hey Friends,

First, I want to say thank you for the prayers for our family. Yesterday was not an easy day to say see you later to our Aunt Carol. God helped the family. 

Please keep the family in your prayers as they navigate this difficult season. Many of you took the time to message and check on us yesterday. Your thoughtfulness and prayers are greatly appreciated!

We rushed back from Kentucky yesterday afternoon. We needed to be at church at Dryden Road Pentecostal Church last night. 

It was time for the Children's Church Christmas program. 

This year, the leaders did not do a full kids' play. They had kids say parts and sing some songs. It was so cute.

 I was extremely proud of all of the kids. There were even a few who do not usually like to sing with the junior choir, but they sang the entire program.    

 

Here are a few pictures and a video. I hope you enjoy. 

See you all tomorrow. 

Odie

Remembering Aunt Vivian Carol Montgomery

 Hey Friends,

Our family is grieving a loss. Saturday, God chose to take our Aunt Carol home to Heaven. Read her tribute HERE. 

Thank you for praying for her last week! I requested prayer a couple of days. Her heart was in bad shape. Things did not go as we hoped they would. 

Ultimately Aunt Carol is much better than the rest of us! She is free from the heartache and cares of this life. She will no longer suffer from any ailments. Her 83 years are completed. 

We as a family hurt, because we do not want to be separated from her. She was special to each of us. Our family has always had Carol the sister, aunt and friend. Things suddenly changed for us and we are extremely saddened. 

We will miss our beautiful Aunt. Her smile, laugh and antics will be missed. We have been reminiscing. Thankfully we have many fabulous Carol memories. 

Please keep my Gran, her brother and three sisters in your prayers. Also, there is a host of nieces, nephews and friends.

 

I will close with my favorite memory of my Aunt Carol. This happened when I was around 10. One day my aunts were visiting Gran an Papaw. We were sitting around talking about names. The conversation went to names we all thought were crazy.  

Aunt Carol asked me Odie what do you think of the name Vivian? I had never heard that name! I responded with ooh yuck that's a horrible name!!

Needles to say she loved my reaction. That was exactly what she was wanting me to do. Aunt Carol went on to tell me her name was Vivian!

I was blown away. I had no idea she went by her middle name. I ate humble pie for a while, and Aunt Carol loved it!

That year, for Christmas, she bought me a 36-inch-tall porcelain doll named Vivian. I kept in my rooms for years. Looking at that doll brought a smile to my face. 

The last several years I called her Vivian. I love the name now! She signed all my cards with Aunt Vivian. I am probably the only person that called her Vivian regularly.

Thank you for reading. See you tomorrow!

Odie 

4 City Christmas Tour

 Hey Friends,

I guess we ended up with a mini Christmas tour this year. 1 date grew to 2, then 3, and now we are ending it with number 4 shortly before Christmas. We are celebrating the Joy of Christmas through song. 

We could have added more dates. I know we had some requests for other services. Due to my recent surgery, I only felt comfortable staying closer to home for this tour. 

The final countdown is on. It is an exciting time, but nerve-racking as well. We are working hard to prepare. It is coming down to the wire. 

We have 2 Christmas services this weekend. Both Friday and Saturday nights, we will also be joined by Bro. Colton Deane of Cantonment, Florida. We are so excited to sing with Colton. He is exceptionally talented!

Moraine, OH 

Friday 12/12/25

Dryden Road Pentecostal Church 

Pastor Bennie Sutherland 

7:00 

Dinner with Cantata to follow. It is all in the fellowship hall. Here is more information.

London, KY 

Saturday 12/13/25

First Pentecostal Church 

Pastor Vernon Jarvis 

6:30

Sunday 12/14/25

Mom and I will also be singing some during the Sunday morning service at First Pentecostal. 

We have a little break before the other services of this tour. It would be awesome to see family and friends along the way this month. Please make plans to join us!

Lebanon, OH

Wednesday 12/17/25

Anchor of Hope 

Pastor E.J. Lamb

7:00

This service was just added last night. I believe the plan is for us to sing several Christmas songs. Then Pastor E.J. will be preaching. 

Waynesville, OH

Sunday 12/21/25

Dodds Pentecostal Church 

Pastor Jay Osborn

6:00

My cousin Luke Osborn will be singing with us for this service. We are still working out the details. We are excited to be singing with Luke. 

A huge blessing for us this tour; since we are close to home, our band from DRPC has agreed to do most of these services with us. Mom and I are thrilled. That helps us tremendously. These 3 gentleman are like family to us, and we work together so often. It is extremely fun to make music with them!

Please keep us in your prayers. Stay tuned. I will recap each tour stop in a blog post. 

Thank you for reading. Hope we can see you soon. 

Odie

Sunday Sanity 12/7/25

 Hey Friends,

Our Christmas season is in full swing. I am sure your calendar is just as full as ours. We must not forget the true reason for this season. 

The birth of our Savior was world-changing. He is still changing our lives today! Oh, Hallelujah, I am so eternally grateful!

I encourage you to tune in weekly to Pastor Brent Gabbard's devotional. Every Tuesday, a new episode of Voices From The Valley is released on YouTube. HERE is the link to the playlist. 

The month of December is going to be extra special. Tuesday’s episode was fantastic! Click HERE for that episode. I could just imagine Dad loving every word of truth.

Bro. Brent is taking us back to the genuine Christmas story throughout December. I am excited for the weeks coming. I know I will love it, and I believe you will too.

He is just one thing that jumped out at me. I thought it was a good nugget of sanity for the first Sunday of December. 

"How Tragic is it that the season meant to draw us closer to Christ actually crowds Him out of our lives?"

Pastor Brent Gabbard 

Bible Holiness Church 

Elkton, Virginia

I will leave all to ponder this question today. See you next time. 

Odie

Isaacs Christmas Concert 2025 Centerville, OH

 Hey Friends,

Thank you for stopping by to visit. Did you see my post yesterday? I had pics from being with the Isaacs and Jason Crabb last month. Check it out HERE.

Last night, we also got to be with The Isaacs locally. I have anticipated this concert for a year. As soon as it was announced last December, I put it on our schedule.  

This was a Christmas concert put on by Strictly Gospel at Sinclair Community College, Centerville campus. This one was close to home. We had lots of family and friends there. It was great to experience this incredible night with everyone.

The Isaacs did a phenomenal job! I am amazed every time! An Isaacs Christmas concert is another level of magnificent!!

The concert was an hour and a half of amazing music and singing. All good things must come to an end, but I was nowhere near ready for the night to end!

Here are pictures from last night’s concert. Thank you to Bro. Michael Alexander for contributing some of these pics. I hope you enjoy!

Odie