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Monday, December 15, 2025

London First Pentecostal Christmas 2025 Pics

 Hey Friends,

Thanks for stopping by for a visit! I hope you're staying warm on this bitterly cold day. 

I am incredibly grateful for the provisions that God has provided us to stay nice and cozy. We are blessed abundantly! Here is a little perspective for all of my warm-weather readers: as I am typing this post, the weather says it is 1°, feels like -6° outside! As my Mamaw Martha says, that is “bone-hurting cold”!

We escaped from Ohio on Friday night. The weather was forecast to be bad in our area on Saturday. We were scheduled to be in Kentucky for a Christmas concert Saturday evening and worship service on Sunday morning. The weather forecast for Kentucky called for extreme cold but no snow accumulation.

 I am grateful that we left when we did. Snow it did Saturday in Ohio. Most people in our area of Ohio were snowed in for the weekend. By Saturday afternoon, it was a level two snow emergency, where they strongly advised you not to be on the roads unless it was an absolute emergency!

The Lord helped us have an excellent service Saturday night. We were so thrilled to be back with our friends at London FPC. when dear love, Pastor Vernon and Sister Marsha Jarvis and their congregation! 

It was also wonderful to see many of our other friends from the area! Thank you all for braving the cold weather to come and see us! You made our day!

Mom and I were extremely grateful to have Help Saturday evening from Bro. Colton Deane singing. God has given him a true gift! It is incredible to watch God use him! 

Jacqueline Coffman made the trip with us from Ohio for the weekend. She was an extremely great asset! We loved having her with us.

Bro. Berkley Rose also made the trip from Ohio to Kentucky for the weekend. He helped us out with the drums on Saturday! think not think there's an instrument that he can not play, if he tries, and he plays them all very skillfully. It was a blessing to have him helping us.

I was also very excited to meet his new grandbaby, who lives in Kentucky. He helped pull his Grandpa Berkley to Kentucky for us! 


Above is a picture of me with my dear friend Mellyn, and her baby Miles!

Well, I will quit my ramblings and finish this post with the rest of my pictures from our Christmas concert at London FPC.

Odie






















Monday, December 8, 2025

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