My, my, my…. what an interesting time we had at Pine Valley Full Gospel Church!  Alan and Greg have sung a Pine Valley numerous times in the past, so we already knew that it would be a great time in the Lord.  Bad weather was predicted for the area and you always pray that it doesn’t keep the people from coming out. We were there and set up early, so we were able to sing through our entire program before the concert started. By the time the concert started, you could tell that the threat of bad weather didn’t keep people a home or damped anyone’s spirits.  After the opening congregational song and our first song, BAM! total darkness! We lost power due to the storms! It came back on just long enough to get things reset and start singing again. Then… you guessed it, total darkness again, but this time the power didn’t come back on. Paula moved over to the upright piano, and we just continued to sing the majority of our song list, in the dark, with the aid of a few cell phone lights helped. Lots of great singing from the local church folks during the intermission, then we finished out the concert. Pine Valley always goes above and beyond and has refreshments after their concerts, this time was no exception despite the darkness. Tearing down the equipment in the dark was also fun! Suffice it to say, this was the most interesting concert that many of us have ever experienced. We look forward to going back to Pine Valley again in the future.

The Gold Star Pavilion in Jefferson Barracks Park was the setting for Friendship Assembly’s Church Picnic. It was a full day in the park for Pastor Arlie and the Church family, as they held their morning worship service, ate lunch, played some loud crazy games and closed out the day with Southern Tradition.  Everyone seemed to enjoy the songs as they actively sang and clapped along.

This was our last scheduled concert of 2022. We look forward to the upcoming holidays and those special holiday events with our Families and Home Churches.  We also prayerfully look forward to the opportunities that God will provide Southern Tradition in 2023.  

Back in March of 2022 our Southern Gospel friends The Redemptions invited Southern Tradition to sing a couple songs during their concert at First General Baptist. As a result, Southern Tradition was invited back to sing a full afternoon concert to help kick off the Church’s 2022/2023 concert season.  

Paula was the Music Minister, Worship Leader, and wearer of may hats in over 10 years of Ministry at The Harbor.  We were thankful to have to opportunity to come back and minister there and to see many old friends!

Pastor Ron and Mt. Olive General Baptist have been amazing friends, supporters, and encouragers of local Southern Gospel groups for many years, having gone above and beyond to support them in so many ways. We are thankful for the blessing they have been over the years and that they still host Gospel Singings!