It was our great honor to have our good friends Trusting Hymn, Southern Joy, and His Call join us at Berean Baptist Church in Mesquite, TX for a benefit concert for Calvary First Baptist Church of Mesquite. Calvary had a fire back in October of last year. The groups were all awesome and the Lord was lifted up. It was a little bit of the Joe Gordon show as he sang with three of the four groups, one of them even had a bit of fun with a mock contract that Ransomed and Trusting Hymn were in breach of, unknown to us. All I am going to say is that you had to be there to get the previous statement. You really NEVER know what you are going to miss at a Ransomed concert as last minute Lee will usually show up at sometime. Throw in these other groups and JG and there will usually be at least three surprises during the night.

We were able to raise at over $2400 towards the contents of their new facility, made many new friends, and caught up with some old friends. Our prayers continue to go out to that congregation as they move toward their new facility.

A special thank you to Pastor David Mills and Ken Case of Berean Baptist for allowing us to have the concert there. Also, thank you to the Baptist Progress for the advertising in their weekly newsletter free of charge. Another thank you should go out to Edgemont Park Baptist Church as they have allowed Calvary First Baptist to meet there on Sunday afternoons for a nominal charge. An additional thank you goes out to Ron and Cyndi Livingston of Cornerstone Press for the posters and to Ron for his effortless sound man prowess.

In this day and age, it is extremely refreshing to see several different churches, Baptist organizations, and groups working together to accomplish something for the Lord.

Below is the letter received from First Baptist Calvary.

God bless,
Lee Berry


Dear Ransomed Music Ministry,

The pastor, staff, and members of Calvary First Baptist Church would like to thank you for giving of your time and talent for the Benefit Concert on Saturday March 1st for our church.

We were so blessed by attending the concert and the love offering of $2,498.50 was very much appreciated.

Thanks again for your donation of time, talent, and substance. Please keep us in your prayers.

May God bless you and your music ministry.

Joe Morgan, Treasurer
Calvary First Baptist Church