Last night, I rode along with some friends up to Reading to attend Fairview Christian School’s Christmas Program. Here’s a few snapshots (I apologize for the quality, they were taken with my phone) and some of the music selections from the evening. Fairview Christian School The school was started several years ago by Fairview Mennonite [...]
Posted on December 12th, 2010 by Josh Champagne
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Yesterday evening I was privileged to attend the 13th annual Messiah Sing-a-long. Here’s a highlight from my point of view in the balcony. Truly this piece is one of the pinnacles of Western music, it’s timeless message of God’s story shouts to us from the dusty pages of history to truly worship Him who is [...]
Posted on April 10th, 2010 by Josh Champagne
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I have always been fascinated by the well-developed and thoroughly thought-through ideas taught by John D. Martin on the Kingdom of God. His teachings and the teachings of others like him are what first drew me to Anabaptism in general and to conservative Mennonites and the “Charity Movement” in particular. Of course, as with any [...]
Posted on November 23rd, 2009 by Josh Champagne
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I was with a music group on Tuesday trying to learn a new song, when we needed an online pitch pipe badly, because no one happened to have a chromatic pitch pipe along. That steel cookie just doesn’t always make it into our pockets along side the requisite wallet, mobile phone and keys. So we stumbled [...]
Posted on July 11th, 2009 by Josh Champagne
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George Brunk’s Legacy A friend asked me to convert an audio tape to CD for them. It is an old sermon recording from 1951 by George R. Brunk, the Mennonite evangelist who spoke to crowds of 15,000+ people under a massive tent back in the ’50s. You can read more about him HERE and [...]
Posted on April 30th, 2009 by Josh Champagne
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A friend recently opened an online store specializing in modest clothes. I was amazed how fast she was able to get it all listed. From conservative dresses, jumpers, skirts and swim suits to Carhartt workpants and black leather shoes she’s jumped right into the marketplace with both feet. The website is marketed towards anyone with [...]
Posted on September 12th, 2008 by Josh Champagne
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