A December GRD Update (alternately titled "The Big News We Have Been Waiting To Share")

Hello wonderful (and patient) GRD fans!

December has been such a busy month for us...between holiday parties, work commitments, moving to Savannah, and raising children, we cannot believe Christmas is in one week!

What's that you say? Moving to Savannah? Oh, you didn't know?

Yes, it's true. One of the members of our GRD family is moving to Georgia in just a short time.

We'll let him tell you about it in his own words...

Dear GRD Bloggers,
I hope everyone is getting ready for the upcoming holiday season. Is it just me or does it seem like there is too much to do and not enough time to get it all done? This particular season will be especially crazy for me and my family. The reason for this being that, starting in January, I will be starting South University's Physician Assistant program in Savannah, Georgia. This has been something that I have worked hard for over the years and it has finally arrived. The program is a 27 month year round Masters program after which I will be entering the crazy world of practicing medicine (scary!). Unfortunately this comes as bitter sweet news in that I will no longer be able to be the drummer for Grace Reigns Down [or the Shout worship team]. I have been working with this group for the better part of 8 years now, and it is remarkable how much it has grown. I remember the first Shout service that was just Chad on guitar, Jaclyn singing, me on the drums, and about 10 people in the pews. From that it has truly evolved into what it is today. I know that the only reason things have grown so dramatically is that God has a plan for this group. The funny thing is that only He knows what that plan is and the best we can do is follow the path laid before us. The support and love from all the people who have come to our shows, sent us invitations to come worship with them at their home churches, and those that come to Shout have really blessed my time with this group. It is a very hard thing to have to leave the group right now and go off on my own career path. These group members are very dear friends to me and I will miss every single one of them. I always told myself that God blessed me with the talent to drum and what better way to use that gift than to spread the news of His love with as many people as possible. I thank everyone for allowing me to do just that as the best way I knew how. The drumming position has been left into good hands and I am confident that this group will continue to grow and share with people the most important message ever delivered. I cannot say thank you enough to the band for being so supportive of my choices and yet trying to keep me involved through countless bribes. This is God's path for me and I pray that GRD will continue down their own path with the attitude of giving God the glory for using them as messengers of His word.

JD ~ out

We are truly blessed to have had Jason in the band, and we wish him nothing but success for the future. We are so proud of him in so many ways, and yes, we will come up with creative ways to keep him involved with GRD. :-)

Stay tuned as we will soon announce the newest member of the GRD family...

God Is There...and on YouTube, too!

Thanks to our friend, Dave Berry, for putting together this great video for us!

God is There is available on our brand new EP, Grace Reigns Down.

A Big THANK YOU!!!

Thanks to everyone who came out to our CD release party / March of Dimes concert. We had a lot of fun playing for you (and the glow sticks looked AWESOME from the stage!!!)

Your support and words of encouragement mean the world to us. We look forward to seeing you at another concert soon. God bless!!

Drum Roll, Please!

Thanks to everyone who entered our second GRD contest...


We appreciate all your support!


So without further ado...
[by the way, here is Brooklyn sporting our BRAND NEW t-shirt design!]

Congratulations, Jan! See you tonight!

Tonight's The Night!!

Hey guys! Looking forward to seeing you all this evening and enjoying some great music from The Brad Ratledge Band and Grace Reigns Down! Fighting a bit of a cold so I hope I don't squeal any notes up on stage. If I do, I apologize in advance. :)

Hope you all have a wonderful day and can't wait until 6:00

A sneak peek...

The CD Release show is just one day away! We hope you are making plans to come see us on Saturday at 6pm!

Now, for the last finishing touches on the artwork...

ONE MORE PRE-SHOW CONTEST!

This contest is for all our fabulous Facebook fans out there!

Visit our Grace Reigns Down Facebook page and leave us a comment on our wall between now and Friday at midnight. Your comment enters you in a contest to win our brand new GRD t-shirt and a copy of our EP album.

As a bonus, if you send someone new over to our page to "like" us and comment on our wall, they will get entered into our contest and YOU will get a bonus entry (but make sure they tell us you sent them over!).

Alright, folks! Good luck, and we hope to see you all at our CD Release Show THIS Saturday at 6pm at First Lutheran Church.

(For Real Now) And the winner is....

Sorry for the delay GRD fans, but we did conduct the t-shirt drawing this afternoon.

Thanks to all of you who became followers (or stayed a follower- ha ha) and left a comment!

We let a very cute crew member do the honors...

And the winner is...

Congratulations, Dee!!! We will give you your t-shirt at the show on Saturday, or if you cannot make it, we will be happy to mail it to Gladys for you.

Didn't win this time? Don't worry, because we will be having a Facebook contest this week...so stay tuned!

One more day...

You have one more day to enter our first ever GRD t-shirt contest! Click here for the rules and enter! Contest ends at midnight Friday night!

Want to see something pretty awesome?

Then check out K-LOVE's Community Calendar. :-) (You'll have to also type in zip code 27410.)

(And don't forget to enter our t-shirt giveaway HERE!)