Welcome Aboard

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Translation:
MissionTrip has a new musician - Mike Fitch has now joined on as a jack-of-all-trades. He plays guitar (lead & rhythm), bass, and drums - of course, not all at the same time. Welcome aboard Mike!!

Summer is Closing

Already its time to start gearing back up for school. We will be playing again at the downtown marina for the Saturday Night Alive this Saturday, August 2nd. For anyone who didnt know already, its a great time of worship, prayer, scripture, and fellowship. Check the details on our calendar for more info. We hope to see more stuff going on for the youth before school starts. Keep posted for late breaking news!

~peace

It's been a while

Sorry folks! It's been a while since we have made a post. We have been going!! That is a good thing though. March 1 we had Children's Ministry Day and the turn out was great, then I was able to be part of the WMU Women's Prayer Retreat on March 8. March 9 We were able to visit New Hope Community Church and lead worship and Thomas brought the message. On March 20th Thomas and I celebrated our 9 year wedding anniversary and that weekend on March 22 we had Nature Day at Camp Cale with several teens being able to do rock climbing, canoeing, hiking, and even volunteering to do some work there. On March 30th we led Bandon Chapel's Singspiration. I also started a new job this month working for Edenton Chowan Schools as a Life Coach for students who are having trouble with behavior, attendance and/or grades. We are still doing Tuesday night group for teens and we pray constantly for this ministry. There have also been other misc. things going on in the ministry this month which is exciting. It has been a busy month and April seems to be the same. We are excited at this adventure the Lord is taking us on. He is good!! We should praise His name and give thanks for all He is doing in our lives!!

Upcoming in March

So far, March has been a blast. March 1st was the WMU Childrens Ministry Day and Saturday Night Alive, and March 8th Chrystiane was able to participate in the WMU prayer retreat at Woodville Baptist.

Upcoming events so far include MissionTrip leading the worship at New Hope Christian Fellowship in Hertford (March 16th) and to particpate in the 5th Sunday Sing at Bandon Chappel on March 30th. Check out the calendar for more details and other dates.

-tg

Saturday Night Alive (3/1)

SNA went great last night! We had two powerful testimonies shared and a great time of praise and worship and fellowship afterwards. You never know whats going to happen on a Saturday Night at the Marina! Thanks to all who helped and all who came out to worship with us and support this awesome ministry. Please come out again, 4/5 @ 6pm in the downtown Edenton Marina.

-posted by thom 3/2 4:19pm

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Saturday Night Alive, a time of Contemporary Praise and Worship, held at the Marina in Edenton located on Queen Street. It is held currently on the First Saturday of every month at 6pm.

Refreshments are served before and after the service and childcare is provided. MissionTrip is one of the bands that is helping with this community service. We hope that you can make it out for this wonderful time of worship to the Lord.

For more information, please call 252-221-4638 or email us at Chrystiane or Thom

About Thom

hey all! I thought I'd take a little space here just to introduce myself. You can read more on my profile or visit my blog "The Beauty of Grace."

I play guitar and do some vocals for the band, Im co-founder alongside my wife Chrystiane. We love to play music and we love working with youth (my wife just picked up a job with the county schools working with teens - so jealous). Anyway, Im currently taking seminary classes for pastoring and church leadership hoping to get my bach before '09. I currently play an Epi Les Paul Black Beauty with a Marshall TSL-100. I like it loud! ":D

Peace ya'll and please, look us up anytime for that big youth rally or just an intimate worship setting - we seek to praise God with every minute of our lives with all of God's people.

The Band (as of Aug '08)

MissionTrip the band is ..

Chrystiane Grubbs /bass, vocals
Thom Grubbs /guitar, vocals
Jason Gregory /drums
Mike Fitch / guitar

Other folks you may have seen on stage with us...

Ashlee Gilbert /vocals, harmony
Chelsea Perry /vocals, harmony
Justin Holland /drums
Steve Stallings /drums
Richard Simmons /keyboard
Julian Sawyer /guitar, mandolin