7th? Annual Rusk County Singing Convention

Old Pine Grove Church
Henderson, Rusk County, Texas
Saturday, April 25, 2015 and Sunday, April 26, 2015

Saturday, April 25

The 7th annual Rusk County Singing met Saturday before the fourth Sunday in April at Old Pine Grove Church near Henderson, Texas. The tune book for Saturday was The Christian Harmony, 2010 edition.

With the absence of the chairman, the vice chair, Janie Short, called the class to order leading 261t, Come Thou Fount.
Elder Robert Vaughn offered the opening prayer.

Janie Short then called the class into a business session and the following officers were elected: Chairman—Janie Short; Vice Chairman—Sonny Erwin; Secretary—Gaylon Powell.

Leaders: 188, He Loves Me - Janie Short
546b, Oak Grove - Sonny Erwin
228, Pass Me Not - Sonny Erwin
206, Prayer Meeting - Gaylon Powell
41t, Mediation - Gaylon Powell
285, Farewell Brother - Robert Vaughn
142, The Solid Rock - Robert Vaughn
111b, Judkins - Chris Nicholson
460t, Bohemia - Chris Nicholson
498, Hendon - Cheryl Foreman
255, Watchman (Second) - Cheryl Foreman
548, Macedonia - Kristie Powell
63t, Condescension - Kristie Powell
121t, Prosperity - Drew McGuire
208b, French Broad - Drew McGuire
400t, Christian Love - Tammy Powell.
64, Youthful Blessings - Tammy Powell.

RECESS

Janie Short called the class back together leading 81t, Maitland.
Leaders: 19, The Day of Days - Henry McGuire
211b, Humble Penitent - Henry McGuire
285, Farewell Brother - Ben Copenhaver
453t, De Beza - Ben Copenhaver
189, One by One - Rick Foreman
277, Sweet Affliction - Rick Foreman
298, My Shepherd Guides - Kim Vaughn
253, Is It Far? - Kim Vaughn
186, Lord Remember Me - Janie Short
184, Where We'll Never Grow Old - Janie Short
250, ?No such tune? - Sonny Erwin
214, Hosanna - Sonny Erwin
336, ?No such tune? - Gaylon Powell
54, My Trust - Gaylon Powell
155, Solemn Call - Robert Vaughn.
361, Solemn Thought - Robert Vaughn.
Dismissed for lunch with Henry McGuire asking the blessing at the dinner tables.

LUNCH

Vice Chair Sonny Erwin called the class back leading 534, Angels Singing.
Leaders: 185, Corinth - Chris Nicholson
67b, Dundee - Chris Nicholson
133, Juniata - Cheryl Foreman
167b, Come Along - Cheryl Foreman
216b, Social Band - Kristie Powell
245, Bozrah - Kristie Powell
256b, Sacred Rest - Drew McGuire
281b, Palmetto - Drew McGuire
432b, Fish Pond - Tammy Powell
393b, China - Tammy Powell
316, This Heavy Load - Henry McGuire
258, Thorny Desert - Henry McGuire
176, Heavenly Treasures - Ben Copenhaver
514, Crown - Ben Copenhaver
77, How Beautiful Heaven Must Be - Rick Foreman
303, The Unclouded Day - Rick Foreman
143, Farther Along - Janie Short.
60, What Did He Do? - Janie Short.

RECESS

Janie Short called the class back together leading 263, Autumn.
Leaders: 168b, Sunrise - Sonny Erwin
240, Morning Light - Sonny Erwin
493b, Day-Star - Gaylon Powell
172, The Grand Highway - Gaylon Powell
261b, Alone - Robert Vaughn
355, Homeward Bound - Robert Vaughn
467b, Uxbridge - Chris Nicholson
260t, Bavaria - Chris Nicholson
75, Sprague - Cheryl Foreman
50, Cranbrook - Cheryl Foreman
339, Samanthra - Kristie Powell
105t, Tender Care - Kristie Powell
293, Lenox - Drew McGuire and Will McGuire
171, Sessions - Drew McGuire
180, The Sinless Summerland - Henry McGuire (by request)
16, The Finest Flower - Henry McGuire (by request)
17, Call to Arms - Henry McGuire (by request)
278, God Holds the Future - Ben Copenhaver
318, The Martial Trumpet - Ben Copenhaver
120, Home in the Sky - Rick Foreman.
121b, Greensboro - Rick Foreman.
Janie Short led 76b, Night for the closing song.
The closing prayer was offered by Robert Vaughn.

Sunday, April 26

The Sunday session of the convention was held in conjunction with the Pine Grove Cemetery Homecoming. The tune book for Sunday was The B. F. White Sacred Harp (Cooper Book), 2012 Revision.

Janie Short called the class to order leading 171, Exhortation.

Rick Foreman led the opening prayer. Janie appointed Cheryl Foreman and Kristie Powell to serve on the memorial committee. Leaders: 544, My Eternal Home (Home) - Janie Short
430, Land of Rest - Sonny Erwin
569, He Leads Me All the Way - Sonny Erwin
432, The Heavenly Mansion - Gaylon Powell
239, David's Lamentation - Gaylon Powell
31t, Ninety-Third Psalm - Cheryl Foreman
470, There We Our Jesus Shall Adore (Sardis) - Cheryl Foreman
210, Minnesota - Kristie Powell
225t, Newry - Kristie Powell
40, Blow Ye the Trumpet (Lenox) - Carole Watts
424, Sweet Union - Carole Watts
558, I'll Praise My Master - Crystal Meadows
559, Will You Meet Me? - Crystal Meadows
270, Confidence - Henry McGuire (for Nancy Van Den Akker)
524, My Home Above
528b, Peaceful Shore - Kim Vaughn
507b, The Glory of the Cross - Kim Vaughn

RECESS

Janie Short called the class back together leading 511b, Jesus Died for Me.

Leaders: 264t, Great God, Attend (Duke Street) - Chris Nicholson
264b, Hebron - Chris Nicholson
131b, Invocation - Drew McGuire
505, Cleansing Fountain - Drew McGuire
128, The Promised Land - Rick Foreman
273, Marthasville - Rick Foreman
222, Ocean - Tammy Powell
142, Stratfield - Tammy Powell
212, Sharon - Charity Vaughn
392, Little Pilgrim - Charity Vaughn
400, Struggle On - Natalie Fletcher.
401, Cuba - Natalie Fletcher.

Memorial Lesson: Kristie Powell read the names of the sick and shut-ins: Jane Goforth, Jimmy Foreman, Thomas Robinson, and Noel Jones—Texas; Kaneaster Hodges—Arkansas; Nancy Van Den Akker—Louisiana; Gravis Ballinger—Alabama. She led 288, White in their honor.
Cheryl Foreman read the names of the deceased: Molly Appleberry, F. E. Abernathy, and Sallie Foreman—Sacred Harp singers and supporters; Doris Gossett—Burials in the Pine Grove Cemetery. The memorial lesson closed with prayer by Robert Vaughn.

Dismissed for lunch, prayer was offered at the dinner tables.

LUNCH

Janie Short called the class back together leading 553, The Hill of Zion.

Leaders: 88b, Mount Zion - Robert Vaughn
220, Mount Zion - Robert Vaughn
502, Wilson - Gaylon Powell
514, Wiley - Kristie Powell
573, Trusting Jesus - Carole Watts
522, Shades of Night - Crystal Meadows
464, Hocutt - Henry McGuire
571, Not Made With Hands - Janie Short
341, The Lone Pilgrim (The White Pilgrim) - David Rousseau
119, Heaven's My Home - David Rousseau
410, Willie - Drew McGuire
217, Great God, Attend (Ballstown) - Tammy Powell
521, A Golden Crown to Wear - Charity Vaughn
463, Angel Band (Land of Beulah) - Natalie Fletcher
200, With Songs and Honors (Edom) - Robert Vaughn
465, Trusting - Henry McGuire
49t, Old Hundred - Chris Nicholson
48t, Devotion - Drew McGuire
127, Green Fields - David Rousseau
486, No Night on That Golden Shore - Gaylon Powell and Roy Culbertson
45t, Amazing Grace (New Britain) - Chris Nicholson and Grace Culbertson.
It was agreed that as of next year, the Sunday session will begin at 9:30 a.m. After announcements, Janie Short led 95b, The Christian's Love for the closing song.
The convention closed with prayer by Gaylon Powell.

Chairman—Janie Short; Vice Chairman—Sonny Erwin; Secretary—Gaylon Powell.