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Volume 4 - Number 4	New Horizons!	October 2005
Call to Action! Send your views to Washington! Human Rights Campaign In this issue... New Song Foundation 100 Fall 2005 Tour Closing Thoughts MGM Links: MGM web site Note: If the links listed below do not work properly, you can manually type the web address below and follow the links on our home page. www.marshallgrantministries.org Schedule Prayer Requests New CD Project Order-Comments Form Booking Information Press Kit - Everything you need to promo a concert *See this eNews* on our website! Become a Ministry Supporter and help us to spread the Good News! ------- Donate Now with Paypal Or by mail: Marshall-Grant Ministries, Inc. P.O. Box 1725 Decatur, GA 30031 Help us raise $$! It is Easy! It's Free! It's Powerful! and It costs you nothing! All you have to do is go to www.escrip.com and link your credit cards, debit cards, and/or loyalty cards to Marshall-Grant Ministries. Enter ID number 151278832 or search by name: Marshall-Grant Ministries Participating merchants will then contribute up to 8% of the purchases you make using your grocery loyalty and debit/credit cards that are registered with eScrip**. Pretty cool, huh? Sign up with eScrip^Ò! www.escrip.com To subscribe to e-News: click here To update your name, address, etc or unsubscribe: click below Did you know that Carolyn Marshall and Pat Grant’s CD “SONGS FROM THE ROAD” has been on Pride Christian Music’s top 20 list since June? You can help us by casting your vote for your favorite GLBT Christian artist (hopefully Carolyn and Pat)!! Go to http://www.pridechristianmusic.org/ and click on the "VOTE" link and place your votes for: SONGS FROM THE ROAD - Carolyn Marshall and Pat Grant and then enter your favorite cut/single from the CD! Thank you for your help and we’ll see you on the charts!!	Let's keep our CD "SONGS FROM THE ROAD" on the top 20 list click here to vote! See our Fall schedule below! New Song Premiers to Honor the Courage of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered Service Members We have great news! We have recorded Carolyn’s first original song! We had planned to record the song on our next CD but response to it in concert has been so overwhelming that we decided to go ahead and cut a single rather than wait. “A Soldier’s Heart” is a Limited Edition CD Single, written and sung by Carolyn to honor Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) service members and veterans. The freedoms they defend come at a tremendous price, because the anti-homosexual military policy denies the gay and lesbian service member the most basic freedom of all. “Marshall’s songwriting and original music bring a unique magic to the compelling story about GLBT soldiers serving in silence. She captures their courage and bravery as they face the brutality of war, fighting to defend freedoms that they do not share.” Wrote one publicist… Don’t wait to get your copy! ”A Soldier’s Heart” is a limited edition CD and available for a $25 donation to Marshall-Grant Ministries. Copies can be obtained on our web site www.marshallgrantminsitries.org or by mail. Clip here to hear a clip! Marshall-Grant Ministries, Inc... We are asking for 100 people to partner with us in ministry by making a one-year commitment of $20 per month, thereby becoming a member of the Marshall-Grant Ministries *Foundation 100!* Pat and I have heeded our call to ministry. Is it possible that God is calling you as well? For a one-year commitment of $20 a month, that is less than the cost of your cable television, you can become a partner with God in this ministry. Would you be willing to join us…step out in faith with us for one year…as together we answer the call of God. For more information and a commitment form go to: http://hometown.aol.com/mgministry/myhomepage/newsimages/foundation.htm We accept all four major credit cards... VISA, MasterCard, American Express, Discover and even PayPal! *We now have 40 members!!* *Please prayerfully consider joining us in ministry!* Tour 3 - Summer 2005 July 9-10 MCC Knoxville, TN July 16 Children Of The Living God Church, W Fargo, ND July 17 First Congregational UCC, Moorhead, MN July 22-26 UFMCC General Conference Calgary, Alberta, Canada August 7 MCC Anchorage, AK August 20-21 New Heart MCC Tacoma, WA August 21 P.M. Service Rainbow Cathedral MCC, Yakima, WA August 28 MCC of the Rockies, Denver, CO September 4 MCC Pueblo, CO September 11 Water Of Life MCC, Tucson, AZ September 18 All Saints MCC, San Buenaventura, CA Home Decatur, GA Tour 4 - Fall 2005 In October, November and December we plan to be back on the east coast. If you are in Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Indiana, Kentucky, Delaware, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, W. Virginia, North or South Carolina, Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, or Florida; we want to hear from you to let talk now about setting a date!!! October 22-23 Bethel Church, Birmingham, AL November 5 Holy Covenant MCC, Chicago, IL Contact us ASAP to set a date!! Closing Thoughts: So much has happened lately... Good stuff and not so good stuff... Let's start with the not so good... As the war continues, our service members are being targeted on a daily basis. Violence is everywhere we turn. I fear we tire of the constant news reports. It is so easy to become numb to the pictures of burned out cars and homes on our TV screens. Then the recent hurricanes that hit the Gulf... yet more images of destruction on the six o'clock news. It all seems so unreal... yet we know it is all too real, don't we? We have found ways to help... I get weekly emails from UFMCCs Region 2 about the care packages and caravans to the devastated areas. Yet it still seems so overwhelming... But there are things we can do... As horrific as the sickening scenes of devastation may be, people have come out of the woodwork to help. We have seen a wave of charity in the US that I have never experienced before. It was our privilege to see what different cities were doing to help Katrina victims as we traveled through the west. In Denver, we saw a group of volunteers clean and refurbish a college dormitory in 24 hours for evacuees. In Albuquerque we saw a neighborhood fill the new home of an evacuated family with furniture and every household items they could possibly need. In another city we saw local business owners, creating jobs for hurricane victims. And the list could go on and on... Our own MCCers have worked hard to contribute money and supplies. So IF there can be a silver lining to the devastation left by mother nature, I'd have to say it's that we have been reminded of how small we are in the grand scale of the universe. And most importantly, we have reached out to our fellow human beings in kindness. And isn't that what God wants us to do? I think so... "What does the LORD require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?" Micah 6:8b
Help us to spread the Good News! Marshall-Grant Ministries depends on you. Donate Now with Paypal and don't forget about eScrip! www.escrip.com Marshall-Grant Ministries is a 501(c)(3) organization and your donations may be tax deductible! Marshall-Grant Ministries, Inc. P.O. Box 1725 Decatur, GA 30031 USA Voice Mail: (770) 329-8960	May the Peace of God be with you always! Your sisters in Christ’s service, Carolyn Marshall and Pat Grant Special Note to Church Leaders: Please print this newsletter and post it in your church for your congregation to enjoy. Thank you!	Become a Marshall-Grant Ministries Regular Supporter! Your monthly support is the backbone of our ministry's finances. Your pledged support allows us to budget our resources and leaves us free to concentrate on the business of ministry. Please prayerfully consider this ministry opportunity. If you are interested in becoming a regular supporter, please contact us via email, the Order-Comments Form or snail mail to make your pledge. Your monthly donation of $5, $10, $25 or more does make a difference.
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