Here's a full concert from September of 1973 by the Maranatha Singers, Merced First Baptist's youth choir under the direction of Sue Phillips, with Beverly Dewhirst at the piano.
This is a 'homecoming' concert; the previous weekend the group had sung at First Baptist Church in San Francisco as well as First Baptist Church in Vallejo. Featured tracks include a classic altar call by Dr. Emmett Parks and a congregational testimony time; Chaplain Elmer Dymmel, David Cripe and Roger Phillips can be heard speaking, among others. Do you recognize any voices?
Click on the link below to play the songs right in your browser.
Hallelujah, I Want To Sing All About It
Get All Excited
Whatcha Gonna Do?
His Song
A Song by Happiness, a small group made up of girls from the choir (can't make out the title - help?)
I Don't Know Why
Communion Song
Testimony - Randy Phillips
There's Something About That Name
Let The Whole World Know - Happiness
Testimony - Tricia Hamilton
Sweet Sweet Spirit (fragment - tape change)
Reach Out To Jesus (with altar call by Dr. Parks)
Dr. Parks Speaks
There's Something About That Name (reprise)
Sweet Sweet Spirit (reprise 1)
Testimony Time
Sweet Sweet Spirit (reprise 2)
Reach Out To Jesus - piano solo by Beverly Dewhirst
If you'd like a CD of this concert, email youthofthe70s and we'll fix you right up!
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Maranatha Singers Concert from 1973
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Facebook Group
In addition to this website, we also have a Facebook group going with nearly 40 people as members. There's some advantages to joining, as Facebook features real-time chatting and messaging, along with current pictures and updates on what everybody's up to. Here are instructions on how to join Facebook and how to find the group once you're there:
Click on this link, and you'll be taken to the Facebook signup page. It's free to join, and a very easy process. Fill in as much or as little information as you want.
Once you have your account, or if you already have one, do a search on Facebook for 'Merced First Baptist Church - Youth of the '70s!' and that should put you on the group's webpage. You can join the group there to see what everyone's been up to.
If you have any trouble with that, please leave a comment on this post.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Email us some current pictures!
We've got a slideshow called 'Who We Were...' going in the right sidebar, and we'd like to get another slideshow going of 'Who We Are...' - to do that, we need some current pictures. So please email me a recent picture of yourself and your significant other, as appropriate, and I'll put it in the rotation.
Please email your photos to youthofthe70s@gmail.com. Thanks!
==
Randy
Check out the cool pics!
Be sure to take a look at the slideshow in the right sidebar. It's made up of photos submitted by Randy Phillips (Maranatha Singers performance at the Merced Mall and the after-party at the Parks' parsonage, and a College/Career Christmas Party, both from 1973), Russ Turner (the same College/Career party, some camp photos and a few misc.), Cathy Worrall Loughlin (camp and other misc. shots) and Vicki Alexander Shewey (High School choir tour and other stuff).
These pictures depict who we were and what we were doing in those days. Take a look and soak in a big old tub of nostalgia.