Just Us Members

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Lead Guitar / Vocals
I played in a rock band in high school and a country band in my 20’s. I didn’t know God and struggled with a lack of direction and a feeling of purposelessness. I was searching for something to fill the emptiness inside and heading down the path that leads to destruction.
A friend at work invited me to church one day and for the first time, I experienced the living presence of Almighty God. I went to the altar, repented of my sins, gave my life to Christ, and was baptized. Since that day, I have been blessed beyond measure and it is absolutely amazing when I look back and see what God has done.
I met my beautiful wife, Carol, at that church in Maryland, and I’ve been blessed to serve in music ministry since 1990. We moved to Powhatan from Arizona where I served as Music Director at a large Community Church. It is an honor and a great privilege to use the gifts God has given me to bless others as part of the “Just Us” Country Gospel Band.
Favorite Bible Verse: Isaiah 43:18-19
Remember not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing. Now it shall spring forth. Shall you not know it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.

Lead and Harmony Vocals

Stomp Box / Shaker  / Belt 

I love being around friends, family, and my church family. I also love music and singing! All of these have been a big part of my life for as long as I can remember! I am so thankful for the opportunity to combine everything that is important to me by being a part of Just Us! 

It’s an honor to be able to spread God’s love with this group.

Favorite bible verse: John 15: 12-13

Keyboard Drums / Lead and Harmony Vocals 

Faith, family and music have always been the major part of my life. Truly, I do not recall a time when I did not acknowledge God’s existence in daily prayer.  My parents professed to be Christians, and raised my sister and I as believers, yet we did not really attend church with any regularity until 1974. 

My grandmother’s fervent prayers and persistent witness finally reaped a harvest when in June of that year I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. During that very service my sister and mother also made their commitments and a month later we were all baptized in the faith.  My father followed a few months later and God began to move in our lives.

From my childhood on, I remember car trips with the family singing to the radio as well as gospel concerts with my cousins in a group called The Servants [more recently The Rich’s].   Musically my journey involved elementary school choirs, joining the band in fifth grade [playing trumpet] and remaining in band into college [on scholarship], playing in a rock quartet, going to college majoring in voice [as well as preparing to fulfill the call of Christ into the Gospel ministry], and now playing keyboard and bass with our church praise band.  I even met my wife Terri in a musical performance of Fiddler on the Roof during my college years.  Together my wife and I have passed on the love for music to our three children Jeremy, Rachael, and Luke.  One child sang in the Air Force Academy choir, another in her high school quartet, and the youngest plays bass in our praise band at church.

The love in family continues to fill my life with blessings.  The love of my nuclear and extended family, my church family at Graceland Baptist [where I am privileged to serve as Senior Pastor], and my new family in the Just Us Gospel Band bless my life daily.  My most fervent prayer is that through the melodies, harmonies, lyrics, and messages, both sung and spoken, that every person may receive the blessing of being a part of the family of God  and step out in faith to see what God can do through every life.

Favorite verses Joshua 1:9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”

Ephesians 4:11-12 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12: To equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up. 

Mandolin  

I’m a farmer’s daughter from Powhatan, VA who has always enjoyed singing and listening to various types of music. Though my early childhood was a little rough with my daddy being a drunkard, I was very blessed to have a christian mom who was persistent and believed in the power of prayer. She made sure she and her four children attended church regularly and always prayed that daddy would join us.  Mom had asked him many times to go to church with us, with no success. Then, thank God, when I was 12 years’ old, my daddy sat in the car “tooting” the horn for the rest of the family to come on and go with him to church. Excitedly and surprised, we all piled in. The best day of my life! Mom’s prayer   had been answered - daddy and all her children (including me) went to church and accepted Christ as our Lord and Savior.  I grew up in church with a love and interest of gospel and country music. I later developed a love of bluegrass gospel music and became a charter member of the One Accord gospel band.  I had the pleasure of meeting “other brothers” from different mothers who later joined this group. After several years of singing and playing music together, I left One Accord and formed my own bluegrass gospel group known today as “Glory Road” band. Along with singing, I enjoy playing the mandolin, guitar, the “doghouse” bass and writing songs. In 2022, I began practicing with Just Us and am honored to now be included as a member of this awesome christian band. Yes, God does answer prayers and we solicit yours as we continue our ministry for the Lord.

My favorite verses in the Bible are: Romans 8:28 and John 3:16   

Percussion /Roadie

I was very fortunate to be brought up in a loving Christian home.

My folks were very active in the church and we attended every Sunday.

That provided me with a good foundation that helped me in later life.

I am another case of the prodigal son.  Like a lot of people in my generation,

I walked away from the church and fell into the trappings of the world.

I never felt truly happy and didn't realize, at the time, that the world could

never fill the void that was in my heart.

Over the years I would 'play' church by going occasionally for the wrong

reasons; my heart just wasn't in it.

After many wasted years, I met the true love of my life.  We had both

been through many trials of life but we both had good early foundations in Jesus.  We came back to Jesus together and what a wonderful life we had!

She has gone to be with Jesus, but while I'm waiting, I will be serving the 

Lord as He directs me.

I started out helping Just Us as the World's Oldest Roadie!  Now I am very

excited to be a part of the group, bringing the Good News of Jesus to the

world through our songs.  To God be All the Glory!

When I lost my way, He was always there.  He is always faithful and has a plan

for our lives.  That is why my favorite Bible verse is. 

Jeremiah 29:11 (Message Version)  "I know what I'm doing.  I have it all planned out-plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for."

Fretless Bass