From left: Mary Sprunger-Froese, Vern Rempel, Jaime Lazaro, Herm Weaver, Rhoda Blough and Tory Doerksen. Photo provided.
Mountain States Mennonite Conference announces the three winners of the Anabaptist Songwriting Challenge.
The jury met Feb. 14 and selected (in no particular order) the top three:
Linda Dalke, “Drawn In, Sent Out”
Jeremy Kempf, “True Evangelical Faith”
Patrick Ressler, “Camina Conmigo (Walk with Me)”
Additionally the jury’s top ten included:
Dennis Graber “Isn’t It Time”
Nathan Greiser, “Made for Love”
Eric Shenk, “Peace Psalm”
Sadie Gustafson-Zook “You are the Love”
Leo Hartshorn, “The Bread of Life”
Judy Mink & Reuben Budiardja, “I Hope in You”
Grace Delp, “We Will Overcome”
Some of our winning songs will be showcased at Kansas City 2015, as well as included in a digital songbook on the Anabaptist Songwriting Challenge before June 1.
Blessings from our Planning Committee: Herm Weaver, Jaime Lazaro, Mary Sprunger-Froese, Rhoda Blough, Tory Doerksen and Vern Rempel. This project was funded and supported by SEED (Outreach and Development Ministry of MSMC) and the Fransen Family Foundation.
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