Songs
As we are wrapping up the song selection for the upcoming album, we are still reviewing great new songs. If you would like to contribute, please send them by cd to our address along with your contact information.
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NEW ALBUM COMING SOON!
Hey Envoys Fans...
The wait will be over soon. The long awaited new album will be out soon. The Envoys have teamed up with legendary producer and arranger Ron Alridge for the upcoming album. The song selection and arrangements are amazing and will be one of the best releases ever. This will be the first album with Mark and Ray. So stay tuned...
The wait will be over soon. The long awaited new album will be out soon. The Envoys have teamed up with legendary producer and arranger Ron Alridge for the upcoming album. The song selection and arrangements are amazing and will be one of the best releases ever. This will be the first album with Mark and Ray. So stay tuned...
New Solo Album By Ray Peters
The Envoys are excited to announce that lead singer, Ray Peters has just completed his debut solo album entitled "I Boldly Come". It is an album of worship, devotion and restoration. It includes 5 great songs written by Ray and 5 great worship songs of today. For more sound clips, visit www.raypetersmusic.net . We know you will want to add this great album to your music selection. Young and old will love the perfect balance of contemporary, praise and worship and traditional style of music.
The lamb who licked the hand of the man.
I heard a story of a man working in the slaughter house who quit his work after an incident took place. While he was killing the lambs when they came thru, there was one precious lamb when after he slit the neck, did nothing but started licking the hand of the man. The man said that affected him so much that he could not perform in that line of work again. Isaiah 53:7 says "He was oppressed and afflicted, He was submissive and opened not His mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He opened not His mouth." Jesus is our sacrificial lamb. While He hung upon the cross and bore the sins of the world He was praying "Father forgive them." He was blessing the ones who were crucifying Him. What love! In this Passion season , think about what Jesus did for you and thank Him and be willing to, in the same way, lay down your life for Him and for others (yes, even your enemies).
"The Lord showed him a tree"
"And he (Moses) cried unto the Lord; and the Lord showed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there He made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He proved them" Exodus 15:25
After crossing the Red Sea, the Israelites journeyed through the wilderness and came to Marah which means bitterness. They had traveled for three days and could not find water and then they happened to come upon a place of water and it was too bitter to drink. But God showed Moses a tree to cast into the waters. When he did, the waters became sweet. Notice the last part of the verse, "there He made for them a statute and an ordinance." Wow! The tree cast into the bitter waters is our statute and ordinance of the cross (The Tree.) When the bitter waters of sufferings, disappointments, heartaches and losses are hard to swallow, remember that faith in the complete attonement of the cross of Jesus makes all bitter waters sweet.
After crossing the Red Sea, the Israelites journeyed through the wilderness and came to Marah which means bitterness. They had traveled for three days and could not find water and then they happened to come upon a place of water and it was too bitter to drink. But God showed Moses a tree to cast into the waters. When he did, the waters became sweet. Notice the last part of the verse, "there He made for them a statute and an ordinance." Wow! The tree cast into the bitter waters is our statute and ordinance of the cross (The Tree.) When the bitter waters of sufferings, disappointments, heartaches and losses are hard to swallow, remember that faith in the complete attonement of the cross of Jesus makes all bitter waters sweet.
From Phil Felten
As January comes to a close for the Envoys, I reflect on our some of the people we shared ministry with in the month - and the word Faithful comes to mind. Oakdale Baptist in Rock Hill, SC where our Faithful friend and former Envoy, Jerry Gilmore, is music minister and serving the Lord with gladness Faithfully.
Then last weekend we first sang at the Light and Life Camp in Lakeland, Florida where our fellow minister John Hendricks is serving the camp Faithfully these many years after many years of Faithful service as Pastor of Spring Arbor Free Methodist Church. Then on to Rockledge Nazarene in Rockledge, Florida where the Pastors have served the church Faithfully for many, many years. Our Faithful friend, Mark Seitter, has been the music minister for the last 25 years and our other Faithful friend, Don Smith has been the senior Pastor for the last 21 years. Faithful and loyal men!!
I am blessed in the Envoys with Faithful men. Ray who in a short period of time has proven himself Faithful to the Envoys and Faithful to the Lord. Mark who has served in the Envoys Faithfully for the last 5 years with joy and enthusiasm. And then my dear friend and ministry partner Val who has stood alongside me Faithfully for 41 years since our freshmen year in college. Val has proven himself loyal and dependable to his Lord and to me! All these men are Faithful to their calling!
My dear wife Marilyn has been Faithful to our marriage and friendship for 38 years and more importantly Faithful to her Lord! A true Proverbs 31 woman who embodies the fruits of the Spirit Faithfully!
And finally but most importantly my supreme example of Faithfulness in perfection without flaw or exception - that of my Lord God and Savior. He is the Love of my Life and my Rock! Psalms 33:4 says the Lord is "Faithful in ALL He does." Oh that my life can be Faithful to Him first and also to those who share the Kingdom walk with me!
Thank you God for my Faithful friends, family and Lord!"
Phil Felten
Then last weekend we first sang at the Light and Life Camp in Lakeland, Florida where our fellow minister John Hendricks is serving the camp Faithfully these many years after many years of Faithful service as Pastor of Spring Arbor Free Methodist Church. Then on to Rockledge Nazarene in Rockledge, Florida where the Pastors have served the church Faithfully for many, many years. Our Faithful friend, Mark Seitter, has been the music minister for the last 25 years and our other Faithful friend, Don Smith has been the senior Pastor for the last 21 years. Faithful and loyal men!!
I am blessed in the Envoys with Faithful men. Ray who in a short period of time has proven himself Faithful to the Envoys and Faithful to the Lord. Mark who has served in the Envoys Faithfully for the last 5 years with joy and enthusiasm. And then my dear friend and ministry partner Val who has stood alongside me Faithfully for 41 years since our freshmen year in college. Val has proven himself loyal and dependable to his Lord and to me! All these men are Faithful to their calling!
My dear wife Marilyn has been Faithful to our marriage and friendship for 38 years and more importantly Faithful to her Lord! A true Proverbs 31 woman who embodies the fruits of the Spirit Faithfully!
And finally but most importantly my supreme example of Faithfulness in perfection without flaw or exception - that of my Lord God and Savior. He is the Love of my Life and my Rock! Psalms 33:4 says the Lord is "Faithful in ALL He does." Oh that my life can be Faithful to Him first and also to those who share the Kingdom walk with me!
Thank you God for my Faithful friends, family and Lord!"
Phil Felten
From Mark Liner
What a feeling! What joy divine!
My sentiments of this past weekend in Florida... The warmth of the folks from Light And Life Camp in Lakeland and then with Pastor Don Smith of Rockledge Church of The Nazarene and a fellow Treveccan, Mark Seitter, Minister Of Music.
Thank you Lord for your blessings on us!
My sentiments of this past weekend in Florida... The warmth of the folks from Light And Life Camp in Lakeland and then with Pastor Don Smith of Rockledge Church of The Nazarene and a fellow Treveccan, Mark Seitter, Minister Of Music.
Thank you Lord for your blessings on us!
Congratulations Grandpa Liner!
Congratulations to Mark Liner on becoming a grandpa. His grandaughter's name is Ayven Brooke Wyatt. Ayven will be spoiled if Mark has anything to do with it.
Ray Peters - New Lead
The Envoys are proud to annouce the addition of Ray Peters as the new lead singer. We know you will enjoy his music and will want to meet him when we come to your town. He is a songwriter and plays the guitar as well. He got his start in Gospel music at eighteen when he joined the "Hometown Quartet". He sang baritone and played the bass guitar for them for two years and recorded two albums with them. He also has a solo and songwriting ministry. To learn more about the music of Ray Peters go to www.raypetersmusic.net.
WOW 2007! Kick-Off Concert, Envoy Reunion!
It is hard to believe that it is already 2007. A new year, a new beginning, a clean slate, new resolutions, etc... We are extremely excited about another year of ministering the Gospel of Jesus Christ thru song. This is truly a new beginning for the Envoys. New faces, new energy and a fresh annointing. We look forward to see the Spirit of the Lord move with power as we proclaim His Salvation in these last days. Our first concert of the year will kick off on January 21, in Rock Hill, SC at Oakdale Baptist Church at 10:50 AM where Former lead, Jerry Gilmore is the worship leader. This will be a great Envoy reunion and we expect an unforgettable time of worship.
