Call to Worship Quartet: News

We are looking forward to 2010 and the opportunities to sing and share that God gives us. In 2009 Ron Baker began singing bass for us full time and nothing has changed for 2010. He, along with, Luke McGarrh-tenor, Wayne Hollie-Baritone, Greg Clark-lead, make up Call To Worship. We look forward to seeing you soon.

We want to thank Jerry Sowards for helping us out with our October singing dates. Ron Baker will be singing bass with us on our November 15th date and possiible future dates. Ron, we are glad to have you.

Jerry Sowards, whom many of you know, will be joining us for awhile to sing bass. We are glad to have him and if we think he is good enough, and can handle the part, we might try to keep him.

Our wonderful bass singer Harold "Bo" Bohannon is leaving Call To Worship. Bo has been with the group since its begining 10 or 11 years ago. His smooth voice, warm presence, and most of all, love for Christ will be missed. He is leaving the group because he has moved to east Tennessee. Thanks Bo for your years of singing.

September 28, 2008 was our first concert after Wayne's by-pass surgery. Wayne is all healed and did a great job, as did the whole group. It was good to get to sing again.

Many of you have heard that Wayne -our baritone-had triple by-pass surgery, which he did a month ago. We just wanted to let you know that he is doing fine and recovering well. He and Call to Worship want to thank you for your prayers and concern. Please continue to pray for Wayne's recovery. We hope to be able to start singing again by September.

We want to welcome a new member to our group - well actually he has been singing with us on a part-time basis for a while. Luke McGarrh has joined us permanantly as our tenor. Luke has been singing with us taking Wayne's spot singing baritone when Wayne could not be with us. Luke has been singing since his high school days - when Wayne was his high school choir director - and has directed music at several area churches. By the way if you are wondering yes that makes Wayne pretty old if he taught Luke as a teenager. Anyway we want to welcome Luke and know you will enjoy his addition to the group.

At the end of the year we said good bye to one of our members, Wendell Jewell. Wendell will be joining his son, Trey Jewell, a up and coming country star, as one of his backup singers. We wish Wendell and Trey all the best.

The Call to Worship Quartet will hold a benefit concert for the tornado victims of Dyersburg Saturday, April 22 from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM at The Money 4-U Net located at 1809 St John Ave in Dyersburg. All the proceeds from the concert will go to the tornado victims. There will be great southern gospel music and lots of food. Remember everything raised during this concert go to the people who have just about lost everything. come join us and help your neighbors at the same time.

We have had a busy January which is being followed by a busier February. We will be at True Life Church in Atoka on Sunday night the 12th, and at Leawood East Baptist Church on Houston Levee on the 19th, and end the month at Colonial Baptist Church at Quince and Colonial on the 26th. We still have dates available in March, April and May. Give us a call if you would like us to visit your church for a concert.

You can now purchase our CD's online in the Call to Worship store. There is a link on our BUY page that will take you to our store. Currently all we are offering is our 2 CD's but more things are on there way. Keep watching. Currently all our payments are handled through PayPal but we are working on accepting credit cards for those who do not have a PayPal account.

We have had to do something we have not ever had to do before, cancel a concert. We were scheduled to be at First Baptist Church in Medina, Sunday evening January 29 but due to illness we have to reschedule this event. Wendell, our tenor, has a kidney stone that is not wanting to depart. We would appreciate you putting him on your prayer list. Thank you and God bless you.

Our apperance on the WWGM radio show scheduled for Sunday, October 9 was cancelled due to a scheduling conflict at WWGM. We regret this and will try to reschedule our interview at a later date.

Call to Worship will be featured and will be doing interviews on Sunday, October 9 from 8:00 to 10:00 PM. The station is WWGM FM, 93.1, Good News Radio in Alamo - Jackson - Dyersburg.
We have a link to the owners of the station on our link page.

Looks like Call to Worship Quartet is going to be busy in September with several concerts already booked and some still in the working out the details stage. The month begins about mid way through with a stop at Magnolia Baptist Church in Olive Branch. Our next concert is the next Sunday evening at First Baptist Church, Marion, Arkansas.
Then we begin October 1 with a concert with Carl Crain and a bunch of other quartets from around the Memphis area. The next Saturday, October 8, we are at The Gathering Place in Saulsbury, Tennessee. If you don't know where that is, it is about 11 miles past Grand Junction on Highway 57. The building that is used for The Gathering Place is the old Saulsbury Elementary School. When I was a very young boy I actually attended classes there with several of my cousins who lived in Saulsbury at the time.


We hope to see you at one or all of our concerts. Come and bring a friend because we know that you will have a great time as we lift up the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. See you there.

Written by Raymond Scott. the sound guy

The Call to Worship Quartet, a local Southern Gospel group, won the group talent division at Songfest 2005 Talent Competition in Jackson on Saturday, July 16. The contest which is sponsored by Daywind Records and Frank Arnold Productions featured 27 contestants in both solo and group divisions. As part of the prize, the group got to be the opening act for the Songfest 2005 Saturday line up including such gospels groups as The Arnolds, The Talley Trio, The Dove Brothers, and The Crabb Family. Along with being the opening act for the evening, the group also won 10 hours of studio time at Oak Valley Studios in Nashville and 10 Daywind accompaniment tracks to use in their recording.

The group is made of the Bo Bohannon, Greg Clark, Wendell Jewell and Wayne Hollie. Raymond Scott serves as their sound engineer and is the assistant producer of their CD projects. The group has recorded 2 CD projects both produced by renowned gospel artist Ben Speer. Ben sang with his family, the Speer Family, for many years and has also sung more recently with the Homeland Quartet. He also is the musical director for the Bill Gaither Homecomings tour.

The Call to Worship Quartet who have been singing together for almost seven years has traveled throughout the mid-south singing in churches, civic centers and at numerous special events. The quartet has received radio play throughout the state including Memphis, the Chattanooga area, and the Knoxville area. They have been featured at the Evening Shade singings in Cleveland, Tennessee. The quartet is best known for their unique blend and great Southern Gospel harmonies. For more information or booking information contact Raymond Scott 901-485-4368 or Greg Clark at 901-682-4112.

Written and Published in the Commercial Appeal East Section