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| June 12, 2008 | Scroll Down for Team Itineraries |
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| June 10, 2008 | Gospel Echoes Team |
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| The 10th Annual Gospel Echoes Team benefit golf outing is scheduled for June 28, 2008. GET Golfin’ is a four-man best ball scramble with the proceeds from this outing going to provide Christian Literature and Programming to prisons. The need for Christian literature continues to grow, and your participation assists us in meeting this need. We invite you to use your golfing abilities to impact lives for eternity. We have several exciting features again this year, including a putting contest and a “hole-in-one” car give-away. A “Shotgun Start” is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. at Spring Meadow Farm Golf Course. Registration begins at 11:00 a.m. with lunch (included in your registration fee) at 11:30. To register a team, please call Gospel Echoes at 573-5330221 The cost is $65.00 per person and $260.00 per team if pre-registered by June 16, 2008. After that, the cost is $70.00 per person and $280.00 per team. Included in this price are your greens fees plus the driving range, a cart, and lunch. For those interested in sponsoring a hole at this event, hole sponsorships are $200.00. Sponsors will have their name or business name posted on the golf course. You will receive a tax deductible receipt. If you have questions or to sponsor a hole please contact Leroy Knepp at (574) 831-6139, Phil Bontrager (574) 606-7625, or Todd Neuschwander at the Gospel Echoes office (574) 533-0221. |
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| February 02, 2008 | Harvest Team Itinerary |
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| Harvest Team Itinerary - Gospel Echoes - Goshen, IN Call for Schedule Details - 574-533-0221 2008 JANUARY 2008 11 - Sumter Corr. Inst. Freedom Rally Bushnell, FL 12 - Sumter Corr. Inst. Freedom Rally, Bushnell, FL 13 - Faith Presbyterian, Wildwood, FL 11:00 AM 13 - Palm Grove Menn., Sarasota, FL 6:00 PM 16 - Suncoast Community Fellowship, Largo, FL 7:00 PM 17 - Sarasota Banquet- Bahia Vista Menn, Sarasota, FL 6:30 PM Complimentary Tickets call Marvin and Sharon Kauffman 941-955-3777 20 - First Baptist Church Palm River- Tampa, FL 11:00 AM 20 - Bethel Menn. Church, Sarasota, FL 6:00 PM FEBRUARY 2008 13 - Tigertown Evangelical Mennonite Church, Tigertown, TX 7:30 PM** 14 - Texas Prison 15 - Mennonite Evangelical Church, Seminole, TX 7:30 PM 17 - Sunnyslope Menn. Church, Phoenix, AZ 9:00 AM 17 - Paradise Valley Menn., Phoenix, AZ 6:30 PM 18 - Interfaith Day Care, Peoria, AZ 1:00 PM 21 - Fresno County Jail, Fresno, CA 22 - Gospel Echoes Banquet, Wood Colony School, Modesto,CA 6:30 PM, To Sponsor a table contact Rod Flora: (209) 529-7257 24 - Preston Youth Prison, Ione, CA AM 24 - Ripon Grace Brethren Church, Ripon, CA 6:00 PM 26 - North Kern State Prison, Delano, CA 6-Services 27 - California Prison MARCH 2008 1 - Deuel Vocational Institution, Tracy, CA 2- Services 2 - Brethren Community Fellowship, Modesto, CA 9:30 AM (Currently meeting at Wood Colony School) 2 - Calvary Baptist Baptist Church, Millar Ave "Sing" w/ Eternal Praise, Modesto, CA 5:00 PM 3 - Modesto Graders Meeting, Modesto, CA 5 - Abundant Life, Albuquerque, NM 7:00 PM 6 - United Methodist Church, Quinter, KS 7:30 PM 7 - Evangelical Mennonite Church, Copeland, KS 7:00 PM 9 - Prairie Chapel, Hutchinson, KS, 9:30 AM 9 - Plainview Menn. Meeting at King Street Center, Partridge, KS 7:00 PM APRIL 2008 6 - Griner Mennonite Church, Middlebury, IN, 6:30 PM 11 - Open House - Gospel Echoes Benefit Auction -20th Anniversary 5:PM 12 - Auction - Gospel Echoes Benefit Auction -20th Anniversary 7:00 AM Quilts - Crafts - Food - Bakery - Furniture - Collectibles - Tools - Misc Items 24 - Ontario Banquet 30th Anniversary, Milverton, ON 6:30PM 25 –Archbold Banquet, West Clinton Menn CH, Pettisville, OH 6:30 PM Fred & Jane Johnson 419-445-4976 26 – Hartville Banquet, Hartville Kitchen, Hartville, OH 6:30 PM Lee & Esther Kurtzman 330-477-3173 27 - Leetonia Mennonite Church, Leetonia, OH 10:30 AM 27 - North Lima Mennonite Church, North Lima, OH 6:00 PM 28 - Plain City Banquet, Der Dutchman, Plain City, OH 6:30 PM Hubert & Sarah Miller 614-873-5871 29 - Walnut Creek Banquet, Carlisle Inn, Walnut Creek, OH 6:30 PM Dale & Ruth Mullet 330-343-1098/852-4319 30 - Bittinger Desert-Soup Reception, Bittinger Menn. School, Bittinger, MD 7:00 PM Ed & Orpha Petersheim 301-533-0049 MAY 2008 1 – New Holland Banquet, Yoder’s Restaurant, New Holland, PA 6:30 PM Melvin & Mary Kay Nolt 717-949-8674 4 – Dayton Sing Dayton Mennonite Church, Dayton, VA 7:00 PM 5 – Belleville Banquet, Belleville Mennonite School, Belleville, PA 6:30 PM Scott Ritchie 717-667-9080 6 – Walnut Creek Banquet, Carlisle Inn, Walnut Creek, OH 6:30 PM Dale & Ruth Mullet 330-343-1098/852-4319 7 – Kokomo Banquet, Bethany Fellowship School, Kokomo, IN 6:30 PM Omer & Kathy Otto 765-628-2168 Special guest speaker will be Jack Murphy "Murf the Surf". Hear Jack's testimony of God's saving grace and deliverance from a life of crime. 8 – Goshen Banquet, Maple City Fellowship Hall, Goshen, IN6:30 PM Gospel Echoes - Goshen Office 574-533-0221 Special guest speaker will be Jack Murphy "Murf the Surf". Hear Jack's testimony of God's saving grace and deliverance from a life of crime. JUNE 2008 27 - Freedom Rally Jackie Brannon Corr. McAlester, OK 28 - Freedom Rally Jacklie Brannon Corr. McAlester, OK 29 - Zion Menn. Church, Pryor, OK 10:45 AM 29 - Assembly of God, Eldorado Springs, MO 6:00 PM JULY 2008 01- Fulton Recept. Center, Fulton, MO (2 services) 02 - Mt. Zion Menn., Leon, IA 7:00 PM 13 - All Team Sing, Northwood Aud., Nappannee, IN 2:30 PM 14 - 18 Annual Gospel Echoes Directors Planning Meeting Goshen, IN 24-26 Conservative Menn. Conf., Berlin, OH 27 - St. Jacobs Summer Sing, Snider Park, St. Jacobs, ON 2:30 PM AUGUST 2008 08 - 09 - Indiana State Prison Freedom Rally, Michigan City, IN Call Gospel Echoes Office for details 574-533-0221 15 - 17 - Miami Corr. Facility, Bunker Hill, IN Call Gospel Echoes Office for Details 574-533-0221 ** Check for Date Confirmation |
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| February 01, 2008 | Jim & Ellen Eigsti Itinerary - Literature Partners |
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| Literature Partners Team Itinerary - Gospel Echoes - Goshen, IN Call for schedule details - 574-533-0221 April 2008 6 - Pleasant Grove Mennonite Church, Goshen, IN 7 PM 11 - G E T Open House, and Hay-Stack Dinner, Goshen, IN 12 - G E T Benefit Auction, Elkhart County Fair Grounds, Goshen, IN 13 - Bethel Mennonite Church, Oden, IN 9:30 AM 25 - Banquet, Archbold, OH 6:30 PM 26 - Banquet, Hartville, OH 6:30 PM 28 - Banquet, Plain City, OH 6:30 PM 29 - Banquet, Walnut Creek, OH 6:30 PM 30 - Soup & Desert, Bittinger, MD 7:00 PM MAY 2008 1 - Banquet, New Holland, PA. 6:30 PM 3 - Banquet, Midland, VA. 6:30 PM 4 - Sing, Dayton, VA 6:30 PM 5 - Banquet, Belleville, PA 6:30 PM 6 - Banquet, Walnut Creek, OH 6:30 PM 7 - Banquet, Kokomo, IN 6:30 PM 8 - Banquet, Goshen, IN 6:30 PM 18 – Grace Mennonite Chapel, Cochranton, PA 9:30 AM 18 – Pleasant View Mennonite Church, Cochranton, PA 7:00PM 25 – Upton Church of the Brethren, Green Castle, PA 9:30 AM 25 – Franklin County Jail, Chambersburg, PA 2:00 PM June 2008 8 – North Side Mennonite Church, Hagerstown, PA 9:30 AM 15 – Hammer Creek Mennonite Church, Litiz, PA 9:30 AM 19 -21 IN – MI Conference, Topeka, IN 28 – Benefit Soft Ball Tournament, Odon, IN 7:00 AM For more information and enrollment in the Odon, Indiana soft ball tournament, call Jim Wagler at 812-486-7702 Or 812-636-8231 29 – July 4 Griner Jr. Camp, Missionary Camp Grounds, Goshen, IN July 2008 6 – Jr. Camp Wrap-up Meeting, Griner Menn. Church, Goshen, IN 6:00 PM 13 – Gospel Echoes All Team Sing, Nappanee, IN 2:00 PM 15 – 17 Gospel Echoes Annual Planning Meetings, Goshen, IN 27 – Johnstown Mennonite Church, Johnstown, OH 9:30 AM 27 – Bethesda Fellowship Church, Plain City, OH 7:00 PM ** ** Denotes Tentative Schedule |
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| January 31, 2008 | New Life Team Itinerary |
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| New Life Team Itinerary - Gospel Echoes - Goshen, IN Call for Schedule Details - 574-533-0221 |
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| January 06, 2008 | Crossroads Team Itinerary |
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| Crossroads Team Itinerary Gospel Echoes Northwest Call for Details 541-926-6222 - Tangent, OR 2008 February 9 - Cedar Creek Correctional Center, Little Rock, WA 10 - Clallam Bay Correctional Center, Clallam Bay, WA 11 - Twin Rivers Correctional Center, Monroe, WA 12 - Stafford Creek Correctional Center, Aberdeen, WA 14 - Washington State Reformatory, Monroe, WA 15 - Mission Creek Correctional Center, Belfair, WA 16 - Washington Correctional Center, Shelton, WA (2 Services) 17 - Cornerstone Bible Church, Enumclaw, WA 10:00-11:30 March 2008 29 - Gospel Echoes Benefit Dinner / Auction, Fairview Menn. Hall Albany, OR, For Tickets and information call 541-926-6222. June 2008 19 - McNeil Island Correctional Center- Steilacoom, WA 20 - 21 - Okanogan County Jail- Okanogan, WA ** 22 - Nile Valley Community Church- Naches, WA AM 23 - Powder River Correctional Facility- Baker City, OR 24 - Idaho Correctional Institution -Orofino, ID 25 - Montana Women’s Prison- Billings, MT 28 - Lincoln Corr. Center, Lincoln, NE 29 - Beemer Mennonite Church, Beemer, NE 10:45 AM 29 - East Fairview Menn. Church, Milford, NE 7:00 PM July 008 1 - 3 - Recording New LIfe Sound Studio, Goshen, IN 13 - Gospel Echoes All-Team Sing, Northwood Aud, Nappanee, IN 30 - Wyoming Women’s Center- Lusk, WY ** ** Tentative |
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| January 05, 2008 | Gospel Echoes Northwest Dinner / Auction |
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| The Gospel Echoes Northwest Auction / Dinner will be held at the Fairview Mennonite Fellowship Hall, Albany, OR, March 29, 2008. This Auction will include a banquet style dinner, music by the Crossroads Team and an auction of various items. Proceeds benefit the prison ministry. Call the Northwest office for details. (541) 926-6222 |
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| January 03, 2008 | Ontario Team Itinerary |
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| Ontario Team Itinerary - Gospel Echoes - Canada East Call for schedule details 519-595-7000 - Millbank, ON 2008 January 4 - SCI Mahanoy, Frackville, PA 5 - Berks County Prison, Reading, PA 6 - Honeybrook Comm. Church, Honey Brook, PA 9:30 AM 6 - Erb Menn. Church, Lititz, PA 7:00 PM 9 - Shiloh Menn. Church, Due West, SC 7:00 PM 11 - Sumter Corr. Inst. Freedom Rally, Sumter, FL 12 - Sumter Corr. Inst. Freedom Rally, Sumter, FL 13 - Hernando County Jail, Brooksville, FL AM 13 - Palm Grove Menn., Sarasota, FL 6:00 PM 14 - Columbia Corr. Inst., Lake City, FL 14 - New River Corr. Inst. West, Raiford, FL 15 - Columbia Corr. Inst., Annex, Lake City, FL 15 - New River Corr. Inst. East, Raiford, FL 17 - Gospel Echoes Florida Banquet, Bahia Vista Menn., Sarasota, FL 6:30 PM For complimentary tickets contact Marvin & Sharon Kauffman 941-955-3777 20 - New Hope Fellowship Church, Sarasota, FL 10:30 AM 20 - Sunny Brook Alliance, Englewood, FL 6:30 PM 27 - Lancaster County, PA April 2008 24 - Gospel Echoes Ontario Banquet, Milverton, ON "30th Year Anniversary Special Presentation" For reservations call 519-595-7000 |
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| January 03, 2008 | Auction raises over One Hundred Thousand Dollars |
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| The Gospel Echoes Team 20th annual Benefit Auction raised 100, 935 dollars for prison ministry. The event was held at the Elkhart County Fairgrounds in Goshen, IN April 11 and 12, 2008. An I-pod with a collection of Gospel Echoes recordings dating back to the early '70's was sold on Saturday afternoon bringing $900.00. The sale included quilts, crafts, furniture, food, tools, collectors items and a large variety of miscellaneous items. The Gospel Echoes Read-A-thon Grand Prize winners were announced during the Friday night open house. The Read-A-Thon involved children from 27 area churches raising over 32 thousand dollars. The Read-A-Thon helps to support the on-going Bible Study Correspondence course ministry to prison inmates all across North America. |
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| May 17, 2007 | Lyndon Reimer Family Team Itinerary |
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| Reimer Family Itinerary - Gospel Echoes Canada West Call for details and time schedules - 306-933-4228 Saskatoon, SK 2008 March 2008 1 -Headingly Correctional Institution, Headingly, MB 1:00, 2:30 14 -Brandon Correctional Centre, Brandon, MB 15 -Portage Women’s Institution, Portage la Prairie, MB 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 15 -MacGregor Collegiate, MacGregor, MB 7:30 22 -Snow Lake Christian Fellowship, Snow Lake, MB 23 -Cornerstone Community Church, Flin Flon, MB 24 -Living Water Fellowship, The Pas, MB 7:30 25 -The Pas Correctional Centre, The Pas, MB 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 26 -Gospel Mission Church, Carrot River, SK* 27 -Saskatchewan Penitentiary, Prince Albert, SK 6:15 28 -Prince Albert Correctional Centre, Prince Albert, SK 29 -Pine Grove Centre for Women, Prince Albert, SK 30am -Hepburn Gospel Church, Hepburn, SK 30pm -Fellowship Baptist Church, Saskatoon, SK 6:30 April 1 -Saskatoon Correctional Centre, Saskatoon, SK 7:35 2 -Regional Psychiatric Centre, Saskatoon, SK 7:00 3 -BANQUET: Brian King Centre, Warman, SK 6:30 4 -Battlefords Community Correctional Centre, North Battleford, SK 5 -PeSaKeStew Centre, Hobbemma, AB 6am -Church, AB* 6pm -Wetaskiwin Mission Church, Wetaskiwin, AB 7:00 8 -Edmonton Remand Centre, Edmonton, AB 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 9 -Richmond Park Church, Edmonton, AB 7:00 10 -Edmonton Institution, Edmonton, AB* 11 -Edmonton Women’s Institution, Edmonton, AB 12 -Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Centre, Fort Saskatchewan, AB 9:30, 11:00, 12:00 13am -Bethany Mennonite Church, Smith, AB 13pm -McLennan Christian Fellowship, McLennan, AB 7:00 15 -North Shore Correctional Centre, Yellowknife, NWT 16 -Tli-cho Christian Fellowship, Fort Rae, NWT 17 -South Mackenzie Correctional Centre, Hay River, NWT 18 -Church, Hay River, NWT 19 -High Level Evangelical Church, High Level, AB 20am -LaCrete Mennonite Bergthaler, LaCrete, AB 20pm -LaCrete Christian Fellowship, LaCrete, AB 22 -Blue Sky Mennonite Church, Blue Sky, AB 7:30 23 -Peace River Correctional Centre, Peace River, AB 6:00 24 -Grande Cache Institution, Grande Cache, AB 25 -Church, Edson, AB* 26 -Entwhistle Community Church, Entwhistle, AB 27am -Salem Mennonite Church, Tofield, AB 27pm -Amisk Christian Fellowship, Amisk, AB *tentative |
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| April 15, 2007 | Auction Provides $87,000 for Prison Ministry |
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| The Gospel Echoes Team 19th Annual benefit Auction raised $87,000.00 for it's prison ministry. The weekend started off with a Haystack Supper that served over 1300 guests. An estimated 1800 attended the event, which included a concert by the Gospel Echoes Harvest and New Life Teams. Items were sold on auction Friday night as well as Saturday. Visitors attending the auction came from Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, California, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois and Indiana. The generosity of those in attendance was expressed by their giving and support of the Gospel Echoes ministry. Kevin Miller, Funding Committee chairman, Funding Committee Members, the Women's Auxiliary, along with over 100 volunteers, worked together to make this auction a great success. | ||
| June 29, 2005 | Amy Beachy Called Home To Glory |
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| Amy Beachy March 10, 1938-June 27, 2005 Amy Ellen Miller Beachy, 67, 506 Colorado Street, Goshen, died at 9:16 p.m. Monday as a result of an auto accident at Lombardy Drive and C.R. 38, Goshen. She was born March 10, 1938, in Elkhart County to Anan E. and Alma (Miller) Miller. She married Marvin Ray Beachy April 10, 1961, at Pleasant Grove Mennonite Church. He survives. She was a homemaker and, along with her husband, started Gospel Echoes, which grew into a prison ministry throughout the United States and Canada. She was an avid reader and a member of the Mount Joy Mennonite Church. Survivors include three daughters, Catherine (Kenton) Yoder, New Paris, Margaret (Devon) Miller, Centreville, Mich., and Genevieve (Brian) Gerig, New Haven; a son, Jonathan (Rita) Beachy, Macon, Ga.; 18 grandchildren; two sisters, Edna Miller, Goshen, and Mary (Alvin) Miller, Middlebury; and three brothers, Raymond (Marie) Miller, Pisgah Forest, N.C., Willis Miller, Goshen, and her twin, Amos Miller, Lakeland, Fla. She was preceded in death by a brother, Elva Dean Miller, her parents and her stepmother, Lovina (Weaver) Miller. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at The Yoder-Culp Funeral Home, Goshen. The funeral service will begin at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Clinton Frame Mennonite Church, Goshen. Burial will be in Thomas Cemetery, Goshen. Memorials may be sent to Gospel Echoes Team Prison Ministry, Goshen. Gospel Echoes Team Amy Beachy Memorial Fund P.O. Box 555 Goshen, IN 46527 |
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