Page 28 — 2012 Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle Western Rendezvous
Ministry from Page 27 rodeo arena in East Side Park. Carl, Brenda and Jeremy Behrent, Omak, and others will perform country gospel music from 6-9 p.m. Thursday. Loose Change will follow with folk, country and bluegrass. Performers are Kathy Peterson, Aguanga, Calif.; April Barbat, Whittier, Calif.; Jerry Oliver, Winthrop, and Brenda Behrent and Lyn Pearce, both of Omak. Volume, a local, year-round youth outreach, will offer a variety of music, drama, testimonies from 7-10 p.m. Friday. Headed by Josh Richards of Omak First Baptist Church with leaders from Omak Foursquare, Abundant Life Fellowship and other local churches, the group features bands Forecast, and Planet Uprise, and youthful activities. Saturday’s show, at 5 p.m., brings Sam Buckingham, Mansfield, with “overtly country� music, Christensen said. Buckingham is founder of Columbia River Fellowship. His Mansfield church also has a
mission in Haiti. He’s a second cousin to country-pop singer Bonnie Guitar, now 89, Buckingham combines well-known country with some original songs. The evening also features children’s activities and a variety of hosts from various local churches bringing one-on-one friendship at the literature table, Christensen said. At 6:15 p.m., a Men’s Quartet from Omak and Okanogan will perform Southern gospel and praise songs. Singers are George Freeman, Jim Freese, Barry Corson and Coby Ingram, with accompanist Bonnie Freese. The Rev. Raul Martinez of Eglesia del Tercer Dia (Church of the Third Day), Tonasket, and his congregation will join the outreach at 7 p.m. for a Spanish/English service with joyful music and dual language messages, Christensen said. Other ministries continue until the rodeo performance ends; Loose Change will perform at 8:30 p.m. Father-son World Champion cowboys Deb and Jeff Copenhaver will speak at the
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Thursday, Aug. 9 Behrent Family and Friends Friday, Aug. 10 Volume youth outreach program Saturday, Aug. 11 Sam Buckingham, Mansfield, country music Men’s Quartet Spanish/English service Loose Change Sunday, Aug. 12 Western Church Service
Sunday morning Western church service, which starts at 9 a.m. with a free continental breakfast. Deb Copenhaver promises a “blow-out� and is looking for a reunion with the many cowboys who attended the annual Cowboy Retreats at his ranch in Creston, Christensen J. Copenhaver said. He was a two-time World Champion bronc rider and his son, Jeff, was the
1975 World Champion calf roper. In 1986, Jeff and his wife, Sherry, started America’s first Cowboy Church at Billy Bob’s in the historic Fort Worth, Texas, stockyards. The younger Copenhavers live in Granbury, Texas, now and travel nationally and internationally teaching roping schools and motivating others to be champions for the Lord in their world, Christensen said. They recently printed and gave away 71,000 devotionals, “God Wants You to Win.� The interdenominational service features music and a message, with a free-will offering taken to defray stage expenses.
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