We started 2010 out in Ohio. We left Flint at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9th for Lima, OH. We sang at Family of Faith United Methodist Church for a fundraiser for their food pantry. It was our first time to sing in Lima. The church is beautiful with the coolest stained glass windows. That night we stayed in Marion, OH and when we woke on Sunday, we found that we had stayed in the coldest city in Ohio that night. The actual temperature was five below with a windchill factor of fourteen below. The bus took an extra long time to heat up and we had to wear our hats and gloves for the first half hour of the trip.

Our Sunday morning concert was at Fargo Wesleyan in Fargo, OH. I was pleasantly surprised to find my sister, Nora and her husband, Sam and a couple friends had driven an hour to come hear us sing. After the concert we had lunch with my family at Ryan's.

Sunday evening we sang at Peace Lutheran Church in Defiance, OH. Wow, what a church! The pastor and congregation took such good care of us and made us feel so welcome.

After a three hour return trip, we arrived back in Flint around 11:30 p.m. We had three new churches for our first trip to Ohio this new year. Our new friends made us feel warm on a very cold weekend. God is good!

Until next time,

Chuck

We ended 2009 with about 200 our our friends and families at our annual New Year's Eve concert. We were with The Foresters, Harmonaires Quartet and Strength. Everyone did a great job. We're excited about 2010. This will be the Royalheir's 15th year in the ministry of singing southern gospel music. We will soon have a new look for our website, so keep checking for all our upcoming news for 2010.

We all hope that everyone has a blessed and prosperous 2010.

Until next time,

Chuck

Bet you didn't know the Royalheirs bus has secret powers. Apparently, it is able to make itself invisible. That's what the driver of the car said that hit us...."I didn't see it!" Perfectly understandable....40 feet of metal rolling down the road is very difficult to see.

Before the accident on Saturday night, we had a great concert at First United Methodist in Memphis, MI. There were so many people they had to set up more chairs. They also had a great meal after the concert.

Sunday morning we were in Brown City at Omard United Methodist. I'm suprised anyone was there. The roads and the church parking lot were like skating rinks. Sunday night, we closed out our last full weekend for the year at Victory Tabernacle in Flint. The concert was well received and we saw five people ask for special prayer. What a way to end 2009.

We would love to see you all at our New Year's Eve concert (for more information, see our home page).

Until next year,

Chuck

Last Saturday we sang in Vermontville, MI at Kalamo United Methodist Church. This was the second time we had a chance to sing for this church. We had a great concert and the cookies after the concert sure hit the spot.

Sunday morning we sang at Reading Nazarene Church. This was our second visit this year. We were blessed to be there for their Harvest Dinner. Wow, what a spread they had. Those people certainly know how to cook. Sunday night we were off and that doesn't happen very often. It was great to get home early to our families.

Please keep Roy in your prayers. He's doing better but he was really sick and wasn't able to be with us last weekend.

Have a happy Thanksgiving and remember to give thanks to God for everything he has and continues to give to us.

Chuck

I'm really behind on posting this...this is about last weekend's events. We had this weekend off. Last weekend was full of singing. Saturday night Shem and Rich Koutz and Pam and I were in Roseville for an Encore Productions concert featuring The Talleys, Legacy Five and Greater Vision. Victor had a great crowd and the performances were awesome.

Sunday morning we were at one of our favorite places, Hilltop Church of God in Flint. The Royalheirs were formed in October 1995 and our first visit to Hilltop was in November 1995 for their annual Harvest Service. We have been back every November for the past 15 years. We love Pastor and Mrs. Warson, Freda and Galen Southen and the rest of the congregation. Thank you for being so faithful in your support of our ministry and we look forward to being back in 2010.

Sunday afternoon we had a few hours before our evening concert and made the mistake of going to Genesee Valley Mall. When we arrived we saw a lot of young people going into the mall and found it was to see a rap group called Young Boys (I think that's their name). At one point a group of girls thought that our bus was for the group and were very suprised when Shem stuck his head out of the door. He was definitely not the one they came to see and were very disappointed.

Sunday night we were in Mt. Morris at Colonial Hills Baptist. The last time we were there it was the original trio of Skip, Duane and myself (at least 11 or 12 yrs. ago). We had a great crowd and hope to be back before another 11 or 12 years pass. We also had bus troubles on Sunday night and it had to go in the shop. Hopefully it will be out before we sing next weekend. Please keep all the local groups in your prayers..The Calvarymen and Gospelmen have had major bus problems this month. I guess it was our turn.

Until next time,
Chuck

We had another great weekend. Saturday was our 14th Anniversary Concert with The Browders. If you haven't heard this group yet, you need to make sure you do the next time they're in the area. They not only sing the gospel but they minister the gospel. It was a great night all around until my wardrobe malfunction. You can check out the picture page to read what happened.

On Sunday, we had a beautiful drive up to northern Michigan. The colors were awesome and Vanderbilt Community Church was packed out with a lot of new faces. The congregation and the food afterwards were amazing. After Vanderbilt, we were off to Faith Alive Church in St. Helen. It was a very nice service with some great chili after the concert.

It was a long weekend but we had three great concerts and met a lot of new friends.

Until next time,

Chuck