I think we nailed them all in one update, eh? We wanted to let everyone out there in internet land know exactly what's going on with us at the moment, and what "will" being going on as concert dates and such are confirmed.

Right now, we are planning to updating this front page, the albums section, the scholarship section, biographies, and gallery pictures by January. Since school is still in, and time is escaping us, so making work on the website will begin in December!

As of right now, we do not have any plans for December. We will be in school for about 3 more weeks, and then everyone will return home. We will not be recording a CD this winter, but next year around this same time, we plan to be making recording preparations.

We had a photo shoot 2 weeks ago, and will be attempting to have a poster designed to be purchased (because of it's large production price) at our concerts in the Spring. We will also attempt to make it available to you online.

Lastly, tour preparations are being considered. If you have any suggestions, please let us know. We are considering Texas, Colorado, or possibly the Nashville-to-Detroit region. Continue to pray for our preparation and God's leading for our tour in May.

Remember, the fern grows when it's watered.

We just returned from singing in Atlanta, and we wanted to give a shout out to all of our friends at Wesleyan High School! If you would like to leave us a message, you can post one here.

Also, Colin Creel rules! We love his purple shirts!

The concert journal has been updated. Check out what's been going on during trips. I'm sure even the people we sing for don't know much of what happens behind the scenes of the singing.

Family Weekend - September 22, 2001

The extraordinary verse for the week - yes we have it - ready? 1 Corinthians 4:8-21; it's a wonderful challenge to our lives of faith, and makes us question exactly how we are "fools for Christ?"

In practice, we are coming back to the basics. After singing songs over and over again, the repetition sometimes drains us. Yet, learning how to apply the words of each song in a new way, to our lives, each time we sing, has helped us to keep much more focus and love directed to the Lord, so that our hearts will not stray while we sing. Brett Harris is the man... this was his idea - to apply a verse of a song to something totally new each time we sing. For instance, if we sing 'God is Holy,' to honestly bring our hearts and minds to focus on a new reason why God is holy. We challenge you to think in the same way when you sing in church or even alone in your room... heartless worship is something that creeps into our lives very often.

We would like to say that God is doing great things among His people these days. What has happened in our country has turned heads, and made people think about whether or not eternity is something that we can really hope for, and we pray that God uses us to share our hope and His truth with others in the midst of incredible pain and suffering. Our prayers have been going out for those who have been affecting directly and indirectly by the terrorist attacks.

Lately, we have been gearing up for many events, learning new songs slowly, and are excited about traveling, meeting new people, and spreading God's word. Concert Journal updates will be provided, most likely, a few days after concerts occur. Please read about what's happening. A new song arrangement in the works is "Hold on to Jesus" by Michelle Tumes.

Oh, did we mention, our new website address, donated by Fred Woodard, is http://www.chirho.com! Please make sure you bookmark us, and tell other people about the group.

New website updates coming within the next months include letters from people who have written us, new pictures from previous years and this year's concerts, and a new album section with a form that you can print and send to us for the purpose of ordering CDs. Continue to pray for us... we are in need; spiritually, what we do as a ministry is worthless with our own strength.