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Williamsons Sing To Incarcerated In Church

The Williamsons

Wetumka, Oklahoma (January 5, 2016) Award nominated Gospel quartet, the Williamsons, recently ventured over to Oklahoma City to minister in a unique way. You normally think of ministering to incarcerated individuals inside a building with iron gates and windows. For the Williamsons this was a little different situation.

Pennsylvania Avenue Redemption Church doesn’t go to the jail to visit prisoners, instead the prisoners are escorted to the church where they worship uninhibited.

Pennsylvania Avenue Redemption is a thriving missional church located near downtown Oklahoma City. Their congregation consists of a relatively small number of people who for the past 21 years have served God through reaching out to a diverse group of men and women which are incarcerated or previously incarcerated. They also reach out to the families and friends that are affected by incarceration while working with many individuals who struggle with the disease of addiction.

Donnie Williamson, group manager and Baritone singer stated, “It was hard to tell the difference between the inmates and the regular church members. Most of the inmates dressed in jeans and blue shirts. We were able to interact with them but we could take no photos. I was impressed by how freely the ones who attended the service worshiped. I saw no one who seemed to be ‘holding back’. They were not afraid to raise their hands and voices. When we sang ‘Shout’, I believe a few of them actually did!”

The Williamsons

A snapshot during one week of serving Christ at Pennsylvania Avenue Redemption includes: mentoring incarcerated men and women within small discipleship groups, serving lunch every Sunday to well over 100 people, teaching Sundayschool classes, offering two worship services on Sunday and one on Thursday, teaching classes on Thursday evening, including Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, anger management, and men’s and women’s spiritual based mentoring groups. The specially trained members volunteer countless hours each month ensuring that this ministry continues to operate at a high level.

If you would like to interview the Williamsons contact AG Publicity at info@agpublicity.com .

You can learn more about the Williamsons by going to http://www.williamsonsmusic.com.

Follow the group on FaceBook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Williamsons and Twitter at https://twitter.com/WilliamsonsSG .

To book the Williamsons contact scheduling@thedominionagency.com .

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About The Williamsons

The Williamsons began sharing the Gospel through music in 1998 as The Homesteaders Quartet. The dream of Donnie Williamson was to form a group to sing classic Gospel music on a limited basis. What he wanted to do never occurred. From the group’s onset their demand was overwhelming. Soon they were performing more than 100 dates a year. For the past several years The Williamsons have been in full time Christian ministry and entertainment and have traveled across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Their music has been in national charts and were they honored to be nominated for Breakthrough Artist and Favorite Group awards at the Absolutely Gospel Fan Awards. Absolutely Gospel also named them as one of the Top Ten Groups to Watch, as well as  in the Top Ten for Best New Mixed Group in the Singing News Fan Awards.

Their high energy musical style appeals to people of all ages. The versatility of The Williamsons is evident through the wide variety of musical styles they perform. There is always something for everyone. The marketing of their performances targets families and not just fans of any particular type of music. Spending an evening with The Williamsons is sure to be one that will lift you up, bless you, and entertain you all at the same time. Their primary desire is to share the Gospel in such a way that those in attendance who do not know Jesus Christ will come to know him before the program is over.

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