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Lancaster and friends present 'A Holy Night' at GCC
With Christmas just around the corner, some local musicians are planning a night of praise and Christmas music on Saturday, Dec. 14 at Greencastle Christian Church.
Bobbie Lancaster and several other musicians will present "A Holy Night: A Christmas Celebration of Praise" at 7 p.m. Saturday at the church, 620 Primrose Lane.
The two-hour celebration will feature Upward Journey, Him & Her, Bobbie Lancaster and Friends and the Greencastle Christian Church Choir.
There is no charge for the event, but a free-will offering will be collected. Concertgoers are also asked to bring food items or grocery gift cards for the GCC food pantry.
Lancaster's new album "Take Me Up to Your Holy Mountain" will also be on sale at the show, with 100 percent of proceeds benefiting The Fold Children's Home in South Africa.
After nearly a decade of pursuing a musical career, Lancaster said she moved to Greencastle two years ago believing she would but putting aside her musical career.
That was when the worship songs on the new album began coming to her.
"Those songs just kind of poured out of me," the singer-songwriter and mandolin player told the Banner Graphic. "I felt like God just gave me those songs to bless me and then when I started singing them at church, I realized it was bigger than me."
Sharing the songs as part of the GCC worship team, Lancaster received positive feedback and realized an album of the music could serve a purpose beyond her.
She began to think of recording another album, but knew something had to be different with this project.
"I knew if I did that," Lancaster said of making a record, "I'd have to give it away."
That's where the proceeds to The Fold come into the equation.
Founded in 2009 in Limpopo, South Africa, The Fold is a campus of two children's homes with plans for expansion. Serving orphaned and abandoned children, the mission provides the kids with safety, family and an education.
Of course, recording an album still comes with its costs. Lancaster said she feels God has opened a number of doors to make the recording possible.
There was the assistance of Minor Prophet Studios in Avon, whose owner Eddie Prather offered his recording space and to serve as engineer.
There was an unknown benefactor who, unprompted, gave $50 to a friend and fellow musician of Lancaster's to cover expenses during a fundraising concert last year. The money covered the exact amount that Lancaster had decided to give her friend for fuel.
"Nobody knew I was giving her that $50," Lancaster said. "I was taking that out of my pocket and I hadn't said a word about that to anybody.
"It's been amazing -- just weird, little things," she added.
The album now released, Lancaster is hoping she is back on track for making music, and hopeful.
"I quit two years ago and here I am," she said. "I really didn't think I'd make another record. Hopefully I'll make another."
Lancaster's album, "Take Me Up to Your Holy Mountain" will be available for sale at Saturday evening's concert. It is also available for download at www.bobbielancaster.com or iTunes or CDBaby.com.