Glorybound

Hosts of Glorybound Gospel Jubilee

Southern Gospel Music for the Glory of God

Glorybound Gospel Jubilee Jubilee 2010
June 24 - 26
Route 3, Trenton, Maine
   
Concert Schedule
Thursday, June 24 7:00 PM Karen Peck and New River
Friday, June 25 6:00 PM Jeff and Sheri Easter
    The Dixie Melody Boys
Saturday, June 26 3:00 PM Mark Bishop
Tribute Quartet
    Ascensions
Emceeing Each Night and with Concerts on Thursday and Saturday
Tim Lovelace
More Details Coming Soon



Meet Glorybound
Glorybound

 

Rick and Retta - Glorybound

 

The Kelleys and Glorybound

Glorybound is a Maine-based Southern Gospel singing group that was formed in the mid '80s.  The group was made up of our daughter Dawn who started singing at an early age with sound tracks at “Gospel Music Nights” that were held every Friday night at different churches.  About 10 years later, she expressed an interest in joining the group and became our lead singer.

Retta, my wife of 43 years, is one of the original members of the group and began singing in churches at a young age with her aunts in a girl’s trio. She, then, started singing with an older gentleman by the name of Granville Furge, who also played the fiddle. Retta sings alto and is a vital part of the group. She is also an ordained minister and does the talking for the group.

Rick is also an original member of the group.  He has played the accordion for many years but only started singing about 6 years ago when the group had to restructure because one of the singers had to leave the group due to illness.

In 2005, there was another change in the group. In May of that year, Dawn left the group to attend school, share in her own ministries, and follow the path God had ahead of her.

At that time, we thought that our ministry was over but the Lord supplied us with some wonderful new material.  Two songwriters sent us about 30 new songs that had never been recorded. Also they sent studio sound tracks, lyrics, and full permission to use the songs.  This included recording them with no royalties. We have learned some of them and have continued doing concerts since Novvember 2005.  Souls are being saved and we are being re-booked so I guess the Lord is not done with us yet.  We are going to keep on keeping on till He comes. We also had a new prison open up to our ministry.  We have been there several times now and have had over 30 souls saved.  All Praise goes to our God!

Glorybound’s purpose is to glorify our Lord Jesus Christ, spread the Gospel, lift up the saints of God, and to help and encourage pastors.  We travel up and down the east coast of the U. S. and into Canada praising our Lord through music and song.

Glorybound has appeared on radio, in churches of all denominations, nursing homes, Veteran’s homes, Children’s homes, prisons, as well as parks, fairs, camp meetings, wedding receptions, town celebrations, Gospel Jubilees, restaurants, flea markets, and international festivals.  We go anywhere that God opens a door.  We also work with the Reaching Truckers for Christ ministry here in Maine and Transport for Christ in other states.

For the past 14 years we have done 3-4 concert tours down south each year. States we have ministered in are: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, and Eastern Canada.

We also promote Southern Gospel Music here in Maine and are seeing more and more people coming to know Jesus as their personal Savior through the Gospel that they are hearing in the words of the songs.

We have recorded 3 Gospel albums with Tim Greene at The Loft recording studio in Boone, NC.  Included on the albums are several original songs that have been written especially for us. Each and every song is chosen to minister. We feel that if a song ministers to us, then it will minister to others.

After going to the Greene’s Jubilee 13 years ago, the Lord put it upon my heart to have one here in Maine.  This has been a big step of faith financially for us each year; however, God owns it all and with His help, souls have been saved and Christ lifted up.  In the past 11 years, GLORYBOUND GOSPEL JUBILEE has grown and we are praying each year we will see:

  1. Souls to be saved

  2. Good weather

  3. For enough people to come that we might break even financially

Please be in prayer with us for Maine’s largest Gospel Music event.

Rick at Blue Hill