JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2019

After a few days of rest over the Holidays, KSM (KNIGHTsong Ministries) is once again going full speed ahead.  I can’t believe YEAR 4 has already begun.  There are so many things I want to tell you about: recording projects, MISSIONVIDEO news, worship services, yet another BRAND NEW LIVE WORSHIP EVENT and so much more!  So let’s get going.

These weeks at home since the Christmas Concerts have found me busy nearly every day in the studio.  You ready for a brand new recording project?  How about 4 new projects?  Volume 1 of “The Worship Project” is due to be released in a matter of a couple of weeks.  You’ll hear more about this soon.  And how about a brand new “concert type” version of a LIVE WORSHIP EVENT?  I am finalizing the video files now.  After a couple more trial runs in front of “friendly worshippers”, this one will be ready to share!

We have been afforded some amazing opportunities as well to be involved with a couple of Churches during these first two months of 2019, but its time to move on.  We leave on March 12 for 5 weeks in Southeast Texas.  After a couple more weeks back home, we head back to California for another conference right after Mother’s day.  Then its on to the Southeast Georgia Coast in July, North Carolina in August, back to New Jersey in September, Ohio in December…   You get the picture.

I am scheduling for the rest of our year as well before we head out.  This year is setting up really different than the first three.  As such, planning our calendar is, at the moment, more like finding the right place on the right Sunday in the right area of the Country.  After this, we will be available for some Sunday nights and also other nights of the week for special events.  Add to all this the driving force of this ministry, telling Matt’s story to new folks, and I once again am looking for your prayers… and your help!   Following are the specific dates and areas where we still have open Sundays in 2019.  Know anyone who might be blessed by Matt’s unbelievable story of hope?  Could we make a return trip to your Church or event?  I’d love to talk with you.  Anytime, anywhere!

April 28 in the DFW Metroplex                                                            May 5 based from East Texas                                                               June 16, June 23 based from East Texas                                             July 7 based from East Texas    July 28 in Georgia                                                   September 15, September 22 based from East Texas                       All of October based from East Texas                                    December 1 and 22 for Christmas programs

AND… add to this the plan that over the next five weeks I am hoping to complete two more major projects.  What projects you ask?   How about a brand new Christmas Concert and accompanying cd… Carols By Candlelight.  Below is an early idea for the artwork.   If thats not enough, how about a Kindle release of the second edition of TEARS IN A BOTTLE, along with our very first AUDIOBOOK later this year?  And you wonder why I need your prayers.  Actually, this is all possible because of your prayers.

Many of you have taken this Journey with us one step at a time.  And lest I forget, thank you as well to those who have sacrificed through your unbelievable financial support.  I have said “no” to no-one who has invited us.   We just always say “yes”, because of you.  Our May California conference to minister to Moms who have lost children, guarantees we will lose a lot of money. The same will happen in September when we head to New Jersey.  However, the support of churches and individuals will make up the difference.  As a matter of fact, when we head out we never know if we will even “break even” financially.   Your gifts have paid the bills on the first of the month, and your prayers have encouraged my heart during the dark days.  And I never worry about it!

Ready for some more news?

MISSIONVIDEO has quietly expanded into the world of audio.  Without fanfare, I have just completed my fifth Church project! MISSIONAUDIO is a unique sound reinforcement approach limited to Church sound and video installation, training and maintenance.  This approach is intended to leverage my thirty-five years of Worship Ministry experience to help navigate sound system upgrades or new installations with an eye on quality, stewardship and training.   My son, Joe Knight Jr., works with me on some projects.  He brings youth, ingenuity, real world experience, (as technical director for the Crested Butte center for the Arts) and all the technical know how anyone would ever need.  He will complete his Bachelors Degree in music business from the prestigious BERKLEE SCHOOL OF MUSIC this spring.

This is once again “Ministry helping Ministry”.  Here’s the “mission” part.  Just as with MISSIONVIDEO, after expenses the ENTIRETY of any profit is deposited directly into the KSM account and used entirely to fund the telling of Matt’s story of hope.  I keep NONE of it for myself… hence the name “MISSIONAUDIO”.   Want to learn more???  Give the website a look if you’re unsure what this is all about: www.missionvideo.us.

DOWN THE ROAD…

As I look DOWN THE ROAD from here, I find myself once again overwhelmed by God’s grace in my life.  I have shared with you before that when we set out on this Journey I had no idea what to expect.  Best case scenario, I imagined, was that we would not go completely broke before I finished the two years and then found another job.

And now I look back at three books, three LIVE WORSHIP EVENTS and a major recording project.  I look ahead to yet another brand new LIVE WORSHIP EVENT and two more recording projects.  And who knows, maybe something big, something really big, just over the horizon. I look around and I see a complete small project recording studio and then I imagine people all over this country who have partnered with us.

And then I look inside, and I don’t really like what I see.   Only yesterday at the local Walmart I ran into a man I know from my Law Enforcement career.  He works in a different discipline than I did.  His discipline involves medics and helicopters, but unfortunately for victims and patients, our paths often crossed out on the street. He is however, a man for whom I have great respect.  He told me how he reads every word I write, and I wonder if he’ll read these.  I was reminded right then how when I look inside, I realize how utterly unworthy I am to even sit in this chair… except for the grace of God.

And then I look up… and I realize once again exactly where it all comes from.  As the gray, cold days of winter drag on, I am reminded that we are surrounded by a “great cloud of witnesses”, and I once again find myself driven to finish well.  To one day hear those words… “Well done, good and faithful servant”.