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Scott
| Tony | Christy
| Tim | Cindy
Married since 1993 to his wife Ellie, father
of 2 and stepfather of 3. Scott has much to praise God for.
Scott was born and raised in the Frederick,
Maryland area into a family that's known in the area for its
musical talent. Whether it was the church choir or the local
community marching band, if your name was Day you did something
musical. His father and his father's siblings all directed
church choirs at sometime or another. They were also, as well
as most of their children, active in the community concert
band playing a wide variety of instruments. Scott was raised
in the Methodist Church, joining the church choir while in
the 2nd grade. That's when he also began piano lessons .....which
didn't take. He got his first guitar for Christmas while in
the 4th grade, taught hiimself to play the trombone during
the summer before starting 5th grade. The summer before 9th
grade he taught himself how to play the tuba and then moved
from trombone to tuba when he started with high school band,
earning 1st chair all county band on the tuba his senior year.
But the defining moment in his life came
the last day of summer in 1973. That's when, at a Baptist
youth retreat, Scott came to know Jesus Christ, not just as
someone he heard about on Sunday's, but as a real, personal
Savior. In 1976 Scott began playing bass guitar and writing
music with his first Christian band. It was a group originally
called New Birth which some friends and he formed. Eventually
the name of the band was changed to Starlight. Starlight played
regularly from North Carolina to Pennsylvania until 1983.
After a year off, part of Starlight, along with some new faces,
decided it was time to get active again and formed Sojourner.
Sojourner was together until 1990. During this time Scott
also played bass guitar and served as assistant worship leader
at Living Word Fellowship in Rockville, Maryland.
It would be nice to be able to say Scott
then lived happily ever after, but that's not real life. By
1989 he was at a place in his life where, as Scott himself
puts it "With all I was doing "for God", I
was pretty sure God was awfully happy to have me. That's when
God, in His infinite love, stepped in and brought me back
down to earth by putting me on the bench for a time of humbling,
repentance, rest and healing." That's where Scott stayed
for three years. In that period of time Scott came to know
just how blessed he was to personally know a loving God of
grace and mercy. He discovered how totally dependant we are
on Him and there's nothing we can accomplish without Him doing
it. He came to know "We are merely His servants who are
totally blessed to just be at His beckon call."
It wasn't until 1993 that Scott again began
to become active in ministry when he joined the worship team
playing bass guitar at the Frederick Worship Center. He happily
served in that capacity for four years until he was asked
to begin leading worship as part of a three team rotation.
Though he very reluctantly accepted, soon he found his real
calling. After a year the 3 team rotation was done away with
and Scott became the worship leader. One of the highlights
of his years there was what they called Saturday Night Splash.
Splash was a once a month event where they would do nothing
for hours but worship the Lord. Splash became a regular habit,
not just for people in Scott's fellowship but for people from
fellowships all over the surrounding area. Scott continued
there as worship leader until January 2002 when he left with
Pastors Chris and Mary Ellen Geeslin to become Worship Pastor
at a new fellowship they were planting in Frederick called
Redeemer International Family Church.
As Scott puts it, "I have discovered
leading people in worshipping God is one of the main reasons
God put me on this earth. I love to just offer up my feeble
talents to God in worship and to see Him move and touch people's
lives. I love worshipping God with all my heart, soul and
strength. There's nothing better than when His presence fills
a room. I've sat in rooms so thick with God's presence that
I could do nothing but sit in peaceful silence. And I have
a passionate desire to operate in God's calling on my life
to lead God's people into that very same experience."
We are changed in His presence and who among us isn't in need
of some changing?
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Tony is originally from Beltsville Maryland.
Tony met his wife Tracie while they were both enlisted in
the U.S. Air Force and married in 1989. Though Tony had a
belief in Christ as a child, he committed his life to the
Lord at the age of 20. Music has been a part of his life since
childhood, playing in various bands and orchestras through
high school. At St. Mary's College of Maryland, Tony was a
member of the Jazz and Wind Ensembles, playing the string
bass and the bass guitar. After graduation, Tony stopped playing
for several years until the Lord provided the opportunity
and prompting to play in the worship team at his church.
“I pray that the Lord will continue to use me as an
instrument in His hands. My personal mission is to be a voice
of truth for the Lord Jesus Christ both inside and outside
of the body of Christ, utilizing my entire God given talents
to honor Him in worship and to lead others to His promises.”
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Christy has been involved in music in many
forms since she was young. Through the years of many piano
lessons (painful for her and more painful for her mother who
taught her) and other experiences through music, she has found
her true passion -- Praise & Worship. After a stint as
their worship leader, Christy currently plays keyboards on
the worship team at New Day Ministries in Middletown, Maryland.
“There is nothing better than being in the holiest of
holies and praising Jesus through an instrument. It is to
the Lord I give all the glory for what talents that I possess.
Since 1988 I’ve also been blessed with an amazing husband
– Ken – who has been and still is my best friend.
My life would not be what it is today without his amazing
friendship. I am also blessed with two amazing children –
Kevin & April. They make me smile and laugh every day
and always keep me grounded. I am always amazed at God’s
grace and mercy – He is my Rock and my Salvation.”
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Throughout his childhood Tim has been involved in music in
numerous organizations. As a resident of Taneytown, Maryland,
Tim has been enhancing his drumming talents in groups such
as the William F. Myers and Sons Marching Band, Lancers Drum
and Bugle Corps, Westminster Municipal Band and Francis Scott
Key High School Marching, Jazz and Concert Bands. Tim is also
a member of the Mayberry First Church of God in Westminster,
Maryland where he is the drummer for his worship group and
has played in the Churches of God General Conference Youth
Worship Team in Findley Ohio. As a recent graduate of the
University of Maryland Baltimore County, Tim is looking forward
to a new chapter in his life and knows God will be able provide
for him.
“I am very thankful for all the gifts God has provided
for me. I am truly blessed that he has given me the opportunity
to share my gift with others to help spread His word through
music. I know that he will be there everyday for me and I
trust in him always.”
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Though born in Oregon, Cindi has also lived in Wisconsin,
Georgia, Virginia and now Maryland where she married her husband,
Don, in 1976. Cindi is the mother of three and grandmother
of two. Cindi grew up with a love for Motown. Though she never
played an instrument growing up she has been constantly singing.
She had always been told by her friends to find a band where
her vocal talents could be used. At age 33 she came to know
the Lord and found the reason why God had given her the voice
she has. Currently she sings on the worship team at Redeemer
International Family Church. Cindi has received an Associates
Degree in Biblical Studies from Vision International University.
"My desire to sing comes from the Throne of Grace. I
believe the pain and sorrow I have had personally as a child
and adult, has added to any depth I might have in my heart
and is released through my voice. My desire is to minister
in song in such a way that people would "feel" Jesus'
arms around them, feel His joy in their existence and sense
the unfailing love that our Father God "feels" for
us. It's nice to hear from people that my voice is good, but
I really want to hear them say, "I felt the Lord in the
room when you sang, and I am changed."
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