Fellowship Ministries

Concert Schedule 2011

Team Needs

1.) Sign the concert Agreement and fax or e-mail back to The Fellowship as soon as possible (fax: 480-838-9187, e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) If possible, send 1/2 of the concert fee to The Fellowship. The balance is due on the day of the concert. Some churches have chosen to have Thrivent match the offering. We strongly encourage asking the local Thrivent Chapter if they will vote to match the concert offering, with the understanding that all proceeds benefit scholarship funds for Shepherd's Canyon Retreat.  Dave Anderson can send you Thrivent "Care In Community" linformation found on the Thrivent.com website.

2.)  We ask host congregations for $250 plus a free-will offering.  If the $250 is not available, we will come anyway!  The "church fee" should be made out to:  Shepherd's Canyon Retreat.

3.) One non-smoking 2-bed motel room for Dave and Kelly. The motel should be as close to the church as possible. Moderately priced. Please put the motel name, address, phone number on the returned Concert Agreement.  If a motel room is too expensive or not available, Dave and Kelly are fine with staying in a private home or homes.

4.) Dave and Kelly will bring along their sound system and keyboard.

5.) We need a contact person who we can call enroute to open the church and familiarize Dave and Kelly with the church or concert site. We will send you a detailed concert tour itinerary which will include arrival/departure information.  Dave's cell phone is 602-538-4066.

6.) We will need an 8' table set up in the narthex on which to display CDs and books.

7.) Would you please provide 2 pitchers of cold--not iced water--and 2 glasses by the front pew before the concert.

8.) Please have ushers available to pass out handouts as people arrive...and to receive the offering.

9.) Bulletin announcements and a press release are also available here.

10.) Posters will be sent to you separately.

After 35 1/2 years of concert ministry, Barb Anderson has retired from "living out of a suitcase" as she has done for 1/3-1/2 of every month.  Barb is now working in the ministry's home-office and living a more normal life.  Here is the "Dave and Barb story" as it has been stated in the past:  Dave and Barb Anderson are ministers of the Gospel in song and the spoken word. Dave is President of Fellowship Ministries, based in Tempe, Arizona. Fellowship Ministries is a non-profit, para-church organization, founded in 1975, which serves as a resource for the advancement of the gospel of Jesus Christ through worship and music. Fellowship Ministries sponsors worship and music conferences and seminars, publishes worship resources (including The Other Songbook, now 500,000 copies in print and The Best of the Best in Contemporary Praise and Worship, 180,000 copies in print), and sponsors the Anderson's concerts.

Beginning in 1975, Dave and Barb's concert ministry has included well over 5,000 evening worship concerts and weekend worship services in churches throughout America and in a number of other countries including Russia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Papua New Guinea, The Philippines, New Zealand, and more than 20 times to Australia.