Alabama Bound

We are off this week to Sweet Home Alabama and the Southside Baptist Church in Gadsden for a DNow. Glad to have our pal Jeff Capps flying in from Dallas again to be with us. Pray for us as it is a long, long drive and a lot of great youth!

A Great Time in Chilly HOTlanta

We had such an awesome time with students from First Baptist Snellville, GA this weekend at the Hilton in Atlanta. What a great group! We enjoyed times of worship and the Word, and threw in a hockey game, Hard Rock, and the Varsity as well. We love these students!

We were especially glad this weekend to have our friend Jeff Capps lead us.  And we enjoyed the snow!

Bethel Baptist Church January 11-13

This weekend we had a nice time of ministry at Bethel Baptist Church in Yorktown,VA. We welcomed Chad Lister with Josh, Josh and Kyle, and Doc of course. And, if you see the shadow, that would be Josh Harrison who also helped with sound and pictures. We had a blast and are grateful to have been with the youth at Bethel!

New Year, New Things…

Hi all, Doc Reid here. This spring offers a truckload of ministry for the guys who travel with me in the band Finding Madison, from Florida to Virginia, from Alabama to Georgia, and many places in between.

The new year brings some changes.  Rhett, who led worship for the band throughout the fall of 07, has made the wise decision to focus on his young family and school. That means he won’t be able to travel with us as he did. While we miss Rhett, this is the right decision. I know many times I have said no to various opportunities for the sake of my family.  I have never regretted that.

Over the years I have been so blessed to travel with many to serve with me in ministry.  Several years back a group of SEBTS students called Joy Made Full journeyed with me, culminating in a wonderful trip for some of us to South Africa.  The past several years as Josh was in high school One Way Up became a vital part of my ministry. As high school shifted to college it was time to move on, and part of that included me firing myself as bass player .  The band Finding Madison now refers to the group who travels with me. The core of the band continues to be Josh, Josh Hicks, and Kyle Webb. I am also happy that some other folks with whom I have shared some great days of ministry will at times be traveling with me as well.  More about them on the “About the Band” page, but right now this includes the following:

Chad Lister, who was in the band One Way Up all through High School

Jessica Ray, who has traveled with me off and on for a few years now and is a great delight

Jeff Capps, a Southeastern College grad who is now married and lives in Dallas, Texas. I am thrilled to be serving the Most High God in ministry with all these folks.  And there will be more no doubt, as SECWF student Tyler Mount has also been a part of us and no doubt will join us in the future.

God is good all the time. Okay, that is a cliche. But it is also true. So thanks for the prayers, the emails, all the love we share with so many we meet. Blessings to all!

Finding Madison- Update

Busy, Busy, Busy, Lots of new updates on the Finding Madison side of the world. But before all of that, we want to say thank you to everyone that has not only participated in this ministry, but shared time and supported this ministry.We are having such a great time on the road getting to meet new people, and fun people at that. We are so blessed to be able to come share such great times with you. We have been blessed and look forward to all of the dates that we have coming up.There are a lot of new dates on the tour schedule. So be sure to check out and see when we are coming to your town. We are working on an EP Album/finshing up writing. We also just had some incredible T-Shirts come out. The Lord is really blessing this ministry and we are excited to see what God has in store for all of us, including you in the future. Be sure to check out the new pictures, and there are some different pictures that will be posted on our myspace(www.myspace.com/findingmadison) so be sure to scoot on over and give us a friend request. Keep us in your prayers, as you are in ours. Be safe, buckle your seatbelt, dont chew gum while sleeping, attend D.A.R.E. at your school, eat your veggies, drink milk, and brush your teeth and remember that we love all of you.-Finding Madison

Introducing FINDING MADISON…

Here it is…the official site of the band Finding Madison–well this one and our myspace of course. Get ready to go with us on a great journey of music and fun and worship and art and…hanging out with Doc Alvin Reid alot on the way….feel free to post here, link us, and spread the word about our site!

We cannot wait for our next event together where we head to the church where we first met Rhett, our fearless leader, and then off to the church that inspired our name and the youth we love–Madison Street here we come!