Reverend Mervin Oglethorpe is giving his last service at a longview, texas, church. He's preparing to ride into the sunset with his wife June, who is eight months pregnant. The Sanders Family will send them off in style, with hilarious and touching stories.
Reverend Mervin Oglethorpe is giving his last service at a longview, texas, church. He's preparing to ride into the sunset with his wife June, who is eight months pregnant. The Sanders Family will send them off in style, with hilarious and touching stories.
Reverend Mervin Oglethorpe is giving his last service at a longview, texas, church. He's preparing to ride into the sunset with his wife June, who is eight months pregnant. The Sanders Family will send them off in style, with hilarious and touching stories.
Longview, Texas Time: Leaving church at 4:30 Show begins at 7:30 Cost: $12.00 Adults/$10.00 Children *Dinner at Golden Corral before show (cost does not include meal)* About the show: It's October, 1945. The war is over and Americas years of prosperity are just beginning. But there's another kind of rite of passage at the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, where the Reverend Mervin Oglethorpe is giving his last service. Having been called to preach in Texas, he's already bought a 10-gallon hat and is preparing to ride into the sunset with his wife June, who is eight months pregnant. Tomorrow morning, June's brother Dennis will take over as the congregation's pastor. Join the Sanders Family as they send Mervin and June off in style, with hilarious and touching stories and 25 fabulous Bluegrass Gospel favorites. Songs from SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN HOMECOMING: Leaning on the Everlasting Arms; Gloryland Boogie; Everything You'll Need; I'll Never Die; Royal Telephone; A Little At A Time; Children Talk To Angels; Standing on the Promises; RIVER MEDLEY: (Shall We Gather at the River?; I'm Going to Canaan; You Can Swim; Far Side Banks of Jordan); I Am Ready To Go; Come Around; I'll Live Again; Round-up in the Sky; I Love To Tell the Story; Jesus Savior Pilot Me; PROPHET MEDLEY: Daniel in the Lion's Den; Ezekiel Saw The Wheel; Jacob's Ladder; Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho ); Just Over in the Gloryland; Unclouded Day; Do Lord.