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Ministry Name:
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Simple Grace Ministries
non-profit 501(C)(3) |
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Contact: |
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Jim Hitch
eMail:
jim@simplegrace.org
Cell: 402-432-3812 |
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Types of Programs
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Church services, concerts, community concerts, banquets, fairs, and
special events.
Simple Grace's programs are cross-denominational, uphold
Biblical truths, and appeal to every age group. We share a
little testimony from our lives, and focus our music on
honoring God and recognizing the joy of His abundant
provisions in family life. We have deliberately chosen our
music to be joyous, lighthearted, convicting, funny,
encouraging, serious and touching, a testimony of faithfulness
and salvation, and challenging to believers in their walk with
the Lord Jesus Christ. Each concert is a sermon for the soul.
NOTE: Because our programs are a complete ministry, we cannot
limit our ministry to special music only, or to background
music for ongoing functions. Simple Grace does not offer
entertainment. |
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Charge for Performances: |
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Free-will love offering, plus expenses if applicable, OR (if
free-will offering is not feasible) amount negotiated prior to
event. |
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Ministry Objective: |
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The purpose of our ministry is to inspire and encourage the
family of God and introduce the unsaved to His redemption
plan. God uses our working together instrumentally and vocally
as an illustration of His plan for family unity in an age when
family integrity is very compromised. Our choice of songs is
deliberately intended to touch hearts with the joy of the
Lord, testifying to God's faithfulness in every facet of
Christian life, and challenge others to recognize the
greatness of Jesus. The Lord's gifts of musical talent are
evident during Simple Grace performances, but the focus
remains on God and His glory and ability. |
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Basic Information: |
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Simple Grace is the full-time ministry of the Hitch Family. We
travel full-time and year-round, as opportunities are made
available to us.
We have been invited to minister all across the United States,
and perform an average of 170 concerts every year. Prison
Ministry is an important part of our ministry, and we share in
prisons as often as possible.
Our first recording project,
"As
For Me and My House"
was released in April of 2001. A second project,
"Nothing
Can Touch Me"
was released in October of 2002. Our third project,
"Simple
Grace Live!"
was released in May of 2004.
“The Love of God”
is our newest CD, released in January of 2008. We also
released a DVD in January, 2008,
“Simple Grace Live at the Rococo”,
recorded in Lincoln, Nebraska. These projects are available
for order from this website. |
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Family Members: |
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Jim—Acoustic guitar, banjo, vocals
Kathy—Acoustic
bass guitar, vocals
Avery—Acoustic
guitar, fiddle, cello, vocals
Lucas—Acoustic
guitar, banjo, fiddle, cello, percussion, vocals
Sterling—Mandolin,
harmonica, vocals
Havilah-Piano,
fiddle, cello, vocals
Bristol-Percussion,
penny whistle, vocals |
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Feedback: |
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Article from the
Fremont Tribune
Thursday,
July 11, 2002
135th Year, No. 50
Fremont,
Nebraska
"Simple Grace was simply amazing.
We attended a family concert Sunday night at First Baptist
Church. It was put on by the Hitch family known as Simple
Grace. We can't remember when we have been so totally blessed
by song, words, and most of all example!
This family has eight children, 4 through 19, which perform
better than some professional we have seen. Our message to
those who didn't attend—you really missed out.
We today worry about the woes of the world, as we watched and
listened last night we realized, fix the family and it would
fix the world. The Hitch family is the greatest example of
that we have ever seen."
Gary and Betty Hansen
Fremont
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