08/05/2025
It is with much sadness that I have to let everyone know that we will not be having the Gospel in the Gorge event this year.
The last two events have been nothing short of a blessing and a miracle. I have seen God move out of nowhere. I've seen his hand in everything along the way. I've saw people come from near and far just to be with us. I can honestly say that I feel hearts where moved by the events and people were blessed by being there. So many loved the singing, preaching and venue location.
This year the hope was to see it continue to grow into the next chapter. Unfortunately that will not be the case. As soon as the event was posted this year there were a couple groups that were waiting to be signed up. That was an immediate blessing. From that moment on it seemed like I struggled to make any head way. Kesha as always was right there ready to lend a hand. She actually got the first two groups booked immediately and had our schedule ready as of day one. She reached out to a few more groups but didnt have any luck. I had reached out to a few groups with no success but we pressed on. Then life happens. I got overwhelmed with work, and home, remodeling, and all the other day to say stuff life gives us and I got stuck. I had got a few contacts of groups to reach out to but every time I would be like, I'm going to call, something would happen and I would forget. Time and time again I would be like I need to do this or that and something else would take it's place. I don't feel as if this year I've been able to give the event the attention it needs to make it successful. I feel like I have let the people of this community down by having to cancel the event. I know that so many people have looked forward to it. I've been overwhelmed this year trying to pull it together and couldn't make it happen. To the community and those that have traveled in the past, I am sorry.
I feel like the door has been opened for someone else. People want to hear gospel music and want to come together to hear it. I know there is someone in our community with a love and knowledge of gospel music. That has connections to gospel groups and would be perfect for making this event happen again in the future. All it takes is a little faith. That's how this all started was a little faith and God saying your somebody, go do it.
Thank you all for the last two years. Thank you Kesha for all you have done in the past and this year as well. To all our wonderful people that have been touched and blessed by this event in the past, again, I want to apologize for letting you down this year.
Sincerely, Kevin
