by Matthew Paden | Oct 27, 2024 | 2024, Featured, For Hosts, For Parents, For Singers, Public
New G Family Round Up Blog Post 2024 On October 13, 2024, New G gathered for our first annual Family Round Up. We enjoyed food, family, and fun in Wyatt Park Christian’s fellowship hall. New G provided burgers and hot dogs, and each family brought their...
by Matthew Paden | Oct 20, 2024 | 2024, Featured, For Hosts, For Parents, For Singers, Public
Membership Rally Blog New G’s membership rally this year was a blast! Opening the doors to new members, both the singers and sponsors welcomed us like we were family. With games, conversations, meeting new friends, and (of course) singing, there was a lot for...
by Matthew Paden | Aug 4, 2024 | 2024, 2024 Tour, Featured, For Hosts, For Parents, For Singers, Public
Of the 43 years I have lived, this has been the hardest year of my life thus far. In January, the home remodeling store that Emily and I owned went out of business. Longer story than I have time to tell here, but it happened. To say it was hard isn’t really right. It...
by Matthew Paden | Aug 3, 2024 | 2024, 2024 Tour, Featured, For Hosts, For Parents, For Singers, Public
Wagoner, OK. Day 14. I’m going to keep it short and sweet tonight, folks. We are on the penultimate day of tour, and today was quite a way to spend our last performance on the road. I have been to a lot of churches with New G on tour, but I can honestly say that I...
by Matthew Paden | Aug 1, 2024 | 2024, 2024 Tour, Featured, For Hosts, For Parents, For Singers, Public
Today was a very special day for our singers. They were introduced to what has affectionately or unaffectionately become known as “Joseph’s Morning Song”. It’s my special obnoxious alarm clock I grace the singers with no more than once per tour. With the veteran...
by Matthew Paden | Jul 31, 2024 | 2024, 2024 Tour, Featured, For Hosts, For Parents, For Singers, Public
Friends, I am in Albuquerque in an un-airconditioned fellowship hall with 20 teenagers. It is a time-honored tradition to suck it up sometimes and just have some man cave time on tour (or girl cave time…all this time being married to Emily and what they do over there...