COME, SEE and HEAR The NEW EARTH BAND at the FOLLOWING EVENTS.  WE’LL FILL YOUR TANK and CHARGE YOUR BATTERIES, THEN WE’LL SEND  YOU  OUT WITH A FIRE IN THE BELLY, TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS – BECAUSE GOD CAN’T DRIVE  A PARKED CAR !!!

 

WHAT’S ON THE DOCKET?

 

Thursday, June 1, 2023, 2p – The call has gone out, summoning  The NEW EARTH BAND  to Rittenhouse Village  (www.rittenhousesl.com) 2900 Lawn Terrace, Reading PA, for a rousing Gospel Matinee, for the residents and staff.

 

Sunday, June 18, 2023, 2p – The “Grey Geezers” of  The NEW EARTH BAND  return to Columbia Cottage (www.columbiacottages.com), 3121 State Hill Road, Wyomissing, PA, with a hopping-good “Fathers’ Day”  Gospel Matinee for the residents and staff.

 

Wednesday, June 28, 2023, 10:30a – The meeting of the League of Golden Agers of Mohnton, at St. John’s Parish House, 1 Front Street, Mohnton, PA, will feature Dave Reinwald Live! and sideman Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND, with a slate of  Oldies-But-Goodies.

 

Friday, July 7, 2023, 7p – It’ll be Chapter 20 of the Blue Collar Gospel Series “Where the  Rubber Meets the Road” as The NEW EARTH BAND’s  Lee Schappell  delivers an evening of song and testimony at The Torch Community Center, 134 Maple Drive, Morgantown, PA  19543  (ehtesting4@gmail.com).  The public is invited and is most welcome!

 

Thursday, July 20, 2023, 2p – It’s one of our absolute “fave’s”, and The NEW EARTH BAND is coming back to The Zerbe Sisters Nursing Center, 2499 Zerbe Road, Narvon, PA (www.zerbesisters.com) for the “July Birthday Bash”  Gospel Matinee with the residents and staff!

 

Saturday, July 22, 2023, 10a – The worship hour at Manor at Market Square, 803 Penn Street, Reading PA, (www.manoratms.com), will feature the message titled “Christ, Our Refuge”, which will be delivered by The NEW EARTH BAND’s  Lee Schappell. –

 

Thursday, July 27, 2023, 2p – It’ll be a “Mega-debut” for The NEW EARTH BAND, as they bring a wagonload of their signature “Loose-and-easy Country Gospel Music” for the residents of Chestnut Knoll (www.chestnutknoll.com), 120 West 5^th Street, Boyertown, PA.

 

Sunday, September 10, 2023, 2p – The chickens come home to roost when The NEW EARTH BAND return to an old, familiar home, bringing with them a matinee of easy, good-time, country gospel music to the Keystone Villa at Fleetwood  (www.keystonevillaatFleetwood.com) 501 Hoch Road, Blandon, PA,  Sunday, September 10, 2023.

 

Friday, September 29, 2023, 7p –The Blue Collar Gospel Series “Where the  Rubber Meets the Road”  continues with Chapter 21,as The NEW EARTH BAND’s  Lee Schappell  delivers a soiree of music and testimony at The Torch Community Center, 134 Maple Drive, Morgantown, PA  19543  (ehtesting4@gmail.com).  The public is invited and is most welcome!

 

Thursday, October 12, 2023, 3p – Fall is in the air, and here come that “Pernicious Pairing” of Dave  Reinwald Live!  with sideman Lee Schappell of The NEW EARTH BAND,  for a Autumn Matinee of Oldies-But-Goodies for the  residents and staff at Keystone Villa at Fleetwood  (www.keystonevillaatfleetwood.com)  501 Hoch Road, Blandon, PA.

 

Thursday, December 28, 2023, 3p – Closing out the year with a truckload of “Pre-New Year’s Eve”  Oldies-But-Goodies for the  residents and staff of Keystone Villa at Fleetwood  (www.keystonevillaatfleetwood.com), 501 Hoch Road, Blandon, PA, will be Dave Reinwald Live! and bassist Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND.

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:

Stanley L. Witinski  (08/05/1943  – 06/26/2016)

Our hearts remain heavy as we remember the passing of The NEW EARTH BAND bassist and beloved friend Stan Witinski.  Stan was not only a superb bassist, but he was also a fine pianist and organist, having played keyboards for many years with Bobby Newton & The Band.  Stan, whose father was an icon in professional motorcycle racing, had a long and well-traveled career in rock, pop, blues, and jazz, dating back to the late 1950′s, playing with more headliner bands than memory allows – including Rock’n’Roll pioneer Chuck Berry – ultimately joining The NEW EARTH BAND in 2010.  Pleasant, easy, and so agreeable, Stanley L. “Smith” Witinski was truly loved by all.  To say Stan will be sorely missed would constitute the understatement of the 21st Century.

 

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WARREN  L. ”Mose” BOYER   (10/11/1927  –  09/13/2011)

  REMEMBERING   NEW EARTH BAND  fiddler and bassist Warren “Mose” Boyer.  A most earnest, courteous, respectful, kind, gentle man, and a true master musician, “The Moser” was one-of-a-kind,  irreplaceable indeed.  He will be missed by fellow  NEW EARTH BAND  members, as well as by the countless numbers of followers who loved “Mose” throughout his astounding, seven-decade-long, musical legacy. 

 

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  CRAIG  WESLEY  FISHER  (02/21/1938 – 09/21/2011)

The passing of a solid friend and music icon, “Mr. Entertainment”, Craig Wes Fisher, will forever leave a lingering, empty space in our hearts.  Well known and much loved  by all,  Craig leaves a gap that simply cannot be filled  until we are reunited once more at that great,  Gospel jam that will most assuredly follow The Marriage Feast of the Lamb!

 

A rowdy shout-out to the residents of Grand View Manor, 129 Houck Road, Fleetwood PA (www.gvmanor.com), for rolling out the red carpet for the Dave Reinwald Live! Oldies Extravaganza with sideman bassist Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND, Thursday, May 25, 2023.

 

Muchos gracias! to the staff and residents of Manor at Market Square, 803 Penn Street, Reading PA, (www.manoratms.com), as The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell  delivered the message for the morning worship service, “Christ, Our Redeemer”, Saturday, May 13, 2023.

 

Muchos gracias! to the residents and staff at Grand View Manor, 129 Houck Road, Fleetwood PA (www.gvmanor.com), for their warm welcome, as the “Grey Geezers” of The NEW EARTH BAND  trucked in a Springtime Matinee  of loose-and-easy country gospel music for the residents and staff, Thursday, May 11, 2023.

 

With grateful hearts, we thank the residents and staff of Maiden Creek Place, 105 Dries Rd., P.O. Box 134, Blandon 19510, for their warmest reception when The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell delivered the message  “Who Is This Jesus?” at the worship hour, Saturday, May 6, 2023.

 

To all who attended in person, viewed live streaming, and responded to the appeal during the Sunday, April 30, 2023 Concert for the Benefit of the Families of the R.M.Palmer Company’s West Reading, PA, plant explosion and fire, in which there were seven fatalities and dozens more injured:  Your kindness and generosity are most deeply appreciated,  Dave & Jackie Reinwald, accompanied by bassist Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND,  presented a slate of Oldies-But-Goodies at Kissinger’s Church (www.kissingerschurch.org), 715 Berkshire Blvd, Wyomissing,  PA.

 

More heart-felt thanks to the residents and staff at Amity Place, 139 Old Swede Road, Douglassville, PA (www.aplaceformom.com/community/amity-place-1367174), as The NEW EARTH BAND’s  Lee Schappell  presented the Sunday, April 23, 2023, worship hour message, “Knowing God”.

 

Heart-felt thanks to the members of  the Holy Guardian Angels Seniors Club, for their kind invitation, and their warm response as  The NEW EARTH BAND delivered  a Springtime  Matinee of easy, good-time gospel music at the Club’s monthly gathering, at the Holy Guardian Angels Church Rectory, 3121 Kutztown Rd., Laureldale, PA, Wednesday, April 12, 2023..

 

Many thanks to the residents and staff of Berkshire Commons, 5485 Perkiomen Avenue, Reading, PA (www.genesishcc.com), for their warm welcome as Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND, presented the worship hour message titled “Christ, Our Redeemer”, on Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023.

 

Spring was in the air as those “Grey Geezers” of The NEW EARTH BAND  presented  a Springtime Slate of Loose-and-Easy rural gospel music for the  residents and staff of Keystone Villa at Douglassville, 1180 Ben Franklin Highway, Douglassville,  PA, (www.keystonevillaatdouglassville.com), Saturday, April 8, 2023.

 

A loud “thank-you” to the residents and staff of Keystone Villa at Douglassville, Assisted Living, 1152 Ben Franklin Highway, Douglassville, PA, (www.keystonevillaatdouglassville.com), for their warm welcome and response when The NEW EARTH BAND returned, after a lengthy pandemic-induced absence, for a Sunday Matinee of their signature Loose-and-Easy Country Gospel Music.

 

A rowdy shout-out to the residents of Grand View Manor, 129 Houck Road, Fleetwood PA (www.gvmanor.com), for rolling out the red carpet for the Dave Reinwald Live! Oldies Extravaganza with sideman bassist Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND, Thursday, March 2, 2023.

 

Muchos gracias! to the staff and residents of Manor at Market Square, 803 Penn Street, Reading PA, (www.manoratms.com), as The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell  delivered the message for the morning worship service, “Who Is This Jesus?”,, Saturday, February 25, 2023.

 

We missed you!  The return of the Saturday worship service at Maiden Creek Place, 105 Dries Rd., P.O. Box 134, Blandon 19510, featured the message  “Knowing God”, and was presented by The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell, and Minister Everett Thomas, Saturday, February 18, 2023.

 

Muchos gracias! to the residents and staff at Grand View Manor, 129 Houck Road, Fleetwood PA (www.gvmanor.com), for their warm welcome, as the “Grey Geezers” of The NEW EARTH BAND  trucked in a Mid-Winter Matinee  of loose-and-easy country gospel music for the residents and staff, Thursday, February 16, 2023.

 

Making their debut at the 1^st Reformed United Church of Christ (www.hamburgfirstucc.org) at 3^rd and Pine Sts., Hamburg, PA, were “one half” of The NEW EARTH BAND, bassist Gary Yerger and vocalist-guitarist Lee Schappell, who delivered a program of easy gospel music for the Hamburg Seniors Organization’s monthly business meeting, Wednesday, February 8, 2023.

 

Many thanks to the staff and residents for the warmest welcome as The NEW EARTH BAND’s  Lee Schappell delivered the message “Knowing God” at the worship hour at Berkshire Commons, 5485 Perkiomen Avenue, Reading, PA (www.genesishcc.com), Sunday, January 29, 2023

  

Kicking off the New Year,  old friends, The NEW EARTH BAND,  returned with a Mid-winter Matinee of their signature, easy, country gospel music for the  residents and staff of Keystone Villa at Douglassville  (www.keystonevillaatdouglassville.com), Independent Living, 1180 Ben Franklin Highway, Douglassville, PA, Saturday, January 21, 2023.

 

The Dave Reinwald Live! fracas, with sideman Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND  in tow, returned to the friendly ambiance of the elegant Keystone Villa at Ephrata, 100 North State Street, Ephrata, PA  (www.keystonevillaatephrata.com  for a gala New Year’s Eve Oldies-But-Goodies Soiree for the residents, Saturday, December 31, 2022.  

 

Danke schoen to Pastor Ed and Helen Kurtz for their warmth and kindness as The NEW EARTH BAND’s  Lee Schappell  presented Chapter 18 of “Where the  Rubber Meets the Road” – the blue-collar gospel in music and testimony at The Torch Community Center, 134 Maple Drive, Morgantown, PA  19543  (ehtesting4@gmail.com), Friday, December 16, 2022. 

 

‘Twas a long time coming! when“The Gray Gringos” of The NEW EARTH BAND played their first engagement at the Shoemakersville Fire Company Banquet Hall  in three years, to spice up the weekly business meeting of the Shoemakersville Area Senior Citizens’ Club  with an hour of loose-and-easy, good-time country gospel music, Tuesday, December 13, 2022.

 

Warm-and-Fuzzy was the return of The NEW EARTH BAND  as they hauled in a wagonload of loose-and-easy, good-time Gospel music to  Keystone Villa at Douglassville, Independent Living, 1180 Ben Franklin Highway, Douglassville, PA, (www.keystonevillaatdouglassville.com), for the residents and staff, Saturday, November 12, 2022.

 

Muchos gracias! to the residents and staff at Grand View Manor, 129 Houck Road, Fleetwood PA (www.gvmanor.com), for their warm welcome, as the “Grey Geezers” of The NEW EARTH BAND  trucked in a Mid-Fall Matinee  of loose-and-easy country gospel music for the residents and staff, Thursday, November 10, 2022.

 

A rowdy shout-out to the residents of Grand View Manor, 129 Houck Road, Fleetwood PA (www.gvmanor.com), for rolling out the red carpet for the Dave Reinwald Live! Oldies Extravaganza with sideman bassist Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND, Thursday, November 3, 2022.

 

A warm “Thank you” goes out to the residents and staff of the splendidly-spiffy StoneRidge Poplar  Run Retirement Community (www.stoneridgeretirement.com), 440 East Lincoln Avenue, Myerstown, PA, for an exceptionally-warm welcome when Dave Reinwald Live! along with bassist Lee Schappell of The NEW EARTH BAND took the Theatre on Main audience on a memorable walk down Memory Lane  with their Oldies-But-Goodies show, Monday,October 24, 2022.

 

The chickens came home to roost, when, The NEW EARTH BAND  returned to an old, familiar home, after nearly a three year hiatus, when they brought in a matinee of easy, good-time, country gospel music to the Keystone Villa at Fleetwood (www.keystonevillaatFleetwood.com) 501 Hoch Road, Blandon, PA, on Sunday, October 23, 2022.

 

Making their debut on Monday, September 26, 2022, at the Neptune Fire Company, 20 E. Main St., Richland, PA, for the gathering of the Marion Seniors, was none other than The Dave Reinwald Live! fracas, with sideman Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND, in the wake!

 

It was a triumphant return to Mifflin Court  (www.genesishcc.com/MifflinCourt), 450 E. Philadelphia Avenue, Shillington, PA, when The NEW EARTH BAND trucked in a matinee of good-time gospel music for the residents and staff, Frieay, September 23, 2022.

 

Danke schoen to Pastor Ed and Helen Kurtz for their warmth and kindness as The NEW EARTH BAND’s  Lee Schappell  presented Chapter 17 of “Where the  Rubber Meets the Road” – the blue-collar gospel in music and testimony at The Torch Community Center, 134 Maple Drive, Morgantown, PA  19543  (ehtesting4@gmail.com), Friday, August 12, 2022. 

 

Our sincere  thanks to the residents of Tel-Hai Retirement  Community, 4000 Tree Line Drive, HoneyBrook, PA  (www.telhai.org) for the warmest welcome, as the dangerous duo of Dave Reinwald Live! with sideman bassist Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND, made their debut with a Summer Soiree of Oldies-But-Goodies, Thursday evening, August 4, 2022.

 

Heart-felt thanks go out  to the Board of the Rosedale Grove Association, 1616 Vine St, Laureldale, PA 19605 (www.rosedalegrove.org), and to those loyal patrons of the Rosedale 2022 Summer Concert Series for a ‘rousing welcome and great participation, as The NEW EARTH BAND returned to The Grove on Sunday evening, July 3, 2022, with an evening of good-time Gospel Music … followed by that legendary Rosedale Ice Cream Social.  

 

Grazi! Grazi! to the residents and staff of Keystone Villa at Fleetwood, 501 Hoch Road, Blandon, PA,   (www.keystonevillaatFleetwood.com). as Dave Reinwald Live! and sideman Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND, brought a matinee of Oldies-But-Goodies tunes, Friday, July 1, 2022.

 

Muchos gracias! to the staff and residents of Manor at Market Square, 803 Penn Street, Reading PA, (www.manoratms.com), as The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell  delivered the message for the morning worship service, “The Promise of His Coming”,, Saturday, May 28, 2022.

 

It was long overdue, but Thursday, May 19, 2022  saw the return of Dave Reinwald Live!  accompanied by sideman Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND,  to the scene at Sencit Townhouse  (https://sencittownehouse.rentpmi.com/), 20 South Summit Avenue, Shillington PA, an evening  performance of their signature Oldies-But-Goodies Show!

 

Thanks so very, very much to the supporters and attendees of the Benefit Concert for “Take Heart”(www.takeheartcounseling.com), an equine-assisted support service for children, located at 699 Wooltown Road, Wernersville, PA, at Kissinger’s Church, 715 Berkshire Blvd., Wyomissing, PA  (www.kissingerschurch.org), on Sunday, May 1, 2022.  Dave Reinwald, along with Andy Ski and The NEW EARTH BAND’s  Lee Schappell, presented an early-evening concert of Golden-Oldies-But-Goodies, and a special selection of the regal Music of the Beloved John Denver.

 

What a welcome! as The NEW EARTH BAND  trucked in to Rittenhouse Village  (www.rittenhousesl.com) 2900 Lawn Terrace, Reading PA, for a rousing Pre-Spring Sunday matinee of loose and easy, rural gospel music for the residents, March 20, 2021.

 

Many thanks to the residents and staff at Keystone Villa at Douglassville, Independent Living, 1180 Ben Franklin Highway, Douglassville, PA, (www.keystonevillaatdouglassville.com) for their warm welcome as Dave Reinwald Live! and sideman Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND, took them all down Memory Lane with a “Golden Oldies” show, Thursday, March 10, 2022.

 

Thanks go out to the League of Golden Agers of Mohnton, for their warm reception and participation, Wednesday,  February 23, 2022, as Dave Reinwald Live! and sideman Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND,  brought in an hour of Oldies-But-Goodies to their meeting at St. John’s Parish House, 1 Front Street, Mohnton, PA.

 

A genuine “Thank you!” to the Met-Ed Retirees’ Association for their warmest of welcomes when that incomparable duo of Dave Reinwald Live! and sidekick bassist Lee Schappell,  of The NEW EARTH BAND, provided an hour of after-dinner seasonal music for MERA’s Annual Holiday Banquet,  at the sumptuous  Double-Tree Hilton (https://doubletree3.hilton.com/), 701 Penn Street, Reading, PA, Thursday, December 16, 2021.

 

Holiday cheer filled the air when that Pernicious Pairing of Dave Reinwald Live! and bassist Lee Schappell, from The NEW EARTH BAND, brought a sleighful of cheer to the West Lawn Seniors’ annual banquet at the West Lawn United Methodist Community Center (www.westlawnumc.org), 15 Woodside Avenue, West Lawn, PA, Monday, December 13, 2021. 

 

It was a gala, mid-summer Gospel-fest as The NEW EARTH BAND  trucked in a wagonload of loose-and-easy, good-time Gospel music to  Keystone Villa at Douglassville, 1180 Ben Franklin Highway, Douglassville, PA, (www.keystonevillaatdouglassville.com), for the residents and staff, Tuesday, August 24, 2021.

 

Everything was “just peachy-keen”, Sunday afternoon, August 1, 2021, as The Olive Leaf Chapel, 846 Fritztown Road, Sinking Spring, PA, (www.Facebook.com/pages/Olive-Leaf-Chapel/133517666691925), presented its 15^th Annual Olive Leaf Chapel Peach Festival in the Chapel Grove, adjacent to the church.  All things “Peach” were the fare of the day, and Dave Reinwald Live! along with sidekick Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND, provided a stroll down Memory Lane with a wagonload of Oldies-But-Goodies for the attendees.

 

A genuine “thank you” to the residents of Manor at Market Square, 803 Penn Street, Reading PA, (www.manoratms.com) for their customary welcome and full response as The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell presented the worship hour message, “The Key to Eternal Life – Knowing God”, Saturday, June 12, 2021.

 

Thanks go out to the residents and staff of Berkshire Commons, 5485 Perkiomen Avenue, Reading PA (www.genesishcc.com), for the warm welcome as The NEW EARTH BAND’s  Lee Schappell. delivered the worship hour message “The Key to Eternal Life – Knowing God”, Sunday, May 16, 2021

 

Our gratitude goes out to Kissinger’s Church (www.kissingerschurch.org), 715 Berkshire Blvd, Wyomissing, PA, and to the attendees of the Concert for the Benefit of The Wounded Warrior Project for their loyalty and their generous support, as Dave Reinwald & Friends, with The NEW EARTH BAND’s  Lee Schappell on bass, presented a matinee of Golden-Oldies-But-Goodies for in-house attendees, as well as the global audience on the Kissinger’s Church Facebook Channel, Sunday, April 26, 2021.

 

A triumphal return to Columbia Cottage (www.columbiacottages.com), 3121 State Hill Road, Wyomissing, PA, for The NEW EARTH BAND  took place Tuesday, April 20, 2021, as they delivered a hopping-good “New Earth Day” Country Gospel Matinee for the residents and staff.

 

A hearty shout-out to the residents and staff of Amity Place, 139 Old Swede Road, Douglassville, PA (http://www.enlivant.com/communities/pennsylvania/amity-place-douglassville), for a warm and toasty response as The NEW EARTH BAND  returned to those friendly confines, Thursday, October 1, 2020, for an early-Autumn matinee of loose-and-easy Country Gospel music for all!

 

Sincere thanks to the Pottstown SDA Church  (www.pottstownsda.org), 1134 North Charlotte Street, Pottstown PA, for the warmest welcome as The NEW EARTH BAND’s  Lee Schappell presented the message at the worship hour, titled “Why We Need a Savior – Man’s Dilemma, God’s Fix”, on Sabbath, Saturday, September 26 2020.

 

Our gratitude for a great time, although somewhat limited by Covid-19 restrictions, but it was a good time indeed!  Columbia Cottage (www.columbiacottages.com), 3121 State Hill Road, Wyomissing, PA, hosted The NEW EARTH BAND  and their hopping-good country gospel music in celebration of “National Assisted Living Day”, Monday, September 14, 2020.

 

Many thanks to the residents and staff at Amity Place, 139 Old Swede Road, Douglassville, PA (www.aplaceformom.com/community/amity-place-1367174), as The NEW EARTH BAND’s  Lee Schappell  presented the Sunday, September 6, 2020, worship hour message, “Who Is This Jesus?”.

 

Our most genuine gratitude to Pastor Merrill Marisseau and the congregations of Zion’s (Spies) Evangelical Reformed Church (www.zionspieser.org), 318 Spies Church Road, and Zion’s (Spies) Evangelical Lutheran Church (www.zionspies.org), 310 Spies Church Road, Reading, PA, 19606, for extending the privilege to The NEW EARTH BAND to present the message at the worship hour in their signature, easy, rural gospel music, Sunday,  August 16, 2020.

 

Danke schoen!  to the residents and staff of Columbia Cottage (www.columbiacottages.com), 3121 State Hill Road, Wyomissing, PA, for offering to The NEW EARTH BAND the privilege of delivering a hopping-good “Fathers’Day”  Matinee, Sunday, June 21, 2020.

 

A  full house  greeted The NEW EARTH BAND on Sunday, February 9, 2020 as they presented the Good News of the Gospel in 60 minutes of easy, throwback, country gospel music at the morning worship hour for the congregation of Friedens United Church of Christ, (https://friedensuccoley.org) )337 Main Street, Oley, PA.

 

The Dave Reinwald Live! fracas, with sideman Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND  in tow, returned to the friendly ambiance of the elegant Keystone Villa at Ephrata, 100 North State Street, Ephrata, PA  (www.keystonevillaatephrata.com) with an evening of Oldies-But-Goodies for the residents, Tuesday, January 28, 2020.  

 

Grazie! Grazie! to the staff and residents of  Berkshire Commons, 5485 Perkiomen Avenue, Reading PA (www.genesishcc.com), as The NEW EARTH BAND’s  Lee Schappell  brought the message  “Prayer, The Breathing of the Soul” to the worship hour, Sunday, January 26, 2020.

 

A victorious return it was, as The NEW EARTH BAND  brought in a truckload of loose and easy Country Gospel Music for the residents of Mifflin Court, 450 E. Philadelphia Avenue, Shillington, PA, (www.genesishcc.com/MifflinCourt), Friday afternoon, January 24, 2020.

 

Genuine thanks to the residents of  Berkshire Commons, 5485 Perkiomen Avenue, Reading PA (www.genesishcc.com) for a great reception as Dave Reinwald Live! and sideman, The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell, brought in a solid hour of 1950′s and 1960’s Oldies-But-Goodies Matinee, on Thursday, January 16, 2020.  

 

It was “Out with the Old – in with the New!” as the inimitable Dave Reinwald Live! with his snowy-haired sidekick, bassist, Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND, ushered in the New Year 2020 for the residents and their guests at the luxurious Keystone Villa at Ephrata, 100 North State Street, Ephrata, PA (www.keystonevillaatephrata.com, with an evening of classic Oldies-But-Goodies and some painfully-lousy jokes, Tuesday, December 31, 2019. 

 

A generous “Thank You” to Pastor David Johnson and the congregation of Living Faith Lutheran Church (www.livingfaithaflc.com), 1206 Montgomery Street, Boyertown, PA for their kindness and for a great time when The NEW EARTH BAND  presented an after-dinner gospel concert, Sunday, December 29,2019.

 

Most gracias thanks to the congregation at the West Chester SDA Church, 826 South High Street, West Chester, PA (www.learningjesus.com for the warmest welcome and accommodation as The NEW EARTH BAND  delivered the worship hour message in an hour of gentle, easy, rural gospel music and testimony, Saturday, December 28, 2019.

 

One humongous shout-out to the residents and staff of Faithful Living Personal Care (www.faithfuliving.com), formerly Colonial Lodge, 2015 North Reading Road, Denver PA, 17517, for a truly great time and lots of singing along, as The NEW EARTH BAND brought in a slate of loose and easy Country Gospel music, Monday, December 18, 2019.

 

Danke, danke schoen! to the staff and to the countless folks who attended the Shartlesville Winter Carnival, Saturday, December 7, 2019, where Dave & Jackie Reinwald, and The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell  presented a sleighful of Holiday music for the gala yearly event at Frieden’s Lutheran Church, 28 Wolf Creek Road, Bernville PA (www.friedensfolks.org).

 

Greetings of the Season to the good folks of Rosemont Development for a great time as Dave Reinwald Live! and sidekick bass-man Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND, brought a sleighful of seasonal music to their Friday, December 6, 2019, annual Holiday Banquet at the Berks Y.R. Club (www.berksyrclub.com), Thrush Road, Wyomissing, PA.

Greetings of the Season to the good folks of Rosemont Development for a great time as Dave Reinwald Live! and sidekick bass-man Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND, brought a sleighful of seasonal music to their Friday, December 7, 2018, annual Holiday Banquet at the Berks Y.R. Club (www.berksyrclub.com), Thrush Road, Wyomissing, PA.

What a great time we had at The Zerbe Sisters Nursing Center, 2499 Zerbe Road, Narvon, PA (www.zerbesisters.com) on Thursday, December 5, 2019, as The NEW EARTH BAND  presented a hopping-good matinee of old-time  Country Gospel music for the Zerbe residents and staff! 

The rolled out the red carpet when The NEW EARTH BAND  made their debut at Fairlane Gardens, 21 Fairlane Road, Reading, PA 19606 (https://fairlanegardens.com), trucking in an Autumn matinee of vintage, rural gospel music for the residents and staff.

A warm-and-fuzzy time that was when the dubious duo of Dave Reinwald Live! and  sideman bassist Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND, brought some great “Oldies” music back to the Good Shepherd United Church of Christ (www.goodshepherducc.org/), 170 Tuckerton Rd., Reading, PA 19605, for the meeting of the Met-Ed Retirees Association of Berks (https://www.merasite.org).

Muchos Gracias! to the attendees and participants of The Rocky Mountain Band’s Concert for the Benefit of Mentors for Berks Youth (http://www.m4by.org/), at Kissinger’s Church (www.kissingerschurch.org), 715 Berkshire Blvd, Wyomissing PA, with The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell on bass, Sunday, November 3, 2019.

 

Muchos Gracias! To the Bible Explorations management and staff for going the distance for everyone attending the joyous 8-day Feast of Tabernacles camp-meeting celebration at Bible Explorations, in Terra Bella, CA  (www.BibleExplorations.com), October 14 through October 21, 2019 .   The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell, San Diego bassist Don Velazquez, the Montana vocal duo Dan & Carol Liss, and Northern California keyboardist Arlene Overbeck delivered a generous helping of easy, Southern- and Country-Gospel music throughout the Festival. Bible Explorations unapologetically streams solid, Biblically-grounded, conservative Christian programming 24 hours a day, seven days a week on its www.BibleExplorations.com  website, with a new program at the top of each and every hour.  Simply log on, then select “Watch BETV” at the upper-right.  Bible Explorations also broadcasts via YouTube, Roku, AmazonFire, and GoogleTV.  See the BETV website for further details, or inquire at info@bibleexplorations.com.  To learn how you can be a part of the incredible ”taste of Heaven” experience with Saints from far and near at the Springtime 2020 Feast of Passover and Unleavened Bread celebration, call Bible Explorations at 877-475-1318. 

Kudos and thanks to the management of Penn’s Peak (www.pennspeak.com), 325 Maury Road, Jim Thorpe, PA, high in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains, for extending to The Rocky Mountain Band, featuring The NEW EARTH BAND’s  Lee Schappell on bass and Rick Guinan on harmonica, the opportunity and distinct privilege of opening the evening with a half-hour set for the featured speaker, Fox News’ Judge Jeanine Pirro.

 

Many thanks to the residents and staff of Amity Place, 139 Old Swede Road, Douglassville, PA (www.aplaceformom.com/community/amity-place-1367174), as The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell  presented the Sunday, January 27, 2019, worship hour message via an hour or live music and personal testimony.

 

Our gratitude to the congregation of the West Chester SDA Church (www.learningjesus.com), 826 South High Street, West Chester, PA, for the warmest of welcomes, as The NEW EARTH BAND’s  Lee Schappell presented the message, titled “Christ In You, You In Christ”, at the worship hour, Saturday, August 31, 2019.

 

Many thanks to Epler’s United Church of Christ (www.eplerschurch.org) , 1151 West Leesport Road, Bern Township, and the patrons of their 2019 Peach Festival for a warm and fuzzy welcome as the duo of Dave Reinwald Live! and his sidekick, The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell, presented a late afternoon of good-time gospel music for the event, Saturday, August 24, 2019..

 

Amen! and Amen!  The congregation of the beautiful St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, 529 St. Michael’s Road, Hamburg, PA,  (stmichaels529@gmail.com), in the absence of the vacationing Pastor Paul Buzzard, welcomed The NEW EARTH BAND’s  message in music at the sermon time, on Sunday morning, August 18, 2019.

The “Everybody’s  Birthday” party, at the Friedens UCC Young-at-Heart meeting, 337 Main Street, Oley, PA, was a delight in every way!  Host Ron Klein teased with trivia and The NEW EARTH BAND presented an hour of good-time, throwback, rural gospel music for all.

 

Many thanks to the residents and staff at Berkshire Commons, 5485 Perkiomen Avenue, Reading PA (www.genesishcc.com), for their warmth and response as Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND, presented the worship hour message in music and testimony, Sunday, July 28, 2019.

Many thanks to the members of the Shoemakersville Area Senior Citizens’ Club for a great welcome and warm response as “The Gray Gringos” of  The NEW EARTH BAND returned to the Shoemakersville Fire Company Banquet Hall with an hour of loose-and-easy, good-time country gospel music for the Club’s monthly business meeting, Tuesday, July 9, 2019.

 

Celebrating nine years of serving up the gospel at Manor at Market Square, 803 Penn Street, Reading PA, (www.manoratms.com), The NEW EARTH BAND’s  Lee Schappell delivered the morning “message in music and testimony” for the residents and staff, Saturday, June 22, 2019.

 

Sunshine on a rainy day!   The NEW EARTH BAND’s  Lee Schappell delivered a solo matinee of easy Gospel favorites for the members of the Exeter Senior Citizens Club, Wednesday, June 19, 2019, at the Schwartzwald Lutheran Church, 250 Church Lane, Jacksonwald, Reading., PA.

 

It was Family Night when The NEW EARTH BAND revisited the friendly confines of Maiden Creek Place (http://www.enlivant.com/communities/pennsylvania/maidencreek-place-reading), 105 Dries Road, Reading, PA, with an evening of good-time, country gospel music for the residents, Tuesday, June 18, 2019.

  

Our gratitude to all who attended the Benefit Concert for The Wounded Warrior Project (www.wouldedwarriorproject.org), straged in conjunction with Kissinger Church’s Annual Strawberry Festival, held at Kissinger’s Church, 715 Berkshire Blvd., Wyomissing, PA  (www.kissingerschurch.org), with music by Dave Reinwald Live, and sidekick Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND, Sunday, June 9, 2019.

 

Many thanks are in order to the seniors of West Lawn United Methodist Community Center (www.westlawnumc.org), 15 Woodside Avenue, West Lawn, PA, for inviting that terrific twosome of Dave Reinwald Live! and Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND for an evening of easy gospel music and a snack at  the Hebrews Cafe, Saturday evening, May 18, 2019.

 

Heartfelt thanks to the ladies of the Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America  (W.E.L.C.A.)  (www.womenoftheelca.org), for a superb welcome and response as The NEW EARTH BAND brought a truckload of easy, after-dinner gospel music to their “2019 Women’s-Girls’ Social”, at St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 81 Main Street, Pennsburg, PA, Tuesday evening, May 14, 2019

 

Our gratitude to the residents and staff of Columbia Cottage (www.columbiacottages.com), 3121 State Hill Road, Wyomissing, PA, for  bestowing on The NEW EARTH BAND the privilege of, again, delivering a hopping-good “Mothers’ Day” Country Gospel Matinee, Sunday, May 12, 2019.

 

Thanks to all who attended and participated in The Rocky Mountain Band ’s Benefit Concert for C.A.S.A. / Court-appointed Special Advocates for Children (www.casaforchildren.org) at Kissinger’s Church (www.kissingerschurch.org), 715 Berkshire Blvd, Wyomissing PA, Sunday, May 5, 2019.

 

Many thanks and God’s blessings to Bible Explorations for their “extra-mile” hospitality as The NEW EARTH BAND’s  Lee Schappell delivered a generous helping of easy, rural Gospel music during their joyous 8-day Feast of Passover camp-meeting celebration at Bible Explorations, in Terra Bella, CA  (www.BibleExplorations.com), April 19 through April 27, 2019.  Bible Explorations streams its Biblically-grounded, conservative Christian programming on its www.BibleExplorations.com website, 24 hours a day, seven days a week – with a new program at the top of each and every hour.  Bible Explorations also broadcasts via YouTube, AmazonFire, Roku and GoogleTV.  For information as to how you too can be a part of an incredible “taste of Heaven” experience with saints from far and near at the Autumn Feast of Tabernacles celebration, log onto the Bible Explorations website and follow the prompts, or call Bible Explorations at 877-475-1318.  To view BETV’s 24/7 programming, select “Watch BETV” on the home page.  And  to learn how you can be a part of the incredible ”taste of Heaven” experience with Saints from far and near at the Springtime 2020 Feast of Passover and Unleavened Bread celebration, call Bible Explorations at 877-475-1318. 

 

Hooo-weee! The NEW EARTH BAND  returned to Wyomissing Nursing & Rehabilitation Center (https://www.senioradvisor.com/local/wyomissing-nursing-and-rehabilitation-center-reading-pa), 1000 E. Wyomissing Blvd., Reading, PA, Friday, April 5, 2019, with a lively matinee of old-fashioned, throwback, rural Gospel music for the residents and their guests.

The Green Hills rang with good-time gospel music, Tuesday, April 2, 2019, when The NEW EARTH BAND returned to Green Hills Manor (www.Heritageofgreenhills.com), 10 Tranquility Lane, Reading, PA 19607, with a Spring Matinee for the residents.

Muchos gracias to the residents of The Sencit Townhouse, 20 South Summit Avenue, Shillington PA, as the Dave Reinwald Live! show, with “gray geezer” bassist Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND, rolled in for an Oldies-But-Goodies for the troops, Thursday, March 21, 2019. 

 

Prospero Ano Nuevo! goes out to the Met-Ed Retirees for their typically-warm reception as that dynamic duo of Dave Reinwald Live! and sideman bassist Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND,  brought a Holiday Matinee of music to their annual dinner at the sumptious Crowne Plaza (www.crowneplaza.com), 1741 Paper Mill Road, Wyomissing, PA, Thursday, December 20, 2018.

 

Many thanks to the People Over 50 Club for the warmest of welcomes, as the Dave Reinwald Live! road show, with The NEW EARTH BAND’s  Lee Schappell on bass, delivered the after-dinner Holiday Cheer in music at the Good Shepherd United Church of Christ (www.goodshepherducc.org/) , 170 Tuckerton Road, Reading, PA, Wednesday, December 12, 2018.

One huge shout-out to the 200-plus faithful who attended and supported The Rocky Mountain Band’s Benefit Concert for F.R.E.E., (http://www.freefromht.org/), Morgantown, PA, Sunday, November 4, 2018, at Kissinger’s Church, 715 Berkshire Blvd, Wyomissing PA, (www.kissingerschurch.org), featuring the regal classics of the beloved John Denver, with opening special musical tributes to The Temptations, Neil Diamond, and Willie Nelson..

A full house awaited the Dave Reinwald Live! show, with sideman Lee Schappell, of The NEW EARTH BAND, as the dynamic duo brought a matinee of Oldies-But-Goodies to the Myerstown Seniors’ Club dinner at the Hebron Banquet Hall (www.hebronhc.com/banquet.htm), 701 Walnut St., Lebanon, PA, Tuesday, September 4, 2018.

It was love at first sight when The NEW EARTH BAND brought a truckload of loose-and-easy country gospel music to the monthly meeting of the Bernville Young at Heart, at the Bernville Grange, 57 Grange Road, Bernville, PA, Wednesday, August 15, 2018.

 

A grand time it was as The NEW EARTH BAND made its triumphant return to  the elegant Oakshire Senior Apartments, 350 Lackawanna Street, Reading PA 19601 (www.oakshireseniorapts.com), with a mid-summer matinee of good-time rural Gospel music for the residents, Tuesday, August 7, 2018.

 

Our genuine appreciation to the residents and staff of The Gardens at Stevens, 400 Lancaster Avenue, Stevens PA, for a toasty welcome and great response, Friday, July 20, 2018, as The NEW EARTH BAND made an energetic return with a lively Country Gospel Matinee of music to lift the spirits of the residents.

 

High fives to the members of the “People Over 50″ seniors’ club for their warm welcome, as The NEW EARTH BAND brought its hopping-good Country Gospel road show to Good Shepherd United Church of Christ (www.goodshepherducc.org/) , 170 Tuckerton Road, Reading, PA, Wednesday, May 24, 2017.

 

Muchos gracias! going out to the “People Over 50″ seniors for a great reception as the Dave Reinwald Live! road show, with The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell, on bass, delivered a pre-dinner matinee of Oldies-But-Goodies to Good Shepherd United Church of Christ (www.goodshepherducc.org/) , 170 Tuckerton Road, Reading, PA, Wednesday, April 25, 2018.

 

A sincere ”Thank-you” to Pastor Tom Stone and the members of the Pottstown SDA Church  (www.pottstownsda.org), 1134 North Charlotte Street, Pottstown PA, for the warmest welcome as The NEW EARTH BAND’s Lee Schappell presented the message “Christ In You – You In Christ” at the morning worship hour, Saturday, April 21, 2018.

 

It was a real gas! when The NEW EARTH BAND rode in (on a sloppy snow and slush storm!) to the monthly meeting of the UGI Seniors’ Club at St. John’s Reformed Church (www.stjohnsss.org), 4001 Penn Avenue, Sinking Spring, PA, and delivered a warming matinee of good-time country gospel music.

 

What a truly great time! when The NEW EARTH BAND returned to The Theatre on Main at the splendidly-spiffy StoneRidge Retirement Community (www.stoneridgeretirement.com), 440 East Lincoln Avenue, Myerstown, PA, with an evening of good-time, country gospel music for the full-house turnout, Monday, January 22, 2018!

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