1st Baptist of Rialto

Sunday, March 7th, Southland played at 1st Baptist Church of Rialto. This has been a church that supported Southland through the years and it was a joy to play their once again.

Here are the guys hanging out at the back of the church just before service started. It is always fun to see them interact on and off stage.
Pastor Mark Baur. Sorry the picture is so dark. If you click on the picture, you can enlarge it to see him better.

Glen Avon Community Church

After taking a small break for the holidays, we are back performing in various local churches. Please check out our website www.southlandmusicministries.com for future dates. Also, we will be celebrating Southland's 25th Anniversary this year. We are hoping to do something big in April.

This morning, we played at one of our beloved church's, Glen Avon Community Church. We always appreciate their hospitality and the fact that they just love having Southland come and worship with them.

Pastor Ernie Withrow giving his sermon.

The band!

Kevin on drums and Mike on guitar/vocals

Roy on bass and Wayne on guitar/lead vocals.

After the worship/concert and sermon, everyone headed down to the basement for a potluck lunch. Here are a few members of the congregation.

Their Sunday School teacher and kids

Roy with Pastor Ernie and his wife.

Kevin and Mike with Kevin and Roy's family.

Thanks again Glen Avon Community Church for having us. God bless you all and see you next time!

Merry Christmas!

On behalf of Southland, Roy Cooper, Kevin Cisneroz, Mike Lundy, Wayne Landes, and our families , we just want to thank everyone that supports and helps to keep us going. We wish you a very Merry and Blessed Christmas. And we look forward to seeing you in the New Year.

Fountain of Living Waters

This morning we played at Fountain of Living Waters church in Phelen. They are currently meeting at the Phelen Middle School.

Pastor, Dale, is pictured here addressing the congregation.
Southland playing the the dining hall where the service is held weekly.

Mike was unable to play today, so Daniel filled in for him. Daniel used to be a guitar student of Wayne's about 6 years ago and now he is playing in a few Praise & Worship bands for his church and school. Thank you Daniel for being there for Southland. You were great!

A view of some of the congregation of Living Waters. Also, in the very front wearing a blue shirt is our old sound guy, Joel Escarzaga. He and his family attend this church, so he was able to fill in and do our sound this morning. We miss having him as our full time sound man, but are looking forward to having him fill in for us again in the future. Thanks for your great and hard work Joel!

Today was "Family Day", so instead of the the kids going into their own classes, they were able to stay in for the concert. Because they are kids after all and their attention span is limited (even with great music), they had a couple of tables set up in the corner for them to draw and color. We even saw a few of them dancing in the back!

Afterwards, the church held their Harvest Festival. There was this very popular bouncer/slide out in the parking lot. Free food was served, games were played and each child went home with tons of candy.

Thanks you Fountain of Living Waters for having us. We look forward to next time!

Yucca Valley

Southland played in Yucca Valley for two weekends in a row. The first weekend New Beginnings Community Church asked five groups/artists to come play in the Sears parking lot as a way to introduce this new church to the community. It was pretty much an all day event (11am to 5pm). Not only did they have the bands, there were also activities for the kids.

Mike and Roy

Wayne and Kevin

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The following weekend, First Southern Baptist Church of Yucca Valley, had their Harvest Festival at their church property. Here Southland performed on a trailer with an awesome backdrop of the desert and mountain. I love how you can see a cross just behind Wayne's shoulder. The church also had free hot dogs, beans, chips, drink, ice slushies and ice cream, along with lots of fun games and crafts for the kids. Pastor Stephen Jones, his family and congregation were a welcoming & fun group of people. Thank you for having us.





I also really like this picture of Wayne and Kevin, with the cross right in the middle of them.


Behind the band, showing the church and the patrons.

No folks, we do not have our own road crew. We do it all ourselves. If anyone is interested in being our volunteer Roadie, let us know! ha ha ha

Thank You Troops!

This is a song that Wayne Landes wrote and composed to thank our troops for serving and protecting out country. Please click the link below. I hope you are as blessed by this song as I am. Also, if you know how to post the actual video to this blog, please let me know.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQIXCyaUWeA

Cowboy Church - August 2009

In August we led worship for Norco's Cowboy Church. This is always a fun service, because we are outdoors not only enjoying worshiping our Savior, but also enjoying what He has made. We meet just behind the grandstands in the VIP tent, so the horses and bulls are always eating right next to where we play, which is lots of fun.

Kevin, Mike and our little helper/future Southland member.

Rev. Bob Harris giving his sermon.


Christian Cowboy Poet reciting a poem he had just written a few days prior.

After the service, it is always a joy to fellowship with other Christian cowboys and their families.