Mission Viejo, Calif., is one of many groups scheduled to perform at the Rockport Gospel Music Festival this weekend.
The Rockport Gospel Music Festival is under way for the 19th year. From today until Jan. 12, you can hear the Gospel Force Quartet, Brian Arnold, Megan Cox and Logan Pettis, Crimson River Quartet and many others raise a joyful noise unto the Lord at the Maria Luigi Auditorium, Rockport-Fulton High School Auditorium in Rockport.
Today and Friday's events begin at 6 p.m. The singing soars again at 10 a.m. on Jan. 11 and 3 p.m. on Jan. 12.
This year's festival is dedicated to the memory of Mark Gilliam, an original member of the Rockport Gospel Force. He was also co-founder of the Gospel Musical Festival. A former Aransas County sheriff, Gilliam was killed in a car accident last year.
The event is free and all are welcome. Come for the reunion of Branson's famous Chosen Few Quartet and to hear inspirational speaker Don Piper, author of the bestseller 90 Minutes in Heaven. Piper is scheduled to speak from 8 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 11.
For more information, call Gary Howard at 361-205-2789. email him at grhoward76@gmail.com. The complete schedule can be found on the website.
