Welcome from Marshall-Grant Ministries

Carolyn Marshall and Pat Grant's concerts and church service programs are appropriate for both your GLBT and mainstream members. They strive to provide a balance between the daily Christian walk and the issues surrounding the Christian GLBT community. Primarily, they want ALL to hear that God loves each and every one of us exactly the way we are without exception. This message seems so simple but it is so difficult to believe for an oppressed people that are repeatedly told how unworthy they are of God’s love. MGM, Inc., quite frankly, doesn’t think that anyone can ever hear those simple words enough: God Loves You!

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WHAT DO OTHERS SAY?

"A sweet, soaring and professional soprano voice combined with a gracious and gentle spirit. I'm happy she's 'answered the call." - Marsha Stevens, Singer/Songwriter, BALM Publishing

"Carolyn Marshall and Pat Grant provide an excellent, high-quality, uplifting musical program, "peppered" with anecdotes, relevant testimony and an ample dose of humor. They are a welcome addition to any program, or special event at your church!!" - Rev. Elder Nancy Wilson, UFMCC

“Whoever hears her will be blessed by both her voice and her spirit as she magnifies the Love of God." - Rev. Carolyn Mobley, Assistant Pastor, MCC Of The Resurrection, Houston, TX

"Carolyn Marshall's singing is motivated by a deep and living faith. Congregations are inspired by her faith expressed in song in a way that touches them emotionally and aesthetically, leading them to reflect on their own faith." - Rev. Glenna Shepherd, Pastor, MCC Portland, OR

Marshall-Grant Ministries’ focus is on exhortation to evangelism, worship and GLBT affirmation. They use a variety of song styles (solo and duet), Readers Theater sketches and share personal testimony and experience to direct the audience to their intended focus for each piece. Carolyn Marshall's clear soprano voice and Pat Grant's comedic style offer a wonderfully unique worship experience!! They are both entertaining and spiritually uplifting.

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CAROLYN MARSHALL was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and from the age of five lived in the metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia area. Carolyn grew up in the Southern Baptist church and a rather “Father Knows Best” kind of family. Church music and politics were a big part of her childhood and teenage years. Feeling a call to music ministry as a teenager, Carolyn began studying voice at Mercer University Atlanta in 1978. Upon discovering herself to be lesbian, Carolyn left home and lost all hope of ever heeding the call to ministry, and began accounting work in 1981. In 1992, Carolyn helped found Christ Covenant Metropolitan Community Church, in Decatur, Georgia. The church quickly filled the empty place and God’s music became a big part of her life again through the music ministry of Christ Covenant. In May 1994, Carolyn met her life partner, Pat Grant. Then in early 1995, the old teenage call to ministry began to surface again and Carolyn and Pat decided to step out in faith to begin the ministry she had felt called to do so many years ago.

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Born in Brooklyn, New York, PAT GRANT grew up there and in the New Jersey suburbs. She began college in New Jersey in 1968 but left for the Big Apple after two years to pursue a career in theater. She did summer stock and toured the country as a puppeteer for several years with companies in New York, Washington D.C., and Atlanta, including performances at Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, and the Detroit Youth Theater. Pat directed and performed with the Atlanta Center for Puppetry Arts, the World of Sid and Marty Krofft, and Six Flags Over Georgia. She returned to school to graduate with honor from Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia, with a degree in Biology in 1988.

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Pat and Carolyn formed MARSHALL-GRANT MINISTRIES, INC. in 1995 and have continued in ministry since that time. They have traveled extensively throughout the United States and Canada delivering the Good News of God’s all-inclusive Love.

BOOKING INFORMATION

FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS AND ACCOMODATIONS

These financial and accommodation needs are for church concerts only. For conferences, retreats, fundraisers, and other types of events, please contact us to negotiate rates. These rates are provided as a guide and are subject to change. They are not intended to be a binding contract.

• We ask for a flat fee of $250.
• Smoke free surroundings. Carolyn is highly allergic to smoke.
• We travel in a Recreational Vehicle (RV). Therefore, other accommodations are not normally be needed for our stay.
• We ask that you provide a place to park and plug our unit (30-amp unit but regular outlet is acceptable) into electric power for the duration of our stay.
• Love offering at each service or event in which we participate.
• We will provide promotional information, but advertising and event promotion and costs would be your responsibility as concert host.
• We would also want to sell CD's, tapes and other ministry items at each event.

WHAT IS NEEDED BY YOU

Get the Word Out!! - Download Pictures and Posters (coming soon)

• Call local gay publications, newspapers, radio stations, etc. See if they will be willing to publicize your upcoming concert.
• Publicize the concert in your church bulletin and newsletter several months in advance of the concert, then weekly until the actual concert date. Be sure to list the concert date, time and location so your congregation can put the concert on the their calendars.
• Put the concert date on the church calendar at least a month ahead of time.
• Put the date, time and location of the concert on the bottom section of the posters provided to you and post them prominently around the church, restaurants, bookstores or other places often frequented by the gay population. You may find that many business owners are willing to let you place a poster in their facility.
• Announce the concert during your regular church service each Sunday for several weeks prior to the actual date.

PRESS KIT

Download Zip File (contains all items needed for your own design)

Download Press Release (fill in your venue's info and publish)

Download Songs From the Road Poster (PDF)

Download Images Only (Right-click on the desired image > Select "Save as" and save on your computer for later use.) These images are thumbnails only, however, the image download will be of appropriate size for web and printed materials.

NEWS

You can now see Pat's jewelry for sale online at www.PrideRocksStore.com

"We're going digital! You can now download our CDs in MP3 format. Go to http://cdbaby.com/all/marshallgrant and see our new online sales center!"

"Looking for our stories from the Road? Check out our BLOG link above!"

 

You should have been directed to the CD Baby website for your purchase. Click here to go there now if neccessary.

OUR SCHEDULE

Please remember nothing is carved in stone until it happens ... so if you have a special date you would like to book, please contact us ASAP! We'll do our best to accommodate you!

April 24-25, 2009
Region 2 Sub-Regional Conference, First MCC, Atlanta, GA

May 31, 2009
Christ Covenant MCC, Decatur, GA

June 13 & 14, 2009
MCC Knoxville, TN
Saturday evening concert & Sunday morning service

October 9, 2009
Imagio Dei MCC, Glen Mills, PA

December 6, 2009
Christ Covenant MCC, Decatur, GA

 

FOUNDATION 100!

We are asking for 100 people to partner with us in ministry by making a one-year commitment of $20 per month to become a member of the Marshall-Grant Ministries Foundation 100! Pat and I have heeded our call to ministry. Is it possible that God is calling you for *“just such a time as this,” (Esther 4:17) as well? For a one-year commitment of $20 a month, that is less than the cost of your cable television, you can become a partner with God in this ministry. Would you be willing to join us…step out in faith with us for one year…as together we answer the call of God.

Faith is stepping out ONE STEP beyond your comfort level.

Your commitment will:

• Enable us to travel to locations that may be unable to afford to pay travel fees.
• Assist in future recording projects.
• Enable us to go to conferences and seminars to promote GLBT issues in other denominations and religious organizations.
• Expand our web-based ministries. I can’t tell you how many people pop up on my AOL IM wanting someone to tell them that God loves them the way they are…
• Travel farther and for longer periods of time and thus reach more people.

What do I get, you may ask?

• You get the satisfaction of knowing that you are our partner in ministry.
• You will also get our monthly supporters newsletter, Musical Notes.
• And your name will be listed, with your permission of course, on our concert brochure as a testament of your commitment to ministry.
• We plan to have a banner displaying the names of Foundation 100! members in time for conference this July in Calgary.

I can’t tell you how important this small amount can be to this ministry.

Please prayerfully consider becoming a member of the Foundation 100! today! I know that you will be blessed, as will the lives you are able to touch through your support of this ministry.

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(Marshall Grant Ministries, Inc. (hereafter referred to as "M.G.M.") is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation, affiliated with Christ Covenant Metropolitan Community Church, Decatur, Georgia. M.G.M. is devoted to evangelistic ministries with primary interest in the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Community. M.G.M exists to promote the good news that all are worthy of God's Love regardless of sexual orientation and that sexual orientation is an essential part of God's ordained plan for individual lives of faith and for the world. Furthermore, M.G.M. promotes the worship of God as exemplified by the life and teachings of Jesus Christ through Music, Word and Evangelistic Outreach.)